{"id":4307,"date":"2009-03-03T07:02:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4307"},"modified":"2009-04-24T19:52:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T00:52:58","slug":"afflicting-the-comfortable-comforting-the-afflicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=4307","title":{"rendered":"Afflicting The Comfortable, Comforting The Afflicted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The press is doing its job, asking the Administration the <em>tough <\/em>questions.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/02\/26\/toning.obama.arms\/index.html\">How do Michelle Obama&#8217;s arms get <em>so fabulous<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Obama effect has been that women of all ages have been inspired to take responsibility for their health and their body,&#8221; said Duggan. &#8220;As the first lady of the United States, at 44 years old, and with two young children, Mrs. Obama has shown the world that you are never too busy to take care of yourself and look good doing it too,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ooh.\u00a0 That&#8217;ll leave a mark.<\/p>\n<p>And how about that crucial question &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/nation\/article\/0,8599,1882167,00.html\"><em>what soft drink does the Administration prefer<\/em>?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is Pepsi actually the choice of the Obama Administration?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>My reporting at the White House suggests the answer is a resounding no. Several senior Administration officials are committed cola drinkers, and without fail they spend their days sipping from a can of Diet Coke, a product of Pepsi&#8217;s chief competitor, Coca-Cola.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The American media; &#8220;defending freedom&#8221; since 2000<font size=\"1\"> until 2008<\/font>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The press is doing its job, asking the Administration the tough questions. Like How do Michelle Obama&#8217;s arms get so fabulous? The Obama effect has been that women of all ages have been inspired to take responsibility for their health and their body,&#8221; said Duggan. &#8220;As the first lady of the United States, at 44 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-president-obama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}