Issues currently affecting America:
> Troops still in Iraq (since 2003).
> Credit crunch.
> Housing slump.
> High unemployment rate.
> Deep recession.
Our most pressing issue:
How we, as a nation, feel about our First Lady baring her arms and what, if anything, we need to do about it. I saw at least three headlines last week about this “controversy.” I just did a Google search for “Michelle Obama bare arms” and got 499,000 results. The New York Times today has an op/ed piece on this “issue.” Although, in her defense, columnist Maureen Dowd calls Michelle’s “sculpted biceps” a symbol of America’s strength.
I was talking with The Boyfriend about this, and he pointed out that Michelle Obama is not the only First Lady to bare arms; Jackie Kennedy occasionally did, way back in the 1960s.
President Barack Obama also created controversy recently when he was photographed in swimming trunks. On a beach. While he was on vacation. It’s not like he was sitting in the Oval Office, greeting foreign dignitaries while wearing nothing but a Speedo.
So, yeah. America clearly needs to do something about our swimsuit-wearing President and his bare-armed wife.
