Now CNN is slamming Michelle Obama for the Oscar appearance!

[Archae]

Is it any wonder they keep losing credibility and ratings?

I mean, how stupid can they get when they say Michelle Obama might be jumping the shark?

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/cnn-slams-michelle-obama-oscars-fonzie

[MADem]

1. Idiotic criticism from idiots. Consider the source. nt

[ProSense]

2. Well,

"I mean, how stupid can they get when they say Michelle Obama might be jumping the shark?"

...I can only guess: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022427038

[Tx4obama]

3. Michelle Obama Was NOT the First First Lady To Take Part in the Oscars...

Michelle Obama Wasn't the First First Lady To Take Part in the Oscars. So Who Was?

You could almost hear the collective groan from certain corners of the Internet last night when Michelle Obama made her surprise appearance during the Oscars telecast to announce Argo as the year's Best Picture. Given that, it's probably worth reminding everyone that—regardless of what you thought about her specific performance—her presence on screen wasn't the first time a first lady has taken part in the Hollywood extravaganza.

That honor—as far as my Internet sleuthing can find—goes to Laura Bush, who participated in this taped "What Do the Movies Mean to You?" segment for the 74th Academy Awards in 2002. (She shows up at around the 2:15 mark.)

-snip- (video at the link below)

At least two presidents have also gotten in on the Oscars fun. The first was FDR, who delivered a radio address from the White House during the 13th Academy Awards. Here's how the Los Angeles Times recapped his remarks at the time:

President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the 13th Academy Awards ceremony, addressing the nation and the crowd at the Biltmore Hotel in a six-minute direct-radio-line speech from the White House. Roosevelt was the first president to participate in the Academy Awards. He declined a special invitation to Los Angeles because of the world's political climate but made the most of his time as the opening act, chatting about the Lend-Lease Act and thanking Hollywood for raising money for defense and promoting the "American way of life" in its movies.

Ronald Reagan also taped his own video message for the 53rd Academy Awards in 1981 (which, you may remember, were actually postponed 24 hours in the wake of an assassination attempt on his life). I'm having a hard time finding an archived write-up of his intro, but here's how the New York Times previewed it a few weeks ahead of the show:

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Full post here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/02/25/michelle_obama_oscars_first_lady_wasn_t_the_first_to_appear_at_the_oscars.html

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Why not? Some DUers have called her un-American for it.

[Archae]

6. "Un-American?" How stupid can they get?

[Cha]

9. She's in good company with FDR..

President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the 13th Academy Awards ceremony, addressing the nation and the crowd at the Biltmore Hotel in a six-minute direct-radio-line speech from the White House. Roosevelt was the first president to participate in the Academy Awards. He declined a special invitation to Los Angeles because of the world's political climate but made the most of his time as the opening act, chatting about the Lend-Lease Act and thanking Hollywood for raising money for defense and promoting the "American way of life" in its movies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022426826

I didn't read that diatribe on Michelle.. what's "un-Amercan" about her?

[Drunken Irishman]

14. Something to do with the fact the state is taking over the arts?

[Cha]

18. Paranoid much?

The petty bullshit totally renders them impotent.

Harvey Weinstein!

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. It's the Imperial Emperor being all Emperorish, according to some of our more worked up Haters.

Hypocrisy!, they shout like little imbeciles.

[Whisp]

27. nah... you keed, surely? ... n/t

[NYC Liberal]

29. That and it "hearkens back to the worst of human history"

[Dawson Leery]

5. CNN: The Other Fox "News"

[CherokeeDem]

7. Jumping the shark???

Funny thing, I was I doing errands this morning, and I always listen to a local morning sports talk show (KY Wildcats!) when I'm out. At noon, the idiot Rush comes on that station. When I got back in the car...he was on and talking about the Oscars...and used the term 'jumped the shark' in reference to Michelle Obama.

Is that where CNN is getting their talking points now???

This is all so utterly ridiculous....

[Cha]

8. "It's a tie.. too close too call"... CNN better fucking clean up their own house

before they criticize Michelle Obama.

Wonder what they would have to say about FDR?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the 13th Academy Awards ceremony, addressing the nation and the crowd at the Biltmore Hotel in a six-minute direct-radio-line speech from the White House. Roosevelt was the first president to participate in the Academy Awards. He declined a special invitation to Los Angeles because of the world's political climate but made the most of his time as the opening act, chatting about the Lend-Lease Act and thanking Hollywood for raising money for defense and promoting the "American way of life" in its movies.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022426826

[Enrique]

10. it's dumb, but what's to get angry about?

Carol Costello did a stupid segment on something that doesn't matter.

[TwilightGardener]

11. Weird...guess there's no other news for them to cover today.

[BlueJazz]

13. " the Oscars aren't the best use of the first lady's time"

Yeah...well, unlike the Republican wives, Michelle can walk and chew gum at the same time + ride a bike, fix a car and hand out awards.

[FSogol]

15. So, CNN gets to decide what Michelle Obama does at 11:45 pm, EST on a Sunday night?

[Drunken Irishman]

19. Right?!?

It's a fucking Sunday - one day out of the goddamn year. I doubt she would've done anything passing important had she not done the show.

[Whisp]

28. and Blitzer's time would be better served cleaning bear cages

than pretending to be a whatever he thinks he is.

CNN - The Channeling of Stupid

[Lilyeye]

31. Fuck CNN.

So now a First Lady can't even enjoy herself and do multiple things at once? They act like Michelle Obama is the only First Lady/political figure to have participated in the entertainment world.

[FarCenter]

17. It would have been OK if it was only her, or her and her daughters

But the gaggle of service men and women in the nutcracker suite dress uniforms behind her were too much!

[stillcool]

20. I can not imagine how

Anybody could be upset by the first lady promoting the arts, on a night when the best are honored...but no one is really outraged--ripping the Obama family is purely entertainment.

[FSogol]

22. Those service members were attending a dinner at the WH. Look at the smiles on their faces.

They were thrilled to be there.

[FarCenter]

23. Lots of people on the "worst dressed list" were thrilled to be there.

They look modeled on pre-World War I European uniforms.

[Cha]

25. Yes, they were and it was more than all right that they were there. Bless

their hearts.

Oh, let's hide the people in the uniform who are doing so much for our country

[kelliekat44]

21. I've been waiting for them to push me over the line. That did it! time to send my "no more time

for watching your poor imitation of FOX "News" e-mail. Join me if you like.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. That must mean they've finally given up on Benghazi.

[Orrex]

26. They tolerated Tucker Carlson on-air for years...

but a two-minute piece w/ The First Lady is too much for them?

The horror!

[RB TexLa]

30. I would think just talking about the oscars would be enough to lose credibility as a news

organization.

[mfcorey1]

32. Well, it looks like Zucker is creating, I mean fine tuning, another right wing cable news show

free of facts.