Conservative movie lovers didn't suffer any serious Red State taunts during the just-wrapped Academy Awards telecast. Michael Moore wasn't on hand to bash the GOP, and show host Seth MacFarlane trained his immature wit on George Clooney, breast-baring actresses and the show's ridiculous length. And then it came time to announce the Best Picture winner, and Jack Nicholson stepped on stage to do the honors. Only Nicholson, and the show's organizers, had something else in mind.
Enter Michelle Obama. ------ The Oscar telecast's ratings have been slumping in recent years, and the death of the movie star is hardly an exaggeration. Yet the industry's power brokers continue to stick their collective tongues out at roughly half the country, the half that prefers to see Hollywood's biggest night devoted to the stars, not the White House's latest media outreach effort.
To think the First Lady's appearance lacked political motive is to deny the obvious, and even some liberal viewers, like film critic Richard Roeper, thought the appearance wasn't appropriate.
I'm a big fan of Michelle Obama, but I think she should have turned down invite to present Best Picture. It just didn't fit the moment.
I didn't watch but apparently the Obama's feel like royalty so it's the way they present themselves. Never mind if it's an inappropriate time or place.
RIGHT'S RIGHT 
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Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:45 pm
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