First Lady Michelle Obama’s Dissing of $600 Rebate Checks
Posted By Vicki McClure Davidson on February 12, 2009
By Vicki McClure Davidson * Frugal Café Blog Zone
Michelle Malkin points out in today’s blog that First Lady Michelle Obama made disparaging remarks not too long ago (prior to the dawning of the Age of Obama) about the $600 rebate checks that went to taxpayers.
About how tiny they were.
Really tiny. Laughably tiny.
How they may pay a few bills, but NOT EVERY MONTH (no, really?). She felt compelled to educate those naive low- and middle-class Americans on just how SMALL $600 is. This is excerpted from her speech in Pontiac, Michigan back in July 2008, when she was telling the crowd that hubby Obama would never try to implement a “quick fix”:
“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…
Barack’s approach is that 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.”
Our oh-so-wise First Lady royally thunked us up-side the head and helped us realize back then that $600 wasn’t going to elevate anyone’s families out of any financial dilemma and into a ready-made cushy lap of luxury. Yep, we were scratching our heads about that until you admonished us with your insightful “Michelle Obama’s Econ 101″ summary.
But seriously, what’s with the Marie Antoinette impersonation, Michelle-O? Do you honestly think even a hardcore fashionista, one who isn’t a self-absorbed moron and who is in dire financial crisis, would spend $600 on a pair of earrings these days? But, I could be wrong. Hey… do you have Henrietta Hughes’ email address so we all can get some pointers on getting a free house from your hubby?
A day or so later, Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted Michelle-O’s remarks in an interview with The Washington Times, saying, “I know $600 for a family in South Carolina can get kids ready for school, help with the gas bill and does make a difference for families trying to make ends meet.” And he’s right.
For a woman who reportedly spends $400 on hotel lobster lunches with her hubby, a measly $600 rebate is obviously ho-hum chicken feed (or lobster krill, or whatever). Now, however, the revised “porkulus” package, spearheaded by Prez O, offers just a trifle more in tax cuts in the stimulus bill (about $13 a week), and WOW, not a solitary peep from the First Lady. Just a few extra bucks allotted to the unwashed masses, and it’s a worthy rebate for the little people.
And while we’re pointing out Michelle-O’s occasional channeling of Leona Helmsley (who is dead) or Zsa Zsa Gabor (who is really old, but not dead), and all but forgetting those rabid wardrobe attacks on Sarah Palin in October, November, and December that were spearheaded by the “MSM Kangaroo Court and Crucifixion” committee, doesn’t Michelle-O look simply SMASHING in her recent photo ops? Designer togs are SO becoming on her!!!
A reader comment posted by red dish on Malkin’s blog echoes a similar concern (or hypocrisy, take your pick) of ours regarding Michelle Obama’s ever-growing, non-frugal designer wardrobe:
Well, personally, I’m more concerned about exactly who paid for her Jason Wu dresses and make over for her Vogue magazine spread…I’m sure the dress she’s wearing on the cover runs a couple thousand, at least. Add hair and makeup…Who paid for all this? Was it returned to the designer? Will the stimulus cover it?
/sarc (in case it’s needed)
Ah, just let them eat lobster.
UPDATE, January 29, 2010:
From Gateway Pundit… They Feel Your Pain… Michelle O Wears $1850 Frock to Watch Hubby at SOTU Address — some things never change.
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