First there was Michele Bachmann, accusing Michelle Obama of ushering in a "nanny state" by encouraging breastfeeding. Then it was Sarah Palin's turn to mock Michelle Obama's breastfeeding initiative:
Sarah Palin slams Michelle Obama over nursing
Sarah Palin followed in Rep. Michele Bachmann’s footsteps and took a swipe at Michelle Obama on Thursday, mocking her efforts to get mothers to breast-feed their children.
“No wonder Michelle Obama is telling everybody, ‘You’d better breast-feed your baby,” she said at a Long Island appearance on Thursday, after slamming President Barack Obama for rising gas prices and other items — like milk — since he took office. “Yeah, you’d better, because the price of milk is so high right now.”
(Side note: Thanks to deflation in 2009, dairy products are cheaper now than they were under Bush. However, there is a forecast for inflation in 2011.)
Of course, before encouraging breastfeeding became a symptom of the "nanny state," it was none other than Sarah Palin who promoted her own breastfeeding initiative way back in October 2007.
WHEREAS, government and community organizations have a vested interest in protecting and promoting breastfeeding as a means of preventing infant malnutrition, morbidity, and mortality.
WHEREAS, during October, organizations throughout our state will promote the importance of breastfeeding. This year, in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week - October 1 through October 7 - the State of Alaska will support networks that encourage and promote breastfeeding in all communities.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the State of Alaska, do hereby proclaim October 2007 as: Breastfeeding Awareness Month in Alaska, and encourage all residents to recognize and support the important contributions breastfeeding makes in improving the quality of life for all Alaskans.
Notice that Palin didn't just promote breastfeeding for the sake of families -- she also said that "government" has "a vested interest" in women breastfeeding their babies. That just sounds so....scary and socialist, doesn't it? She better hope Glenn Beck doesn't find out! But whether he does or not, when you hate somebody so much that you end up mocking them for promoting breastfeeding...well, that's a pretty damn big case of Obama Derangement Syndrome.
