Barack Obama Requested $1 Million Earmark Michelle Obama’s Employer…No worries, she didn’t ask him for it personally
Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was put in in 2006.
You know who works for the University of Chicago Hospital?
Michelle Obama. She’s vice president of community affairs.
As Byron noted, “In 2006, the Chicago Tribune reported that Mrs. Obama’s compensation at the University of Chicago Hospital, where she is a vice president for community affairs, jumped from $121,910 in 2004, just before her husband was elected to the Senate, to $316,962 in 2005, just after he took office.”
Looks like that raise was worth it.
Oh wait, now comes the Obama’s version of the events:
Kelly M. Sullivan, the medical center’s vice president for communications and marketing, noted that Mr. Obama had also requested money for a number of other hospitals in Illinois, and she said any lobbying for the money had been handled by the hospital’s government-affairs officials.
“I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that Michelle Obama was not part of our lobbying over the request, not in any way,” Ms. Sullivan said. She said the hospital’s lobbyists often seek help on their own from both of the state’s senators.
In other cases, Mr. Obama’s requests benefited political supporters.
Follow the link for details about those political supporters, to whom hope, change, and buckets of premium grade D.C. pork were duly delivered emblazoned with the “new type of politics” seal of quality. Exit question: Why would a guy burned by the appearance of impropriety in his dealings with Tony Rezko, to the point where he felt obliged to apologize for them, think earmarking money for his wife’s school was a swift idea?
March 13, 2008 - 08:58 PM on March 13th, 2008
Hope And Change My Ass: ‘Barack Obama Requested $1 Million Earmark Michelle Obama’s Employer ‘
In the list of earmarks requested by Barack (Hope and Change) Obama, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was put in in 2006. Michelle Obama is vice president of community af…
March 14, 2008 - 12:55 AM on March 14th, 2008
Is this the “change” Obama is talking about? It isn’t change at all, really…
March 14, 2008 - 07:06 AM on March 14th, 2008
It’s got to be hope then..right? He hoped to get that $1 million in there without voters finding out?
March 14, 2008 - 04:31 PM on March 14th, 2008
You can’t change a corrupt jackass and hope to have a sound fiscal plan.
March 15, 2008 - 10:10 PM on March 15th, 2008
Why dont he just ask GEORGE SOROS or TED TURNER for a big loan
April 13, 2008 - 06:47 AM on April 13th, 2008
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