White House Peeved Michelle Obama Is in New PETA Ad
Credit: PETA
The White House is fuming over a new anti-fur campaign featuring first lady Michelle Obama.
She appears alongside Oprah Winfrey, Carrie Underwood and Tyra Banks -- who have all refused to wear real fur -- in "Fur-Free and Fabulous," PETA's new ad, which was unveiled last week and can be seen at Washington, D.C.-area Metro stations and on the group's website.
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But the White House maintains that PETA had no right to use the image of the first lady in its new ads.
PETA president Ingrid Newkirk insists her organization wouldn't have sought Obama's consent for the ad because it knows that she can't make such an endorsement.
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"The fact is that Michelle Obama has issued a statement indicating that she doesn't wear fur, and the world should know that in PETA's eyes, that makes her pretty fabulous," she said in a press statement.
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PETA senior vice president Dan Mathews added that Obama should be flattered. Introducing the campaign, he said: "By rejecting fur, these style icons demonstrate to the world that fur is old-fashioned and cruel."
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57"fedupwithhercrap" you can go fall in a hole
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I would like to: 1) ask Kim what she bases on her aggressive comment that PETA are a bunch a of extremists. Better get yourself WELL informed about what these people do and have achieved, as well about where the money goes, before implying that in PETA's case you can't be as sure as with your local animal shelter. What to YOU may appear as an extremist action is the only way to make people aware of the horrors of animal suffering and make them look a little beyond their comfortable noses in their comfortable little neighborhoods. 2) Tell Mr. Bigpharma that PETA --yes--needs to be in the spotlight, BUT in order to call the attention of people just like him, who make themselves blind, deaf and dumb to the plight of other sentient beings. PETA does not "prevent" companies from making medicine for humans. They reach AGREEMENTS, after finding out that horrible experiments on animals are not really necessary, because there are other ways. And please: Who said that we human beings-- THE GREATEST PREDATORS ON EARTH-- have a right to inflict pain for OUR benefit? 3)Ask Erin what her source of information is that allows her to say that not a credible conservationit or scientist endorses PETA and, to top it all, that 90% of the animals taken in by PETA are killed! All of the above sound more like fanatics to me than anyone from PETA!
I agree wholeheartedly with Clarissa... well said! January 07, 2010 - 11:11am Clarissa Meyers Says: She should be proud to be in an ad for PETA and be allowed to speak about her stances on issues such as the cruelty of killing animals.
Like she doesn't own anything thing that isn't an animal? Like she is totaly vegan too? Yeah right!!
sj - your a fool if you think obama cares about the 'black man.' all 'hussein' cares about is the Muslims - you just wait.
Michelle Obama is a bleeding heart liberal - they should make a coat out of her.
While Obama's press secretary said that MO does not wear fur, it is simply not true - she has a fox-trimmed parka (yes, REAL) that she wore sledding with the girls, and in Chaicago she wore a full-length mink for years.
Doesn't PETA stand for "People Eating Tasty Animals"?
Right on, Mel! You said exactly what I wanted to. It's going to take a LONG time to clean up the mess Bush made of our country. PETA! Yuck! Far better to support a decent group like your local animal shelter. That way you know your money is actually helping animals, rather then supporting a bunch of extremists with a terror agenda.
She should be proud to be in an ad for PETA and be allowed to speak about her stances on issues such as the cruelty of killing animals.
Peta and other animal rights groups are hypocrite. The should be put as a terrorist organization.They only attack superstars and companies that will put them in the spotlight. I have not seen they do something about the billion$ animal Porn industry. "They love animal so much" to sleep with. They also prevent big companies from making medicine to cure Human and animal diseases.Peta should be put in a Terrorist watch list for they violent act against citizens(for Kidnapping,Bombing,vandalizing etc..)
We need all to unite and figure out our future this country is f**k Up!! Use to be my dream country. Ella I so totally agree with you.Some people they don;t just understand what's going on this country.Everybody hates america. :( You are american people can change this country. Fight for your right and do what's best for you people.It's a free country unless if it change to socialism.
Everybody has their own opinion.Obama wants this country to change and he wants this country to be socialism.
That really is disrespectful. I'm sure the First Lady would have loved to be on the PETA Ad, but jeez, at least ask her.
Why is it okay for US Presidents and Vice Presidents to hunt and Not okay for the First Lady to be in a PETA ad?
I agree with the white house being angry. This is a organization that brainwashes kids with campaigns like"Your mommy kills animals". Not exactly a group any country leader would want to endorse. They don't pay taxes, not a credible scientist or conservationist will indorse them, and they kill 90% of the animals they take in. Of course with the millions they make in danations just go to lobbying against any pet ownership and crappy photoshop adds as such.
Go Oboma's!!!
PETA That was nasty putting the First Lady on the cover without their concent. I believe in your cause however by being that disrespectful you just loose people's trust in your belief. "Two wrongs don't make a right"??? Sincerely Rea, Regina, Sk