Obama did NOT buy ring for Michelle, spokesman says

[NYCGirl]

Gee, the British press is lying? Who knew?

:evilgrin:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/obama_did_not_buy_ring_for_mic.html

President-elect Barack Obama did NOT buy a $33,000 rhodium ring for wife Michelle, Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Tuesday morning, following reports in British papers that he did.

"No ring was purchased," said LaBolt.

The Daily Mail said the ring was being made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco, to be ready by the Jan. 20 inauguration.

[VeraAgnes]

1. Now that it has been mentioned......

I think buying Michelle a ring is a great idea.

[GarbagemanLB]

5. Sure, but not one that expensive/extravagant. Not at this time.

[Diamonique]

30. Why not? If he can afford it, and he wants it for his wife, I think he should buy it.

As poor as I am, I've never been one to think the rich should stop living their normal lives because the rest of the country is feeling a pinch.

I could be wrong, but that's just my opinion.

[onenote]

44. because it would be a politically tone deaf thing to do, and Obama is anything but

Obama is not perceived as, nor does he act like, a "rich" person -- at least not the kind of "rich" person who buys a $30-40K ring as a "thank you" present to his wife. One of the messages that he has been conveying in his interviews is his desire to maintain some normalcy in his life. That message resonates with people, who seem him, and his family, as more "typical" than any presidential family in generations. Buying a piece of jewelry for an amount that is greater than a lot of people earn -- a lot of people who are losing their jobs -- would be incredibly stupid. And Obama isn't stupid.

[still_one]

2. Boy Michelle will be pissed.... /nt

[ellacott]

3. That's funny

:)

[still_one]

21. I appreciate you seeing it for what it was. I of course wasn't being serious /nt

[awoke_in_2003]

36. I can hear it now...

"Barack, meet sofa". He is smart, though, and will have a concession plan :)

[GarbagemanLB]

4. What a surprise.

:sarcasm:

[Mass]

6. Oh my. Everything the Daily Mail prints is not true? Now this is a surprise to me.

:sarcasm:

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Obviously Michelle's people leaked her interest in the ring so that Barack would

be forced to buy it for her.

:hide:

:P

[Schema Thing]

9. No, silly; it was Hillary's people.

[Jennicut]

11. LOL...maybe that would work on a husband if he was the prez-elect, who knows?

But it really sounds too expensive and not something I would see Barack buying Michelle when the economy is tanking, he is too smart for that.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

8. Drudge was wrong again?

lol

[WinkyDink]

25. No. It had nothing to do with him. His website links to a plethora of news sources.

[Ozma]

39. And ALL OF THEM FAIL !!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

42. He links to any story that is negative about Democrats, even from questionable sources like the

Daily Mail.

It's like linking to Globe.

[tabbycat31]

10. she's problably borrowing it

Lots of celebrities borrow jewelry for events (Oscars, etc) so why would this be any different.

[CTyankee]

13. Why would someone as classy as Michelle wear borrowed bling to the Inauguration?

Or even the Inaugural Ball?

Tell me you're being ironic here...

[NYCGirl]

12. Kick because this story is still alive. NT

[pot luck]

15. Yep, MSNBC just reported on it

without the correction.

[DevonRex]

18. Are you serious? Those reporters need to get a life or a brain. nt

[pot luck]

20. I guess it was too much to ask that the MSM

check their facts before reporting a story.

[DevonRex]

14. Kicking so those lurkers from those "other" sites can read the truth.

They're all having a field day with this. Funny but sad.

[NYCGirl]

16. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

(attributed to Mark Twain)

[DevonRex]

17. That is the truth. I wonder if they're embarrassed about believing it.

Probably not, since they're not embarrassed about any of the other conspiracy theories they believe and promote. Poor things.

[Clio the Leo]

19. This is why I love DU.....

... you all have already shot down the story while MSNBC is reporting it as breaking news.

Two days from now, they'll report that the story was incorrect. :)

[annabanana]

22. semi-idle question... Did Georgie-Porgie ever buy Laura anything nice..

while he was in office?

And if he did, did the RW wurlitzer that is our media pound on it as the intro to every adbreak, and the lead to each "story" segment?

"when we come back"
"coming up later"
"coming up soon"
"coming up right after this break". . .


I thought not.

[Captain Hilts]

28. Let's see...

ER: You gave me a check, jewelery, a complete set of Willa Cather...
FDR: You got me clothes, some ship models...

[awoke_in_2003]

37. Where do you think...

she gets all those fetching pant suits?

[Captain Hilts]

23. It just didn't even sound right. Glad I didn't fall for it. nt

[DevonRex]

24. Mookie dear, you're far too fair minded to believe the worst of

anybody before you have all the facts. So I'm not surprised a bit that you didn't fall for it.

[Clio the Leo]

26. Maybe Kobe got caught cheating again and they're confused. NT

[Captain Hilts]

27. Now, where's my ten foot pole....nt

[rvablue]

29. Didn't believe this for a second and just another reason to take everything

with a grain of salt that we read coming out of the RW tabloid press in Britain....this is about the umpteenth thing that they have concocted re: Obama.

[bdamomma]

31. Listening to Randi, this came from Drudge

[uponit7771]

32. Obama has been poor to upper middle class all his life, I don't see him buying that kinda ring for..

...Michelle but McKlan and Bush would buy it in a second and make sure to show it off to stupid ass'd reThug rich boy wanna bes.

[fadedrose]

33. I think Obama will give Michelle something privately that SHE ...

will know about before WE do. The cost won't matter to him or her; it'll be something meaningful that fits their relationship. I think only his secret agents will know if anyone.

[Ozma]

40. Obam ALREADY GAVE Michelle the best present a woman could ever have.........

A nation with Obama as the President!!!!!!!!

Isn't that enough????

[Donald Ian Rankin]

34. Don't tar the whole British press with the same brush as the Mail.

There's a fairly clear line in the British press between the broadsheets - the Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Independent etc - and the tabloids - the Mail, Sun, Express, Mirror etc.

The former have journalistic standards, the latter don't.

I don't know why larger pages makes a British journalist more competent or ethical, but there you have it (although the Guardian's standards didn't seem to fall when it shrunk its pages a bit...)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

35. the Daily Mail is a far right-wing nutjob rag

take anything it says with a pinch of salt.

[Hekate]

38. Please. This piece of fiction is an attempt to make them both look frivolously extravagant...

... in a time of economic crisis and belt-tightening.

Yeesh.

Hekate

[firedupdem]

41. I knew that story was bullshit. They don't seem like the type to

spend that much on a ring and if he did....I doubt it would be leaked to the british newspapers???? Funny that MSNBC was still reporting it at about noon today. Dumb fucks

[Midlodemocrat]

43. What a cheapskate. Hell, MY ring was over $100,000.

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