Did Michelle Obama Really Spend $50,000 on Lingerie in ‘One Shopping Spree’?
- Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:15am by
Scott Baker
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EDITOR’S NOTE: There is an important update to this story at the bottom of this article!
BONUS UPDATE: In addition to the updated information below — the White House is now strong denying the Telegraph report. You can read that report here.
Agent Provocateur is a store that sells serious lingerie — “the most erotic lingerie in the world.”
Michelle Obama apparently went shopping there.
So now there’s a headline that really tempts you to click:
But a couple of things aren’t clear to me.
The least which — can you really spend $50,000 on lingerie?
My main question is — how does The Telegraph know this?
The headline and the article seem to be a little out of sync. In the headline, the $50k and the 12% sales jump are tied to the First Lady alone.
But take a look at the article:
The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc lift in sales.
Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.
Gary Hogarth, Agent Provocateur’s chief executive, refused to be drawn on the store’s closely kept “secret client list”. But he admitted the brand had attracted a high number of “unexpected famous names” – especially in the US, where sales have overtaken the UK.
So…the article adds a new figure. The Queen of Qatar.
Here she is:
AP
Now — if Sheikha Mozah was part of the shopping spree…how big a part of it was she?
And, by the way, when did this take place? So far, I’m having a hard time placing the two women in New York together with time to shut down Madison Avenue. It’s certainly possible though!
Here’s what we know. The Telegraph claims Michelle Obama and Sheikha Mozah spent $50,000 on lingerie. Here’s what we do not yet know — how much they each spent.
The Queen might have spent $49,950. I’m not sure what $50 buys you at Agent Provocateur, but maybe the First Lady walked out with just that!
Check that — I just reviewed the most recent Agent Provocateur collection. You cannot buy anything for $50.
There is a $90 thong. There’s also a $190 thong. And a top that seems pretty intricate for $590:
Photo: Agent Provocateur
I have walked by the store on Madison Avenue. I have never ventured inside.
I will say, it’s not anything like the Montgomery Wards where I worked during college.
I have this index of AP photos that I can search to help illustrate stories. When I search the words “Agent Provocateur,” I get 20 results. I’m pretty certain that 18 of those photos would get me in real trouble if posted here on The Blaze!
Here’s one that seems okay:
AP
That’s from some fashion event in Berlin in 2009.
And this one, from Vienna in 2008, is sort of okay if I crop the photo to cut her off at the waist:
AP
I diligently examined the official Agent Provocateur website to find some representative photographs.
They are big into the “soft-focus mood of the seventies.” That’s an actual quote.
Here is the safest of the pics:
Photo: Agent Provocateur
All in all, it makes Victoria’s Secret seem kinda like, well, Montgomery Wards.
Did I mention they make a $24,000 “playsuit?” You don’t really want to know, right? At least I’ll have something to ask the Emir of Qatar if I ever meet him.
There is no denying that Agent Provocateur has tried to live up to it’s name. The brand is well known for it’s “scandalous” ads.
I looked at several of the videos on their YouTube channel.
I don‘t think I’m old enough to look at any of them.
In the end, we don’t know what Michelle Obama bought or how much she spent.
At least at this point.
Maybe responsible journalism requires me to make an in-person visit to the Madison Avenue store this week. The truth has no agenda, right?
Update: The Telegraph has now slightly altered their headline:
The updated headline, however, still doesn’t really clarify much! It removes the phrase “one shopping spree.” But it is still implies that the First Lady is the one that spent the $50,000 even though the article seems to contradict that. Hm.
Update #2: The White House is now denying they story. Read our report here.
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Comments (552)
newspapertaxis
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:43amA pig in a corset is still a pig.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:42amObservations: (1) Since they want to “redistribute” the wealth, maybe she should have wrote a check for $50,000 to a veterans outreach program. (2) She’s not really that attractive so she needs all the help she can get. (3) $50,000 on lingerie? Good example to show your daughters. (4) Just how erotic can you make that sign hanging off the back of your ass that says “WIDE LOAD”??
Report Post »newspapertaxis
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:46amWasn’t it Bill that donated his used drawers to Goodwill or someone??? And took a tax deduction for doing so???
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:41am@ RJJinGadsden
Could be true. There are numerous rumors that Obama is a homosexual, and only has a wife and family for political reasons. It is quite strange that no female has ever come forward to have her 15 minutes of fame to say – “I dated Barry or Barack back in ….”. I guess that the DNC wasn’t able to pay a woman enough, or find one dumb enough to claim that she dated Obama “back when”.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:03amYes, I was beginning to wonder if any one else heard about the **** activities. Heard the WH is full of it. It’s all over google but still seems to be hushed up. No wonder there isn’t talk about other women in his life. And no wonder the 4 million dollar vacations and $50 thou. shopping for undies.
Report Post »Hey, a girl has to do something to compensate.
Cat
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:40amDiane Tx >
Saw a witty amateur video done by a guy wearing a wig and a little make-up, acting as though Barry broke ‘her’ heart
Report Post »Wish I could find the link, it’s quite humorous
liberalescheisskopf
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:28pmOnly because this story wasn’t published in Indonesia….
Report Post »Godfather.1
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:54pmBlazers and tea partyers, if you have ever wondered why most people think you are all retarded, just look at the above comment.
Report Post »AmericanBumpkin
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:46pmwhich one?
michelle is not very pretty. nor is she really that ugly. the people who read articles of her like this are tired of her spending taxpayer money- i.e. her paycheck, for doing NOTHING…- and blowing it on vacations, parties, clothes, and (supposedly) now over-priced undies, while her husband is trying to very obviously take away our people‘s rights and set himself up as a dictator and screw’s the middle class in taxes…. so some of us are going to use our first ammendments rights while we can to poke a lil fun at mrs. o when she makes herself an easy target. and boob-in-cheif barry soetoro when he also makes himself a target.especially since they are jerks for rubbing their spending in the taxpayers’ faces.
begon troll…
Report Post »AmericanBumpkin
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:05pmwas supposed to be a reply to godfather.1 -_- blaze your site is so wonky…
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:34amIt’s good to be the King…I mean the Queen….OK, where is the OWSers…? Yeah, like I thought. planning their re-election.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:23amBet you’ll hear very little if any from the news about Michelle Obama being “out of touch” with the average American.
Report Post »kconservative
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:37amYeah The MSM, will be silent as a mouse. Sick how the MEDIA is activly destroying this nation. I may not agree with theblaze or Glenn 100 percent politically, but at least they tell us the truth about President Obama.
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:57amremember when the media went after PALIN’s wardrobe during the campaign?
Report Post »annie1
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:12amThere is a strapless bra in the sale section for $40 but they are sold out in the 36DD. I guess I can’t buy anything then. If you are a 36DD – is strapless actually safe for the user and any bystanders???
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:34amThey needed that much material to cover her butt? I knew it was big, but 50K?
Report Post »PresidentDowngrade
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:54amIf you put Lingerie on a pig is it still a pig?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:06am.
Report Post »Well her husband is so busy Fornicating America, maybe she wanted to get in on the action…..
doomytram
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:07amThe King said in his class warfare speech that people like him should pay more. She is trying to keep up with the Pitts and Jolie’s…. she bought a hundred dollars worth of silk and called it $50 grand.
The President Oblamer and his wife can’t wait to get out of Washington DC and start separating themselves from us in the real world. He said it in his Class Warfare Speech the other night… he used the phrase “people like me” Getting re-elected will secure the fact that he will be richer than Mitt Romney in about 3 years, let me crunch the numbers. If the disasterous Oblamer doesn’t get a second term, then he will only make about $200,000 per 30 minute speech, but if he gets his 2nd term he will command almost $400,000 per 30 minute speech.
Peons! Don’t you get it! Oblamer has, is, and will do nothing, because he cares not. He wants his second term to be about traveling and nation building. The chief is about making money as indicated by the Queens, want to keep up with the Joneses…. Off with their heads! and Let the PBS kids eat Cake.
Report Post »VicksVaporub
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:13amPictures or it didnt happen.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:21amNaw, we all know the first lady buys cotton underwear at Target.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:26amPersonally I believe this is just one of many diversion tactics that the Obummers use to get our minds off his failure of a record.
OMG in 2012
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:35amSexy lingerie on Michelle is kinda like hanging a new chandelier in a haunted house….don’t you think?
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:39amSonny Bunz: I’ts like putting a silk hat on a pig! She did need to have extra material to make things fit. I can’t wait until 2012 to get this USA destroying trash back to organizing carnivals. And please, keep them out of Chicago!
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:42amHow many parachutes does it take to cover Michelles butt?!? Now, we know the answer… $50,000 worth…
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:53am50 cents on a brown paper bag for that head seems more appropriate.
Report Post »Rodster
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:12amThe modern day Jefferson’s. >_<
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:23amAh… Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous…
Whether Ms. Obama spent $50K on lingerie or not, this First Lady loves to spend… A lot of it at our expense.
Funny tidbit: Mitt Romney donated 15 percent of his wealth to charity last year; Barack Obama donated 1 percent…
Report Post »22
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:25amThanks Blaze for running this story. I think I just threw up a little in my mouth! I’m picturing a circus act.
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:01amShe probably needs all the help she can get.
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:02amGotta have it for all those multi-million dollar vacations.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:05amHush up, and eat your cake.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:26amWho doesn’t shop at Target and then drop $50k on lingerie?
So Main Street Michelle you are just so … main street!
Report Post »Cat
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:38amThe hidden story here is $50,000.00 = £31,794.00 …
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:39amShe feels good spending ‘our’ money. It is the retribution mentality at work with a woman who cleary feels we “owe” her something.
Report Post »I mean, after all, she wasn’t able to afford a good education, so now its payback time.
cosette
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:51amThe fawning MSM will not touch this story. It depicts Moochelle in the glaring light of honesty, a characteristic woefully missing in their evaluation of the Marxist and his mate. To portray them honestly at this point in time would be an admission of their fawning attitude and resulting lack of vetting since Obamas‘ announcement in the Winter of 07’. He’s been the recipient of favored status from day one. As such the MSM is complicit in every dangerous and ill conceived policy of this administration which has lead us to the deplorable condition in which we find ourselves as a people and as a nation. They have lost any shred of journalistic credibility they had left, which really wasn’t much!
Report Post »Bloody Sam
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:13amI think Saeah Palin put it best;
“Lipstick on a pig.”
Report Post »momsense
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:34amDid we elect a president or a Royal family? while millions live on food stmps from our “ food stamp president” the b@@ch spends lavisly on from the public treasury and the King rewards his cronies with public money.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:24amMOM—
Report Post »Obummer did tell us to EAT OUR PEAS…..
Did he mean frozen or Leseur???
decendentof56
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:35amMomsense…
Report Post »You (maybe not you, personally) elected a Marxist…..a dictator wanna-be who stood before the House and said he wanted to consolidate power towards the Executive branch. Was anyone even listening? That tells you all you need to know about BHO.
He has no respect, whatsoever, for the USA. He wants to do away with our outdated Constitution, start wars w/o Congressional approval (yes..Bush did, too), allow us to be subserviant to the UN (Bush, as well) and, oh, btw, has a wife who “for the first time was proud of her country.”
What the hell do you people need to put aside the bickering over the Repub candidate and, yes, I too don’t like SOMETHING about each one of them.
You have to remember….this man told us who he was before the ‘08 election. He said plenty for me to realize what he was about. His wife..his ‘pastor’…his friendship with Ayars….his statements on the campaign trail.
Yet, here we are…about to derail the effort to get him out of office by not voting for whoever the Repub candidate is. If that is Paul, he gets my vote, but so do any of the others. Voting for a third-party candidate will get Obama re-elected. Your gun-rights will be attacked, your wealth will be re-distributed for equal outcome, etc.
You’ll love it! Might I add, that you’ll have no one to blame but yourself for falling for the divide-and- conquer tactic that the Progressives are employing to cloud the fact that you need to vote for whoever is the Repub candidate?
Paydert33
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:15pm@DECENDENTOF56…..That’s what I have been saying from the very beginning. I am not selective where our candidates are concerned. Just get o-loser out of office. He is draining us dry, and so is moooooochelle. From day one, he has been campaigning. He has been on Air Force more then he has been on the ground. He wants four more to not only keep destroying our country, but so he and mooooochelle can spend our money for their you-owe-me-attitude. They do not care one iota about us or they wouldn‘t be doing the ’things’ they are doing. Just watch them….they laugh right in our face.
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:22amThis should be a campaign commercial run daily by all the GOP candidates as Mooshelle continues her Marie Antoinette imitation spitting all over Americans while she uses our money, our transportation and our tax dollars to get to these foreign locations so she can spend more of our money like a ghetto queen with her crack dealer’s credit card.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:25amYou started off strong, ended up racist. lol
All we hear is how out of touch Romney is with average Americans(which he is). Hopefully they say the same thing about Michelle.
Report Post »LETJOYANDINNOCENCEPREVAIL
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:32am@moderationisbest – Those were my thoughts exactly! Everyone is trying to pit the people against Mitt Romney because he earns a lot of money privately – a fantasy for most people. And yet, they totally overlook the AMAZING spending habits of The Mrs.-In-Chief. She spent just as much on lingerie in one spree as my husband made the entire year last year – before taxes. How much did she spend on that bracelet recently? Good thing we know she shops at Target like us “normal” folk, and puts our tax dollars to better use!
Report Post »UrbanCombatSurvivor
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:52am@Moderation
It seems to me that you are the one who ended up racist. You must be assuming that only black women can be ghetto queens…
Why is it always that the ones who cry racism display exactly that within their claim?
It’s like when a thief steals, then cries “THIEF!” and points at someone else to distract while they slip off with their loot.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:52am@URBANCOMBATSURVIVOR
Very astute observation of our resident angry atheist troll.
Moderate…….he is NOT.
@MODERATIONISBEST………….LOL……..HAHAHA
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:48am“can spend more of our money like a ghetto queen with her crack dealer’s credit card.”
It is statements like these, and fringe conservatives inability/unwillingness to see them as racist which is contributing to the disenfranchisement that the republican party is seeing more and more.
Do I think Newt was racist when he was talking in the debate about “food stamp President”? No
Do I think Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson race bait and actually contribute to legitimate acts of racism getting overlooked? Yes
Do I think this was a legitimately racist comment coming from a right winger? Absolutely, any sane person would.
Ultra conservatives are in danger of becoming so fringe that they start scaring off independents and socially conservative democrats. That is to their downfall since we have a President who makes horrible choices and horrible policies, yet will likely win re-election because the Republican candidates are making themselves un-electable.
President Obama getting re-elected will be the fault fringe conservatives.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:30pmSeems that some don’t like it much when others take pot shots at their thoughts and beliefs.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:33pmHEY MOD.
Explain “socially conservative democrats” for us please.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:52pmI meant fiscally conservative democrat.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:36pm@MODERATIONISBEST
Ok, assuming that you are telling the truth………..
Explain “fiscally conservative democrat” for us.
I mean, with the owsercrat party being nothing but one big, huge conglomeration of “social” programs, runaway growth of government, and rampant fraud and waste, just how exactly can anyone claim to be a “fiscally conservative democrat”?
Seriously……..how does that work?
It doesn’t……..that’s how……….just more lies and obfuscation.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:19amQatar’s economy is held aloft on the wings of natural gas. As soon as they start depleting their reserves faster than the earth creates them, they will start to have to get back to work and they won’t be able to all drive lexus, mercedes, and bentley. BTW, I’ve been to Doha, and it was a great time. Although, the people are kinda scary and rude. They went from camel herders to urban sprawl in a matter of ONE generation and they think they can ride the natural gas wave forever.
However, I’m pretty sure they are aware of what a surplus of natural gas (such as the excess that Chesapeake produces) will drive market prices down and kill their economy. Probably why they are trying to sweet talk the woman who lives in the whitehouse. They want to make sure that American business doesn’t kill the free ride that a fuel dependent world has provided for them over the last decades. BTW, Qatari’s pay no taxes, healthcare, or housing. They are taken care of from cradle to grave. IF they don’t have a reason to suck up to the Congress and lobby for restrictive drilling moratoriums then no one does.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:00amGet another hit on the caffiene!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:14amI thought she was like us and shopped at Target?
Report Post »Rank
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:05pmStop this nonsense. She does shop at Target…. when it is necessary to purchase a gift for others, or she needs a photo op.
Report Post »OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:06amLol!!!
Report Post »Heb4Seven
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:00am“My wife caught me looking at that last picture… OUCH!….I‘m proof that was not a ’safe picture’!!”
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:38amA bird in the hand?
Report Post »Marsh626
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:57am*gag* @ the idea of that Michelle Obama in lingerie…
Report Post »Ditto Head
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:19amActually she’d be pretty hot, but would absolutely need a gag-ball.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 8:00amYeah.
Report Post »Up til now I assumed she got her panties at Omar the Tentmaker and I could deal with that.
Thinking about the flotus thong concept means no breakfast this morning…
OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:53amEWWWW!! I can’t stand the picture of Moochelle in lingerie! she should have spent the money on Plastic Surgery, an UGLYECTOMY!
Report Post »CleanUpAisle2013
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:54amMy mama always said, “Ugly is as ugly does”.
Report Post »AK_MasterBlaster
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:49amI just threw up in my mouth a little…
Report Post »oak1971
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:48amIts a good deal considering how much materiel is needed to fit that booty. lol
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:17amI wonder if the store stocks size 16 high heels to go with her lingerie?
Report Post »lauslausdeo
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:48amMichelle Obama’s Stimulus Package!
Report Post »mbean
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:53amWould be as effective as the Anointed Ones trillions. Limp.
Report Post »Redwine
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:47amI assume Scott is referring to Her Excellency Queen Moochelle “Let ‘em eat soy beans while I eat cake” Antoinette.
Report Post »kapu
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:46amWOW, where to even start on this…or should i say, ‘do i even WANT to start on this one?’
Report Post »Linda2955
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:59pmanything you say about this administration you are immediatly labeled a racist
Report Post »Redwine
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:43amI assume that would be Her Excellency (she likes that) Queen Meechelle Antoinette who Scott refers to in the article.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:50amI believe it is called this disorder;
meg·a·lo·ma·ni·a (mg-l-mn-, -mny)
n.
1. A psychopathological condition in which delusional fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence predominate.
2. An obsession with grandiose or extravagant things or actions.
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mega·lo·mani·ac n.
mega·lo·ma·nia·cal (-m-n-kl), mega·lo·manic (-mnk) adj.
Delusion of Grandeur
Report Post »A popular term for what the American Psychiatric Association terms ‘delusional disorder, grandiose subtype’ DSM-IV 297.1. Delusions of grandeur are characterised as ‘delusions of inflated worth, power, knowledge, identity, or special relationship to a deity or famous person’
Searchingforthelight
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:43amI don’t believe any type of material lace spandex net or string could ever justify spending
Report Post »any amount of money vaguely close to 1k let alone 50k. There is spenditure and there is waste.
Of course perhaps the panties were golden inlay?
abbygirl1994
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:38amAs long as it was her money I don’t give a darn, but if she is spending the taxpayers dollar then I would be p.o.! Then again, how many people are suffering because of this administration??? Have lost their homes, lost their livelihood. You would think she would try not being so blatant with her shopping.. how about a little shopping at KMart like the rest of us, of the second hand store.. Lets dig a little deeper and see if it was hers or our money. But one thing for sure, she is as arrogant as her husband. Come on people.. you who praise the Obama‘s don’t you think she should tone down her spending.. while we are scraping by.. Queen Obama is buying out the house! God help us!
Report Post »Nick84
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 3:35amFirst off, there is no way tax money was used for this. I don’t even know why this is a story on this site. But secondly, no, she should not tone down her spending. Spending money is what keeps a capitalist economy flowing.
Report Post »ADNIL
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:10amHellllooooo, who pays the salaries of the politicians? Where do the king and queen get their money?What do they “produce” to earn their salaries? The decadence demonstrated by these people during this time of the suffering of so many is staggering.
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:19am@Nick84, the reason this is a story is her hubby has started a campaign to divide America based on class and classify anyone with money as evil and not doing their fair share. You can’t propagate that lie and then go on an extravagant shopping spree that most Americans will never experience, without revealing the hypocrisy in your party and in your lives.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:35amShe should tone down the spending and the vacations with the economy as bad as it is regardless whose money she is spending. To wear a royal blue cocktail dress to the SOTU was tacky and inappropriate so it doesn’t matter how much you spend. She has spent the last 3 years enjoying being the queen and living high. Any preaching from her mouth should be avoided because even her supporters know this.
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:52amNick84
Report Post »Yea go ahead and take up for your heroes, but have you ever heard of the word hypocrite? Kind of hypocritical to tell everyone in the country that they need to tighten their belts and go out and spend 50k on underwear don’t you think? If you don‘t think that is hypocritical you have some reality problems that we can’t alleviate in this forum.
SHOWMESTATEGUY
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:37amRegardless if this story is true or not I would like to make one thing perfectly clear. BO and MO stand by the OWS crowd. Even if they don’t live like the 99%.
Perfect example of the dem libs. Do as I say not as I do.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:35amGeeze.
How about dumping a few grand on Nutrisystem, MeeChell?
Cause NO French thong is gonna be happy stretched around that lard butt, don’t ya know.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:35amAs Snow has pointed out, we really do not have confirmation that this happened. But, the mere mention of Michelle Obama and lingerie in the same sentence hurts the eyes of my mind.
Report Post »KingDork
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:29amHer with anything revealing should be considered a WMD *tries not to toss his cookies*
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:25amI will speak my mind this way – opinion remains open, mentions of secret lists and unproven statements, such as no receipts or proofs of the purchases, are as worthless as the hot air manifest daily in Congress. They are exactly what the left produces constantly, hot air of noise and accusation.
Until further firm, reliable confirmation comes forth I will conclude it could be possible, yet not likely based on present evidence.
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:38amMethinks ye haft confussed ‘the media’ with a court of law, My Lady
Report Post »Jennifer_D
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:05amI agree with you that proof is needed to verify this story before we rush to judgement. If MO really did spend $50,000 for lingerie it only reinforces what we already know. I wouldn’t doubt that MO would spend such a gross amount of money on anything she wanted, but this goes against the shopping at Target wearing clothes from the gap image of her that is shoved down our throats. We don’t want to know about the sex life of our President and if this was a publicity stunt it is disgusting. That being said I looked at Agent Provocateur and they do have some beautiful clothing and other items.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:18amI agree with snow. Couldn’t this “story” wait unitl most if not all the facts were put on the table? Talk about sensationalism news. Otherwise it’s more “Inquiring Minds Want To Know” garbage. Sure it’s our “first lady”. Sure it‘s hypocrisy and we know how that is a standard with the Obama’s. But the Blaze looks like the Huff Post when they write an gossipy, incomplete story the leans so far right its laying on its side.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:51amI also think that the true Blazers are not this hatefull in speech and attitude, or racist, and it’s sure sounding that way-gives lots of ammo to those who hate conservatives. I do not like this woman, her spending habits or her politics, but calling her ugly names is not right. I’m disgusted that we sound like libs on HuffPo. If we want respect from the left, we need to behave better, not like highschool gossip traders. Read all the posts, are you proud to be associated with what is being said? Not me. Sometimes very funny little comments are made, but this is way past amusing, this is really ugly, and it will be used against us.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:03amAs to the appropriateness of carrying this story, I think you all missed @Scott Baker’s tongue-in-cheek Monday morning humor. Scott was begging for a reason to bring us this to justify having to check out the pics. He clearly indicated sufficient as to it’s validity thus justifying further research.
He’s just being a guy! I thought it was hysterical.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:15amOops….and I need more coffee. :-)
Meant to say……. sufficient “skepticism”
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