Why the Cheesebuger Runs Matter

Michelle Obama created another silly little flap last week when she snuck around behind the press’ back and gobbled down a cheeseburger and fries. Normally, this would not be a big deal — who cares if the First Lady likes cheeseburgers? — except that she’s spent a considerable amount of time and taxpayer money lecturing us about our love for cheeseburgers and asking restaurants to take the delicious stuff out of their meals. What’s worse, she’s drawn extra attention to her eating habits by insisting that the press can not photograph her little forays into the forbidden food zone.

I admit, I’m confused the Obama administration’s habit of making unforced errors. For the better part of two years, we’ve been told by the administration and the MSM that Barack Obama is a  veritable Adonis of politics, an expert communicator, and a strategic thinker the likes of which we’ve not seen since…well nearly ever!

So why is it that he can’t competently manage his (and his wife’s) frequent forays into Cheeseburger Paradise?

Look, Americans really don’t care if the President like a burger now and again. In fact, we tend to like a President more if he has the same urges and food loves as we and it’s tough not to like a guy who can’t wait to get his hands on a delicious Five Guys burger. But it’s a bit less charming when he starts making them photo ops and peels $20 bills off a roll to cover his media pals while much of America is scraping to make rent. And it becomes downright annoying when that same guy’s wife won’t shut up about how fat everyone’s kids are even while she’s slamming a medium-rare cholesterol bomb down her gullet. The cheeseburgers aren’t the issue. The elitism and hypocrisy are.

What baffles me is that his problem is so easy to overcome. I’m fairly sure the White House Chef could whip up a cheeseburger that would make a grown man fall to his knees and weep as if he had just caught a glimpse of The Almighty Himself. When he and Michelle got tired of their Kobe beef burger topped with fresh Arugula and imported Dijon mustard, I’m quite sure they could slip one of his junior aides a couple bills for a clandestine burger run. Neither Five Guys nor Ray’s Hell Burger are all that far away from the White House.

So why don’t they keep their burger consumption on the down-low? I think it’s because they don’t see it as a problem. Neither the President nor his wife see any problem with saying one thing while showing another with their actions. They see no harm at all in flaunting their wealth and power to a nation rapidly losing both. Why should they? The whole point of gaining the power they’ve both worked their lives to attain is using it at every possible turn. They simply can’t imagine how we’d object.

After all, it’s our job to be ruled.

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