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Robin Shreeves

Michelle Obama caught up in Watercressgate

Stephen Colbert and Fox News make funny mountains out of a mole hill in the White House kitchen garden.

Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 9:16 AM EST

The news about the stunt vegetables used on Iron Chef America continues to grow. If you remember, the vegetables used on the Jan. 3 episode were shown being picked at the White House kitchen garden, but in reality, the chefs used different vegetables in their dishes because of the week lapse between picking the vegetables and filming the show.
 
News shows can't resist poking fun of the story that seems to have one of the commenters on my original post "outraged" and another one "LMAO". 
 
On The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert reports that the White House has been rocked with a scandal called Watercressgate, and he promises to "stalk their celery" to get the full story.
 
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Even the folks on the conservative Fox News can't help but find the funny in what they are calling GardenGate. White House Chef Cristeta Comerford became "somebody else I can't pronounce" when they were listing the chefs who were complicit in this veggie fraud. I think if they were taking this story seriously, they would have pointed out she was from the White House.

 

 

 
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Pat P 01/19/2010 00:58 AM

Real gardeners usually work in their gardens every day not just as a publicity PHOTO OP. How often does Mrs BO work in the garden or is this just another tax fubded project which WH staff maintain. How much did her trip to AN organic Market to buy vegatables cost us. GImme me a break.

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rshreeves 01/19/2010 09:08 AM

the garden is maintained daily by the White House staff. I'm not aware at any time that the first lady has called herself a gardener. The garden is something that the public wanted and the president and first lady listened to the public on this one.

However, it's been clear that Mrs. Obama has gotten her hands dirty in the garden many times, and she is using it as a platform to spread the word about healthy food for all.

As far as the cost for the stunt veggies - I would imagine.... More

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