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President Obama sets bad example for the children, eats a cheeseburger

Posted By Ricky Sprague On In health & medical,politics & government | 3 Comments

President Obama, a role model [1] to our children (I like to think of him as our “Role Model-in-Chief”) set a terrible example to our obesity [2]-plagued children by having a cheeseburger [3] with some guy from Russia.

The buzz around the White House centered much more on the presidents’ unexpected jaunt for cheeseburgers to Ray’s Hell Burger in Virginia — Medvedev took jalapenos — and less about the many substantive matters they discussed.

Did the president check this out with his wife first? Remember, she is the one who created the “Let’s Move [4]” campaign, to encourage fat kids to, well, move.

And also, to not eat so many cheeseburgers.

A photo from the event, posted on the Russian guy’s twitter [5] feed (!), is particularly incriminating:

Look carefully at that image. It depicts a president, a role model-in-chief, who is saying through his actions that it is okay for children to eat cheeseburgers. This is a president who says, “Mm. Delicious cheeseburgers. Eat cheeseburgers, kids, and maybe you, too, can grow up to be president.”

Of course, in fairness to the president, he does get a lot of exercise. He spends a lot of time golfing [6].

Obama has played at least seven times since the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded on April 20, according to a compilation of media reports. He has reportedly golfed a total of 39 times since his inauguration, though some rounds came during vacations.

So, okay, I guess if you get in as much exercise as the president, it’s okay to indulge in a cheeseburger every now and then.

Suddenly I feel less indignant about his eating a cheeseburger.

Ricky Sprague [9]

Ricky Sprague occasionally writes and/or draws things. He sometimes animates things. He has a Twitter account [10] and he has a blog [11]. He scripted this graphic novel [12] about Kolchak The Night Stalker. He is really, really good at putting links in bios.