First lady Michelle Obama hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen - pics (Updated)

[Kadie]

First lady Michelle Obama, right, hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.


First lady Michelle Obama, center, helps hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama serves food to veteran Pierre Carter at Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, March 5, 2009. The kitchen provides meals, case management and housing support to nearly 250 homeless men and women in the city.


U.S. first lady Michelle Obama serves food at Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, March 5, 2009. The kitchen provides meals, case management and housing support to nearly 250 homeless men and women in the city.


First lady Michelle Obama, right, hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.


First lady Michelle Obama, right, hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.


First lady Michelle Obama, right, stops to have her photo taken as she helps to hands out meals during her visit to Miriam's Kitchen in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009. The center provides meals, case management services and housing support to nearly 250 men and women in Washington.

[pleah]

1. K&R

[TahitiNut]

2. I love that woman. She's REAL about it ... it's not some "fish out of water" photo op.

We're lucky to have the Obamas help take on the mess we've made.

[lazyriver]

21. Exactly. I kind of get the feeling she would be doing this kind of work

even if she wasn't First Lady.

[ShortnFiery]

3. What a gracious first lady. :-)

I was only a little girl but I loved Rosalynn Carter and now I'm so very proud of Michelle Obama. :loveya:

[goclark]

38. Mrs. Carter was lovely and so was her family nt

[FrenchieCat]

4. thank God she was wearing a sweater!

I hope the media approves of its color! :sarcasm:

In reality, our First Lady is energetic and busy...
and seems to be concentrating on what she can do
to make all of our lives just a bit better.

Kudos to her, and Kudos to our President
for having the good grace of falling in love
with a true gem.

[Submariner]

54. You are so right

The media unveiled the scandalous news that Michelle often wears sleeveless dresses! Although I have seen her showing arm, as a guy I did not know this was such a newsworthy topic until the MSM told me so.

Our news readers are a bunch of dipsticks.

[shellgame26]

66. but but but..you can still see her arms through the sweater

Damn that woman! Hasn't she ever heard of sackcloth?

[malaise]

5. Have you ever seen a Bush near

A food kitchen for homeless people?

Bravo Michelle! :yourock:

[PassingFair]

7. Not fair, here he is, dishing out food for seniors....

[lazyriver]

20. Thank you for the laugh...made my afternoon!

[Eryemil]

25. Ok, that I didn't expect

Well played sugarcube.

[Kadie]

30. !!

:rofl:

[stlsaxman]

53. is there a link for these wonderful, beautiful, heart-warming photos?

I'd like to forward them to everyone i know.

[PassingFair]

55. This is another pathetically funny image of that time.

Funny and sad and infuriating at the same time:


Just google McCain Bush Cake and there
are a few shots in Google images....

[Kadie]

64. I don't have a direct link to all of them.

I found them all at DayLife. http://www.daylife.com/

Just do a search on Michelle Obama and you will see the pics.

:hi:

[Justpat]

32. LOL. n/t

[malaise]

33. LOL

While NOLA was drowning. Perfect :rofl:

[goclark]

39. Stop it! I am ROTFL

[JackBeck]

40. You just made my day. nt

[and-justice-for-all]

46. HA! nt

[kmac3]

51. K & R

ABSOLUTE PERFECT RESPONSE . . . :rofl:


This is about the only level of care Dubya is capable of!

As for Laura .... she's a perfect "stepford"! Bought and paid for by the Bushs' and unable to act on her own.

[4_TN_TITANS]

52. roflma! Good one......n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

59. Brilliant post! Thanks for the belly laugh! DUers ROCK!

[Contrary1]

9. Not fair X 2:

Bush was far too busy serving faux turkey to the troops. Yum...

[Qutzupalotl]

35. That turkey is just a decoration.

And he's holding a plastic centerpiece.

[bdamomma]

12. they (the bushes) never had to struggle, so how could they relate.

they have always viewed themselves as being above all of us. jerks.

[Terran]

28. Agreed, I'm pretty sure

neither Laura nor George have ever been near someone who needed case management or free food.

That last pic just make me grin...she is SO real, it just makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time.

[Kajsa]

58. Never, Malaise!

I don't think it even OCCURRED to him that they would need help.

:(

[silverweb]

6. Leading by example.

The best kind of leadership there is -- inspiration.

Hopefully, this will give a lot of people the urge to similarly volunteer where help is needed, or to donate if physically helping is not an option.

[NavyDavy]

8. waiting for the right to attack the guy with the camera phone and

why is he in a soup kitchen....3, 2, 1 attack

[siligut]

34. Cell phones allow people to remain connected.

Almost everybody has a cell phone anymore. Even if they don’t have running water, they may have a cell phone. There are very inexpensive ones out there too. Plus he can still use his camera even if he doesn't have service. However, the Reich has been known to extrapolate and exaggerate at will so I won’t be surprised if we see that attack you predict.

[Xenotime]

62. I asked the question. I'm offended you would think that I am RW by asking?

[ohtransplant]

10. She's an excellent example.

As a parent I love her as a role model - not only for Americans who can help each other but for future generations of first ladies!

[bdamomma]

11. She is so good.

First Lady Michelle knows what is happening and is trying to help. Her connection with the American people is palpable.

[CTyankee]

13. Rush will probably snark that she' s right where she should be

a cafeteria worker. I remember how he used to make fun of Jerry Brown sleeping at a shelter when he visited D.C. Rush made a big deal about sitting down to his excellent food and wine, followed by an expensive cigar...

I hope he does spew crap about her at the soup kitchen. Let more people hear his hate and see how it sits with them. If they have any humanity they'll feel ashamed of themselves...

[Cleita]

People like Rush think the homeless and poor deserve what they get. It won't

make them feel ashamed at all.

[CTyankee]

60. It's up to us to remind them, then: "Have you no shame, sir?"

You know, like that...

[Tangerine LaBamba]

14. Eight fucking years, eight fucking, fucking years,

and Pickles couldn't get her fat ass off the loveseat where she lounged in her Xanax haze to set foot outside the White House even to go have lunch with friends at a local restaurant.

Serve food to the homeless?

God forbid!

I love this Princeton and Harvard grad. I just love her to pieces.

[uppityperson]

23. Now, now, now, be empathetic towards the mentally ill.

I very much like the Obamas. Poor Pickles, I hope she gets the help she needs.

[NYC Liberal]

42. On the other hand - if Bush was your husband

I don't think you'd wanna go outside. 'Specially with the common folk who he's fucked over time after time.

Not that I think she had any real desire anyway.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

43. Good point

I think she had a Xanax supply that we mere mortals can only envy.

Look, she's as bad as he is, as far as I'm concerned. She reaps the benefit, and, as a First Lady, she was worse than a total dud. Michelle Obama is putting Pickles to shame, and if I didn't know better, I hope she's reading the incredibly positive and admiring coverage our First Lady is getting. I hope it cuts her to her core - if she has one - with every word.

The comparison, in just a few short weeks, is still so jarring for me. It's like having been blind, and suddenly your sight is restored. And the sun is shining....................

[shireen]

15. what i love most is that she knows what she's doing behind that counter!

Can you imagine past first ladies doing that, and feeling comfortable serving food? Except for Rosalyn Carter, I can't imagine it. :)

[Botany]

50. Betty Ford and Tipper Gore both did work like Michelle

n/t

[starroute]

16. I love the way she's goofing for that cellphone pic

We know she's able to be totally gracious and glamorous when it's for Vogue -- but she can also mug like a 16 year old when that's what the photographer will appreciate. And that's wonderful.

Michelle seems to have the rare ability to know how to connect with people of every sort. Whether it's hugs for the 5 year olds, praise for the federal bureaucrats, or an easy, comfortable "broccoli or potatoes" dialogue with the patrons of Miriam's Kitchen, she never looks down on anyone and knows how to make everybody feel valued.

It's also good that she's teaching this to her daughters. Remember when the whole family was handing out turkey at Thanksgiving?

[JitterbugPerfume]

17. I adore her

she makes me so damn proud!

[alsame]

18. How can anyone not be proud to have her as FLOTUS? What

an example she sets for all of us, what inspiration she provides.

:patriot:

[democrank]

19. What a breath of fresh air this First Lady is.

Bless you, Michelle Obama.

[eleny]

22. Being a role model for commuity service...

And doing it in her unique down to earth style.

[grantcart]

24. very nice

[acmavm]

26. Such a lovely woman, inside and out. Smart, kind, funny.

What a blessed relief after 8 years of whatever you would call Laura bush**.

[fizzgig]

27. she personifies grace in every sense of the word

she is an amazing woman

[tekisui]

29. knr!~

[Sultana]

31. We are lucky to have such great leadership

:)

[Kind of Blue]

36. She's so cute. I love that woman! Thanks for the pics. n/t

[Historic NY]

37. she looks like she has done this many times...what a caring person we have as First Lady.

Make sure they eat the broccoli, Mrs. Obama.

[Individualist]

41. A beautiful and caring First Lady!

[NBachers]

44. I feel personally blessed to have her as our First Lady

What a genuine, warm, intelligent, gracious, gorgeous, classy, stylish, giving, accomplished . . . so many words of praise that apply to Michelle Obama . . .

And that bald guy in a suit behind her was making his presence felt, wasn't he?

[and-justice-for-all]

45. that last pic is funny...LOL

Best first lady EVER!

[Hekate]

47. Way better than a plastic Turkey a la Bush at 2 in the morning! Good for our First Lady. nt

[Luminous Animal]

48. Participating in the failure of capitlaism...

contributing to the reality that, in the richest country of the world, people have to beg for food.

[Norrin Radd]

49. Lovely.

[Tommy_J]

56. Bless her!

These pictures brightened up my morning. I'm so proud of her.

[Marrah_G]

57. That brought tears to my eyes.

I hope she continues on a regular basis and maybe more people will be encouraged to go work at one once a month.

[Xenotime]

61. How does a homeless person have a cellphone?

Just curious. Do they supply it? That would be wonderful if they did.

[rasputin1952]

63. It is almost impossible to find a reason anyone can dislike this

marvelous woman...:hug:

[politicasista]

65. Thanks. This First Lady cooks!

and rocks. :yourock: