Michelle Obama’s Burgers

Published in Liberation
(France) on 15 February 2011
by Fabrice Rousselot (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Laura Napoli. Edited by Jessica Boesl.
A Michelle Obama with fat on her arms and a double chin, seated in front of a plate of a dozen hamburgers? Apparently, the American First Lady’s campaign to fight obesity in America hasn’t convinced everyone.

The ultra-conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart chose to post this mini-comic on his website, biggovernment.com. The two pictures show Michelle Obama munching on hamburgers next to her husband, depicted with huge ears, who is eating vegetables. Michelle Obama says in sum to her husband that she is trying to change Americans’ eating habits and to reduce the portions that they eat. Barack, apparently annoyed, replies: “Michelle, I want to get re-elected. What you’re doing is only going to annoy a lot of people.” To which Michelle responds: “Shut up and pass the bacon.”

The drawings have caused a stir in Washington, with some Democrats considering them to be “in very bad taste.” But they are also a reflection of the campaign mounted by the American right against Michelle Obama’s initiative. Sarah Palin was the first to have spoken out against the First Lady’s actions, stating that she could not “dictate” what citizens can put on their plates. Andrew Breitbart himself took advantage of recent revelations from the White House menu on the night of the Super Bowl (pizza, buffalo wings and burgers) to revive the controversy.


Les hamburgers de Michelle Obama

Une Michelle Obama avec des bourrelets sur les bras, un double menton, attablée devant une assiette d'une dizaine de hamburgers ? Apparemment, la campagne de la First Lady américaine pour lutter contre l'obésité en Amérique n'a pas convaincu tout le monde.

C'est le commentateur ultra conservateur Andrew Breitbart qui a ainsi choisi de poster cette mini bande dessinée sur son site Biggovernment.com. Les deux dessins montrent donc Michelle Obama en train d'avaler ses hamburgers à côté de son mari, affublé d'immenses oreilles, et qui mange lui des légumes. Michelle Obama dit en substance à son époux qu'elle est en train d'essayer de changer les habitudes des Américains devant leurs assiettes et de réduire les portions qu'ils dévorent. Barack , apparemment ennuyé, lui répond : "Michelle, je veux être réélu. Ce que tu fais va seulement fâcher beaucoup de gens". Ce à quoi Michelle répond : "Tais toi et passe moi le bacon".

Les dessins ont provoqué quelques remous à Washington, certains démocrates les jugeant "de très mauvais goût". Mais ils sont également le reflet de la campagne montée par la droite américaine contre l'initiative de Michelle Obama. Sarah Palin la première s'était insurgée contre l'action de la Fisrt Lady en affirmant qu'elle n'avait pas à "dicter" ce que les citoyens mettaient dans leurs assiettes. Andrew Breitbart, lui, a profité de récentes révélations sur le menu de la Maison Blanche le soir du Superbowl (pizza, buffalo wingset burgers) pour relancer la polémique.
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