Althouse: Drudge uses this photo for "USA MOVES LEFT, EU GOES RIGHT."

June 8, 2009

Drudge uses this photo for "USA MOVES LEFT, EU GOES RIGHT."

(Linking to this.)

But I say: Caption contest!

ADDED: Glenn Reynolds is reminded of this. LOL.

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Hoosier Daddy said...: Actually, if you look closely, Michelle is not even looking at Carla, but at someone/something in the row behind her..

So you're saying it's someone other than Carla that is getting the Medusa gaze.

Gotcha.; 6/8/09, 2:52 PM
Unknown said...: Yo, I di'nt gets no Grey Poo-pon!; 6/8/09, 3:01 PM
jnseward said...: Say Michelle ma belle one more time, bitch.; 6/8/09, 3:17 PM
Jennifer said...: There are some extremely ugly comments in this thread - not the least of which is the insistent notion that a Harvard educated First Lady would speak like a hood rat.; 6/8/09, 3:20 PM
Patrick said...: Quelle bouffonne!; 6/8/09, 3:20 PM
former law student said...: the insistent notion that a Harvard educated First Lady would speak like a hood rat.

there's also the persistent notion that Justice Scalia told some journalists, "Fangool."; 6/8/09, 3:26 PM
Joe said...: at least my armpits are shaved; 6/8/09, 3:40 PM
Joe said...: my country is bigger than your country; 6/8/09, 3:40 PM
garage mahal said...: There are some extremely ugly comments in this thread.

Bet that won't get tagged!; 6/8/09, 3:48 PM
hombre said...: Bruni thought bubble: "Merda! I'd rather look at Angela. No wonder Obama's such a femminuccia."; 6/8/09, 3:49 PM
JimmyNashville said...: "Wife-Swap Disasters - Season 1"; 6/8/09, 4:05 PM
Ofc. Krupke said...: Were Sasha and Malia there?

Cause that looks like a "you kids knock that off RIGHT NOW" face to me.

God knows I've seen enough of them.; 6/8/09, 4:11 PM
SAM said...: Her mother never told her to take the ugly look off her face. Her anger and envy is painfully obvious.

If she was taught well she would have learned that your public face is always to be pleasant no matter what you think or how you feel.

Grievance and pettiness is never pretty.; 6/8/09, 4:13 PM
SAM said...: Oops grammar errors.

I should have written:

Her mother never told her to take the ugly look off her face. Her anger and envy are painfully obvious.

If she was taught well she would have learned that your public face is always to be pleasant no matter what you think or how you feel.

Grievance and pettiness are never pretty.; 6/8/09, 4:15 PM
hombre said...: FLS wrote: "Bruni looks like an ice queen, while Obama looks like she gets down and dirty.... What do you mean, bulk? Bruni's an A cup at best."

Are you related to the Obamas? Now you're defending tits you've never seen?

"... here's some naked photos of Bruni, from the Daily Mail ...."

Now that's even more in character for you -- looking up naked celeb photos.

What a guy!; 6/8/09, 4:23 PM
Glenn Reynolds said...: I don't have a comment per se (I already showed my South Park Republican credentials by making a boobie joke), but I just want to say, I and my esteemed colleague, Ms. Altmouse, whole-heartedly approve of the racist tone implicit in many of these comments. Since we're well aware that any sort of caption contest re: our non-white president and first lady will bring out the racists like nothing else, one could consider - heh - that it was part of the plan all along. Since it would be bad for our professorial careers to engage in outright eliminationist rhetoric, we find the angles where we can. Thanks for participating.
hehe. indeed. read the whole thing. ouch. "fisked"; 6/8/09, 4:25 PM
Anonymous said...: Did she just call me a Klingon?; 6/8/09, 4:34 PM
Anonymous said...: Did she just call me a Klingon?; 6/8/09, 4:35 PM
john said...: I think I speak for all three of us here, john, John and john:

this thread has gotten seriously hacked.; 6/8/09, 4:51 PM
Fen said...: Dkos'ers will soon be posting some of these posting as examples of how racist conservative pundits can be

Right. Because, mocking someone who is a product of racial quotas or mocking someone who immersed herself in black liberation theology is, ya know, racist....; 6/8/09, 4:53 PM
Fen said...: Oh how cute. The Democrat Underground Direct Action [DUAC] has invaded the thread and is playing the race card with reckless abandon.

All we need now is an "independent" to drive by and dish out some false equivalence.; 6/8/09, 4:57 PM
Fen said...: Michelle Obama: "“I would hope that a Black woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a White female who hasn’t lived that life”

See? She's racial, not racist. Silly Goose.

LOL.

This is better than the feminists telling us its okay for Clinton to grope, as long as he stops once she says "no".; 6/8/09, 5:04 PM
Megaera said...: Swen: MO is not, strictly speaking, a lawyer, having let her bar membership lapse. She is a lawschool graduate. She never engaged in trial practice.; 6/8/09, 5:25 PM
former law student said...: elHombre takes it upon himself to defend a gay man's evaluation of a Presidential consort's tits.

Why not? Titus is a big tent Republican if you know what I mean and I think you do.; 6/8/09, 5:31 PM
superfly said...: First lady Michelle Obama is shown here Saturday in France at a D-Day observance shortly before ripping the windpipe from the neck of French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. Obama reportedly became enraged when Sarkozy refused to baby sit the Obama children while the first couple enjoyed a date night in Paris. With the American media contingent cheering loudly, Obama beat the French first lady with the extracted wind pipe even after Sarkozy collapsed on the storied cliffs of Normandy. "You should see 'Chelle," the president's teleprompter said with a chuckle, "when she's really pissed."; 6/8/09, 5:33 PM
LPF said...: M.O.: "No, I did NOT used to be a man!"; 6/8/09, 5:47 PM
Fred4Pres said...: Come on, Michelle is looking at Carla. Total stink eye.

But to diverge a bit...

So yes, she is a lawyer.

So prehaps this story is in order:

One afternoon a lawyer was riding in her limousine when she saw
two men along the roadside eating grass.
Disturbed, she ordered her driver to stop and
she got out to investigate.

She asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied.
"We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed
you," the lawyer said.

"But madam, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over
there, under that tree."

"Bring them along," the lawyer replied. Turning to the other
poor man he stated, "You come with us, too."

The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But lady, I also
have a wife and SIX children with me!"

"Bring them all, as well," the lawyer answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as
large as the limousine was.

Once underway,
one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said,
"Lady, you are too kind.
Thank you for taking all of us with you."

The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really
Love my place.. The grass is almost a foot high."; 6/8/09, 5:53 PM
Anonymous said...: "I really hate my country, but I really fucking hate the French!"; 6/8/09, 6:00 PM
jdkchem said...: Someone left the wookie snacks back at the hotel.; 6/8/09, 6:12 PM
Jim C. said...: john 8:57 AM wrote, "it looks to me like she is thinking about the paths that these two very different women took to arrive on that stage."

Michelle got to where she was in large part because of her skin. Same as Carla. Hmm.

john 9:43 AM wrote, "When was the last time you saw a picture of Cheney without either a scowl or a look like he just bit the head off a cat?"

Um, you probably don't want to disclose your sexual fantasies here.

Swen wrote, "Which raises the question: With a stack of photos, what was the agenda in picking this one to publish? For sure not trying to make Ms Obama look good (if that's possible)."

Of course, there was absolutely no agenda with that one photo of Condi glowering.

Jennifer said, "...the insistent notion that a Harvard educated First Lady would speak like a hood rat."

"Hood rat?" Racist!

:D

paul said..."If I catch Obama looking at your skinny, white ass again..."
RedLion said..."I CUTchu, bitch!"

Co-winners!; 6/8/09, 6:13 PM
Michael E. Lopez said...: Wow. Big thread. A few things:

1) Regarding Michelle's being a lawyer (which she is) I just want to point out that graduating from Harvard Law School doesn't make you a lawyer. Passing the bar in some state or jurisdiction makes you a lawyer. It's a very important distinction.

2) There have been some very, very funny captions so far... a quick recap:

* "I could eat you like last night's barbeque" -- Treacle

* "I can't believe they sat me next to that Palin bitch. Someone's gonna lose their job over this." -- Bruce

* "Cheekbones are the new breasts." -- John Stodder

* "They keep raisin' the bra!" -- Matt

* "Bitch stole my baguette." -- Kensington

Perhaps we could have less harping and more funny captions?

3) Finally, some contributions of my own, none of which are as funny as John Stodder's comment, but we can try, yes?

Obama thought: "What are those two marks on her neck?"

Sarkozy thought: "If I pretend that she's not there, maybe she'll go away."; 6/8/09, 6:16 PM
john said...: Jim C - did you see the attached picture of Cheney? No fantasies.

Yep, thread's been seriously hacked.; 6/8/09, 6:18 PM
Hoosier Daddy said...: There are some extremely ugly comments in this thread - .

I know. It's always distressing when Jeremy stops by asking someone here to suck his dick.

not the least of which is the insistent notion that a Harvard educated First Lady would speak like a hood rat..

Well she listened to a 'preacher' speak like one for 20 years.; 6/8/09, 6:27 PM
GM Roper said...: Michele's thought balloon: "She takes that last rib and doesn't even TRY to look ashamed!"; 6/8/09, 6:43 PM
Anonymous said...: "I know about your kind"; 6/8/09, 6:44 PM
JMW said...: "Frenchie, y'all don' know, I'll cut a bitch!"; 6/8/09, 6:50 PM
Anonymous said...: "There are some extremely ugly comments in this thread - not the least of which is the insistent notion that a Harvard educated First Lady would speak like a hood rat." - Jennifer

Hey, Jennifer, read Michelle's Princeton thesis - then tell us about hood rats.; 6/8/09, 6:51 PM
former law student said...: read Michelle's Princeton thesis

I did:

In the white, male environment of Princeton, black students clung together more than they did in high school, and more than they did in the working world.

Along with ethnic identification, Michelle also compared the amount of religious identification before, during, and after Princeton. The differences were minor as I recall.

Her thesis did not address the burning "Hood rat" issue.; 6/8/09, 7:49 PM
nk said...: White is an entirely appropriate color of mourning for any lady who is not a widow.; 6/8/09, 8:25 PM
David said...: Michelle apparently was not invited to go to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Good move on the President's part. This photo shows why.

P.S. Michelle Obama is a pretty good looking woman, but she's probably pissed that she is going to be compared with Bruni. Very tough act to follow.; 6/8/09, 8:33 PM
LilyBart said...: "Actually, if you look closely, Michelle is not even looking at Carla, but at someone/something in the row behind her. Try looking to your right when your eyes are all the way to the right in your sockets and your head is turned right about 40 degrees. You're looking behind, not next to, whoever's on your right."

You know Milli, I just don't buy that her expression is because she has turned to look at something. She is scowling (look at the skin between her eyes - and at the 'determined set' of her face). You can easily turn to look sideways without having such a 'sour' look on your face.

Don't know what she was thinking, but she needs to be more guarded in public - learn to keep a happier look on her face.

The set of her face seems to confirm what a lot of people already think about her - that she is bitter.; 6/8/09, 8:34 PM
Jeff with one 'f' said...: "blue-eyed devil!"; 6/8/09, 8:53 PM
Spaz said...: LCDR Worf will have this pale Earthling as an appetizer tonight.; 6/8/09, 9:00 PM
Yos said...: "she smells like an overcooked spaghetti, that b*tch is not even french..."; 6/8/09, 9:11 PM
Unknown said...: I have no earthly idea what she's thinking. But with a glare like that, I bet that when she wants Barry to take the garbage out...Barry takes the garbage out.; 6/8/09, 9:53 PM
Jeff with one 'f' said...: "blue-eyed devil!"; 6/8/09, 10:03 PM
JAL said...: Shesh.

I have been busy today and glanced at the comments earlier. Came back and -- bada-baboom! -- up to 246.

And it's not even about Sarah Palin!?

(Or maybe she was in there about a198?); 6/8/09, 10:53 PM
Anonymous said...: "Bitch Assed Honkey!

Now watch Ann Outhouse remove my comment like the facist little woman that she is....heh!; 6/8/09, 11:22 PM
Almost Ali said...: "Her thesis did not address the burning "Hood rat" issue." - Former Law Student

Certainly in spirit.

You may recall in her survey of fellow black students, most responded that they had not experienced Michelle's perceived racism at Princeton.

Unfortunately, the First Lady is a congenital racist, but only one in the long, continuous line of reverse racists born and bred in Chicago.

Worse, the President has to keep her happy. Hella'va mix; a jive turkey, Muslim sympathizer and the ax-grinding racist.; 6/9/09, 12:40 AM
escrime11 said...: Michelle aka "Sapphire" Obama. The girl can't help it.; 6/9/09, 1:47 AM
Granny said...: "Glass jaw?" I quite don't find it amusing. Shows character. (Resentment? Sass? Pique?) Les pieds d'argile. (Cagey, the both of them.) Althouse, the ubiquitous perceptions leading you and others to cast a vote you may want back doesn't give you license to invite shots now. You people created the problem and now we're (sworn or affirmed) stuck with it. Change their bad attitudes, I'd say. Naturalize them... who cares what the French do? They're good for pastries and make-up; not profound endeavor nor common sense. The Obamas do not exist in order to provide "content" for you media mavens. They are the heads of state and had better see fit to serve our people and not the other way around. As head of government her spouse is fiddling with the very wrong course would do well to consult some capital Wise Men promptly, 86ing the media and ego massaging poofs surrounding. Whom does he think he is? Michael Valentine Smith? Some sort of avatar? Get lost, Mr. Prophet and do your job. That's what we pay you for. As Head of Government, it's high time they commence serving all the people. Some people think trees to the sky grow forever and misinformed, profligate dhimmicrats are the bloody worst. God save the Republic until they're turned out.; 6/9/09, 3:13 AM
Methadras said...: Michelle: Your skin, it is creamy, smooth, and white.

Mrs. Sarkozy the 3rd: You cannot compare to me. I am European, an aristocrat of noble birth, I am married to a head of state, and my skin is creamy, smooth, and white. You are just black and you have the perpetual look of snide anger on your face.

Michelle: It's on now, bitch!!!; 6/9/09, 4:30 AM
Methadras said...: Michelle: Your skin, it is creamy, smooth, and white.

Mrs. Sarkozy the 3rd: You cannot compare to me. I am European, an aristocrat of noble birth, I am married to a head of state, and my skin is creamy, smooth, and white. You are just black and you have the perpetual look of snide anger on your face.

Michelle: It's on now, bitch!!!; 6/9/09, 4:31 AM
Michael S. Kochin said...: Hey, who shot that spitball!; 6/9/09, 5:03 AM
Unknown said...: I love it! You remove a comment by john. wow, you really have limits. Who knew?; 6/9/09, 7:46 AM
Ann Althouse said...: @Tom What comment are you talking about? I don't think I deleted anything.; 6/9/09, 8:21 AM
Tom Graney said...: First lady Michelle Obama takes a moment during the D-Day commemoration to reflect and get in touch with her inner angry self.; 6/9/09, 9:30 AM
john said...: I think I removed one of my own comments. Wasn't up to my high standards.

And there are far too many j/Johns here. Remember, there is only one original John, and only one original john. Accept no substitutes.; 6/9/09, 9:40 AM
Fen said...: Actually, I would have become endeared to Michelle if she had thrown a punch at the French.

She wasted a crisis...; 6/9/09, 9:47 AM
Anonymous said...: Thought Balloon, Carla: "Bitch"
Thought Balloon, Michelle: "Slut"; 6/9/09, 12:57 PM
Anonymous said...: "I've come all this way and you can still make me feel black!"; 6/9/09, 3:23 PM
Anonymous said...: Last photo of Carla Bruni only moments before Michelle pulls out her batlif.; 6/9/09, 10:20 PM
kenavo said...: I certainly am NOT King Kong's baby sister!; 6/9/09, 10:41 PM
SpakSpace said...: I hate you as much as I hate America...; 6/10/09, 12:07 AM
kenny g said...: I FOUND your little thong stuffed into the ice bucket in our limo."; 6/11/09, 2:14 PM
Anonymous said...: Jackie was extremely intelligent in personal life. She had a geisha-like fascination for the opposite sex and was conversant in matters of culture, literature, films, but not so much politics.
As for Michelle Obama's intelligence, I've yet to see it. I read her dissertation and if she were white it would be a bad high school paper. No sign of any great brains. Jackie was much smarter, and could talk elegantly with any head of state on a conversational basis, but certainly did not have the kind of drive and ambition of the current "first lady." MO was racist and bitter at Princeton. The more you give someone with this "envy" disease, the more they want, like that tale about the Fisherman's wife. No matter what she wished for, once she got it it was not enough.; 6/15/09, 9:47 PM
Wag-a-Muffin said...: "Maybe eef I stare into space and ignore her, thees angry black woman--weeth the toned arms--weel go away."; 7/5/09, 12:08 PM
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