Rush Limbaugh binges on anti-Michelle Obama vitriol

Washington Post ^ | February 23, 2011 | by DANA MILBANK

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Rush Limbaugh thinks Michelle Obama is a big, fat idiot.

The broadcaster announced during his show Monday that the first lady "took the kids out to Vail on a ski vacation, and they were spotted eating, and they were feasting on ribs - ribs that were 1,575 calories per serving with 141 grams of fat."

Actually, the restaurant put the calorie count at 600, but Rush was determined to chew out Obama. "The problem is - and dare I say this? - it doesn't look like Michelle Obama follows her own nutritionary, dietary advice," he said. "I'm trying to say that our first lady does not project the image of women that you might see on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue."

Limbaugh is in an excellent position to make this observation, being perhaps the finest example of the male form since Michelangelo sculpted David. In 2009, he went on a fad diet, full of controversial supplements but little exercise, and lost 90 pounds. Such crash diets are dangerous - and, sure enough, Limbaugh wound up in the hospital at the end of the year with chest pains. Judging from recent video footage, he has regained most of the bulk.

[Leisler]

( 500 calories at Kelly Liken. Right( eyes roll )
Yeah. Right. You get out of Kelly Liken with 500 calories. Please, peddle that crap somewhere else.

DINNER MENU

FIRST COURSES

Elk Carpaccio
bulgur taboulleh salad, whole grain mustard aioli

“Chikin’ n Waffles”
maple glazed Petaluma Quail, savory shallot studded Belgian waffle, wild mushrooms, sauce chausseur

Chilled Maine Lobster
meyer lemon aioli, fresh citrus, watercress

Roasted Young Root Vegetables
solar dried fruit, toasted hazelnuts, sweet and sour cider vinaigrette

Pan Seared Maine Diver Scallops
parsnip puree, roasted beet crème, pickled baby beets, crispy parsnip-watercress salad

Hamachi Crudo
green papaya salad, tender herbs, lime-chili essence

Pickled Pumpkin
Il Mondo Vecchio guanciale, wild arugula, parmigiano-reggiano

Crisp Kurobuta Pork Belly
gala apple and celery root ravioli, crunchy apple-celery salad

........................................................

IN THE MIDDLE

Second course.

Coconut Sorbet
lemongrass syrup, petite mint

Fresh Cranberry Shooter
arugula, 12 yr aged balsamic

Grapefruit Granita
cardamom emulsion

..................................................
Main course.

Kelly’s “Signature” Potato Crusted Trout Filets
caramelized Brussels sprout leaves, golden raisins, toasted pecans, brandied buerre blanc

All Natural Colorado NY Strip Steak
creamy braised salsify, romanesco cauliflower, shaved winter truffles, red wine jus

Pan Roasted Rabbit
butternut and chestnut stuffing, creamy whipped polenta, baby carrots, cranberry coulis

Colorado Rack of Lamb
shaved fennel-red onion salad, Israeli cous cous, meyer lemon infused Greek yogurt, preserved meyer lemon tempura

Ancho Chili Braised Bison Short Rib
wilted Tuscan kale, hominy and wild mushroom sauté, braising liquor

Pan Roasted Striped Bass
roasted beets and parsnips, wilted chicory, citrus crème fraiche, beet and tarragon vinaigrette

Herb Braised Kurobuta Pork
heirloom bean cassoulet, parsley-hazelnut pesto

Pan Roasted Duck Breast
duck confit studded farro, roasted cippolini onions, pomegranate gastrique, pain d’epice

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Sides.

caramelized Brussels sprout leaves, plump raisins, toasted pecans

heirloom bean cassoulet

creamy braised salsify

wild mushroom-hominy saute

duck confit studded farro

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Desert.

Our “Can’t Be Missed” Sticky Bun Sundae
bite sized pieces of cinnamon sticky bun, warm caramel, toasted pecans, vanilla bean ice cream

Pistachio Nougat Terrine
spongy pistachio dacquoise, tart passion fruit gelee, frozen nougat

Flourless Chocolate Cake
mocha pastry cream, orange-scented espresso biscotti, coffee granita shooter, crunchy espresso meringue

Caramel Apple Napoleon
walnut phyllo layers, vanilla custard, caramel mousse, poached apples

Vanilla-Orange Cheesecake
glossy port glazed figs, vanilla pear purée, caramelized white chocolate shards, crisp hazelnut tuile

[ilgipper]

No real rack of ribs is going to be 600 calories. Hell, many of the salads at restaurants are well over 1000 calories. I would guess most full rib meals at restaurants are at least 900 calories....most in the range he was talking about on the show. Ribs are very fatty, and unless you had very lean portion with a low calorie sauce, it is not a light meal.

Also, in defense of Rush, the point isn’t criticizing the First Lady for the sake of it. She has taken a hypocritical position on eating and wants to control restaurant and school menus. She is taking a policy position, and is subject to criticism.

[Leisler]

Home web site of Kelly Liken Restaurant. Very expensive, very metro, typical UrbanusAMericanus food fetish palace. With tip, my guess, 2-250 per head.

[Leisler]

500 calories FrauOberFoodFurer ate!!!!!.....at Kelly Liken's.

Liken's Sticky Bun Dessert.

[MBB1984]

It is fine to attack her purely on political issues, but Rush will lose when he attacks her as a person. It might make you feel better, but independents will view this as a personal attack on the First Lady and that will create a negative image for Conservatives.

The last thing we need is to create sympathy for Michelle Obama and that is precisely what Rush is doing in the eyes of independents and moderate democrats.

[exPBRrat]

LOL like a drowning person grasping for anything state run media just can’t cash in the sympathy card they insist on playing.

Rush is just exposing the 1st Wookie as a the hypocrite that she really is.

[Leisler]

So, dollars to donuts, seeing the menue, you think she had a 500 calorie dinner, with her size and that nice, hoity toity food drag across her?

I don’t.

Rush, was right. She was lucky to get out of there at 1,500 calories.

[FourPeas]

No one is better at taking a statement and twisting it than a liberal. Of course Rush never said that. WaPo obviously thinks we’re idiots. Sadly, many who read the article likely are.

[MayflowerMadam]

“MOOCHelle is an America-hating, American-hating, Freedom-hating, Constitution-hating, self-entitled, arrogant, equal-opportunity, condescending bigot.”

But you don’t mean that in a BAD way, do you? :)

She is all of that and more — as disgusting as a person can be. I almost think she’s worse than her blue-lipped, floppy-eared, baby-killing, effeminate, America-hating, Freedom-hating, Constitution-hating husband. (But that’s just my opinion; I could be wrong.)

[paulycy]

The last thing we need is to create sympathy for Michelle Obama and that is precisely what Rush is doing in the eyes of independents and moderate democrats.

Only if you accept the spin that he is attacking her personally. I heard the show. I don't.

You've been spun.

[Leisler]

(Yeah. We should RINOize our speech.)

Rush is a genius. He runs the guard rails and the lets the left go over the edge. He has set a trap. In a day, Dana Miquebank will be further exposed to be the lipwrist, in the hot tub of liberal spew loving idiot that he is.

[hal ogen]

In interest of my “new tone”...no, I don’t mean that in a BAD way. I mean it as information for her so that she might reconsider appearing in public and choose to remain sequestered in a windowless room in the White House basement. I don’t believe I have ever met a more off-putting individual than MOOCHelle.

[Atlas Sneezed]

There aren’t that many calories or that much fat in a full rack of baby back ribs.

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Which is irrelevant, because Michelle ate “short ribs” which is a different cut, from a different animal.

[Texas Eagle]

Actually, the restaurant put the calorie count at 600,

Ah, yes. Of course. And this is a contrail from an airliner.

[TexasCajun]

That particular belt she has on is the women’s WWF championship belt.....

Wookie Wrestling Federation

[MBB1984]

It doesn't matter what you think or what I think. It doesn't matter if you heard the show. What matters is perception by independents. And, they will be spun, more than you can imagine with Rush's statements.

Do you remember 1996? Clinton characterized and spun the GOP as mean spirited Republicans and it worked on independents. Rush is giving the leftists the perfect opportunity to use the same tactic again. We do not need to give them ammunition on unimportant issues.

[b4its2late]

Really huh? I didn't know that. Funny. That Ahole Franken just wanted to sell books.

[NELSON111]

You realize that the nutrition facts you posted state the serving size as 599 grams...right?

That means a serving size of 21.13 OZ is 1576 calories. The serving size for the rib listed in the article is 5 oz...a far cry from a 21 oz rib...and yes...I've eaten both. ;-P

[cbvanb]

How would you know how “independents” view Mrs.Obama? Any thinking person would naturally be offended by how this woman lives on the public treasury, and yet presumes to tell the rest of us how to live. Defend her if you must, but she is being criticized in the arena she chose.

[JDW11235]

““K-Stater” is a recent sign-on (Jan 9, 2011) ,stealth lefty/troll.(possibly an old one with a different IP address)
Check out the posting history.”

YEs, I noticed the newbie status and the circular question asking. Providing no input, merely the “neener, neener, neener” “I’ll ask loaded questions and make one line zingers, but say nothing meaningful,” tactics employed by the left. Thanks for the ping to us all, it seems he/she has been trolling many threads.

Thanks again!