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Obama says poor relatives keep his kids grounded
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Posted on 08/01/2013 5:40:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

33 minutes ago Obama says poor relatives keep his kids grounded

Posted by CNN's Kevin Liptak

(CNN) – Their home has its own bowling alley, movie theatre, and chef.

But while living in the White House could leave Sasha and Malia Obama with a distorted sense of how Americans live, their father says he's always conveying to his daughters how abnormal their situation really is.

"We are constantly reminding Malia and Sasha of the slightly unreal environment that they're in, and that that's not the norm and they shouldn't expect to be the norm," President Barack Obama said in an interview for the Amazon Kindle store.

Having relatives who don't live like the commander-in-chief – and even struggle to get by – has kept his children grounded, Obama said.

"One of the advantages we have is that we still have family members who are not only middle class, but we've got some family members who are poor," he told Amazon editor David Blum. "Malia and Sasha have cousins who know what it's like to struggle and know what it's like to have to scrape by. They know that those kids are just as worthy as they are, they just haven't had as much luck."

Obama, who spoke at an Amazon.com distribution plant in Tennessee Tuesday, said that even kids who don't grow up in the White House have a distorted sense of wealth – a cultural shift, he said, from when he was young.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: auntzeituni; cheapskate; georgeobama; hawaauma; obamaamazon; obamaamazonspeech; obamaeconomyspeech; obamaeconomytour; obamasfault; obamaspeech; uncleomar
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Like one who lives in a hut?
1 posted on 08/01/2013 5:40:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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"They see that some our family members live in poverty and squalor. Then they look at the improbable luxury of our existence, and they feel even better!"
2 posted on 08/01/2013 5:41:36 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Ask me about the Weiner Wager. Support Free Republic!)
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Like one who lives in a hut?

Liberals love charity.....until they need to open their own wallet.
3 posted on 08/01/2013 5:42:17 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Sub-Driver

Pontificating Pharisee Dooshbag.


4 posted on 08/01/2013 5:42:49 AM PDT by Badabing Badablonde (New to the internet? CLICK HERE)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama is keeping his kids grounded by creating millions more poor folks.


5 posted on 08/01/2013 5:43:36 AM PDT by dforest (BR)
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As hollow as the closet racist who says, hey I have some black friends.


6 posted on 08/01/2013 5:43:40 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: Sub-Driver

Most people would be ashamed to live like a king and point out that their poor, struggling kin are used as examples so their children know how fortunate they are. The more he talks, the lower he sinks.


7 posted on 08/01/2013 5:45:11 AM PDT by txrefugee
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my poor relatives embarrass my kids, they embarrass me too. They are poor because they are sloppy, messy, smoke cigarettes, sleep all the time and won’t work their butts off


8 posted on 08/01/2013 5:45:22 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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So, these relatives who are poor ...he can’t help them out?

Even by loaning say $50K or so to one of them, he could pull them up out of poverty. This man has the means to do this many times over.

Geez, shut up already. Put your money where you mouth is, fool, and stop trying to stick everyone else for the bill.


9 posted on 08/01/2013 5:45:23 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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Let’s remember they lived in a Mansion with servants before they came to the Whitehouse. Not exactly Chicago ghetto territory.


10 posted on 08/01/2013 5:45:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Moochelle’s brother is a rich college basketball coach, so it is not those cousins. Must be talking about the cousins in Kenya.


11 posted on 08/01/2013 5:46:08 AM PDT by magellan
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It is my own theory, that Sarah Palin stood down from her candidacy for the presidency last time, because of having young kids.

If that is in fact the case, then in 2016 we may just have a chance to compare a Republican family’s children, a majority of whom grew up in a normal family - to a Democrat family’s children, who grew up in the WH.

Interesting experiment.


12 posted on 08/01/2013 5:46:09 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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Says the guy who is moving to a $14M estate in Hawaii when he leaves office and the rest of America is living paycheck to paycheck (for the 70% that still get a paycheck from a full time job). FUBO!


13 posted on 08/01/2013 5:46:36 AM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Sub-Driver

At the same time, he reminds Michelle to take all the expensive vacations and eat all the Wagyu steak she can, while she can.

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Of course, he will go on the speaker circuit after he leaves the White House. And he will pocket $millions each year just for reading the teleprompter.
14 posted on 08/01/2013 5:47:06 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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What kind of A-hole makes millions every year (from his stupid books) and allows close relatives to live in squalor?

This does not “ground” his children, it allows them to live a life without a sense of charity or familial honor.


15 posted on 08/01/2013 5:47:40 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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“...they just haven’t had as much luck.”

So Obama admits his ascent to the presidency was a matter of luck?


16 posted on 08/01/2013 5:47:53 AM PDT by proxy_user
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From his statement, nobama attributes much of his position to “luck”. Definitely, he has been one “lucky” sob. I haven’t seen indications of hard work or talent.


17 posted on 08/01/2013 5:49:25 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: yldstrk
Do they look like this?


18 posted on 08/01/2013 5:49:55 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Truth/Lies; Liberty/Tyranny--WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE??)
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To: Sub-Driver

Geez, what a douche bag.

(At least a douche bag is useful, though)


19 posted on 08/01/2013 5:51:27 AM PDT by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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This sounds like a way of managing expectations down in time for the upcoming economic crash which he’s trying to bring about.


20 posted on 08/01/2013 5:51:50 AM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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