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

[driveby]

Sorry cons.

You people took factchecking out and shot it. You don't get to ressurrect it when it's convenient.

translation: i'm as big a hack as teapartysamurai and about as smart

You're rather thinskinned. You should have that looked at.

You're quite defensive and hypocritical, Nurse Ratched may have an opening for you....

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Fact Check?? by Joel B. Pollak???

You mean the same Joel B. Pollak who called Paul Ryan's most dishonest convention speech ... ever:

Ryan's Masterful Speech: A Fireside Chat With a Nation in Crisis
by Joel B. Pollak

jeezus fucking krist

Ryan's Masterful Speech: A Fireside Chat With a Nation in Crisis

Doncha just love Briebart ...
Is there any lie they won't tell about the left?

 

[Desperado]

Come on.....
Get used to it....
Both sides lie. Both sides stretch the truth.
Why does this surprise any one?

 

[tjvh]

Ahh... Once again Lakhota chimes in with intellectual property authored by someone else in a vain attempt to derail a thread. Priceless.

 

[jillian]

Breitbart? That is fucking hilarious. Thanks for sharing...

yeah, i have to go with that one too...

 

[whitehall]

The dirty little secret is that the entire media with few exceptions are in bed with the Obamas and nobody (including Fox) will dare to criticize the 1st Lady for her elaborate hypocritical lifestyle and her false testimony.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Come on.....
Get used to it....
Both sides lie. Both sides stretch the truth.
Why does this surprise any one?

Not like Mitt lies.
Romney the Liar
And,now, we're seeing the same daily lies from Ryan.

The First Lady didn't lie.
Read the op and then read the link to the same author humping Ryan's leg.

The real liar is Pollack.

 

[whitehall]

You almost gotta laugh. Apparently the left is aware that Michelle's speech is an insulting lie but it is rationalized because apparently "Romney lies".

 

[Lakhota]

The First Family have an awesome history:

DNA Uncovers Michelle Obama's White, Slave Master Ancestry | Madame Noire | Black Women's Lifestyle Guide | Black Hair | Black Love

Meet Your Cousin, the First Lady: A Family Story, Long Hidden - The New York Times

Barack Obama's Slave Ancestry Discovered By Researchers

Obama Has Ties to Slavery Not by His Father but His Mother, Research Suggests - The New York Times

Obama-Bunch Key Documents

Barack Obama and Sarah Palin 'are distant cousins' - Telegraph

 

[Oldstyle]

Well, it seems that it is not only the Republicans, that can put their own spin on a story not matter what the facts are.

Fact Check: First Lady's False Fairy Tale of Struggle
by Joel B. Pollak

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.

“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.

As her husband moved onto the national political stage, Michelle Obama began to enjoy a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense, directly and indirectly. When Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, he obtained a $1 million earmark for the University of Chicago Hospital--and his wife’s salary as Vice President for Community Affairs jumped from $121,910 to $316,962. Her job: pushing poor, uninsured patients to other hospitals.

As First Lady, Michelle Obama has lived high on the hog while the rest of the country has suffered through an extraordinary recession. In 2010, she and her entourage decamped to Spain for a lavish vacation. That summer, the Obamas encouraged Americans to visit the Gulf coast after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which threatened tourism in the region. They promptly jetted off to Maine for their own summer holiday.

This summer, the Obamas skipped their usual summer trip to the wealthy playground of Martha’s Vineyard--months after Michelle and her daughters had enjoyed an expensive winter skiing trip in Aspen. And, of course, there are the frequent pilgrimages to Hawaii, Some of their family’s comfort, of course, comes from private income, principally Barack Obama’s book sales--yet even that wealth is a spin-off of Obama’s political career.

If, as the Democrats eagerly pointing out, Mitt Romney enjoyed the privilege of private wealth, the Obamas have enjoyed privilege funded by public money and public life. And until entering the national spotlight, they gave little to charity, contributing instead to a church that preached racial grievance. “[T]ruth matters,” Michelle Obama told the nation last night. That, too, is a lie--because so far, she has evaded it without consequence.

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

Is it any wonder why Barry is having such a hard time shrinking the deficit? He and Michelle were pulling down big bucks working for a prestigious Chicago law firm, he had the teaching gig at the University of Chicago and the money he had coming in from the book deal he got coming out of Harvard Law School...yet they were "struggling"? He's running OUR finances the same way he ran his own...hence the problem. Hey, maybe we can get Tony Rezko to give us a bunch of cash like he did Barry and Michelle!!!

 

[The Infidel]

The only thing she struggles to do is get her yeti ass thru the doorway.

That is the kind of comment that makes us so happy that you are here as one of the best representatives of the true heart and mind of modern American conservatism.

“If I see him” referring to Romney “I would like to kill him!”

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[Zander]

The Obama's did not suffer. She delivered a well rehearsed fairy tale designed to appeal to working class stiffs......

 

[The Infidel]

Breitbart? That is fucking hilarious. Thanks for sharing...

yeah, i have to go with that one too...

I haven't read the OP, nor the article... I heard the liar with my own ears.... struggles my ass


The left here at USMB, and anywhere else for that matter, have 0 credibility.

 

[AVG-JOE]

You almost gotta laugh. Apparently the left is aware that Michelle's speech is an insulting lie but it is rationalized because apparently "Romney lies".

Both sides are trying to sell themselves Corporate American style, and this is a surprise?

 

[The Infidel]

The Obama's did not suffer. She delivered a well rehearsed fairy tale designed to appeal to working class stiffs......

Kind of like Obama's book... a bunch of compilations of poor destitute democrats

Is there anything genuine about these people.... anything at all???

 

[whitehall]

You gotta consider another aspect. The left thrives on emotion. They are emotionally connected with Michelle so it doesn't matter if it ain't true. They want it to be true so it's true. Michelle and Barry Hussein are just like us. They even furnished their double wide with dumpster stuff. It's true because we wish it was true.

 

[bodecea]

The only thing she struggles to do is get her yeti ass thru the doorway.

That is the kind of comment that makes us so happy that you are here as one of the best representatives of the true heart and mind of modern American conservatism.

LOL

And?

 

[Clementine]

Sorry cons.

You people took factchecking out and shot it. You don't get to ressurrect it when it's convenient.

Are you saying they didn't go to the best schools and were not working at good jobs when they met? Obama was able to afford to travel abroad during his young years. How impressive for a guy who picks furniture out of the trash.

Michelle's father made $50,000 a year then, which was a hefty salary.

I think it was a made up story, perhaps yet another composite story, to convince people they understand.

I just know that more people in this country are struggling and scavenging furniture and other things they need thanks to Obama's policies.

 

[Desperado]

Not like Mitt lies.

Seriously, you really believe that Barrack does not lie?

The First Lady didn't lie.

You didn't read the article.

 

[Zander]

The Obama's did not suffer. She delivered a well rehearsed fairy tale designed to appeal to working class stiffs......

Kind of like Obama's book... a bunch of compilations of poor destitute democrats

Is there anything genuine about these people.... anything at all???

Their lust for power and control is genuine.....