Michelle Obama Wears $540 Designer Sneakers to Feed the Poor, page 2

reply to post by calmbutwary

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who cares if she actually did work. The first lady doesn't get paid.

Funny how much people expect of someone who spends insane amounts of time doing work for free.

reply to post by mithrawept

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Well said! I was wondering what name brand sneakers
the poor where wearing also!

reply to post by Ex

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Good One! You can buy alot more expensive pair of shoes if you don't have to buy food.

reply to post by Vasilis Azoth

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You would be surprised how much people spend on Nikes. Hundreds.
In fact, Nike now even constantly issues liimited editions that people wait hours in line for and spend hundreds of dollars on.

The difference is you expect to pay a designer a lot of money, but Nike used Indonesian child labor they pay 5 bucks a week.

reply to post by nixie_nox

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Um, she was supposed to be volunteering. In order for her time to mean anything, actual work should have been done. If not, then it was a self-serving photo-op.

Originally posted by nixie_nox
reply to post by sickofitall2012

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Because she used campaign money instead of her own money. That is the difference. I woudln't expect my campaign contribution to go to a jacket set for a vp candidate, or the candidate.


And whose to say Michelle's shoes were not a gift?

If she didn't dress well, you folks would be all over her for not having any class.

Find something worthy to complain about. This is really starting to nitpick.

The clothes Palin bought with campaign money was for the campaign and they were donated to charity after the campaign ended.

reply to post by Vasilis Azoth

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My $30 sneakers last about 1.5 years do these things last decades?

30$ sneakers? :O
That's just insane.
That would feed my family for over a week!
My 4Euro sneakers last a good 2 years - and I don't have a car - they take me everywhere...

wow

peace

reply to post by jd140

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And if you believe THAT, jd.....

I seem to remember the local Juneau, AK press running a story shortly after the election, 2008. It involved a spreading out of all the clothes in the Palin household, as she and the family decided just WHAT to donate to charity, or return to the RNC (??) or to keep.

'course, just sayin'...one COULD donate to, say...'GoodWill'...anonymously, then go back and buy it off the rack, 'anonymously'.

Just sayin'.

But, I wouldn't accuse Mrs. Palin of that. In fact, it seems the wardrobe purchased for her from Neiman Marcus wasn't really her taste in clothes, anyway.

BUT, this is about the First Lady, Michelle Obama. AND her choice of footwear, that SHE paid for with her own money. Or, with Family finances, but sin't that what families do??

To the OP: Would you prefer she walk in to help the poor wearing six-inch pumps???

Really....a pathetic thread, should die a quick death.

(can't help, one last idea....ever heard of Discount Stores? In NYC there is a store called 'Daffy's', where you can find all sorts of designer labels on footwear and clothing at steep discounts....)

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