Not Smart, Obama

Here is what Barack Obama had to say about Jessica Simpson yesterday. h/t Michelle

LAUER: You got replaced by Jessica Simpson.

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

LAUER: What would you like to say to the tens of millions of people who are watching this game today?

The posted image is a clickable side-by-side taken from recent snaps of both. A recent photo album of Simpson here. The Obama team seems to prefer Michelle not be photographed below the waist, perhaps understandably so. And here is what Jessica Simpson just had to say before Obama had his say:

And in her first performance since the kerfuffle over her curves, Simpson strutted across a Virginia stage in skin-tight leather pants Thursday night and lamented the world's "completely pointless" focus, People.com reports. "Thank you for your support," she told the crowd in Charlottesville at the end of her set. "Stay positive, and pray out loud!"

Somehow I'm thinking certain groups might not feel Obama is healing the country today. But will lib feminists dare to "weigh" in? Don't hold your breath. No doubt Simpson is some air-headed star who chooses to put herself out there so she isn't entitled to it in their view. You'll have to wait for Donald Trump to call Rosie O'Donnell a sow or something again for that to happen.

Comments

[mark l.]

"Yeah, who’s losing a weight battle apparently."

one word:

oprah.

[Fred Beloit]

They say you can't tell about a book from its cover. Sometimes you can. Here is such an instance:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/02/the-true-face-of-hollywood/

[Fred Beloit]

Zaftig is the word for this post.
http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zaftig

[SacTownMan]

No below the waist shots of Michelle? How about that face? Or that enormous butt? Put a blanket and a saddle on her!

Jessica looks plenty fine while Michell looks...well... Hefty!

I can see Barry burning a blunt and listening to 2-live-crew on his IPOD..

"I like big butts and I cannot lie....!!!"

[mark l.]

fred-
excellent choice of adjective.

I have always been a sophia loren guy.

[mark l.]

I was hazy on whether Michelle's wide load was fair game...

I thank obama for clearing the matter up, less than 3 weeks on the job.

[Marie LeVeau]

Isn't this rather petty of a sitting US president? I'm not exactly sure what he thnks he is accomplishing other than showing the type of person he is. But in my opinion, a man raised most of his life by a woman..and a liberal woman at that, thinks more along the lines of how a woman would rather than a man. Too bad for us. So Obama is the first woman president.

[mary]

Did I read somewhere that his attorneys are looking into restricting the use of their images?

[mark l.]

"No below the waist shots of Michelle?"

my strongest advice to obama is that he keeps his wife out of the UK. The press will tear her a new 'one'.

(of course team obama could either try surrounding Michelle with secret service agents that will make her look trim in comparison, or they could surround her with VW beetles and hope she gets lost in the curves)

[mary]

Every high school counselor just had a cow. They probably use Jessica Simpson as an example of someone who is healthy and not anorexic.

[Fred Beloit]

"I have always been a sophia loren guy." I always liked her too, mark. Unfortunately for me, she had a thing for that ugly mug Cary Grant.

[SacTownMan]

When I see the new Jessica I think of the Akon song "Smack That"!

[Lala]

I think it was Raquel Welch that I saw at the airport one day. At any rate, it was one of the actresses who looked big on screen. What a surprise, she was a tiny little thing, about 5 feet tall.
I think Sophia Loren is small too.

[Fred Beloit]

You know our new Pres, Spindle Shanks I calls him, might take a tip from Aaahhnold and start doing some sissy squats to beef up those legs before he gets critical about the shapes of others.

[Fred Beloit]

Lala, back in the day saw Susan Hayward up close on location one night, Salinas, Cal airport. She was small and quite ordinary looking. She was wearing glasses over a band aid on her nose. I guess the band aid was to prevent the glasses from leaving a mark on her nose. Close ups, etc.
http://search.aol.com/aol/image?invocationType=rboxImgDtls&query=susan%20hayward&icid=snap-pic&flv=1

[salfter]

>I can see Barry burning a blunt and listening to 2-live-crew on his IPOD..
>
>"I like big butts and I cannot lie....!!!"

That was Sir Mix-a-Lot, not 2 Live Crew. (Don't ask me how I know.)

I'm not that familiar with Jessica Simpson, but if the recent photos are accurate, I'd have to question the judgment of someone who thinks she's fat. (I would say "I'd hit it," but this isn't Ace of Spades HQ, so I won't. :-) )

[TheSpartan]

I can see Barry burning a blunt and listening to 2-live-crew on his IPOD..

"I like big butts and I cannot lie....!!!"

Posted by: SacTownMan | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 12:07 PM

At least if you're going to have a thinly veiled racist rant get the rapper right. It was Sir-Mix-A-Lot.

[TheSpartan]

And if you wanna talk about wide loads...it's clear the Bush men like there women on the larger size.

[mark l.]

just saw madame messiah on tv talking about public education...

to paraphrase, rather closely,

'I would not be here, where I am, without a good public education.'

I thought her current status is married to the President...it seems a function independent of education.

[mark l.]

lala-

the shortness thing...in both loren and welch, I had always assumed 5'8" minimum. Welch has what appear to be very broad shoulders...

loren is listed at 5'8.5"

welch is 5'6" (?) but then she could have a good publicist. I'd trust your eyes over the net, anyday.

Drop 2 inches out of exageration, and 1.5 to osteo-arthritis...

[SacTownMan]

Thanks Sparky and Salfter, I stand corrected. I need more "bounce" and "bling" in my music collection.

Obviously I need to turn down the Disturbed and start acting my age!

But were there every any finer lyrics written than Disturbed's "Down With The Sickness" line of "Oh..Whaa..ah..ah..ah"

And I'll put Sarah Palin's backside against just about anyone from the left!

Baby got Back!

[Jim Treacher]

I don't suppose Lauer got around to asking about Obama's job?

[gus]

Matt Lauer was to busy slobbering to ask a real question.
He could have asked. What brand of cigs the President smokes or some other real interesting tid bit. US magazine? WTF? Libs are becoming a parody of themselves. It's like Sid Vicious got out of jail and used all the heroin at once? Libs gone wild.

[skylights]

He was reading the headline. DUH!

[mike191]

While Obama was against the War in Iraq Miss Simpson entertained the troops numerous times.This person is demonstrating he is not fit for the Presidentcy.

[Roy Mustang]

I heard that the Lauer interview interrupted the last few minutes of the game in Tucson, AZ.

[Marie LeVeau]

The president does not use good judgement in responding to these lines of questioning, as juvenile as they are. But he really ought to be really P O'd at Lauer for putting him in this position in the first place. It doesn't look good. SO. I'm wondering. Could this have been a set up by Lauer? To maybe show that the media could turn on their messiah if he doesn't give them what they want.

[torabora]

What duh1 said sounded contrived...there is quite a bit about this guy that we don't know.

When we find out the wheels are coming off this fraud.

[TheSpartan]

And I'll put Sarah Palin's backside against just about anyone from the left!

Baby got Back!

Posted by: SacTownMan | Monday, February 02, 2009 at 05:32 PM

And that is the extent of her qualifications...

Seriously, I saw the clip in question for the first time yesterday, what's the big deal. What he said was more a slam at US (the magazine) than at Simpson. He was simply reading what was on the cover.