View Full Version : Obama Snivels that Michelle "don't get paid".
I laughed so hard when I saw this I decided to put it in the Comedy Section.
Reminds me of the senior Officer at a wives' meeting who told all the wives to seat themselves according to rank, then watched the squawking for a half hour; when they finally got sorted out, he said something to the effect of, "That's the stupidest crap I've ever seen, Ladies-not one of you holds rank." :D
http://nation.foxnews.com/michelle-obama/2012/08/08/obama-complains-michelle-doesnt-make-money-first-lady
Paragrouper
08-08-2012, 17:01
By Jingo! what a great idea!
I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and let the boss know that my wife, she wants a paycheck too!
Of course that would be in addition to 'my' paycheck she already claims.
I guess the $500,000.00 get-a-ways don't figure into the calculations poor girl.
Maybe she can qualify for welfare or foodstamps.
In context, I can see his point about women getting paid the same as men. I hope he was just making a joke about his wife not getting paid for her "job", though. Being the wife of a military man is a tough job too! Running the house and taking care of kids for 6 months to a year at a time certainly isn't any vacation.
In context, I can see his point about women getting paid the same as men. I hope he was just making a joke about his wife not getting paid for her "job", though. Being the wife of a military man is a tough job too! Running the house and taking care of kids for 6 months to a year at a time certainly isn't any vacation.
You lost me.
Eagle5US
08-08-2012, 18:55
In context, I can see his point about women getting paid the same as men. I hope he was just making a joke about his wife not getting paid for her "job", though. Being the wife of a military man is a tough job too! Running the house and taking care of kids for 6 months to a year at a time certainly isn't any vacation.
That would be if he HAD a point about women not getting paid the same as men....seeing as how his own female staffers are paid less than his male staffers....:rolleyes:
As far as his wife...she has taken more of my money than EITHER of my past 2 wives. At least now "for the first time in her life she is finally proud of this Country"
Friggin clown shoes....:mad:
The Reaper
08-08-2012, 19:15
I would think that with the perks she seems to enjoy, courtesy of the taxpayers' money, she would have been considered well-compensated. She sure seems to me to be setting records for first lady spending.
Of course, with all of the campaigning she has been doing, maybe the POTUS' reelection comittee or the DNC should hook a sister up with a paycheck.
TR
Hopefully, scholars of the American presidency will get a four year head start on figuring out where this guy fits on the list of historical rankings. (I'm sure that the Man From Plains has got to icing up a case of well-preserved Billy Beers for the day he movies up a slot.)
I never thought a single person not named could make me miss the 1970s this badly. I know what will make me feel a lot better, though. <<LINK>>.
That glass ceiling broke a long time ago...check CEO pay and you'll find women outperforming men in pay in many cases...this is another bullshit class warfare angle.
I can only hope that some members of that audience reflect upon what the president said. At first blush, it sounded like he's calling for equal pay for equal work. But the subtext is clear -- a millionaire complaining that his wife should get paid, at the public's expense--for representing the United States of America.
Given the ongoing state of the economy, the president's comment was profoundly obnoxious.
Dozer523
08-09-2012, 11:36
You lost me.Me too.:eek: Is it December 23, 2012? We agree!:D
Red Flag 1
08-09-2012, 14:19
This is all a game to him. obama plans to take all he can, even using his wife's name to simply get more. If there were some pride of country shown, ya could almost say OK. That is not the case with this guy. What we have here is an obnoxious, poser with no thought of anyone beyond himself. I agree with Sigaba, it is profound.
RF 1
twistedsquid
08-09-2012, 14:53
The current first lady has set a record...26 servants required (including makeup and hair) at a taxpayers expense of $1,750,000... doesnt get paid?
Michelle needs a check, huh...lol, guess free room and board just ain't what it used to be...
...and Barry needs a reality check.
Roll on November !
These two have GOT to go. :rolleyes:
The current first lady has set a record...26 servants required (including makeup and hair) at a taxpayers expense of $1,750,000... doesnt get paid?
Key word being "required".
They both possess the entitlement mentality, they always have. God save us from this pair.
mark46th
08-11-2012, 09:12
He must think he is in Chicago again, when a hospital gave his wife a non-existant $300,000.00 a year job after he was elected to the senate. Kinda like the mafia no show jobs contractors had to give to get a contract....
He must think he is in Chicago again, when a hospital gave his wife a non-existant $300,000.00 a year job after he was elected to the senate. Kinda like the mafia no show jobs contractors had to give to get a contract....
IMO, that's why he made the statement. He's vulnerable to probes in the area of Michelle's spending, but-do we probe? Nah...we're too nice. :rolleyes:
He's vulnerable to probes in the area of Michelle's spending, but-do we probe? Nah...we're too nice. :rolleyes:
MSM should get it over with this election cycle - remove all pretense - and officially declare itself the propaganda component of the Democratic party. ;)
IMO people need to get past such contextually obfuscatory sound bytes which I don't think have much of an effect on the voting public's opinion today - other than aiding the POTUS' efforts to avoid the real issues - and pay attention to the greater message found in the second half of that speech he gave in Denver which I think may resonate quite passionately with a much greater audience.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/08/remarks-president-campaign-event-denver-co
People had better not write him off - unfortunately, he's not done and it is patently apparent he's not going to go passively into this general election.
Richard :munchin
IMO people need to get past such contextually obfuscatory sound bytes which I don't think have much of an effect on the voting public's opinion today - other than aiding the POTUS' efforts to avoid the real issues - and pay attention to the greater message found in the second half of that speech he gave in Denver which I think may resonate quite passionately with a much greater audience.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/08/remarks-president-campaign-event-denver-co
People had better not write him off - unfortunately, he's not done and it is patently apparent he's not going to go passively into this general election.
Richard :munchin
"The fact is nearly 99 percent of women have relied on contraception at some point -- and more than half of all women between the ages of 18 and 34 have struggled to afford it."
Here's an example one "contextually obfuscatory sound byte" from that link I'd love to see documented.
IMO people need to get past such contextually obfuscatory sound bytes which I don't think have much of an effect on the voting public's opinion today - other than aiding the POTUS' efforts to avoid the real issues - and pay attention to the greater message found in the second half of that speech he gave in Denver which I think may resonate quite passionately with a much greater audience.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/08/remarks-president-campaign-event-denver-co
People had better not write him off - unfortunately, he's not done and it is patently apparent he's not going to go passively into this general election.
Richard :munchinGenerally, I'd agree that staying focused on the big picture is the way to go IRT the upcoming general election.
However, IMO, the president's comments towards/about women and women's issues have a discernible undercurrent of paternalism. Since, as the feminist saying goes "the personal is political," I do think there's something to be gained from paying particularly close attention to what the president says about women and how he says it. I also think there are opportunities to focus on his record of achievement when it comes to issues centering around women (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/women/), families (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/families/), children (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/children/), and health issues such as cancer (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/subjects/cancer/). (There is some overlap among these categories.)
But most of all, I have a well deserved reputation for being even tempered to maintain. Getting bent out of shape from time to time by the president's vapid ad libs is one way I manage to stay mad all the time.:p
"The fact is nearly 99 percent of women have relied on contraception at some point -- and more than half of all women between the ages of 18 and 34 have struggled to afford it."
Here's an example one "contextually obfuscatory sound byte" from that link I'd love to see documented.The president may have been drawing from pages 18 and 28 of the attached PDF.
In which case, he's conflating all types of contraception.
IMO people need to get past such contextually obfuscatory sound bytes which I don't think have much of an effect on the voting public's opinion today - other than aiding the POTUS' efforts to avoid the real issues...
IMO, contextual obfuscation is a great descriptor in this election cycle.
Contextual obfuscation in full splendor = ...felon, did not pay taxes, must have done something wrong 'cause he hasn't released more tax returns, wife never worked a day in her life, misstated tenure at Bain, "killed" steelworkers wife, cruel to animals, cold war mentality, etc., etc., etc., there will undoubtably be more.
Contextual obfuscation is the best Obama's got.