Michelle Obama, whose "proud for the first time" gaffe was mercifully buried by McCain's possible blonde lobbyist indiscretion later in the week, explains how, if things have been so bad in this country, she and her husband seem to be doing just fine.
Luck. She's says it's all due to good luck.
From the LA Times:
Michelle Obama often says the fact that she and her husband are out of
debt is due to sheer luck, because they could not have predicted that
his two books would become bestsellers. "It was like, 'Let's put all
our money on red!' " she told a crowd at Ohio State University on
Friday. "It wasn't a financial plan! We were lucky! And it shouldn't
have been based on luck, because we worked hard."
But it shouldn't have to ride on luck, she argues. Nor should we have a country full of hedge-fund managers and corporate attorneys.
People can't raise a family on one salary anymore, she says. They can't
afford to get sick even if they have insurance because of deductibles,
premiums and the high cost of medication. They can't confidently send
their kids to neighborhood public schools because so many of them are
so bad. Young people can't afford to attend college to become teachers
or nurses or journalists because those jobs don't pay enough to repay
college loans.
Political Nanny doubts it's only luck -- the couple seemed already well set before he published his first book. But still, the Obama's do seem rather lucky. Didn't he launch his national political career running against Alan Keyes?
