[lbo-talk] Count Copula and the "yes we can" speech

[Michael McIntyre]

That would depend on how much equity they have in the house.  I drove  
by the house the other day; the lot that they didn't formally own but  
that was really part of their yard is now up for sale, so the loss of  
the yard combined with the soft real estate market and a mortgage of  
unknown size may well push their equity in the house to below $1  
million.  But they're not poor, by any means.  While Barack has been  
pursuing his political career, the University of Chicago has made  
sure that they're both well taken care of by giving Michelle jobs,  
first in community relations and then, as Barack's star has risen, in  
a very well paid job in hospital administration ($300K+), despite the  
obvious fact that she has no experience as a hospital administrator.

Michael McIntyre

On Feb 6, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:


>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 4:47 PM, Shane Mage wrote:
>
>> Whatever one thinks of Obama, he certainly is neither "ignorant,"
>> "illiterate," nor a "millionaire."
>
> I agree on the first two, but didn't his corrupt real estate pal make
> him the third, via a fortunate housing transaction?
>
> Doug
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