MICHELL OBAMA NOT QUITE FACTUAL

Fact Check: First Lady's False Fairy Tale of Struggle shows Michell Obama gave a very good speech, but bent the truth somewhat.

Both Michelle Robinson and Barack Obama began their adult lives with a leg up on the rest of America. They attended elite schools: Michelle went to Whitney Young, the public magnet school for Chicago’s upper class, while Barack attended Punahou, the private prep school for the top stratum of Hawaiian society. They were accepted to Ivy League schools despite undistinguished credentials, and both attended Harvard Law School.
 

It may be true as Michell claimed that "... our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage...” but also consider this. The had very good paying jobs and...

They had expensive tastes, reflected in the $277,500 two-bedroom condo they bought in 1993--a high price even by today’s standards. Several years later, they moved into their $1.65 million mansion in Hyde Park--with the help of fraudster Tony Rezko. Barack often told a story of hardship on the campaign trail in 2008 about having his credit card declined--once. The fact that he thought this counted as real hardship speaks volumes.
 

In fact their combined income increased when Barack Obama was elected to the US Senate.

As her husband moved onto the national political stage, Michelle Obama began to enjoy a lavish lifestyle at taxpayer expense, directly and indirectly. When Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, he obtained a $1 million earmark for the University of Chicago Hospital--and his wife’s salary as Vice President for Community Affairs jumped from $121,910 to $316,962. Her job: pushing poor, uninsured patients to other hospitals.
 

The Obama's, Liberals and Democrats have claimed that Mitt Romney is a Rich Guy, But so are the Obama's.

If, as the Democrats eagerly pointing out, Mitt Romney enjoyed the privilege of private wealth, the Obamas have enjoyed privilege funded by public money and public life. And until entering the national spotlight, they gave little to charity, contributing instead to a church that preached racial grievance. “[T]ruth matters,” Michelle Obama told the nation last night. That, too, is a lie--because so far, she has evaded it without consequence.
 

I don't believe there is anything wrong with being Wealthy and Living Comfortably. It is after all the American Dream to become Suscessful. Just be honest about your past, present and future.