Posted on 10/03/2011 4:20:02 PM PDT by opentalk
First Lady Michelle Obama said at a fundraiser in Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday night that a bank where Barack Obama’s grandmother had worked discriminated against her for nearly two decades “because she was a woman.”
However, the Washington Post reported earlier this year that Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had been the first female vice president of the Bank of Hawaii.
Meanwhile, Barack and Michelle Obamas’ 2009 tax return, posted on the White House website, indicates the Obamas inherited almost $500,000 worth of the bank’s stock from the president’s grandmother.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Michelle: Bank Sex-Discriminated Against Barack’s Grandmom; Tax Return: Bank VP Grandmom Gave Barack $480,908 in Bank’s Stock
... the Post reported that Barack Obama’s grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunam, became the first female vice president of the Bank of Hawaii even though she had not gone to college.
Considering that lefties are supposed to be soooo internet and tech savvy (as opposed to we neanderthal conservatives) it always surprises me that they will say things that anyone with access to Google could disprove (and publish on the web) in less than 60 seconds.
I’d say dumber than a box of rocks, but a box of rocks is very good at what it does.
OMG! (Obama Must Go!) The guy is a Capitalist!
OMG! (Obama Must Go!) The guy is a Capitalist!
But Obama grew up a dirt poor black child in the South )of Indonesia...)
Obama had servants for cripes sakes. Mommy was a hustler.
I’m avoiding the use of the term “Crony Capitalism”. Ultimately it serves as a smear against all capitalism when it really reflects the worst of the Orwellian view of Socialism. Billionaires telling the lowly farm animals that all animals are created equal while they feast on their sweetheart deals and telling us that WE need to be paying more in taxes because THEY feel bad about those who WANT to actually make some money too having a shot at it.
Yeah, next will be “he had to walk 5 miles to school in the snow, uphill both ways...” I don’t know the last time Hawaii or Indonesia saw snow, but that won’t stop them.
Doesn't everyone get to be a VP in a bank if they work their long enough? At least in the olden-days.
Did Grandma Dunham win the 480K in a sexual discrimination lawsuit, Michelle?
Yea, that's what America was like 35 years ago. It isn't today so what's her point? How is that story relevant to 2011?
Was this the woman described by Barry as a “typical white person”?
As long as its not real estate in an Arkansas swamp......it ok.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. Why would Michelle care if some “typical white person” was passed over for promotion. I guess it’s okay to drag out the dead grandmother when it serves there purpose. I don’t even think Michelle put in an appearance when the grandmother was buried.
From the looks of it, Zer0 grew up with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth when he moved in with his grandparents at ll years old.
who pulled the plug on granny?
In Indonesia, they had a cook, a housekeeper, a “house-boy” (whatever in hell THAT is) and a driver.
AND: Daddy Indonesia’s job was just a sinecure —that means a fake job cooked up to keep somebody busy, usually for some political reason. Mainly he hung out at golf-clubs and went out to dinner.
I’m serious.
Indo had plenty oil, and a legal operating condition for foreign outfits was that they hire local (corrupt) folks, and Daddy Indo was plugged in with the Suhartos.
Obama was NOT poor.
In Indonesia it is not uncommon for rich Muslim families to have servant girls who are Christian from poor families so they can be mistreated, brainwashed, raped and converted to Islam.
Yes, when they say servant “boy” or servant “girl” they are usually talking about minors, often pre-teens living with them.
Didn’t Obama say: “At some point you have to accept the fact that you have made enough money.” (Or something to that effect?)
With that in mind, why isn’t anybody calling him out about how much money he has received from book sales and inheritance? Why are Mawgli and Chewie allowed to say this crap and not be called out for their hypocracy?
These two asshats are vile and evil people.
Oh to be so discriminated against!
Can we assume that Obama’s half-sister inherited an equal amount from grandmother Dunham?
That’s an impressive amount of stock, considering when she must have retired.
Poor little Barry, He was raised by his poor Grammy who had to ride the bus.
..He was raised by a single mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills. And when things got too tough for her, his grandmother stepped in, waking up every morning before dawn to take the bus to her job at the bank.
That was just the bank stock!. How much life insurance, properties, other investments.
Scumbags!
Obviously in Michelle’s opinion, she and Barack should have inherited $480 million instead of $480K.
Obviously in Michelle’s opinion, she and Barack should have inherited $480 million instead of $480K.
Yea, that's what America was like 35 years ago
Actually it wasn't. She started working at the bank in 1960. In 1967 was taken to Indonesia at the age of 6, so is unlikely to have been aware of the progress of his Grandmother's career. When he returned in 1971, she was already bank VP, so unless he is grousing about them not making her Bank President, he could have observed nothing of her being denied promotion.
Good point, such frauds.
As God is my witness, I have absolute contempt for them.
She was even buried. She was cremated and someone released photo(s) of her ashes being tossed.
It's a shame that the President was screwed by the Obama recession. /s
Consider it stolen.
Obama’s grandmother was born in 1922. Prior to she and her husband Stanley moving to Hawaii in 1960, she worked in Restaurants. She found a job at the bank in 1960 at age 38 and became a vice president ten years later at age 48.
Ten years for a former waitress entering the banking profession at the bottom to rise to a vice president is quite impressive. Particularly when she entered the new profession in middle age. Also given that she was a member of the white minority which was discriminated against in Hawaii at that time. Plus she was one of the first female vice presidents at this bank. None of this story suggests discrimination against grandmother Dunham because she was female. One might actually argue her rise was very quick given her background.
With only a high school education, it sounds as if she wasn't treated too badly.
We all do.
I can't even stand to look at him anymore. When he comes on the telly, I hurriedly switch channels or turn it off. 'Course I was that way with Clinton and Carter too. Perhaps it's that I have utter contempt for all liberal politicians.
>>I’m avoiding the use of the term “Crony Capitalism”.
Oligarchic Kleptocracy
Ten years for a former waitress entering the banking profession at the bottom to rise to a vice president is quite impressive.
She was also VP of the Mercer Island Bank from 1955, at age 33. Probably a fairly small bank, but still looks good on the CV and explains her career progress in Hawaii. But still impressive.
Alright - that pic just cracked me up.
Nice one!
Obummer and his amazon beast beard are liars and yes, they are both morons. They bank on the hope that their equally stupid supporters won’t check anything and believe them. Most dishonest, despicable, trash to ever dwell in the WH. Usurpers, thugs, GET THEM OUT IN 2012!!!!
LOL!
Can we assume that Obama’s half-sister inherited an equal amount from grandmother Dunham?
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Now that is what I want to know and if she didn’t, why not?
Yeah...but if it let's the Obamas play the victim (at least indirectly) for the millionth time, they'll use her.
kakistocracy - Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. [Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco- + -CRACY.]
My great aunt was a bank vice-President, retiring about 1975. She started out as a teller, worked her way through college gaining a degree in business and finance, and worked her way up through the system. Never once said she was discriminated against, although she was completely competent so no one ever questioned her abilities.
Politburo Profiteering.
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