Maichelle OBama sports $2000 sun dress

Jesus christ, you guys will circle jerk to anything won't you?

 

Translation....she hasn't done squat.

 

Don't be ridiculous. Conservatives don't pay taxes. They only claim they do. They do however find a million ways to avoid paying them while claiming when they do so it's an assistance to the economy if the money is spent elsewhere.

 

actually anyone who has studied any form of art will tell you that a dark border INCREASES size. In this case it makes her look even wider than she is. If it had been a black dress with red sides it might have been complimentary.

Her stance does not help. She may be tall, but that galaxy sized caboose makes her look squat and her posture is more suited to a pasture.

The shoes she is wearing are more fitting for apres-whatever than where anyone would wear a dress like that, which seems to be a common problem with her.

She has about as much fashion sense as her husband has economic understanding.

 

You appear to have said something. Are you sure it's $1000 a yard? Maybe it's $2000 a yard, just for the double pleasure of posting it.

 

Japanese porn, eh? You are particular with your choice of internet viewing?

 

Personally, I love the red/black combination - but NOT a dress that makes the woman's stomach a BULLSEYE....

Oh well ... MO wanted to draw attention to her stomach and that's exactly what happens when she or any woman wears a dress that draws attention to one part of her body....

 

Ye Gods but you have to be scraping the bottom of the political commentary barrel when you go after the spouse of the politician based on what he or she is wearing

Yep! That really is the dregs

 

The taxpayers' don't foot the bill for the wardrobes of the President or his family.

 

How would know if they are well educated and have worked hard for what they have in life??? Do you have access to their records?

Personally I don't think they are well educated at all, unless you mean in Marxism. I don't think they have worked hard for what they have either...more like given everything.

 

One can take a stool with blood in it and throw it against the wall..... same affect. Admit it, she looks like (*)(*)(*)(*) and that hideous thing magnifies it.

 

This post made me LOL a lot. Class envy & conspiracy all rolled up into one gem!

 

I don't need access to their records. Unless every account going back over the last decade is incorrect, then they graduated from Harvard Law School.

 

i thought you were an old liberal Jewish Canadian that emigrated from the UK?


nevermind...you're better off beign a racist.

 

Sorry to disappoint you, but it is certainly NOT on the meager pay of a US President that she can "live like a queen!"

Obama and Michelle get more of their income from Obama's book royalties and from her work (wich, by the way, she had to give up to be the First Lady!) as an executive in a hospital than from the less than stellar pay that comes from the tax payers' money!

By the way. . .how many First ladies do you know who prefers to shop at J.Crew than Tiffany? So what if she wants to "splurge" on a designer dress once in awhile?

And all this time I thought I heard many of your crowd accuse the Left of "class warfare" and "class envy!"

So funny!

 

You do know that they are wealthy in addition to being the First Family right?

 

There is a difference between being educated, smart or intelligent...none of which fit the Ubama's.

 

Do you think Rush Limbaugh cut back this Holiday Season, how about Sean Hannity, do you think he bought his kids a candy cane this year.

How many other rich folks do you think scaled down this year.

I guess most of you anti-Obama folks would be happy if they went on vacation down in Mississippi on one of the old plantations and picked cotton for the holideays.

 

I am what people want me to be.

And if you are that bored, why bother with a response?

 

Are they jeuwish too?

 

Yes, I agree.
Everybody knows that only white people deserve a good education, money, power and everything that comes with all of the above.

I'm tired of these uppity (*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)s thinking that they can work hard, get a good education and actually succeed in life! What's the use in having a "War on Drugs" that targets minorities if we keep electing them to high offices?

We need the Klan now MORE THAN EVER! AMIRIGHT my white brothers?

Can't we just put a "No coloreds allowed" sign on the White House and just be done with it?

 

Those are you words not mine...you own them.

 

For Obama, charity really began in the U.S. Senate
April 25, 2007|By Bob Secter, Tribune staff reporter

Giving, service and compassion are recurrent themes on the campaign trail for Sen. Barack Obama, but the Democratic presidential contender has only recently dug deep into his own pockets to support charitable causes.

Obama has enjoyed a robust household income throughout his political career in the Illinois Senate and the U.S. Senate. But for most of that time he has reported comparatively little by national standards in charitable contributions on his tax returns, records released by Obama show.

Public attention to charitable gifts has led to uncomfortable moments for prominent political figures. Then-Vice President Al Gore came in for withering ridicule in 1998 when his tax return showed he had contributed just $353 to charity. So did then-President Bill Clinton, after a review of old tax returns revealed that he had once claimed a $75 deduction for donating a suit with ripped pants to the Salvation Army, as well as $2 for a pair of used underwear and $9 for six pairs of used socks.

Obama's household income has been inflated the last two years from the proceeds of lucrative book deals he signed shortly before entering the Senate in 2005. He pledged to turn over $200,000 of the book money to charity.

On their just-filed 2006 tax return, Obama and his wife, a hospital administrator, reported taxable income of $983,626 and claimed deductions for $60,307 in charitable donations. In 2005 they earned a combined $1.65 million and gave away about $77,300.

In 2002, the year before Obama launched his campaign for U.S. Senate, the Obamas reported income of $259,394, ranking them in the top 2 percent of U.S. households, according to Census Bureau statistics. That year the Obamas claimed $1,050 in deductions for gifts to charity, or 0.4 percent of their income. The average U.S. household totaled $1,872 in gifts to charity in 2002, according to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

The national average for charitable giving has long hovered at 2.2 percent of household income, according to the Glenview-based Giving USA Foundation, which tracks trends in philanthropy. Obama tax returns dating to 1997 show he fell well below that benchmark until 2005, the year he arrived in Washington.

Both Obama and his wife, Michelle, declined to respond to questions about their charitable donations.

Gene Tempel, executive director of Indiana's philanthropy center, said 89 percent of U.S. households give to charity each year and Americans expect to see personal generosity from public servants as well. "They have a bully pulpit to influence the behavior of others and they have an opportunity to lead by example," Tempel said.

Elected officials and political candidates are not required to release their tax returns, and Obama may be the only major presidential contender to have done so this year, making it difficult to compare his charitable giving with that of his rivals.

President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney released their 2006 returns this month. Bush and the first lady reported gifts to charities and non-profits totaling $78,100 on income of $765,801. Cheney and his wife had income of $1.6 million and gave $104,425 to charity.

Politicians who do make their returns public typically say they are doing so in a show of transparency. But Democratic strategist Chris Lehane said the disclosures also lead to a "naked moment" for those politicians by giving voters a glimpse of what they're like outside the limelight.

High price for being chintzy

Candidates who skimp on personal donations risk a political price, said Lehane, a former spokesman for Gore who also worked in the Clinton White House.

"For a Democrat in particular, given that they tend to be professing a 'we, not me' message, it's always an opportunity to step on the third rail if your charitable contributions don't stack up," Lehane said.

Obama has worked as a community organizer in poor South Side neighborhoods and has served on the boards of prominent Chicago-based philanthropies. His commitment to community service plays a central role in the two best-selling books he has published, and he often talks about the importance of reaching out to those in need.

"There's a lot of talk in this country about the federal deficit," he told Northwestern University graduates last year at commencement ceremonies. "But I think we should talk more about our empathy deficit -- the ability to put ourselves in someone else's shoes, to see the world through those who are different from us: the child who's hungry, the laid-off steelworker, the immigrant woman cleaning your dorm room."

Obama released several years of past tax returns during his 2004 U.S. Senate run and has made subsequent returns public as well. Illinois' other senator, Democrat Dick Durbin, also discloses his annual taxes. Over the last decade, Durbin has consistently devoted a share of his income to charity that is above the national norm, sometimes double.


Obama signed two book deals worth nearly $2.3 million before entering the Senate. He received about $1.2 million of the book money in 2005, but tax records show the Obamas lived comfortably before then.

From 1997 through 2004, Obama earned dual paychecks for his work as a state lawmaker and as a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. Over the same period, his wife, Michelle, worked first for the University of Chicago and then for the University of Chicago Hospitals. Their household income also was augmented in most years by thousands of dollars Obama earned from practicing law, giving speeches or serving as a director of charitable foundations.

The value of star power

Donations of cash or property are an important measure of commitment to charity, but they aren't the only ones. Many people donate their time to work for social causes or non-profit groups, and that is not deductible on tax forms.

Daniel Borochoff, president of the Chicago-based American Institute of Philanthropy, said political celebrities often accomplish much for the needy by lending their star power to fundraising efforts that attract donations from others.

"It is important to consider the volunteering, fundraising and publicity-generating efforts of candidates for charities in addition to their cash donations," Borochoff said in an e-mail. "Politicians ... can do far more for non-profits by using their high-profile campaigns to draw attention to causes than donating a few thousand dollars."

On a trip to Omaha in October 2005, Obama met with investment guru Warren Buffett and came away with the influential billionaire's accolades. Then, as a favor to Buffett's daughter, Obama spoke at a fundraiser for a charity benefiting girls in the Omaha area. His appearance brought in $154,000 for the group.

The Obamas are members of Trinity United Church of Christ. The South Side congregation encourages its members to donate 10 percent of their income, according to a church spokeswoman. The Obamas clearly fell short of that goal, their tax returns indicate.

From 1997 through 2002, the Obamas reported devoting less than 1 percent of their household income to charity. In 2005, as the book-deal money poured in, they reported $1.65 million in combined income, with $77,315, or 4.7 percent, going to charity.

Only a few of the tax returns released by Obama detail the recipients of his charity. In 1998, when the Obamas reported a combined household income of $191,146 and $1,100 in cash donations to charity, the biggest gift went to Trinity. It totaled $400, about 0.2 percent of their combined income.

In 2005 they gave the church $5,000 and in 2006 it received $22,500. Over the past two years, the Obamas have claimed charitable deductions for $45,000 in gifts to reading programs; $31,000 to CARE, an international aid group; $13,107 to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation; and $5,000 to the Muntu Dance Theatre. Michelle Obama serves on the board of directors of the South Side dance troupe.


http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-04-25/news/0704250022_1_obama-show-tax-returns-charitable/2

 

I think you've nailed it. They dance all around just coming right out and saying it but that's exactly the mind-set behind all the mindless insults and racist insinuations we see here. You can see how frustrating it is to have to continually come up with insults about their appearance, their intelligence, and their right to be treated as all other presidential families before them instead of being able to just blurt it right out.

 

Let's now await the claims from the conservative lobby that all previous Presidents were treated the same way.