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  • Obama: Country Facing Economic, Political Crisis "This election won't be as sexy as the first one"

    10/24/2011 7:45:29 PM PDT · by kristinn · 68 replies
    AP ^ | Monday, October 25, 2011 | Jim Kuhnhenn
    Testing a re-election theme, President Barack Obama is telling donors during a fundraising rich tour of three western states that the country is suffering from an economic crisis and from a political crisis. "People are crying out for action," he says. Pointing to elements of his $447 billion jobs plan rejected by Republican lawmakers, Obama said they would likely linger as campaign issues in 2012. "This is the fight that we're going to have right now, and I suspect this is the fight that we're going to have to have over the next year," Obama told about 240 donors at...
  • The Pauper's Princess (Kate Middleton's $340 dress vs. Moochelle's $2K dress)

    05/28/2011 12:01:59 AM PDT · by wac3rd · 58 replies
    New York Post via Drudge ^ | 05-27-11 | Kirsten Fleming
    As newly minted princess Kate Middleton greeted Michelle Obama in the ornate surroundings of Buckingham Palace Tuesday, it was hard to believe she was wearing a $340 dress from British retailer Reiss — a frock any commoner could buy. (snip) While Michelle Obama has also been applauded for wearing clothes from affordable stores such as J.Crew and H&M, she also favors big-name designers such as Jason Wu and Isabel Toledo. The floral Barbara Tfank dress she wore to meet Middleton this week cost at least $2,000.