As Sister Toldjah writes, you stay classy, Mr. President
Lauer: Yeah, well — let — let me show you. This is the — the current issue of — of Us Weekly.
Obama: Right.
Lauer: And here’s a great picture
Obama: Oh, it’s beautiful.
Lauer: — of — of you and — and Michelle and — and your daughters. Now, the — the reason I bring this up I think is funny. It’s a great picture.
Obama: Yeah.
Lauer: But I wanna show you the cover. Look what they did. They — they took you off the cover.
Obama: Yeah.
Lauer: They took you out of it.
Obama: It — it’s — it’s a little hurtful.
Lauer: You got replaced by Jessica Simpson.
Obama: Yeah, who’s losing a weight battle apparently. (LAUGHTER) Yeah. Oh, well.
Classy, eh? Warner Todd Huston at Newsbusters writes
It seems a bit low of the President of the United States to so offhandedly slam a mere entertainer, doesn’t it? Is this something that a good politician would do? What did Simpson ever do to Obama?
Is this appropriate behavior for the President of the United States to engage in? It’s one thing for Obama to attack Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, who, while private citizens engaged in political free speech, are at least involved in politics. To make fun of Simpson and her weight problem, and, yeah, she has one (though some are saying she put on the weight as a way of getting press), is just plain wrong.
Will Obama apologize? Will women’s groups stand up for SImpson? Doubtful all.
The video is here. Full transcript here.
Others: Michelle Malkin, Gateway Pundit
Updated: The MSNBC transcript doesn’t jibe with the actual video (which several commenter’s point out. Sorry, was out running errands.) He actually says she is “in a weight battle” Quite frankly, while that might be a little nicer, is it appropriate for the President of the United States to have even said that? Imagine if it had been Bush who said it, or McCain had he won, or Sarah Palin. Yeah, you know what would have happened.
This is the Jessie I prefer
 
