The NY Post, in typical fashion, dings the First Couple for eating a little barbecue:
Looks like Barack and Michelle Obama are taking a vacation from more than just their jobs — they’re also giving healthy eating habits a holiday.
Making a weekend getaway to North Carolina, the fitness-fanatical First Lady — who planted a garden at the White House to promote healthy eating and leads a campaign to fight childhood obesity — and President Obama immediately hit a barbecue joint.
After posing for pictures with scores of star-struck locals — Obama even quizzed some on what they ordered — the first couple got down to business, each ordering the seriously artery-clogging ribs plate at Twelve Bones Smokehouse in Asheville.
The meal included BBQ ribs, greens, baked beans, corn pudding, mac & cheese and corn bread, guzzled back with icy cold sweet teas.
The Obama’s took a number just like everyone else — theirs was 99 — and sat down at a table to wait for their order.
Later, the first couple went for a brisk hike in the woods, perhaps to walk off some of those unaccustomed extra calories.