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People for the Ethical Treatment of Obama

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on January 6, 2010 - 12:52pm; tagged animal rights, Carrie Underwood, fur, Ingrid Newkirk, Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, PETA, poll.

PETA is in some hot water (again) for using first lady Michelle Obama's image in one of their ads without her permission. PETA pres Ingrid Newkirk says they didn't get Obama's permission because, well, they knew she would have said no. Since this is the same rationale I used when I "borrowed" my mom's car before I had a driver's license, I happen to know firsthand that the I-didn't-ask-because-you'd-say-no excuse doesn't work too well. Here's the ad: