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8. ...profits donated to gardening-related charities & used for the upkeep of WH garden on South lawn.

http://www.examiner.com/article/michelle-obama-does-david-letterman-s-top-ten-list

June 6, 2012

Michelle Obama does David Letterman's 'Top Ten List'

First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on David Letterman’s “The Late Show” via satellite from the White House on Tuesday. Her performance was to promote her new book,

CLICK HERE to view the promotional video released by NBC:

Mrs. Obama announced the Top Ten list regarding fun-facts about gardening. The list included the comments:

Number 7: In his lifetime, the average American will eat half a radish.

Number 6: The largest zucchini ever grown contained a Starbucks.

Number 5: Later this year, the Supreme Court will finally rule on “tomato” versus “tomahto.”

The Letterman appearance is just one of several that the First Lady has made in recent weeks to promote the book. Additionally, the book’s release along and her public appearances are politically-designed to highlight Mrs. Obama’s tremendous popularity with Americans during President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign.

The profits of Mrs. Obama’s book will be donated to gardening-related charities and used for the upkeep of the White House’s garden on the South Lawn.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
First Lady Michelle Obama talks to AP about the White House Kitchen Garden - pics [View all]	Kadie	Jun 2012	OP
DU's resident grow-your-own-food-haters to piss all over this thread in 3....2...1..., calling her	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#1
Wow, "grow-your-own-food-haters?" Is there such a thing? (nt)	enough	Jun 2012	#2
Try recommending that folks grow some of their own veggies to help ease food budget crunches and	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#9
That WH garden looks very healthy!	femmocrat	Jun 2012	#3
The caption said it was a fig tree.	Kadie	Jun 2012	#4
I'ts a fig tree. Yummy.	skamaria	Jun 2012	#5
K&R! Terrific pix!	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2012	#6
Spam deleted by Morning Dew (MIR Team)	vangore	Jun 2012	#7
...profits donated to gardening-related charities & used for the upkeep of WH garden on South lawn.	proverbialwisdom	Jun 2012	#8

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