Michelle Obama says to drink water - conservatives get outraged

[Rev. Rye]

If she said drink more water instead of soft drinks/energy drinks/beer/whatever, then yea she'd be right, but unless people are suffering from dehydration, drinking is just that, no magic powers.

Well, here's the words she used.

“I’ve come to realize that if we were going to take just one step to make ourselves and our families healthier, probably the single best thing we could do is to simply drink more water. It’s as simple as that. Drink just one more glass of water a day and you can make a real difference for your health, for your energy and the way that you feel.”

Yeah, there's no mention of 7 glasses a day (I heard it was meant to be eight), but it would have been better if she said "drink more water instead of soft drinks/whatever." But still, it's not like these people who are going apeshit over this are making the same point you made.

I wish the republicans were smart enough to simply point out her scientific inaccuracy (we don't need that much water) and leave it at that.

Hell, it's not even that. It's just that Michelle Obama said it. I doubt it would have even been that controversial if, say, Laura Bush or even Ann Romney had said it. I'll bet they'd go into a tizzy if they said the sky was blue. And they wouldn't even bother to acknowledge the different shades during dusk and dawn.