This is one of the strangest stories yet out of the strangest White House yet.
Judicial Watch has the dietary details:
In a comical move even for a czar-happy president who has rewarded dozens of cronies with distinguished titles, the White House has named the Obama’s personal Chicago cook as “Senior Policy Adviser for Healthy Food Initiatives.”
It’s no joke, even though is sounds like a bad one. The Chicago chef’s rapid ascension, reported this week by a conservative Washington D.C. newspaper, has been kept under the radar for the last month. Sam Kass went from being a 20-something, Windy City gourmet cook—privately paid by the Obama’s to feed them—to big-time White House adviser in a matter of months.
In between, Michelle Obama made Kass a “Food Initiative Coordinator” for her new healthy nutrition program which is supposed to eliminate childhood obesity within a generation, especially in the nation’s inner cities. The First Lady claims that childhood obesity is a threat to national security and a crisis equivalent to AIDS and youth violence.
Because it’s such a dire situation, she has convinced her husband’s administration to spend $400 million a year to bring “healthy foods” to low-income neighborhoods and $10 billion to revise a decades-old federal measure that already feeds tens of millions of poor children at school for free.
This culinary revolution no doubt requires a trusted senior policy adviser—like Kass—who is an expert in healthy cuisine. The First Lady refers to her cook as a “partner in crime” and says it’s “just pretty powerful” to see what started out as talk in her South Side Chicago kitchen turn into a major initiative that “hopefully will change the way we think as a country.”
What’s next? Court jester? Oh, wait. We already have Joe Biden.
H/T: JudicialWatch.org
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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A crisis equivalent to AIDS? I don't remember the last time I got gang raped by my fried foods...
Have the Clampett's moved to the White House?
I'll just say this: I eat what most people would describe as crappy food.
But I still have all my hair.
Reminded me of King Louis the XIV. All these people with titles who in the end did nothing positive for the country. It is amazing. The people that think that Michelle has no influence over Obamie are dumb.
Kimmy, I agree that Michelle has influence over Barry. I'm guessing that this clown will draw all of our menues we should follow every day. What a waste.
If he wins in 2012 he will see it as a confirmation of his kingship by the people and hence he will continue to push for total control of every aspect of our lives. It is necessary to get Congress back from the Progressives (in both sides of the aisle) and to get Obamie and his people out of the White House. I believe in healthy living and so on BUT I dont want nor need Michelle and Obamie telling me what I should be eating either no matter how "good" their intentions are.
Official White House Chef + Czar Chef */. Michele = food fight!
"court jester? oh, wait. we already have that. Joe Biden" PRICELESS!! growing up in Delaware, I have to say, the rest of the country is rather fortunate that they've really only had to listen to his stupidity for two years.
The "partners in crime" part scares me. I think she was serious.
Mr. President, how 'bout making grandma the nanny czar?
Based on the above picture, it looks like YET ANOTHER male role model for Obama's rainbow base.
Wonder if Bawny Fwank has been hanging around making goo-goo eyes at him yet?
Sorry but the Nanny Czar job is going to Michelle's mother.