For a brief moment, our First Lady Michelle Obama’s appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show was all fun and games. Our FLOTUS danced her way onto the stage in her usual style and then sat down with Ellen to discuss (what else?) Barack Obama’s socks. The gossip is that Barack Obama does not pick up his socks! But our FLOTUS did not really go all the way out to the Ellen show to discuss the White House cleaning services. It was, of course, all about Let’s Move! and childhood obesity. And we would be very bored by this, except that this time, the jackets came off! Our Michelle revealed her workout secrets and then got down on the floor to demonstrate why everyone must fear the arms of America’s First Lady of Fitness. And then some right-wing people on the Internet used their personal mobility devices to drive across the living room to the ‘puter, to complain about the first lady’s “form.”
Michelle Obama must have known that everyone had been waiting for this display. Watch how she subtly brags about her workout routine, and then taunts Ellen DeGeneres by making fun of her “back issues.” That’s our Michelle!
And then some fitness experts from the Wingnut Republican Party (?) said Michelle Obama wasn’t really doing pushups at all:
Alright, just watched the video. They are not proper nose to the ground push-ups, but rather partial half reps. So, not quite as impressive then. Not even close to a proper push-up….. well, maybe under liberal doctrine they are :) Ha! Ellen let her win ’cause she likes to be on the bottom! Why isn’t she doing those Push-ups at the White House instead of flying all over the country in a Government plane with Secret Service Agents, spewing for her Muslim husbands campaign at our expense. Yes. Is it too much to ask for a First Lady with a little class and dignity? Nothing wrong with being “fit” and “athletic” but do you have to be an exhibitionist as well?? She got this way from the typical urban response to drive-bys…
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I loved it when she knocked out Al Roker in the fake boxing match.
That was fake?
Damned bookies…
That Ellen is the afternoon Queen. You wouldn't have seen no Rosey O'Donnell doing no pushups.
Every day I love this woman more.
Also, I am terribly scared of her arms, as they could easily crush my flabby neck.
…And truthfully, that just turns you on more, doesn't it?
Hey! Don't judge me on my fetishes!
I'd like to see Rush Limpdick drop and give 50 push ups.
Moby prefers to lie on his back and let the underage brown boy du jour do the bouncing up'n'down.
He did 50 nosepicks at the Stupor Bowl.
A Rush pushup would be more like a demented repub's seesaw.
too busy picking his nose.
"I'd like to see Rush Limpdick drop and give 5
0push ups."(fixed)
The strain would probably give him a heart attack – so yes, I'd love to see that.
That fat fuck trying to do push ups might knock the earth off it axis.
I'll bet he sticks his ass out when he does
I'd like to see him try, since my foot would be firmly planted on his back.
Watch out for that draft dodging polonial cyst.
Pretty sure he can do 1/2 of one pushup – the down part…
Yeap!
Pushing those pills down his throat, then, it up, up, up, awayyyyy
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha11!11
pauses to wipe tears from eyes
hahahahahahahahahah oh, please stop
She has Madonna arms – except swarthier.
OK, but what I want to know if whether she has "her" bedroom at the White House and if so, is it the same as where JFK balled little Mimi.
So wingnuts think the black maid should pick up POTUS' socks? Except that POTUS should be a white Republican?
I was hoping for more bench-presses. Using dwarves.
Big deal–Newt Gingrich can eat twenty-five Push-ups before getting out of bed.
He can crap twenty-five pushups.
He eats Push-ups and craps Fudgesicles.
I lurve orange Push-Ups. Wonder if you can still buy them?
I don't like to agree with wingnuts, but MO didn't drop to at least a 90 degree arm bend. As my old PE teacher/former drill instructor used to bark out… "Give me a right angle on your stick arms, Mr Candidate."
That's why pushups are tough.
However, I give MO top marks because she did push ups from her toes not knees.
Ok, I admit I had the same reaction.
Barb Bush didn't go down at all, though, so……
Those jackass PE instructors, the ones who acted like Marine drill sargeants, totally turned me off to any sort of exercise. I hope they all died painful deaths.
Sorry, didn't mean to sound so bitter.
But Michelle is HAWT.
What the Candidate said. Ellen gets a slight leverage advantage because she is shorter, but that means she has less muscle to work with. The energy expenditure is a logarithmic function of the joint angle, so moving from 90 to 89 is much more expensive than moving from 1 to 0.
True. Of course, she also has her hands wide, so she may be getting a different workout than a normal push-up.
They seems to have the same point value in Fitocracy, so not sure if the difference is significant or not.
But…her back was very straight and her form was otherwise good. I guarantee Limbaugh could not do 25 pushups like those.
And at that point no one knew, except Ron Paul, that this friendly contest of strength would blossom into an internecine race war, from which not even gingers would be spared.
LOL NEWELL IS SO GINGER!
But seriously, lol.
I'm shocked a right wing commentariator can tell the difference between a push up and Pull Up.
Ask Diaper Dave Vitter – he's a big fan of Pull-Ups when he's out on the town.
Ease of access, plus "I'm a BIG KID now!"
Nothing at all about exercising the remote control thumb, the most commonly injured muscle in America….
Sorry folks, I definitely saw the wires pulling her up and down – and, no doubt, George Soros was up there above the stage, pulling the strings.
It was CGI. George Lucas is in on the conspiracy now.
Acorn and SEIU, also too.
Attempting this would literally kill at least two of the republican candidates. No snark.
Do we get a choice? We are a democracy…sort of.
And yet the wingnuts will still continue to call our First Lady fat, despite look at her, because they're racist fucknuts that way.
They are racist fucknuts. I mean…they are just racist fucknuts.
They just love her so much that they are driven to hate her in such wonderful ways
They watched a black lady and a lesbian do push ups? How evolved.
And then furiously denounced them to avert their tiny terrified minds from the tingling sensations being experienced by their shameful, shameful bodies.
PORN LIBEL!
(cause the visuals don't match the other chit zooming thru my brain)
THOSE ARE MUUUUSLUM PUSH UPS!!!!!!!!!
Shhhhh….
To be fair, Ellen was going much closer to the ground than Michelle, and because of the way leverage works, and the self admitted politeness, was probably straining less.
Seriously, going straight from the floor with your elbows at >90 degrees to 0 will take more energy than going from 45 degrees to 0. That's just math.
Obama's one lucky dude. WOW!
Why isn’t she doing those Push-ups at the White House instead of flying all over the country in a Government plane with Secret Service Agents, spewing for her Muslim husbands campaign at our expense.
Focus on the prize, hater. Much simpler to say she's an uppity colored.
Even if she did 1 push up that would be 100% more than Rush Limbaugh ever did in his life.
He damn sure hasn't done any push aways.
LOL
Yeah, Rush has a pusherMan, for his uppers.
Your move Nancy!
Holy fucking shitbirds, those comments. Fucking stupid hate filled fucks.
Last week I wasn't having a good day, and this week I may not be either. Fuck them all, I says! Our Flotus is the bestest, so suck it, haters.
How awesome is Michelle? Rick Perry saw her fanny going up and down and almost went straight.
…almost blew his cover…
History's greatest monster.
Also, these wingnuts actually watched that lesbo sanctity-of-marriage-destroyer on the TeeVee?
How dare that lady exercise in public [skarf, snarf, gobble]. Doesn't she know [burp] she's making a spectacle of her [poot] self?
They's just jellus! Jelly, jelly, jellus!
Fuck 'em!
"Is it too much to ask for a First Lady with a little class and dignity? Nothing wrong with being “fit” and “athletic” but do you have to be an exhibitionist as well??"
Man I wish!
Michelle should have said "El Ahrairah never picks up his prayer rug" to get the Tightie Righties to shoot their televisions.
Michelle as First Lady makes me (almost) proud to be an Amerikkkan.
Well, to be fair, using freeper logic; 2+2 = OHMIGOD she's scary and black and a woman.
I can see the Republican point, youth fitness and helping returning military personnel are controversial choices for a First Lady. What every American would prefer is Toll House cookie recipes and addiction rehab.
Typical urban response?
I think it's wingnut code for blah.
Yes. Is it too much to ask for a First Lady with a little class and dignity? Nothing wrong with being “fit” and “athletic” but do you have to be an exhibitionist as well??
Um, I've seen a few exhibitionists in my life, and push-ups were definitely happening. Well, at least not solo push-ups.
Oh great, now you've gone and stuck a certain image in my head again; yuck.
Upfist for you!
Ow.
I will now do less than 25 push-ups in honor of our First Lady's arms. A couple of years ago I told a gym trainer that I wanted arms like Michelle Obama. She was too nice to laugh in my face although I later named her Maggie the Sadist (not to her face).
I am not even going to front – I did pull ups yesterday – real, honest to God pull-ups for the FIRST TIME in my 39 years of life. (I could only do 5, but I did them) It was a goal I had set and I achieved it and Michelle O being a grown up lady who is strong like this is what made me think I could do it now. I do not care what any fat ass redneck who is pissed off about tiny french fries in their Happy Meal thinks – she is wonderful, inspiring and anyone who has a problem with anything she is doing is LOOKING for something to bitch about. Rock on, First Lady, and thanks.
5 is damn impressive for the first time doing them. Then one could add all the other – "for a woman", "for a 39 yr old", etc.
For real! And thanks, cause I have busted my ass to be able to do it.
Wow – I wish I was up to doing 5 pull-ups (some day). That's really impressive.
You are to be commended. For your sake, do them daily. You will find them easy and fun when you get to ten or more. It will take months, but everyone needs to be able to handle their own weight. There is a female where I work out who routinely does over 20 on her first set. Goodonya!
THESE COLORS DONT RUN , LIKE MY CHILDREN!!1!
"She got this way from the typical urban response to drive-bys…"
Ya, back in the mid-70's when me, the white guy, was hanging around Cabrini Green in Chicago, whenever shooting erupted I always dropped into the push up position and whipped out 25 or so. But, of course, I did proper nose to the ground form….
A friend of mine is visiting me from the U.K. and she finds it "liberating" that Michelle would do this – and that Sarah Cameron would be unlikely to.
Good for us, but then again Prince Charles is probably unlikely to pick his nose in public.
The gossip is that Barack Obama does not pick up his socks!
Today I am Barack Obama and so is everyone who lives in my house.
Today, we are all Barack Obama.
Lou Sarah gets her exercise the real 'Merikun way – clubbing fish.
In their defense, most of the old white men at the GOP like to wear push up bras at "Dress Like J. Edgar Day." And calico dresses.
ok, so, what is the female equivalent of fapping? anybody? anybody? wonkette?
Rubbing the pleasure button?
Slapping! (the monkey)
Tickling the bean?
What, no Rethug argument about the width of her stance?…
That would be metaphorically throwing stones. They'd prefer to through real ones.
Ya know, Michelle is a black woman, shouldn't she have challenged the white woman to a jumping contest????
Looks like this won't help keep Ellen's as the JCPennys spokeswoman/person. A million moms are still called for the failing chain to fire her, or they won't spend anymore $$ on that 'cheap made in China chit'
Wingnut women only know how to bend over the arm of the couch so they can reach the chips and dip while their mate scoops out some of their warm guacamole.
Sorry, must. fap. now.
i was going to say that was utterly charming and i almost (almost!) feel sorry for the miserable lives these wingtards must live.
then i realized watching that made my tennis elbow flare up and now i hate everyone too.
Same retort: If Michelle could walk on water, the twits would say she can't swim
That woman is a bad influence on the children of right wingnuts.
Little known fact; Michelle Obama punched Bin Laden to death.
For hours, days, weeks, months and years, the local carrion lived like kings.
Until they died of hate infused cholesterol.
The smart ones flew off him once the Vicodin buzz kicked in and after they had crapped up his nose.
FTFW.
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