Michelle Obama’s “Food Police” Squad Meets Unlikely Opponent: Barack Obama’s Former Communications Director (video)
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on July 11, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama, in her relentless mission to dictate parental food choices and eating behaviors to Americans, much to the delight of Venezuela’s tyrannical despot Hugo Chavéz, has met an unlikely foe.
From National Journal, Former White House Staffer Fights Obama Obesity Efforts:
Foodmakers, fast-food chains, and media companies have teamed up to battle government efforts to create voluntary nutritional guidelines for foods marketed to children, The Washington Post reports Sunday. And the group is being managed by former White House communications director Anita Dunn.
If the name “Anita Dunn” rings a bell, but you can’t quite place it, this 2009 video where Dunn addressed high school students about her favorite philosopher, murderous Communist Chairman Mao, should refresh your memory:
Barely two months after that controversial video was made public, Dunn stepped down from her White House communications position.
WaPo continues…
The group, called the Sensible Food Policy Coalition, includes General Mills, Kellogg, PepsiCo, and Time Warner. Disclosure records show they spent $6.6 million on lobbying in the first quarter of this year, and the members of the group collectively have spent nearly $60 million on lobbying since the start of the Obama administration, the newspaper reports.
Media giant Viacom is one of the members. It owns the Nickelodeon television network, whose animated characters such as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants are featured prominently on food products marketed to children. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is also weighing in.
Dunn, who is now at SKDKnickerbocker, is managing the campaign, the newspaper said. She was White House communications director under President Obama in 2009 and is married to Robert F. Bauer, the former White House counsel.
Dunn also publicly whined about Fox News in October 2009, calling it a “research arm” for Republicans.
And now, after leaving the White House, she’s opposing the First Lady and is on the side of big business.
Intriguing development. We’ll want to keep an eye on this.
More popcorn, please, heavy on the butter.
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