Earlier this week we noted that the 43rd District Democrats declined to endorse mayoral candidate Joe Mallahan in part due to his admission that he drives his Prius six blocks to work. They felt he should have walked or biked.
Today there is evidence that the First Lady could never meet the standard set by those looking for force lifestyle changes in an effort to reduce carbon emissions. The Washington Post reports:
Let's say you're preparing dinner and you realize with dismay that you don't have any certified organic Tuscan kale. What to do?
Here's how Michelle Obama handled this very predicament Thursday afternoon:
The Secret Service and the D.C. police brought in three dozen vehicles and shut down H Street, Vermont Avenue, two lanes of I Street and an entrance to the McPherson Square Metro station. They swept the area, in front of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with bomb-sniffing dogs and installed magnetometers in the middle of the street, put up barricades to keep pedestrians out, and took positions with binoculars atop trucks. Though the produce stand was only a block or so from the White House, the first lady hopped into her armored limousine and pulled into the market amid the wail of sirens.
Perhaps traveling one block for organic food is allowed but traveling six blocks to work, in a hybrid, is not. It certainly doesn't reduce carbon emissions, however.
Nobody said changing lifestyles would be easy.
