She shouldn't have taken on Michelle Obama over that obesity issue.
Sarah Palin has come under fire from the right for her attacks on the first lady's anti-obesity campaign.
The conservative opinion page of The Wall Street Journal, which frequently criticizes the White House, on Monday hit Palin over her attacks on the first lady. This followed criticism by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who like Palin is thought to be mulling a 2012 presidential run.
In an editorial, the Journal pointed out that the first lady’s efforts to date are in keeping with what Palin herself has supported in the past. ...The Hill
It's not just the Journal and Huckabee. Others are piling on.
While both Huckabee and the Journal were critical of the former GOP vice presidential candidate for likening Michelle Obama's campaign to a "nanny state run amock," Palin also has come under fire from other conservatives over a host of issues. The criticism highlights the challenges Palin would face if she does try to win the 2012 GOP presidential nomination.
Conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer questioned her policy bona fides, saying on ABC News that he had hoped she would spend the years after the 2008 campaign "getting real deep into policy. . . She hasn't."
Former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough, now a political morning show host on MSNBC, criticized Palin for starring on a reality television program, in which Palin went camping with Kate Gosselin, the celebrity magazine regular. Scarborough said the problem for Republicans is that the most talked about figure in the GOP is Palin, who he described as a "reality show star who cannot be elected."
But it is the attacks on the first lady's initiative that have stirred the most consistent criticism.
Hey, it's Christmas season. We all pork up a bit. Maybe Palin is fighting those extra pounds, the pock marks and cellulitis, that jiggly feeling when she walks, the thighs rubbing together, her puffy little cheeks. That would make her a little irritated with Wonder Woman Obama, Michelle's healthy, athletic walk, her glossy skin and hair, her appearance of total competence. Oh, and her ability to actually do something about a problem which is adding a lot of fat to our national debt, not just yak about it on screen.
Maybe Palin is just jealous. No amount of moose-hunting and TV appearances are guarantees of that healthy look and they certainly aren't doing much for the intellect and competence, such as they are, of silly Sarah.
