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New Hampshire: Michelle Obama

March 8, 2009 - 03:22 pm
NEWS FEED: GraniteGrok

"Hope" and "change"... peeling away the phoney veneer

When you consider the facts from a variety of places, the luster that seemingly coats the Magic Obama is quickly wearing off...

  • Jen Rubin, writing at Contentions, notes the mess that is quickly becoming the Obama Administration and its approach to the economy, and the resulting "reporting" we're getting from the so-called "mainstream" media:

it’s no wonder his aides are attacking a radio talk show host and Dowd is ruminating about the first lady’s arms. The rest is too painful to watch.

  • The Union Leader's Drew Cline comments on DEMOCRAT Jim Cramer's buyer's remorse with his presidential choice-- at least when it comes to his "fix" for the economy--and the dust-up between him and the White House:

 Cramer endorses Obama’s entire big-government agenda — except for what the President has done on the economy.

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March 3, 2009 - 08:32 am
NEWS FEED: GraniteGrok

So, Democrats were going to wipe out the culture of corruption, eh?

From an email I received:

Start with:

Michelle Obama was hired at a Chicago Hospital right after her husband was elected to the Illinois Senate for a bit above $100,000. When Obama was elected to the US Senate, her salary was tripled to more than $300,000 after Senator Obama earmarked many millions of dollars for the hospital in his short time in the Senate. During the campaign for President by Obama, Michelle Obama continued to draw her salary even though not there. When inauguration day came -- and went, the hospital eliminated her job. The importance of a $300,000 job can be overstated -- and eliminated.

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Wed, 10/08/2008 - 11:54

Michelle Obama tells crowd that husband 'gets it'

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

 

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KEENE--Michelle Obama told college students that Barack Obama's biography will result in a president who "gets it" and relates to middle-class families.

"Don't we deserve policies that reflect reality, don't we deserve a leader that gets it," Michelle Obama said a rally for college students at Keene State College.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 15:48

Michelle Obama to visit N.H.

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

Michelle Obama will visit the Granite State this Wednesday.

Obama is scheduled to hold a "Change We Need" rally at Keene State College. 

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 09:37

Today's convention schedule

By Politicker Staff

The Democratic National Convention will be called to order at 5:00 PM EST today, with a theme of "One Nation."  Featured speakers include Michelle Obama, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), former President Jimmy Carter, and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, who will introduce a tribute to her uncle, U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.). 

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Thu, 06/26/2008 - 14:34

Michelle Obama praises Clinton at N.H. event

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2160|title=Michelle Obama|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=295]MANCHESTER - During a roundtable discussion with working women, Michelle Obama commended the presidential campaign efforts of U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) at an event with U.S. senatorial candidate Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) earlier today. "Because of Hillary Clinton's work, the issues of importance to women who work and the working family are front and center in this election," Obama told the crowd of 300 people.

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Wed, 06/25/2008 - 09:22

Obama planning to compete in Granite State

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's deputy campaign manager says their campaign will have to "play hard" to win New Hampshire in November.

"We're going to have to play hard in New Hampshire - we completely recognize that," Steve Hildebrand told Politico's Ben Smith.

Hildebrand said Obama will compete in states carried by President Bush in 2004 and will also focus on New Hampshire.

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Tue, 06/24/2008 - 15:41

Michelle Obama to campaign with Shaheen

By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2103|title=Michelle Obama|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=none|width=420|height=281]Michelle Obama will campaign with former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D-Madbury) on Thursday.

"Continuing the series of roundtable discussions Michelle kicked off in New Hampshire and hosted around the country throughout the primary season, Obama and Shaheen will speak with working women about the challenges they face at a roundtable discussion in Manchester," a campaign press release states.

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