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"I want to acknowledge our first lady, Michelle Obama... She gets embarrassed."

Were you paying attention to the State of the Union when Obama focused on Michelle?

And by the way, I want to acknowledge our first lady, Michelle Obama, who this year is creating a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity and make kids healthier. Thank you. She gets embarrassed.

Let's put to the side the fact that Michelle Obama has chosen ? as her signature issue ? telling us our kids are fat. (I mean, thanks a lot. Laura Bush was all about telling kids to read. Why did Michelle go with "you're fat"?)

I was struck by the way, when Obama called on her, he had this almost frightened, serious look, as if he didn't know whether she'd play along with this public charade:

That's kind of a smile, but she looks annoyed...

When he got the smile from her, he smiled tightly and clapped... as if she'd performed a trick:

And what's with that other woman giving him the stinkeye?

Full post as published by Althouse on January 29, 2010 (boomark / email).