The First Lady has been accused of many things, but this one deserves a “Memmy.”
According to Barbara Harsha, executive director of the Governors’ Highway Safety Administration, Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity campaign could be one of the factors to blame for the increase in pedestrian deaths during the first six months of 2010. According to the GHSA, 1,891 pedestrians were killed in the first six months of 2010, a whopping increase of seven (.04 percent) compared to the 1,884 pedestrians killed in the same period in 2009.
Of course, the GHSA has no scientific evidence to back up their speculation—perhaps because it is purely speculation.
And, of course, there were the obligatory “we have been misquoted” or “taken out of context” explanations and excuses.
If you think we are kidding, please read here, here and here.
