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Thursday, September 06, 2012

Fact Check: First Lady's False Fairy Tale Of Struggle

First Lady Michelle Obama’s pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years--about how a young Barack Obama drove a car that was “rusted out" and found his furniture “in a dumpster,” how they both came from families that had to “scrape by.” Her fairy tale--however well-delivered--was one great, big, colorful lie.
Both Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama began their adult lives with a leg up on the rest of America. They attended elite schools: Michelle went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicago’s upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society. They were accepted to Ivy League schools despite undistinguished credentials, and both attended Harvard Law School.

“[B]elieve it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage,” Michelle said. That sounds like a raw deal--but in fact reflects their fortunate circumstances. They had both just graduated from a very expensive law school, and their combined income from cushy law firm jobs dwarfed the repayments. Barack also soon enjoyed a second salary from the University of Chicago.

They had expensive tastes, reflected in the $277,500 two-bedroom condo they bought in 1993--a high price even by today’s standards. Several years later, they moved into their $1.65 million mansion in Hyde Park--with the help of fraudster Tony Rezko. Barack often told a story of hardship on the campaign trail in 2008 about having his credit card declined--once. The fact that he thought this counted as real hardship speaks volumes.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think most everyone including many democrats were surprised at her blantant lies the other night.

Anonymous said...

Hard to believe it, but she is a better liar than her husband.

Anonymous said...

Ahhh. I hear the jealous words of envy.

Funny.

Anonymous said...

Ahhh. I hear the jealous words of envy.

Funny.

September 6, 2012 8:18 PM

Only in your head. I'll be glad when the election is over and they are sent packing.

I just wonder what they will steal when they have to leave the white house.

Anonymous said...

probably all the 'R's off of every computer keyboard in the whitehouse, all the appliances and light fixtures from every room.

Anonymous said...

Pardon me but did you believe Mrs Romney when she said they struggled and lived in a basement apartment? If you do I have a parking lot in town I would like to sell you.

Anonymous said...

11:25 PM

I have seen some nice basement apts. And yes, I would believe her.

Anonymous said...

Talk about hardship - they should both have to run a business in this economy under his administration. No customers, no money, little hope except the hope for change.

Anonymous said...

Watch it, you don't want to be accused of being a racist! Everyone knows that any accusations against Barack or Michelle are unfounded and only come from racists!

Anonymous said...

8:23 AM

You forgot to mention illegal aliens too.