Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Michelle Obama - First Bullshitter

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.
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. ...
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And via 'Uncle Angus' in the comments:

7 comments:

Jen said...

'Poverty at their very best'

I can just imagine Glenn Beck detailing these two phonies so call 'poverty' story.

They think just because one is black are poor therefore need a guiding light from the 'poor experts' at the WH.

In that case, when situation was and still is grave economically, the XL PIPELINES would not have been hesistated to pass by the President (as the PM Harper puts it-Its no brainer) for the poor to work at so they can feed their families.
Yet again, Obama knew better than the poor people who only want a job to feed their themselves and families.

Anonymous said...

We were so poor that we had to use last years limo, the horror, the horror.

Pissedoff said...

We were so poor mother used to read tea leaves, we couldn't afford a newspaper.

The Pro from Dover said...

In those days we were happy to have the price of a cup of tea ... a cup of cold tea ... without milk or sugar ... or tea.

The Pro from Dover said...

We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank ...

The Pro from Dover said...

http://youtu.be/Xe1a1wHxTyo

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