Get ready for this week's "scandal": "Snack Gate"

[CatWoman]

First Lady Michelle Obama is a frequent, favorite target of right-wing ire, but occasionally, the First Lady attracts the attention of Washington, DC’s society reporters. The latest red-hot scandal involves Mrs. Obama’s save-the-date cards to a Jan. 18 “Snacks & Sips & Dancing & Dessert” event at the White House, and its instruction for guests to “Eat before you come,” which has caused a mini-ettiquake in the society press.

The Chicago Tribune‘s Katherine Skiba unwittingly kicked the whole thing off with this lone nugget, embedded within a lengthy article about the First Lady:

The White House has been sending out save-the-date emails for a Jan. 18 gala dubbed “Snacks & Sips & Dancing & Dessert,” sources told the Tribune.

Guests are being told: Wear comfortable shoes, eat before you come and practice your dance moves. Who’s invited and who’ll entertain remain under wraps.

The Washington Post‘s Reliable Source gossip blog went with the passive/aggressive headline “‘I Don’t Think It’s Rude, But…’ Etiquette Experts Perplexed Over First Lady’s Party Plans,” and tapped etiquette expert and Emily Post granddaughter Lizzie Post to evaluate the email:

“I don’t think it’s rude, but I do think it’s a little . . . different than what people are used to. How’s that for putting it delicately?” joked Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post and co-author of “Great Get-Togethers: Casual Gatherings and Elegant Parties at Home.”

…“My advice to people would be not to put ‘eat before you come’ on an invite,” Post said. “And this is not a specific etiquette thing. To me it just sounds so instructive. I’m still in the camp of letting them know what will be served at the party instead of what they should do.”

http://www.mediaite.com/print/ettiquette-cops-go-after-first-lady-for-telling-guests-eat-before-you-come-to-birthday-bash/

How oh how will Rep. Issa be able to contain himself?

[Blue Owl]

1. Darryl Issa: He's all that and a bag of Cheetos

n/t

[zappaman]

5. You're too kind to that asshole.

How he keeps getting re-elected is beyond me.
But it was fun to watch him cry when he engineered the recall of CA Governor Gray Davis, thinking he would become Governor and then seeing Arnold steal it away.

[DefenseLawyer]

11. Arnold stole his election, he stole a car

and burned down his business for the insurance money, allegedly. Quite a guy.

[zappaman]

2. IMPEACH!!!!!

[CatWoman]

4. rofl

you know, of course, that it will come to some saying exactly that

[Berlum]

3. Whiners (R) gotta whine

[infoviro]

6. Sounds like shes saving taxpayer dollars

Good for her. And if she had a 6 course meal with gold leaf chocolate cake heads would be exploding all over the place.

[marsis]

7. Yup,

if she provided a meal the teabaggers would go ballistic about taxpayer money, bla bla bla. Win win, my tea party friend often takes both sides of an issue, the irony is totally lost on him.

[PCIntern]

8. Howza bout using the word: "Invitation" rather than "Invite"?

How declasse of Ms. Post.

(On edit: I know there's an accent over the "e"...I just don't have that font on this device)

[spanone]

9. i'll bet that darrell issa is forming an investigating committee as i type....

what the fuck is an etiquette expert?

[CatWoman]

10. someone who tells you how to be tacky with class

[okieinpain]

12. lol. too much.

[Squinch]

13. Dear Lizzie Post: Most people don't think about these things. Cause they have stuff to do.