Michelle v. Michele: The Breastfeeding Battle
Activism Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
By Rebecca Kaplan, National Review
Michelle Obama has found herself the target of criticism from yet another high-profile conservative woman who says that the first lady’s initiatives promote a “nanny state.”
Reports surfaced this week that Obama will highlight breastfeeding as a path to reducing childhood obesity and will try to remove barriers for women who choose that method of feeding their infant. The Internal Revenue Service helped the cause when it announced last week that it would offer a tax break on breastfeeding supplies, though it is unclear whether Obama has encouraged women to take advantage of the tax breaks.
But that didn’t stop Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., from firing away at the first lady on Tuesday afternoon on conservative host Laura Ingraham’s radio show. “I’ve given birth to five babies, and I breast-fed every single one,” Bachmann said. “To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies? You wanna talk about the nanny state?”
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If Intel can get a tax break to build manufacturing plants in China, my daughter should be able to get a tax break to fed her child something that is natural and healthy. When will Mechele speak against these tax breaks?
Does this bother you Ms. Kaplan? It sounds as if this “high-profile conservative woman” hit a nerve. But, do you know, those who have a lot of nerve make themselves an easy target.
Respectfully