Michelle Obama resigns old job...no one fills the position

U. Chicago ^

[publius_in_abq]

saw this elsewhere (not at freerepublic) so most of you have probably seen this:

Let's see...within a couple of months of her husband being sworn in as junior Senator of IL, she is promoted to a brand new VP position with a tripled salary (http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGRiMWFhNWY4MTgzMjI3NjEzNGQwMWFiMTlhYmRhN2Y=). Later, her husband requests a million dollar earmark for her employer, to which I'm sure another Dem. Senator pulled him aside and chuckled, "Easy there young fella, it's a little to obvious and too soon for this." Promptly, the earmark was removed from the final bill. Fast forward a couple years when her husband becomes POTUS and she leaves the job. Apparently, the job was so important the University will "fold" it into another dept., thus eliminating that high paid executive position.

I forwarded this to a number of liberal friends, sardonically blaming it on the bad economy...none of them ever replied back.

[I_Like_Spam]

The U. of Chicago just doesn’t have anyone they need to patronize with a no-show job right now.

I’m sure the position will be filled when they find another sufficiently well placed politician or other benefactor to impress with their largesse.

[publius_in_abq]

No...he requested a million dollar earmark to her employer, the U. of Chicago Hospital. She already had the job t the time.

[BenLurkin]

It was featherbedding from the start. Probably she knew all along it was a phony position — but I wonder if maybe she thought she actually was worth that much money.......

[Paine in the Neck]

That only means the job she was doing was not needed...

But was so important that her salary was doubled to $300K after Sen. Obama got a big earmark for the hospital...