July 12, 2008
Michelle Obama: Let Them Eat Earrings
Gee, we’re sure glad you can blow six hundred bucks on a pair of earrings, Michelle — but we need groceries and gas money.
Michelle Obama: Spend $600 stimulus check on earrings The same day a John McCain surrogate dismissed economic woes from a nation of “whiners,” Barack Obama’s wife quipped that the $600 tax stimulus check could be used for a pair of earrings. …
Mrs. Obama said in Pontiac, Michigan Wednesday that if her husband is elected he will offer more than a “quick fix” on the economy.
“You’re getting $600 - what can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything, but maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month,” she said. “The short-term quick fix kinda stuff sounds good, and it may even feel good that first month when you get that check, and then you go out and you buy a pair of earrings.” …
And don’t give me a hard time about citing the Moonie Times — she either said it or she didn’t, no matter who reports it.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Business/Economy, Election 2008
