NBC: Obama Calls Singer Jessica Simpson Fat

February 2, 2009 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Media Bias, News, President, Publius Contributor, Society/Culture, Warner Todd Huston |

-By Warner Todd Huston

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Apparently, President Barack Obama thought that Jessica Simpson’s weight was something he needed to make fun of during his pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer on NBC Sunday. Seriously. Obama called Jessica Simpson a fatty on national TV.

Lauer displayed for the audience the cover of a recent issue of the tabloid entertainment magazine US Weekly that featured the President’s wife and daughters and also had an insert photo pushing a story about singer Simpson.

As he viewed the cover, Obama decided to smack the singer down for being “in a weight battle.”

MSNBC Transcript

Lauer: Yeah, well — let — let me show you. This is the — the current issue of — of Us Weekly.

Obama: Right.

Lauer: And here’s a great picture

Obama: Oh, it’s beautiful.

Lauer: — of — of you and — and Michelle and — and your daughters. Now, the — the reason I bring this up I think is funny. It’s a great picture.

Obama: Yeah.

Lauer: But I wanna show you the cover. Look what they did. They — they took you off the cover.

Obama: Yeah.

Lauer: They took you out of it.

Obama: It — it’s — it’s a little hurtful.

Lauer: You got replaced by Jessica Simpson.

Obama: Yeah, who’s in a weight battle apparently. (LAUGHTER) Yeah. Oh, well.

Now, let’s think about this incident a bit, shall we?

It seems a bit low of the President of the United States to so offhandedly slam a mere entertainer, doesn’t it? Is this something that a good politician would do? To possibly upset millions of Simpson’s fans so like that? And why be so mean spirited? What did Simpson ever do to Obama?

Unless, of course, Obama felt he could slam her without having any of his pals on the extreme cultural left getting mad at him. After all, Simpson has taken up a new career as a Country singer and it is certain that Obama doesn’t know any Country music fans.

I also can’t let Obama’s casual dress sip bye uncommented upon. He appears in this national TV interview in a simple button up shirt with open collar. No suit jacket, not even a tie. Is this the sort of appearance that a man in the highest office of the land should show the nation? Is he so casual about his job that he won’t even wear a tie on national TV?

Lastly, let us imagine the hue and cry that would have been raised if George W. Bush had on national TV slammed a singer for being fat? Would the moonbats of the left have ignored that? Wouldn’t the rest of the media have gone nuts reporting the story if it should have been Bush instead of Obama that called someone like Jessica Simpson fat?

This is not very becoming conduct of a president of the United States, in my opinion.

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Worse, than even Obama’s casual treatment of his office, can you imagine the softball interview that he was handed with Matt Lauer’s golly-gee interview? Not a single hard question posed.

(H/T Gatewaypundit)

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, Human Events Magazine, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston

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