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Congressman Apologizes for Mocking Michelle's Rear

Jim Sensenbrenner sends first lady 'personal note'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 22, 2011 2:58 PM CST

(Newser) – After getting caught ridiculing Michelle Obama's "large posterior," a Wisconsin congressman has sent her an apology. "I regret my inappropriate comment and I have sent a personal note to the first lady apologizing," GOP Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner says in a statement. Meanwhile, a parishioner at the church where he made the comment has offered Politico a firsthand account.

"He got on the topic of first ladies and their special interests, and he said most first ladies have serious projects," said the 72-year-old woman. "He implied that Michelle Obama being interested in childhood obesity was not serious; he sort of made fun of it and then he made fun of her. He said something like, 'Look at her big butt,'" she said. "He just assumed everyone sitting at the table would agree with him and think it was funny." Instead, "there was sort of a stunned silence."

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama chat as they walk to the White House in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2011.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama chat as they walk to the White House in Washington, DC, on December 14, 2011.   (Getty Images)
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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LollieDotCom
Dec 23, 2011 5:44 AM CST
I don't think people were as stunned by his rude and inappropriate comment (which is so fox fake news [nothing new there]) as the fact that it was coming out of a man who makes hogs on their way to slaughter look svelte by comparison.  I'm beginning to think the Republicans don't want to win the white house yet.  Truth be known, they're happy to run Obama down while they sit this out till he gets the country back on it's feet first. 
HappyHabenero
Dec 23, 2011 3:43 AM CST
OK so now that he has apologized, you dems should forgive him, give him a pass.  Just like KKK Byrd , Dan Rather, and a few others right  ?  Oh wait, that would only work if he turned democrat
ERROR9900
Dec 23, 2011 1:04 AM CST
It's always the heavy ones making fun of Michelle's "size". Limbaugh does it, too. Blatant insecurity.

 
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