Let Obama eat what he wants

I almost felt bad for Mr. Obama. All he is trying to do is have a meal which many Americans eat routinely and peacefully unnoticed. Obama orders a burger and fries and people issue press releases and call the media.

It brought two important and under-used words to my mind – Shut Up!

Mrs. Obama has contributed her share of preaching about obesity and “food choices” so it may be that it has come full circle and he is receiving a dose of what his wife has been dishing out to the rest of us.

The bottom line is this – I think the President has every right to make choices about where he eats and what he eats. They are his arteries and, from what I can see, he is neither overweight nor unhealthy.

But I hope he reflects on the experience of having some annoying bunch of liberals try to dictate every moment of your life down to what you eat. At 5 Guys, Barack Obama came face-to-face with what concerns and even angers most Americans about his approach to government. He stands ready to dictate just about every detail in an average American’s life – from health care to housing and food.

Leave the President and his family alone to have a meal of their choosing. And people like the liberals at CSPI would do better to eat more hamburgers, more fries and, as a matter of fact, more anything. And as long as they don’t talk with their mouths full – the public interest will be served best by their silent chomping.

Andrea Lafferty is the Executive Director of the Traditional Values Coalition.