(CNN) – Mike Huckabee is weighing in on the Sarah Palin v. Michelle Obama face-off when it comes to suggesting nutritional guidelines for Americans – and he's taking the First Lady's side.
"With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin, I think she's misunderstood what Michelle Obama is trying to do," Huckabee, who has long documented his own battle with weight said Tuesday on the "Curtis Sliwa Show."
Huckabee's comments come in response to a remark from Palin on her TLC reality show Sunday during a scene in which the former Alaska governor is seen making s'mores - the not-so-healthy dessert of chocolate and marshmallows.
"[This] in honor of Michelle Obama, who said the other day we should not have dessert," Palin quipped as she served up the tasty treat.
But it's not the first time Palin has taken a jab at Mrs. Obama over her campaign to discourage fattening foods, especially from public schools. The former vice presidential nominee told conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham last month that "the first lady cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat."
Palin also hand-delivered cookies to a Pennsylvania school last month before delivering a speech there, saying: "Who should be deciding what I eat? Should it be government or should it be parents? It should be the parents."
Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee has previously expressed support for efforts to improve America's eating habits, himself having once weighed in at 280 before shedding 110 pounds in 2004. He's also the author of the 2005 healthy-lifestyle book, "Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork."
Palin's comments Sunday were in reference to a speech Michelle Obama delivered in July, during which she described her own upbringing when it came to food and exercise.
"In the afternoon, there was no way we'd be allowed to lie around the house watching TV," she told the NAACP in a Kansas City speech. "Our parents made us get up and play outside."
"As I tell my kids, dessert is not a right," she added.
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Huckabee = 1, Palin = 0
Who really cares what Palin, says or thinks? And, who cares if Huckabee, sides with Palin or Michelle? The injured party is the American people and their inability to think for themselves, without input from the likes of Palin, or Huckabee. Look at your situation, and think for yourselves. You do not now, nor have you ever needed input from Palin or Huckabee.
Lets see, need I list them all? At this point it is an understatement to say Phoney Palin or "PP" has her foot in her mouth. Its up to her knee. I say let her go give her more rope!
Wow, a republican finally sticking up for a democrat doing something right. Now if the rest of the GOP would do the same thing, just think what The President and Democrats could get done for our Nation!
Oh goody! I just can't start off my day without some dumb story from CNN about the half-term dimwit.
This woman will be in the spot light for the rest of her life, we may as well get use to it. AND, she will continue to get rich off the conservatives. Dumb is as Dumb is... she's DUMB.
Can CNN go a single day without a ticker on the main page about Sarah Palin? You guys are wearing me out! Enough already,.. we get it,... you don't like her! Can we move on?
Ticker: Sarah Palin is Wrong. No kidding.
Specifically this is what opinions should be made , evidence and actual experience. Huck was a fatty, now he is not. I wonder how he lost the weight? I am sure it wasn't the 'Palin the Pounds' exercise video
It is nice to see someone in the GOP who really puts life ahead of negative politics. Tell me something positive coming from the GOP. NOTHING.
"Sarah P has misunderstood..." That about sums it up.
Republicans get it only after they have been through it. If they have not been through it then whatever the bible says is true. Now if only most of these Republicans had to go through the painful labyrinth of our messed up health system then we would have public option right now. But since none of them had to go through whatever the insurance company says is true.
Sarah Palin is an idiot. What is wrong with the First Lady promoting healthy eating habits? People like Sarah Palin that despise every aspect of government (except the military) say that the government is wrong- how dare the government say I should eat healthy! Who is the First Lady to say childhood obesity is an epidemic, and public schools should serve healthier lunches? Eat cookies! I'm willing to bet if Michelle Obama were married to a Republican president, Palin would be giving out apples and carrots at her next school appearance.
Palin;Big Nose, worthless chatter, stupid laugh,goffy hair , floppy shoes what A CLOWN.
"With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin...
Sorry Mike, Palin deserves ZERO RESPECT. She is a horrible person who should not be a serious candidate for President of the United States. When I think about a candidate for president, I imagine someone who is wicked smart, compassionate, and possesses a sense of intelect. Palin has NONE of these traits. She is nothing but a caricature who is out for her own selfish interests.
I mean, mocking an anti-obesity campaign? So, she thinks its perfectly fine for our kids to grow up fatter, dumber, and sicker? Is she going to personally pay for all their diabetes treatments when they continue to gorge themselves on smores? Leave it to Palin to turn anything positive into a negative all in the name of shameless self promotion.
For all the tweeting and facebooking she does against Obama, has she ever once come up with a cohesive policy alternative? Of course not, because she is too dumb and naive. And the right wing idiots who follow her can't see past the tip of their own noses.
Thank heavens over 60% of Americans think she is unfit to be president. I can't believe that number isn't more like 99.99%.
Cheers to a potential 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate who isn't afraid NOT to have Palin's endorsement. He's smart enough to realize you speak out for and against what is right and wrong based on principle, values, and common sense... not based on what will get you ahead politically. The independents are going to win the 2012 election for someone. I hate to break it to all the Republicans pretending Palin is a formidable candidate, but whoever gets her endorsement will LOSE independent support. AND, those voters who support all things Palin would never vote democrat anyways... you already have their votes future republican nominee... so please get smart about this.
If one will put a gun over my head to chose between Huckabee and the queen of Alaska. I will die for Huckbee. I do know that Huckabee knows better how it feels to be overweight, and how it takes to drop it. The other lady from nowhere and going nowhere has not even a single clue of the entire talk.
Though I have made a comment on this CNN. I am totally tired to read about Sarah every day. Who is she and what position does she hold that you keep her on news everyday! Please try to keep your dignity CNN!
Palin is wrong about everything....
Can we ask Palin if 'Liquor to be allowed by parents if they can take such decision' Will MS Palin make it as law?
I'm getting so tired of CNN reporting on an almost daily basis on anything to do with Sarah Palin, especially in regards to her political rants. This woman quit half way through her first term of the politically insignificant state of Alaska and criticizes anything anyone says or does – Republican or Democrat. She's nothing more than a celebrity and I really wish CNN would stop reporting on her!
Governor Huckabee's comments indicate his belief in the proven fallacy that Sarah Palin involves any logic or reason when she speaks. She does not. She does not think. She has never thought. Not a day in her life. Governor Huckabee needn't justify with a response the words of such an individual.
you lost my vote on your comments
Why admit she's a "friend and colleague"? With friends like this.....
Sarah Palin is an ignorant wannabe, enough said.
Bravo to Huckabee. I'm glad he spoke his beliefs instead of blindly following Palin's lead.
Michelle Obama's encouragement of healthy eating is totally apt and appropriate considering the incidence of childhood obesity. Palin's hyperbole in distorting Michelle's words into government interference in family matters just confirms her as an angry lightweight who is only looking for headlines instead of presenting workable solutions.
I have more respect for Mike Huckabee now that he's shown he's not just a conservative talking point. The thing is, parents actually DON'T choose what is in the cafeteria. All Michelle Obama is suggesting is a little healthier food and to lay off the dessert sometimes, not all the time. Everything in moderation, ya?
Many things we see in politics were planned.Whether or not this was a contrived refutation of Sarah Palin's position, I think this is the begining of a GOP strategy. Use the very unpopular Sarah Palin to make the real GOP frontrunner look more moderate and credible. This might be the plan for 2012. I'm just saying, it's possible.
The tea party should be proud.
Palin is nothing but 'mouth'. She talks to hear herself talk, that's all.
Only someone as ignorant as Palin would take issue with someone advocating healthy eating. Palin represents an ignoble, stubborn anti-government mindset of a degree we've not seen since the Civil War.
One loser telling another loser that she is wrong. Mike get a clue, there are numerous things this woman is wrong on and you finally get around to criticize her for. Why don't you just go to Florida and live in your multi-million dollar mansion?
Palin is the biggest idiot in the world. She obviously takes care of herself and knows the importance of a lean diet and healthy eating. However she will say anything to the opposite of the Obamas to further polarize American politics. That type of divisive rhetoric keeps her support base in tact for future endeavours.
Dessert is not a right. I could stand to lose a few pounds myself.
"the first lady cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat."
–Well when 35 % (and growing rapidly) of the country is obese then its clear parents are not making the right decision. Nobody is advocating the 'Government' to regulate diet; Michelle Obama is creating awareness to the problem affecting young children. Once again Sarah Palin demonstrating she has nothing to say but idiotic smug comments that mean nothing.
Mike Huckabee is a good person, but he should not weigh in on Michelle and Palin comments. Michelle made some comments about healthy food and Palin critisized them. There was no need for Huckabee to join in the conflict, unless he's afraid Palin is going to beat him out for the GOP nomination in 2012. BTW, if Palin wants the nomination, she WILL get it.
Sarah Palin is letting her paranoia about the government cloud her rational thinking. She needs to think about reality rather than ideology on this issue. We, in America, ARE fat. We have been getting fatter. This has been leading to a significant increase in diabetes, heart disease, health care costs, decreased self-esteem/quality of life for obese people, etc. Parents have obviously not been making sure their kids are healthy. If the government wants to make changes to encourage (but not force) healthy eating habits, I am all for it. I don't know why anybody would think any differently.
Good grief, Ticker, give it a rest! Re-runs under the auspices of "news" regarding Pain in the Neck is getting old. This is
not a Pain vs. Michelle Obama fight, this is Pain vs. Pain nonsense. So Huckabee has some common sense, and
concern for nutrition in schools, which you see as another chance at parroting verbatum every word this woman says.
Where is your story about Mitch McConnell threatening Democrats, thereby threatening the American people when
he says "If you think it is bad now – just wait until next year". This guy is obstructionist personified, licking his chops
at the idea of a dictatorship. He has more "power" than she does in his little finger, and needs to be watched and
listened to so "We the People" know what he has planned for America, which is pretty scarey stuff.
Why doesnt that lady please just go away! Wanna see America's influence in the world drop to ZERO? Elect Sarah Palin
Good job Mike. You just scored a few more points in my book.
Sarah responds like a nasty middle school cheerleader in 3 . . .2 . . 1. . . Huckabee has just lost the right wingnut voters who support Palin because their IQ is under 85.
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to disagree with Stupid Sarah. This nitwit is just pandering to bigotted people in her party.
Huckabee is giving Palin too much credit. Even Palin is not that dumb where she could misunderstand Obama on this. All Palin was looking for was a chance to make one of her typical obnoxious and misinformed digs. Palin is nothing more than a childish twit with a big mouth, a tiny brain, an enomous ego, and a very thin skin. I expect nothing more from this idiot.
Thank God Huckster has some balls... but it is all just political posturing. And Palin is an idiot who doesn't deserve media attention. Dumbing down of America.
Sounds like Michelle Obama & Mike Huckabee have the right idea when it comes to keeping kids healthy. When I was a kid, my mom portioned the meals for us kids, and once in a while we'd get one cupcake or two cookies. If we were very good we'd get one small cup of soda. That's it. My brother & I played outside with our friends, or in our own back yard & we had fun. The only video game systems we owned were Coleco Vision, and Odyssey. And we were only allowed to play them for a limited amount of time. Same with the computer when we finally got one. As a result, my brother and I were very healthy kids growing up, because we ate the right foods, and we were active. My nephews and nieces are being raised in the same way, and all of them are healthy & happy kids. When I have kids, I intend to raise them the same way.
Palin is again the top story on CNN. She is a dumb, loser, yet CNN just can't break their addiction to this low IQ twit, who doesn't even read newspapers or know or can explain in one sentence in an interview what she reads while claiming to be a journalist. WHAT JOURNALIST ON EARTH DOESN'T READ????! Palin was a runner up in a beauty pageant and decided she'd be famous somehow. But you gotta give the GOP some credit, afterall they managed to propel this unqaulified dumbo to center political stage in spite of any comprehension of politics, national affairs or even without having read a newspaper or be able to name JUST ONE!
The contrast between Michelle Obama and Sara Palin is astronomical. An intelligent, thoughtful, wise First Lady trying to do something good for the country, compared to a loud-mouthed, ignorant shrill-voiced nincompoop with no brains – take your pick. Palin reminds me of one of those annoying little dogs that yaps and bites at your heels – you want to kick it in the teeth to make it shut up. I'm glad the First Lady doesn't respond to her noise and doesn't stoop to her level of pettiness.
More and more republicans are going to publicly trash Palin's ignorant rants as the 2012 election nears.
This is going to be so much fun!
Palin certainly is a strange person. Michelle Obama never said that we should never, ever have desert. She never advocated the government mandating how parents how to feed their children. She is just saying what just about every administration has said (including GW Bush's) similar to the recommendations issued by such organizations as "The President's Council on Physical Fitness". The USA is, next to Australia, the fattest nation on earth. We are #1 in childhood obesity. If Palin thinks there's no problem and makes fun on Michelle Obama for pointing this out, then God help us if this
superficial lightweight ever gets within a mile of the White House. Why people think that Palin is a "leader" is beyond me.
Michelle Obama never said the gov't should decide what foods people should eat. All she is trying to do is to make Americans (parents and chiildren) more aware of how to eat healthy. Obesity in this country, especially among young people, is out of control. If Palin wants to live on fast food that is her right. She and her family can eat all the junk food they want. She can pose next to a dead bear and talk about bear meat sandwiches but most Americans do not live in rural areas. Most Americans live in suburbs and cities. They can't just go out and shoot deer in their back yard (neither can Palin, by the way). Helping disseminate good nutritional information is a vital function of the gov't.
Palin once again shows what an ignorant and mean-spirited person she is.
Palin overstates everything. No one's calling for a ban. Guess what, if your local schools stop selling junk food, you still have every right to pack them cookies or whatever for them to bring. This is not doing anything to limit parents. In fact, it's empowering. If I want my kids to eat healthy, at least I know if they get hungry they won't only have junk food to choose from. If you want your kids eating cr@p, buy it yourself and pack it for them!
Palin was misunderestimating Michelle.
CNN is obsessed with Sarah Palin. They have something about her EVERY SINGLE DAY! It's quite hilarious how frightened the left is of her!! They have to spend 75% of their time trying to cut her down.
THANK YOU Mr. Huckabee !! Lack of exercise and improper eating by Americans has a big negative besides extra weight. It's called DIABETES !! I do not know the exact numbers but diabetes is about 50 % of the population. A disease that is as traumatic as cancer. Sarah needs to show respect and knowledge but she has neither.
What is more delightful, especially during the holiday season, then people taking jabs at Palinstein's Monster.
I think Sarah is starting to look a little worn out.
Really. Palin can't/won't grasp the content or endorse Michelle's efforts to promote better health...and instead decides to show everybody by taking cookies to schools? Wouldn't you just love someone with that lack of reasoning skills and mentality to try to run a country? Palin, you are an embarrassment to the female gender. Shut up.
I like this guy. And I love that the Republican "men" are starting to man up when it comes to Palin. She is either a liar or an idiot. Some may say both!
The really ironic thing is this... When Palin delivered those cookies to the school she circumvented the parents right to decide if their kids could have one....
It doesn't take a genius to see that all the Lipsticked Chihuahua is continuing to allow her mouth to write checks her brain can't cash. It's SOP for the dingbat. Ho-hum. Move on, nothing to see here...
Now that is a sincere man who does not tow party lines for the sake of it. Palin is wrong here. She is wrong all the time. Pandering to white racsit America will only get you so far Sara Failin. Gov of a state that has a massive oil revenues and she still quit coz the going got tough. She is lives in a glass house when it come to family. Mismanaged her own family. If she could not keep control of one teenage daughter how is she going to keep control of rogue Nations. I was thinking of boycotting CNN because of their incessant reporting of this moron but realised that there is a method to the madness. Keep it up CNN till 2012 wink wink -Imagine Todd Palin determining trying to intimidate people on her behalf like he tries to now on her behalf– Hey Mr President of France quit talking about my wife that way or I will kick your behind!!
So now we can look forward to a sparring match between Caribou Barbie and Huckleberry Hound?!
Mike, please remember, you're dealing with an idiot. Since when has she given a hoot about the health and welfare of children. Look at her own daughter and the subsequent baby she had – do you call that being vigilant or advocating for children when you don't even have the attention of your own?!
Five will get you ten that she can the buffet from her front porch, too! *WINK*
It seems that Sarah always takes the controversial side of every issue. If she can't slam the left, she'll slam the right. I believe she does it for the same reason Limbaugh and Beck do it. Because the controversial side is the one that gets the ratings. And like them, she sometimes ends up sounding a bit foolish. Who would fight the government wanting children to eat nutritioius foods? Jeez you don't always have to pick a political fight over every issue.
Duh, ya think? Mark my words, Palin will never run in the primary.....she's spewing out her sound bytes for reactions like this to stay in the limelight. She loves the media, the money she makes is now just a bonus.
This goes to show how far ignorant this woman who wants to be president is. Palin would do herself great honor if she learnt to shut up.
If you take even a casual glance at statistics on child obesity, any idiot could understand that many parents do NOT take an active interest in this subject. Unfortunately, the Quitter doesn't understand statistics, as that is approaching the subject of science.
Thank you, Mr. Huckabee. We have some seriously dietary problems in this country. Of course the government shouldn't dictate what we eat, but it should help guide in making healhier eating decisions. Sarah Palin ought to pick her battles a little more carefully. She once again is demonstrating her complete lack of intelligence.
Mike Huckabee understands conservatisim in a way that hacks like Palin, Beck and Limbaugh could only dream of. Add Scott Brown to that list as well.
I'm surprised to hear Huckabee back Lady Obama, but good for him, and good for America.
What I find absolutely hysterical is Palin's view: "Who should be deciding what I eat? Should it be government or should it be parents? It should be the parents."
I wonder what her view on legalizing certain things the government has restricted...like flavored cigarettes...or things that have been illegal for almost 80 years? LOL
Are you kidding me CNN? You take a sarcastic, joking remark made in jest and post it on your site for two days. Then post other people's responses to the joking remark. This is not news. It is you trying to stir up controversy where none exists. No wonder you are losing your viewership base. Try reporting real news. Someone making a joke about a desset is not relevant.
I don't agree with Husckabee on a lot of things but I'm glad to see him on the side of common sense. Obesity is a national health concern and Palin's plan is to keep feeding deserts to everyone. What an idiot.
you notice the one voice absent in this so called "face off" is the one of Michelle Obama. I think it's because Mrs. Obama has too much classs to even get into this debate with the likes of Sarah Palin who is doing it no doubt for publicity. Her approval ratings are down as well as her book sales and she has this need to be in the public spotlight. But I'm sure Michelle Obama is aware of the saying that you can NEVER win an argument with a fool and has chosen to just ignore her. In the meantime ol' Huck may want to be careful because his friend really doesn't like it when folks are critical of her or disagree with her.She's NEVER wrong u betcha!
Is Palin running for First Lady? Don't understand the attacks on Michelle Obama. How about some statments with substance about the issues concerning the country?
One of the few times Huckabee and I agree! Does Palin live in a vacuum? Does she not READ about the growing problem of obesity in our children? Has she not READ about the increase in diabetes in children? Apparently she does not read – remember the interview with Katie Couric? She just uses Conservative dogma when it suits her! Typical of the ultra-right wing of the GOP. Hey who would have the time to read if they are running around the country spewing hate and stupidity while making gobs of money from those who cannot afford it all?
Can we stop having a daily Palin post on the Ticker? Seriously....give it a look....it's been Palin everyday for a week. Stop already.
Note that Sarah Palin is a fitness fanatic who runs several miles every day. Anyone who really thinks that *she* doesn't eat healthy foods and avoid dessert is delusional.
Good for you Huckelberry. I don't agree with you 95% of the time but this is a real issue that requires attention. Old Failin Palin would be the first to cite statistics about how overweight people drain the budget with their "self-induced" diseases and health care costs. NOW she just likes to rip Michelle Obama for fun. She is beyond stupid
C'mon Sarah. You gonna take that?? Reload!! (You are still my favorite national embarrassment.)
I cannot forgive John McCain for unleashing this newest "Munster Family" on the American Public. Lets see. Sarah is the the Mother of the most famous knocked -up "teenager in America" now preaching abstinence. You have to be dumber than a "bucket of rocks" to get prognant after the age of 40, knowing the risks, and also knowinly bringing a challenged child (we used to call them Retarded) into the world. She is running around the country and doesn't even take care of the kid. I could go on and on and . . . . .
Sarah Palin has the intellectual abilities of a 6 year old. She will no doubt now start attacking Huckabee. You see, in Sarah's world, you are either completely with her, or against her. There is not "in-between". A childish woman pandering to a childish crowd.
Even though I disagree with Mike on almost everything, I'll say thanks for this. Mrs. Obama is NOT trying to get the government to tell people what to eat. We have an obesity problem in the US. Schools are funded by the federal and state governments. They should HELP in the fight against obesity by providing good food choices for our kids. Dessert is fine, but why not make it a healty choice. I'd prefer my kid's school to offer fruit or something like that vs a cookie and ice cream at school.
Is that blood in the water or did some ketchup fall from Sarah's fries?
Looks like Huckabee is already starting his 2012 bid with laying the ground work of being the not so crazy Tea Party candidate. Also, if my taxes are paying for you to eat, we should be allowed to make the menu. Palin attacking Michelle proves once again how low she will sink. Also what her qualifications again, being a quitter?
Sarah Palin is a nit wit. Seriously, would she have been against Nancy Reagan's Just Say No campaign. Who was Nancy Reagan to tell our children not to take drugs, it's up to the parents. This woman will say or do anything to gain attention. Sarah, didn't you get enough attention as a child. Get some theropy.
"the first lady cannot trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat."
Clearly, she's right when half of the kids in the country are obese....most parents are too lazy to make sure they're kids are healthy. Its easier to stop in McDonalds and plop down in front of the TV. I think its funny that Huckabee is saying he thinks Palin misunderstood what MObama was saying, I mean doesn't Palim pretty much not understand ANYTHING?
It amases me how many people worship this lady who has the mentality of a high school cheerleader.
Not only is she not educated enough to hold an important office, but has proven time and time again that she lacks the common sense most people are born with. This vindictive attitude towards our current administration is not only childish and stubborn but most unpatriotic. You can disagree with a candidate all you want, but then when the votes are in and the people have stoken, be mature enough to move on and get things done.
Palin is such an idiot, its almost sad that some folks actually agree with anything that she says.
Huck is trying to be the sensible Republican but his social issues I cannot support.
Yep...definitely trying to position himself for another run...no question about it. Someone please ask him about evolution.
Why does CNN cover this moron Palin? She is totally stupid and only attracts people with the same IQ level as she has, about the same as her shoe size. Her arrogance and feeling that real people want to listen to her opinions, which they don't. She is an embarrassment to this country and what the US stands for. .She "hides" out at book signing in the dumber parts of the US who think she is a saviour..like Iowa, the midwest and south. I would love to see her try and show up in real cities, where people would eat her up. She is so full of herself and CNN should be ashamed to even give any coverage of this jackal.
When will Palin go away? Republicans lost the election because of her.....What was JM thinking trying to make her his VP?
Sarah Palin is asking that all Americans are to eat moose meat,caribou, and fish,freshly killed by her. She,s got tons of moose meat she killed, for extravagant prices, come one,come all!!!!!! No Credit Cards
"With all due respect to my colleague and friend Sarah Palin, I think she's misunderstood what Michelle Obama is trying to do,"......Mike, I hate to be the one to break it to you....but $arah's misunderstands absolutely EVERYTHING.....
I don't like the man's politics, but I have a load of respect for Huckabee as a person and a politician. I may be wrong, but I don't recall a time where he has taken ignorant shots at his political opponents, which is why he won't win the primary.
Sarah Palin misunderstands a lot not just what the First Lady meant...
Mike, you are screwing it all up. Let parents exercise their responsibilities and decide what is good or bad for their children. Please stop and don't let the Democrats in your corner down. People are fed up with President NObama and his sidekicks (Michelle, etc.) taking over everything. Again, let parents exercise their parental responsibilities.
I am not sure what Mrs. Palin thinks the First Lady is saying. Parents are welcome send any food to the school with their child when they pack their own lunch. I work in an elementary school....the lunches that we tax payers are paying for are terrible. They are deep fried, full of carbs and saturated fats. I want my tax dollars to go to healthy lunches for the children. I hate paying for crap.
Thank God for Sarah! Without her, obese, willfully ignorant hillbillies would be left without a voice in this in the battle against healthy eating and exercise.
Palin is ALWAYS so wrong, it amazes me she can walk and talk at the same time.
As a parent myself (and one who fed my children wholesome food and taught them a good lifestyle), I have to side with Huckabee and Mrs. Obama on this one. The parents of the U.S. have proven time and time again that they in fact, as a mahority, can't really be trusted with their childrens health. I guess from Palin's perspective, its o.k. to kill the children slowly, allow them to be overweight and lethargic. Is it also o.k. with her if we beat our children within an inch of thier lives? After all, the government says a parent can't do that either...
maybe palin can smell russian cookies being baked from her house.
"Who should be deciding what I eat? Should it be government or should it be parents? It should be the parents."
-> Actually parents have no say over what kind of c..p the school serves their kids for lunch. With the millions of obese children, Palin's mindless attack is a direct insult to those concerned about health, quality of life and medical expenses.
buggs would say, "what a maroon".
If parents are so good at making the right choices for their children, why is there an obesity problem in this country for children. This obesity problem will manifest itself in more health problems as this generation of overweight children ages. Someone shoud have taken that plate of cookes Sarah Palin brought in and said to her "no thank you, my children eat healthy".
Thank God that at least not all Republicans feel they need to back up Palin. The way she's acting about this issue is like it's a nefarious KGB-run plot. Sorry, but the government isn't out to get you in everything they do.
In other words, blabbering-Palin wants the government to keep paying the $20 BILLION for medical treatment of the obese masses.
Please, someone take out this pimple of a low-life she is.
Palin misunderstood something, there's a shocker.
Its sad that Mrs. Palin feels as though anything and everything Michelle and Barack Obama say and do is wrong. I was really offended by her comments that 'some congressman's wife' didn't need to be telling her how to feed her family.
First off, that politician's wife is the first lady of the United States of America. Second, every first lady finds a cause to sound off on and fight against. Was Nancy Reagan wrong or intruding into people's lives when she told kids to stay off drugs and pushed for that? Was Laura Bush wrong when she told families to read together and stressed education?
Childhood obesity is a problem in America and Micelle Obama is "NOT" saying this is what you must do or have to do. She is taking the advice of doctors and pediatricians and making recommendations on ways Americans "can" eat healthier and be healthier. Unfortunately Sarah Palin just sees it as someone from the government trying to control people's lives.
I agree with Mr. Huckabee. As usual Sarah the quitter is wrong about everything she opens her mouth on. She's an embarassment to Alaskans.
Palin needs to start eating brain food, IE, fish, vegetables, etc. What she's been consuming has obviously not done the trick.
Michelle Obama said "As I tell my kids, dessert is not a right," she added." So who is telling her kids what to eat? The parent or the government. I think Sarah is right on this, as a parent I'll be damed if I let the government tell me how to raise my child.
Finally!! More 'intelligent' people should stand up to Palin and call her on her ridiculous statements.
Mrs. Palin is arrogant, misguided and completely off her rocker. She is 'bashing' the first lady for encouraging healthy eating & living habits. At no time did Mrs. Obama state that desserts should be banned or denied kids by the federal government. Palin is an idiot to try to turn proper eating and exercise into a partisan "socialist agenda" issue.
My mom told me the same thing when I was growing up. Get a grip Palin. Dessert is fine in moderation – but you turning it into an inalienable right to cookies and smores, by taking a stand against gov't intrusion into our dessert and exercise habits is not only stupid, but it is counterproductive.
lets move on...enough govt control and enough parental stupidity...
Mike Huckabee is correct in supporting what First Lady, Michelle Obama, is bringing to the table on obesity and exercise for young and old alike.
Thank you Michelle Obama and Mike Huckabee for speaking your mind on this subject.
Sarah Palin is so busy trying to politicize EVERYTHING that she misses the point. According to her logic, the government nor anyone else should EVER WARN people about the danger of a particular behavior; EVERYTHING should be "left up to the parent." So, I suppose she's for removing the warning labels from cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, illegal drugs, hair pen curves in roads, potential electric shock, expiration dates on food and drugs, etc., etc. She's such a moron and I long for the day that CNN stops reporting every stupid word that comes out of this moron's mouth. We're sick of this woman, CNN. Don't you get it?
Mr.Huckabee, you need to get into high office so Wall Street can start up some gamble casinos again. We haven,t got enough GOP in yet to start the breaking of America again.!!!!!! Please go back to church,where you can do some good. Your friend Palin,she needs to go to college,and major in politics!!!! LOL
Glad to see not all Republicans cater to her every word! He actually thinks for himself! The woman is such an idiot. It's obvious we have a problem with obesity in our children and she's defending desserts!! C'mon one missing dessert for one meal is not going to kill anyone. The woman should show more respect towards the 1st Lady and the President..,. Be an American for Godsakes!
Palin is wrong on so many levels, where does one begin to count them? With the census indicating over 308 million people in the U.S., why does she and her tea bag followers think she's the best of the best when she only has to open her mouth and show her ignorance.
God forbid the First Lady should promote the good health of our nation's children. Our children are growing up to be lazy, couch potato, video-game addicts. Parents have to promote physical exercise among children, such as playing outside, climbing a tree, getting dirty, etc. If your kid gets a scrape on his knee or a busted lip, it shows you that they're being active.
Sorry, Mike! You're a day late and a dollar short with this realization. We've known this about your "colleague and friend" for a very long time already.....as a matter of fact every time she opens her mouth!
Can CNN please stop writing about this woman on a daily basis!! This woman is an absolute a..hole. The more publicity she gets, the more morons in this country will actually think that she has political clout.
I'd like to give Sarah Palin a pie in the face but she would enjoy it, evidently. Please, Ellie May, stay at home with that future first man wannabe, Jethro and the rest of the wasillahilibilles and just fade away!
I have a dream. I have a dream that someday CNN will go an entire day with out doing a meaningless article on Sarah Palin. Please CNN, find another obsession.
Wait A SECOND HERE!!!.....Sarah Pay-lin didn't understand something, correctly? Misunderstood the first lady? Let's mark this on your calender, b/c its a first I believe. I'll make sure our allies North Korea put this down on their calenders too. GO SARAH! WE LOVE YOU! PAY-LIN/GOSSELIN in 2012!!!!!
We have sky-high unemployment, record number of foreclosures (significant numbers of which are of dubious legality), paralysis in Congress, a Republican party dedicated to undoing the New Deal and CNN is continuing to cover what they will no doubt soon refer to as "Dessert-Gate". Not only are they covering it (again), but now it's "Trending".
This country is doomed.
Sarah Palin continues to show her IGNORANCE about much at every step and spoken word. If she stopped to comprehend what the First Lady has been speaking about, she would understand that foods loaded with Sugars, Trans-fats, Salt, and chemicals, eaten in large amounts, CAN and DO cause children to become unhealthy over time! There is nothing healthy about an obese child! Obese children tuen into obese adults with health problems that burden the Health Care system and drives up costs for everybody else.
Having a treat now and then in moderation is permitted. Healthy habits learned when a child turns into healthy habits as an adult. That coincides with excercise and staying active. The health issues Americans face like Type II Diabetes, Heart Disease, High Blood Presure, Joint problems, are preventible with healthy living from an early age.
Perhaps Sarah Palin should read up on these issues and stop poking her face into places she has no knowledge of.
first time The Huckster has made sense, ever !! mom's apple pie and McDonald's are just a couple of sources of the fatness in America. Get rid of fat and sugar in your diet and you'll likely be very much healthier.
It is finally great to see a Republican come out and point out Palin's short coming and disagree with her.
Our FLOTUS and Mr. Huckabee are correct on this issue. Palin has nothing to talk about on her own, so she talks about others. Get a life Sarah.
"Protecting good health is largely a matter of personal responsibility, but government policy can help. Our new Alaska Health Care Commission will recommend changes that affect the well-being of Alaskans far into the future." -Sarah Palin
Source: Alaska 2009 State of the State Address Jan 22, 2009
"I think she's misunderstood what the First lady is trying to do"? Not a chance, Mike! She's doing what she always does, criticizes everything she doesn't understand and makes a complete fool of herself in the process. Come on, Mike, there is a time to strive to be politically correct and time to call it like it is. Try being honest with yourself and the American people just this once!
thanks, why publish palin, insane comments, the military has problems filling ranks because of weigh of potenial enlistees
glad to see Huck is smarter than a 5th grader.. unlike sarah.
Sarah (once again) has got it all wrong! The First Lady was not suggesting that the Government should control but rather parents should carefully decide what is good for their children. As far as School Lunches and in some cases Breakfasts we should be regulating what is the most nutriciuous foods for our young children. Our Military right now has a major problem with the inability to induct young adults into the Armed Forces due to overweight potential enlistees.
And Michelle is such a poster child for good health and good eating habits. I mean IM sure the junk in her trunk didn't come from all the fruit she ate her whole life. IM just saying, the eyes dont lie. It is what it is.
Palin's such an airhead. I suppose she thinks we should take the warnings off cigarettes? Do speed limits represent too much government instrusion? She fails to grasp the simple concept that the poor habits by some ultimately become a financial burden to everyone else.
She hasn't "Misunderstood"; She's a deliberate demagogue.
She is attempting to polarize the electorate, for her advantage.
It's working great for her!
Palin is groping to take a cheap shot at Mrs. Obama. Palin does/will not acknowledge that there are many parents who do not make good choices as to what their children eat and has twisted Mrs. Obama's message. Palin also does not address the long-term health problems that obesity in children causes. She only wants to bash Mrs. Obama.
Given the number of extremely fat children (and adults) in America, obviously we cannot "trust parents to make decisions for their own children, for their own families in what we should eat" without some guidance and incentive. Palin is a complete idiot.
"I think she's misunderstood" should be Sarah Palin's tagline.
Finally someone who cares more about the youth than trying to make a gotcha or a wink moment.
I would like to add that eating and living healthy is a LIFETIME effort! Not done just for a big event!
I am one of those Seniors who pledged not to be dependent on Prescription medications for my health. I take two different medications for my eyes and that is it! I have lived a lifestyle of healthy eating and excercise for almost 40 years. I do not have Heart issues, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, or severe Joint issues. The usual Arthritis here and there due to aging, but that is it.
I have been a Weight Watcher for all of my adult life. Enjoying ocassional treats, fine wines, in moderation. Having a Spouse who has the BIG THREE against him(Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Blood Pressure), meals are low in Saturated Fats, Salt, sugar, low carb, with lean meats and plenty of veggies and salads.
So when children are taught by their parents how good food can be, they take those life lessons with them and pass them on.
Palin is an immature idiot who has not progressed since 5th grade. Shame on anyone who follows her insanity.
Dessert is not a right.......Palin always saying something dump....just to get attention. She is the fool of all fools, because she knows better. Its all about attention and money.
Okay, so why is this story 10% about Huckabee and 90% about Palin? There was ONE sentence about how he thought Palin misinterpreted the First Lady's aim but the rest was redux about what Palin has said and done and nothing about if/how he supports what Michelle Obama is trying to do (and similarly very little about what she IS trying to do). Ugh – CNN should just rename itself to the Palin Network.
Ms. Sarah Palin isn't well informed at the best of times but to misquote Michelle Obama is just plain ridiculous.
Even Alaskans are finally catching on to her ineptitude.
Sarah Palin is a bitter, jealous, ignorant, racist fraud. She pales in comparison to Michelle Obama. She has light years to go before she can even think about competing with the First Lady or any of the past First Ladies for that matter. I'll give Palin credit for being a skilled liar and a fraud for sure. I'm glad the Obama's know how to ignore the Wasilla Imbecilla! She can't touch the Obama's.
I don't agree with Mr. Huckabee very often, but he got it right this time. He speaks from personal experience, whereas, Sarah just speaks to keep her name in the news. It doesn't make much difference to her if what she says makes sense, just as long as it gets her noticed.
I guess Palin thinks Barbra Bush's Literacy Campaign was intrusive Government as well?
Wow! While I rarely agree with Mike Huckabee's position on anything, I have to say that he hit the nail on the head with his stance on eating and desserts. Perhaps after Ms. Palin continues to bulk up (compare picture of her from the 2008 campaign to recent pictyures and you'll see what I mean) she'll see the wisdom of his views.
That is unless, of course, Grandma Grizzly is just beginning to store fat for the winter.
Thank you, Mike! this is only one of pretty much every issue Sara is wrong about. nobody's saying the government is going to tell you what to feed your kids, they're just helping parents make healthier choices. if laura bush had done it, i'm sure sara would've praised her for it. but if mrs. obama raised the dead, sister sara would diss her for it.
Sarah is so dumb, even a 5th grader is smarter than her. Maybe she should become President and than all those stupid people that support her will finally understand how their stupidity is detrimental to all Americans. Sometimes the only way for stupid people to learn or change is through the hard way. Americans seem to be choosing the hard way a lot lately.
I'd vote for Huckabee over Palin any day of the week.
You are right Mr Huckabee. Sarah Palin does not have the value of Responsible Parents. She is just like Chicken with all the little chicks. She is very hypocrite on this matter.
Sarah Palin is oblivious to the fact that American people are overweight. Everyone in the "lower 48" knows this...must be something hidden from those in "Sarah Palin's Alaska." Sarah Palin should take her undergraduate degree in Journalism from the University of Idaho (and five other schools along the way) and keep herself in Alaska where she belongs. Check the poll numbers, Sarah. Clearly, the American people are not fans of yours.
Sarah Palin is such an ignorant moron. So it's ok for her to bring cookies to a school and give to the kids because she says so, but god forbid the government make healthy choices for their school lunch menu. What about kids with Type 1 Diabetes or allergies? Think of that when you were playing politics with our children?
Huckabee had better be careful or the fakey out-doorsey mamie grizzey will getcha ... you betcha.
Is he crazy? I thought he was a Repub and therefore honesty and integrity were only for the over educated, science loving liberal elites? Rush and the Beckler will be tossing poop bombs at him.
In other news, Sarah Palin passed gas as reported by CNN.
Yes, let's not forget...this is coming from the guy who said that allowing sick people to have insurance is the same as insuring a house after it's burned down (it's on youtube).
Palin is nothing but an ignorant woman picking any fight to keep her name in the news... Her argument is pathetic! ...as is anyone who would support such a foolish and childish rant as she tries to use any attempt to stay in the news. Surely she can't really be that dumb to think Michelle Obama's programs equal government interference??? Or can she!
To Sarah P. Everything is politics. Could you imagine going to school to handout cookies to the kids who we are encouraging eat healthy? This lady cannot even lead her own family talkless of leading a village.
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah.... Black is white and white is black. The earth IS round(some what anyway) Your earth is flat.. One thing for sure You will always agree to disagree, At some point in time Your billion dollar backers will see you for the money grabber you are. Using a TV program about Alaska for political gain? What's next, Trig selling us Gold mines?
With all due respect Gov. Huckabee – Palin knows exactly what Mrs. Obama is trying to do – and she is just ignoring it. Trying to make Mrs. Obama's healthy eating initiative look like government intereference with family life is the not the dumbest parallel I have seen – but it's pretty close. I'll be glad when Gov. Palin's 15 minutes are up!
These are very complicated issues for Palin to really understand. Obesity and obesity related health problems in children is the #1 front line issue practioners and the health industry are dealing with. Palin has zero concept of that as its does not involve a moose. Palin is a patholigical instigator and ego maniac and everytime she opens that mouth of hers, she consistently shows just really ignorant she is. She belongs in a Walmart commercial.
She knew exactly what our First Lady was saying. Palin is just a mean-spirited woman who gains pleasure for putting down others. She is classless human being.
Comments like that make Palin what she is...because they are misguided. Every first lady has campaigned on some cause. Nancy Reagan did drugs, which even I as a lib/dem thought was admirable. Does Palin think she shouldnt have done that either because its a parents job? I see nothing wrong with advocating kids to eat healthy.. I mean really what is wrong with that.. and also if schools provide meals to kids shouldnt they be as nutricious as possible factoring in the challenge of feeding hundreds at a time>
Palin makes comments that make her look very simplistic. Obesity is a huge problem in the country. yes its the parents ultimate job, but ot all parents do a great job. I have lovely relatives who let there kids just eat whatever and the kids are getting huge...so if the govt launches a program just showing what it means to eat healthy, etc.. what in the world is wrong with that? not everything is political........
I am sure Palin is dumb enough to pick battles with Nancy Reagan's message of "Say no to drugs" or Barbara and Laura Bush's literacy programs that encouraged reading by youngsters. She probably would have said, "no reading. be dumb like me" to those youngsters.
Come on CNN! Therer's no Obama-Palin "face-off"! There is Palin the idiot period.
If parents are so great at managing their kids' eating habits, we wouldn't have this obesity problem in the first place.
When Palin took those cookies to the school, she was circumventing the parents' right to decide what their children eat. Unless she asked each parent for permission first. Do you think she did that? I doubt it....
Here she accuses Obama of not wanting parents to decide for their kids, and Palin goes out and actually doesn't allow them to decide.
With most people junk food goes straight to their stomach. With Sarah Palin, it goes straight to her head...
I dont like palin
As usual Palin is WRONG on this issue as she is on every other issue that Americans are facing.......she is a very uneducated individual.......if she can't get this one right God forbid her to make informative dicissions on matters facing this country
It is hypocritical that Palin says, "Parents should be deciding what our children eat" and then she takes cookies to a Penn. school and gives them out as treats. Did she ask the parents in that case??????
Yes, the grizzly grifter may want to take a closer look at her younger daughter, Seaweed, who is quite the chubby cub.
Not to mention, that Britan looked like a runaway school bus on the DTWS finalte, in that whirling bright yellow fringe outfit and her partner looked like the driver trying frantically to regain control of the spinning bus!
Missy has 2 chubby daughters and Michelle has 2 fit daughters.
For once I agree with this Huckster.
For once, and likely only once, I agree with Huckabee.
Palin will have ZERO problem telling us how to conduct our business and daily lives. Like no abortion, no sitting around on Sundays without going to church, no liberalism allowed...
Please, please, PLEASE, CNN quit giving Palin a forum.
Palin can be such a fool. Telling kids and parents to help your kids eat healthy is not the same as a country wide ban on all delicious snacks and deserts.
Not to sound like a broken record but can anyone tell me why you are still waisting energy on this women. I think that's been suffictiently stated to ad nauseam already; no one cares
Finally, one repub said not everything President and his wife said is wrong. I only hope and wish Palin go away.
It would appear safe to think at this point CNN is obsessed with Palin, not a day passes anymore that the Ticker does not include her. I am Canadian so I don't have a dog in this fight so to speak – but I cannot grasp what people see in this woman; I'm not going to attack her daughter or her beliefs, but not once have I heard her offer a single solution or answer fully any question put to her.
Sorry folks, on this one, I just don't get it. Feel free to explain it.
And He should know. I don't always agree politically with Mike Huckabee. But the guy dropped an impressive amount of weight and I would take his word on this issue. Maybe Palin could take her massive ego onto "The Biggest Loser" and shed some of it
Ha! So what do you say about that Sarah?? Of course, next thing you know she'll be accusing Huckabee of being a RINO – puhleeze ... give me a break – that man is about as far from being a RINO as one can get.
Sara Palin as commander-in-chief would pass out cookies, no stinking govment going to tell us what to eat.
More than a quarter of young adults are unable to meet physical requirements to join the military, creating a potential threat to national security, a group of retired armed forces leaders said Tuesday.
"It's not drug abuse, it's not asthma, it's not flat feet - by far the leading medical reason is being overweight or obese," said retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Norman Seip at a news conference.
About 27 percent of young adults are medically ineligible for the military, according to Mission: Readiness, a group of retired admirals, generals, and other senior military leaders.
Good news. We need more Republicans to point out the the idiotic opinions of one of their own.
Hmm, interesting when coupled with the military report that 75% of people are physically unqualified for military entrance. Just like everything Palin stands for, it may feel good, but that doesn't mean it is. No taxes would feel great until our economy collapsed. Cookies taste great until you can't get off the couch.