Michelle Obama, Cookie Dealer in Chief

Tuesday, 01 February 2011 | by Pat's Picks

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Michelle Obama leads a double life. By day, she’s a champion of healthy eating and a fighter of child obesity. But that’s not the First Lady’s only connection to the food world. She’s also a cookie dealer. Yes, that’s right: Obama is the honorary national president of the Girl Scouts. Obama is the honorary national president of the Girl Scouts, a role that puts her “between a rock and a Do-si-do.”

The Inquirer points out that Obama has never been a teetotaler when it comes to junk food, but notes that “not a crumb about cookies appeared in the announcement about Obama’s turn as Girl Scout-in-chief.”

Read the Girl Scouts of America press release announcing the First Lady role as “Girl Scout-in-chief.”

All this talk about Girl Scout cookies reminded me of this funny SNL bit from a while back: