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First Lady Michelle Obama raises money for Democrats in Chicago
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 25, 2014 | By Rick Pearson

Posted on 07/25/2014 7:43:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

First Lady Michelle Obama returned to her hometown Thursday and decried the effects of gun violence on Chicago’s youth as she told a group of campaign donors to “write the biggest, fattest check that you can possibly write” to help Democrats make a better future for children.

The First Lady noted that all children deserve a bright future of opportunity, but it was not happening in some Chicago neighborhoods.

Donors paid from $500 per person to $20,000 per couple, and the First Lady asked them to give more.

(Excerpt) Read more at my.chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: flotusmichelle; fundingtheleft; fundraising; il2014; mooch

1 posted on 07/25/2014 7:43:38 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...for the children.
2 posted on 07/25/2014 7:49:08 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Donors paid from $500 per person to $20,000 per couple, and the First Lady asked them to give more.

The meals of course will be carrot sticks and lettuce and lots of cool aid.


3 posted on 07/25/2014 7:50:57 AM PDT by bikerman (Because of the lack of ammo there will be no warning shots.)
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To: fhayek
Exactly.

“write the biggest, fattest check that you can possibly write” to help Democrats make a better future for children.

Put aside that the Democrats are expanding government spending and borrowing so much that "the children" will need to default on the US debt. Put aside that he Democrats are expanding entitlements to the point of unsustainability so that "the children" will face riots when they cut them back. Put aside that Obama just enacted a program that screws young people by making them pay overpriced subsidies for insurance. Just write the check.

4 posted on 07/25/2014 7:52:16 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Democrats and their policies have destroyed Chicago and Illinois. It’s only because people are invincibly ignorant (or they hope to buy influence) that they would even show up at this event.

And this woman actually said “more hungry” and “more closer”?


5 posted on 07/25/2014 7:52:27 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Democrats and their policies have destroyed Chicago and Illinois. It’s only because people are invincibly ignorant (or they hope to buy influence) that they would even show up at this event.

And this woman actually said “more hungry” and “more closer”?


6 posted on 07/25/2014 7:52:27 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

But she didn’t say that the donors were ‘more stupider’, did she?


7 posted on 07/25/2014 7:55:43 AM PDT by fhayek
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Michelle Obama could fundraise for conservatives as well.

In this case, we would pay $500 to be let out from the event if we inadvertently stumbled in...


8 posted on 07/25/2014 7:56:18 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bullet proof vests for the children.


9 posted on 07/25/2014 8:02:04 AM PDT by FreedomGuru (Time for torches and pitchforks.)
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