Most of what Mrs. Charm’s mother forwards me in emails is, uh, not very compelling. But this one is:
"Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take [First Lady] Michelle Obama: The University of Chicago Medical center hired her in 2002 to run ‘programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting.’ In 2005 the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000 – nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator. Oh! Did we mention that her husband had just become a US Senator? He sure had! And he requested a $1 Million earmark for the UC Medical Center, in fact. Way to network Michelle!
"But now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled. How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?
"We can think of only one explanation: Senator Roland Burris’s wife wasn’t interested."
From the Feb. 9 print edition of National Review.
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