Posted on 05/01/2009 9:19:27 AM PDT by lewisglad
Michelle Obama, February 2008:
Obama explains that she and her husband made the choice to give up lucrative jobs in favor of community service. “We left corporate America, which is a lot of what we’re asking young people to do,” she tells the women. “Don’t go into corporate America. You know, become teachers. Work for the community. Be social workers. Be a nurse. Those are the careers that we need, and we’re encouraging our young people to do that. But if you make that choice, as we did, to move out of the money-making industry into the helping industry, then your salaries respond.”
Michelle Obama, April 2009:
Michelle Obama has taken casual to a haute new level.
While volunteering Wednesday at a D.C. food bank, the First Lady sported her usual J.Crew cardigan, a pair of utilitarian capri pants and, on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540.
That’s right: These sneakers - suede, with grosgrain ribbon laces and metallic pink toe caps - are made by French design house Lanvin, one of fashion’s hottest labels. They come in denim and satin versions, and have been a brisk seller all spring.
They’re out of stock at posh Meatpacking District boutique Jeffrey, and Barneys New York boasts a limited selection of the sneaks, which are a cult favorite among fashionistas.
It’s likely Michelle got hers through Ikram, the Chicago retailer that often outfits her.
It goes without saying that a Republican First Lady who showed up at a food bank during a recession wearing $540 sneakers would never hear the end of it, let alone one who had lectured voters on learning to make do with less. But you know, it goes deeper than that. Remember how Barack Obama relentlessly mocked George W. Bush, in the tone of a petulant teenager who can’t believe what Dad told him to do, for advising Americans to “go shopping” after September 11? Well, President Bush was absolutely in the right: the nation needed reassuring, and it needed to both sustain the consumer confidence and consumer demand that are the engines of our economy, and demonstrate to the world that we don’t change our routines to satisfy terrorists.
Now, with consumer demand in the worst slump in most of our living memory, one of the things we need most of all from the White House is reassurance that it’s OK to - you guessed it - go shopping. But President Obama, who has tiptoed up to that line a few times, can’t quite bring himself to sound like Dad now that he’s the one in the driver’s seat. So, Michelle shops, while consumer demand drops. And then what happens? We get Joe Biden giving us the “we’re all gonna diiiiiieeeeee” alarm on the Today Show, telling people that he’d advise his family to avoid malls, planes, and trains. It’s OK if you go, mind you, but not Joe’s family. So much for projecting calm in a crisis.
Somehow, no matter what the state of the U.S. economy, the Michelle Obamas in and around the government will always manage to get their fancy French sneakers. I don’t begrudge them that - but I do wish they acted as if they felt the same way about the rest of us.
Insanity.
If you don’t get a good paying job how are you going to be able to spend over $500 for sneakers?
When was that? The Obama's having a real job I mean? Michelle received a huge token salary in exchange for some taxpayers money Barack arranged to be granted, and Obama also never had a real job, other than 'community service work through ACORN which was also taxpayer funded.
democrats = hypocrisy
“Barack and encourage people to live with less...”
Socialist pablum. Lefties will love it, but it’s the same kind of garbage Geithner was spewing when he said people will learn to care about what they DO and not what they make.
Scary.
Holy sh!t. It doesn't get any riper than this. She had a sinecure as "diversity director" for the Chicago hospital system that paid $380,000 a year solely because of her gender, race, and above all her political connections. She can go back to it any time. Meanwhile she gets the best of everything at taxpayer expense. What does she need a salary for "Public service" my a$$ Self service at the public expense is more like it.
Those shoes are seriously ugly. Michelle’s taste is as bad as her judgement.
Fo’ shizzle!
Da b*tch got da bling!
When da b*tch fonna’ get da gol’ teef?
If you move out of the money-making industry you give up your right to complain about low pay.
Michelle Obama lives in free government housing, and gets a welfare check which working American taxpayers pay for. She can afford expensive shoes.
Need to see some of the caustic comments made about the Sarah Palin wardrobe...I wonder if Michelle will get beat up in the same way on the Today Show, etc. etc.
“Don’t go into corporate America..”
So if I go to work for GM is it public service?
First the Obamas are to dumb and sleazy to know what they are doing and I would hardly think an over $300,000 job is hardly leaving the corporate world.
Doesn’t one have to be IN a money making industry to move out? It seems they have only ever worked for organizations feeding at the public trough.
One has to be IN a “money-making” industry in the first place to be able to call themselves getting OUT of that industry. I don’t think either of them has ever really had a real job; in my opinion, that big “job” she held was nothing but payback. She and Barack are in the middle of the biggest pile of money in the universe in Washington, DC.
I also think they think that the American people are all idiots.
And how much are these two sleazeballs worth?
How much did the worthless wife make in that hospital for doing nothing.
Give me a break.
The Obamaloon and the loonmate are right down there in the bottom of the dhimmicrat barrel (which itself is at the bottom of all the bigger barrels).
Barack got $1M from the government for the hospital, who in turn, paid it out to Michelle Obama in $350,000 installments. This is called Money Laundering.
When you know you have the media by the balls you can say anything, no matter how ludicrous.
Generations of people have been lied to and indoctrinated by schools and universities.
The majority of us are walking zombies, unable or unwilling to distinguish truth from lies.
We have been infiltrated by ourselves with seemingly no way to reverse it.
Even if I was wealthy, I still wouldn’t spend $500 bucks on a pair of shoes. That’s just insane.
This is a non sequitir. I reject the notion that people who make serious money, by definition, cannot also help people.
The inventors of the personal computer, all sorts of software (like Turbotax), and labor-saving devices made lots of money. They also helped more people than Michelle Obama ever will.
Incidentally, big-bucks authors like the One, are in the money-making industry, whether Michelle puts them there or not.
Those pants are horrible, she is wearing them a size too small. The shoes suck too, she was had by some Chicago slimeball designer.
Making millions of dollars on an “autobiography” is now considered community service?
Good grief, thees people are impressed with themselves and so full of crap.
Michelle Obama has taken casual to a haute new level,looks like she is into dumpster diving.
This has already happened for multi generational American young people. The majority of engineering students today are, like my Nephew, Asian American children of immigrants. Somebody has to do the hard work and get rich in the process. Unless we have a collectivist nation and economy. Hummmmmm . . . ?
Camel toe. The other cleavage.
They voted them into office didn't they? Seems pretty idiotic to me...
If you ever get the chance to own a pair of really good-quality $500 shoes, you will understand why they are worth that much. It's kind of like paying extra for a great mattress. You could get one a lot cheaper, but the years of quality sleep are well worth the extra cost.
Last pair of runners I bought and still am wearing cost $7 at walmart. (I'm not poor by any measure, but I think they look a hell of a lot better than what Michelle is wearing)
Nonsense. If ANY shoe maker can't make a good fitting comfortable shoe for $50 or less, they can't make one any better for $500. Work boots $100 or so. Hiking boots,$100-$150 max.
Paying so much money to look like a clown.
I see we agree. LOL
The first "First Lady" that believes camel toe is a fasion accessory.
Geez, can’t she ever stand with her legs together?
I am so sick of seeing that sweater! A real friend would have snuck into Michelle’s closet and burned that fashion atrocity months ago.
The sweater combos are not good for her figure. She needs to wear very tailored pants and shirts, she is one of those people that can not buy off the rack.
A friend would tell her that her pants don’t fit either!
At least 52% of them are idiots.
But, but, but they cost $540.00 which reminds me about a fool being born every minute.
Especially the fugly stuff she spends it on!
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