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dballance

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2. Setting a GOOD example

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2012, 08:08 AM

Mar 2012

I grew up on a farm so we grew all our own vegetables and canned them for the winter. So this is not a shock to me. It is a nice example of showing people how to live with the land.

Cudos to Mrs. Obama.

Can't wait to see how the right spins it as such a horrible socialist, communist, evil liberal plot that she is growing a garden.

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State Dinner Menu Inspired by First Lady's 'Kitchen Garden' [View all] bigtree Mar 2012 OP

I really love this woman's style! juajen Mar 2012 #1

Setting a GOOD example dballance Mar 2012 #2

The right attacked her early on for this. The Limbaugh crowd mocked it as the 'watermelon' patch, freshwest Mar 2012 #4

I mean, my God, if we're not killing our kids jsmirman Mar 2012 #13

I had a youtube video of a teabagger MD who was yelling... freshwest Mar 2012 #14

The horror, the horror jsmirman Mar 2012 #15

They're attacking them on the wine choice instead. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #7

Seeing this made my day :) varelse Mar 2012 #3

Interesting choice of table cloth, napkin and flower arrangement colors lunatica Mar 2012 #5

it's earthy bigtree Mar 2012 #6

Thanks. Scurrilous Mar 2012 #8

and yet big mouth woman hating Rush L calls her fat! WI_DEM Mar 2012 #9

This is probably the one thing I love most about her. jillan Mar 2012 #10

kick bigtree Mar 2012 #11

I hope they give them a choice of with or without ammonium hydroxide. woo me with science Mar 2012 #12