McCain’s shockingly expensive loafers: $520; Michelle Obama’s sneakers: $540
posted at 5:01 pm on May 1, 2009 by Allahpundit
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I honestly couldn’t care less, but the left’s politically calculated fake outrage about Maverick’s shoes last summer was even more annoying than their politically calculated fake outrage about how many homes he owns. I request, nay demand, a bit of politically calculated fake outrage in response.
While volunteering Wednesday at a D.C. food bank, the First Lady sported her usual J.Crew cardigan, a pair of utilitarian capri pants and, on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540.
That’s right: These sneakers – suede, with grosgrain ribbon laces and metallic pink toe caps – are made by French design house Lanvin, one of fashion’s hottest labels. They come in denim and satin versions, and have been a brisk seller all spring…
“They’re shoes,” the First Lady’s reps sniffed when curious reporters inquired about the fancy footwear.
Haute couture at a food bank. We should chip in and buy a pair for Palin in hopes that she’ll wear them to a bake sale or something, just to watch the media scandal erupt over how such a supposedly “down to earth” woman could be so thoughtless as to flaunt her wealth in front of common hard-working people.
Lest you doubt that this was indeed an issue for a 24-hour media cycle or two last year, click the image and scroll down. CNN — bouncing off a HuffPo post, natch — devoted three minutes of airtime to it, emphasizing the contrast between McCain and the heroically modest Democratic candidate who owns but four pairs of shoes.
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Doesn’t help her at all. Cheap or expensive shoes–she has no class.
BetseyRoss on May 1, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Those are what my grandchildren call “Bobo” shoes.
thomasaur on May 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Me too. I own a pair……I’m a right wing extremist!
HornetSting on May 1, 2009 at 5:42 PM
i would wear shoes that ugly to do yard work. maybe they are her gardening shoes (i mean, you must need $540 shoes to harvest vegetables from a mere 30-day-old garden).
and by the way, because i doubted myself, i checked on all my seed packs & absolutely NO vegetable that i plant comes to fruit in 30 days. not even little slips of squash etc would make it in 30 days. that michelle is one amazing gardener.
kelley in virginia on May 1, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Her shoes are really the ugliest shoes I have ever, EVER seen. What Not To Wear would be disappointed.
deidre on May 1, 2009 at 5:45 PM
No one should be surprised with Michelle Obama’s vane adulation. She took her cue from Rappers.
maverick muse on May 1, 2009 at 5:45 PM
i wish allahpundit would let us say what we really thought of michelle, my belle. we are all so cute & snarky & original.
kelley in virginia on May 1, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Agreed. All of it.
I’ve used Payless and gotten dress shoes for five dollars. Then again, I never expected those to last, and they didn’t. Within less than ten times of wearing them, they fell apart.
Esthier on May 1, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Any chance we could get that pic of her serving food at a fast food joint with the homeless guy (or so he seemed) leaning across the counter snapping a pic of her with his cel phone? Would be a perfect complement to this one!
Biffstir on May 1, 2009 at 5:48 PM
ANYBODY, I don’t care HOW much money one may have.
Anybody who spends that much on shoes is simply stupid.
I can afford to.
Why in the world would I??
Sheer stupidity.
bridgetown on May 1, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I thought she wore ostrich wellies while gardening. Python sandals for NYC Air Force One flyovers. Iguana hip boots when marching about commanding Zero where to squander the next trillion dollars. Mooo-oooooving on up…..
viking01 on May 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
LOL
bridgetown on May 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM
She must have spent her tax credit as well as some of hub’s.
katiejane on May 1, 2009 at 5:52 PM
I’ve bought expensive shoes once or twice, although all the shoes I’ve had that looked like those were under $30.
But remember: she’s one of the people, and she chose to buy those shoes. Ergo the people don’t know how to spend their own money and the government must do it for them.
calbear on May 1, 2009 at 5:55 PM
I didn’t even know they made sneakers @ 540. I’m just glad she had that very important high paying hospital job simultaneous with Obama’s Senate tenure.
Spirit of 1776 on May 1, 2009 at 5:56 PM
That was a dirty trick, a link to HuffPo without warning us. Don’t do that any more!
KS Rex on May 1, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Bingo!
KittyLowrey on May 1, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Supposedly, she has taken on the cause of military families. She stated that “like most of you,” she never really thought much about them before.
And I agree with you, Diva. J.Crew is too rich for my blood, too.
Alana on May 1, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Totally off subject, but I saw this video on youtube of Condi Rice. She did good.
deidre on May 1, 2009 at 5:59 PM
The moral distinction between McCain and Michelle is obvious.
Her biceps and triceps are way better than his.
She deserves to spend more on shoes.
Q.E.D.
J.E. Dyer on May 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM
She may not be proud of her country but she’s proud of her footwear.
viking01 on May 1, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Michelle is clearly extremely insecure that she would spend over $500 bucks on a pair of ugly ass designer bling shoes and then wear them to a food bank
(”I’m better and richer than you, right?).
And they’re not even American!
If she wears one more harlequin-patterned sweater, I’m going to scream and AP will be able to hear all the way to NYC!
She must have bought every color of harlequin sweater J.Crew had–and they are hideous.
Jenfidel on May 1, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Regardless if the shoes are ugly (and they are ugly) or beautiful, with feet that big she shouldn’t do anything to draw attention to them. She has awful taste in general. I’ve seen maybe two outfits on her that looked nice.
macblanegirl on May 1, 2009 at 6:06 PM
We all know what she is….and so is her husband…
winston on May 1, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Could she BE any more VULGAR and DISGUSTING?
She and her pathetic courtiers have taken this country, MY country, to a new low.
I can’t wait until she takes those shoes for a WALK the hell out the door in 2012.
WILL OUR COUNTRY SURVIVE THAT LONG?
seejanemom on May 1, 2009 at 6:09 PM
heh. Didn’t say I shopped at JCrew…just said I loved them. I get catalogues and copy the style…somewhat like my relationship with Pottery Barn. :o)
Mommypundit on May 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM
deidre
great Condi commentary
btw, I’ll bet she doesn’t buy $500/sneakers, either.
maverick muse on May 1, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Heh, she apparently was on The View too. She schooled them too. They didn’t talk over her either, which is even more amazing.
deidre on May 1, 2009 at 6:14 PM
seejaneemom, you GO, girl!
I’m with you 100%!
Jenfidel on May 1, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Oops, I guess the view thing was before the super bowl. Oh well, it was interesting to see them actually give her respect. Then again, Joy didn’t say much, although you could tell she wanted to.
I loved how she pretty much told those liberal students off though. “Go do your home work.” Haha! It was hilarious.
deidre on May 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Ugly shoes. But I don’t expect grace from a woman built like a linebacker.
foucaultsvac on May 1, 2009 at 6:23 PM
If only Michelle had the grace, class and style of Dr. Condi!
I miss her so much as well as the rest of the Bush Administration, including Donald Rumsfeld!
And if you don’t like it, you can bite me!
Jenfidel on May 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM
This tells you something about this “woman’s” alleged intelligence. Those kicks look like they could go for about $20 at Payless.
Sign of the Dollar on May 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Funny, you didn’t think expensive wardrobes were yawn-worthy in the past.
Slublog on May 1, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Them ain’t sneakers…them is snowshoes.
My what big feet you have Michelle.
Jed1899 on May 1, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Ugly tennis shoes: $540
Ruining a country: Priceless
SouthernGent on May 1, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Pay.
Less.
seejanemom on May 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Hating Whitey for denying her a place in the race: $0
Fugly running shoes: $540
RUNNING OUR COUNTRY INTO THE DIRT: Priceless.
seejanemom on May 1, 2009 at 6:41 PM
VULGAR and DISGUSTING? Sheesh, there are a lot of things I might be outraged enough about to use ALL CAPS, but it’s not going to be over her shoes. Mind you, I can’t stand the woman, but that’s because of what she says and does, not what she wears.
Indeed, the fact that she wears grossly overpriced sneakers should be a non-issue and absolutely none of our business, but for the fact that she and his Holiness have told us that we have to “sacrifice”, and are shameless demagogues who pit the “poor” against the “rich”.
Buy Danish on May 1, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Well obviously its because they are foreign policy sneakers, used to help heal the wounds Obama has created with France.
Wait till she’s wearing her Iranian made Burqa.
Rbastid on May 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Michelle O complained that Bush’s measly $600 tax rebate wouldn’t even buy a pair of earrings. I guess her husband’s tax “cuts” wouldn’t even buy a pair of WalMart store-brand canvas Keds knock-offs. What can 13 bucks buy for your feet? $2 flip-flops for the entire family! (And you should be grateful that the Obamas allow you to have footwear at all, peasants.)
aero on May 1, 2009 at 6:52 PM
So what’s the problem? Courvoisier for all my lackeys.
Cybergeezer on May 1, 2009 at 6:53 PM
foucaultsvac on May 1, 2009 at 6:23 P
LMMFAO. I LOVE IT! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
Ghoul aid on May 1, 2009 at 6:55 PM
and yes, i agree with some on here that after all she has had to endure from the white race, michelle obama DESERVES to have $500+ sneakers. she’s earned it!
Ghoul aid on May 1, 2009 at 6:57 PM
SINCE APPARENTLY YOU ARE THE NAZI CAPS POLICE>>>I WILL TYPE THIS S-L-O-W-L-Y….
I am a charter member of this little chat room, and I will CAPS STUTTER ANY TIME I DAMN WELL PLEASE. And I indulge OFTEN. For those who know me, its part of my charm. ;)
{I have NEVER understood MORONIC GEEKS who were ACTUALLY OFFENDED BY “inappropriate” CAPS anymore than I understand the very CONCEPT of “inappropriate” caps.}
And LASTLY, your NEOCON roots are showing by dismissing the screaming fact that her shoes DON’T SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT WHO SHE THINKS SHE IS and who she thinks WE ARE.
***PMS RAGE OVER***
seejanemom on May 1, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Yawn… if she’d worn cheap shoes you’d be whining that she doesn’t have any class.
benny shakar on May 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM
So when McCain wore his, you thought he had class, or joined the mob to attack him for such an extravagance?
capejasmine on May 1, 2009 at 7:07 PM
***PMS RAGE OVER***
seejanemom on May 1, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Typing in caps, is the same as yelling, is it not? No one will take your point of view seriously, when you act out this way. And let’s be honest. Those that come here from Huffpo, or DK, are here once again, to do damage control. I’ve noticed when a story spikes , such as this, you all come here in droves, in attack mode.
It doesn’t look good for people who espouse to be for the working man, and want the best for them, yet most are unemployed, or living , and doing without. Then along comes the first lady in $500 dollar shoes? It doesn’t look good, and you know it. That’s the true mode of your anger.
You attacked McCain for the very same thing you protect Michelle from. That’s hypocritical.
capejasmine on May 1, 2009 at 7:12 PM
There wasnt any outrage over McCain and his many, many homes. It was amusement that he didnt even know how many he has.
Come on, if it was a lefty candidate who hemmed and hawed before saying “I’ll have to get back to you” when asked how many homes he has, dont you think you would mock it? Of course you would.
orange on May 1, 2009 at 7:28 PM
have you ever dared to criticize Obama? I think for a leader who supposedly understands the troubles of the American people a $100 pair of shoes would do . But you and I both know he is full of it and he counts on uneducated idiots like you to shill.
Jamson64 on May 1, 2009 at 7:45 PM
My husband happened to be looking at the screen from and angle when that pix was up. He quite sincerely asked what she was wearing on her feet because they looked like flat irons he thought.
jeanie on May 1, 2009 at 7:56 PM
liberal = envious hypocrite – simplistic and true / she’s living LARGE now and we bought those shoes. Think of the carbon used by the factory where those were made. She has monster feet, too – those babies look like size 13, which is HUGE. heh
Ris4victory on May 1, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Hypocrites – both!
JeffVader on May 1, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Carry on, Dear. As I recall you hit the rage stage quite easily, like when you don’t get the hat tip you think you deserved.
As for Ms. Obama, I know exactly who thinks she is and who she thinks we are. That makes her a number of things (arrogant, racist, sanctimonious, hypocritical…) but to say she is “vulgar” or “disgusting” seems a wee bit unwarranted.
As for being a “neocon” I’m mulling over whether or not I should take that as a compliment. Not being a Jew I’m not a perfect fit, but I do admire their perseverance in, say, fighting Islamfascism. I have never noticed that neocons care one way or the other about shoes (burkhas, perhaps), but apparently you have, so what do I know?!
Buy Danish on May 1, 2009 at 8:23 PM
$540 shoes & no live goldfish in the heels?! Day-yam!
BHO Jonestown on May 1, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Is this named after MO?
thevastlane on May 1, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I had missed the original post until I saw your reply, which was very good. Seems a tad overwrought about the sneakers. I’m just saying.
Cindy Munford on May 1, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Indeed. Where is the sacrifice?
$540 dollar shoes at a food bank is like wearing a tube top to church, anyway. Just plain wrong.
Moesart on May 1, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Overwrought is a good description.
Did you understand the charge that I am a neocon? I am still struggling to understand what being a neocon (or not!) has to do with Michelle’s shoes.
Buy Danish on May 1, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Wearing designer shoes (even as ugly as they are) to work at a homeless food pantry is as clueless and tasteless as Michelle O’s remarks to those impoverished women in Ohio when she claimed that President Bush’s tax rebate of $600 was only enough to buy a pair of earrings.
The Obamas exhibit an attitude of entitlement that simply rubs me the wrong way. Their behavior is as tacky as that of the nouvea riche.
Double standards of the media? You betcha!
onlineanalyst on May 1, 2009 at 9:35 PM
seejanerun, you really are kind of an idiot…AREN’T YOU?!!!!
Who cares how much anybody spends on anything. C’mon, really. All of us have certain items we spend goofy money on. For some it’s shoes. For others its golf clubs (me). Let’s get faked outraged about stuff that matters. More evidence that the far left = the far right.
dakine on May 1, 2009 at 9:52 PM
Lemme see…if each of Chicago Jesus’ four pair of shoes cost $500, that makes $2000. Just for shoes. I don’t know that I’ve spent $2000 on all the shoes I’ve owned in my whole life.
Look, I don’t really care how much Michelle Obama paid for her shoes. I’m not a big “shoe” person, but I know that some women are. The thing is, when you’re volunteering at a food bank, it’s just a tad insensitive to go there wearing more on your feet than some of the people you’re serving will have to spend on food and shelter for an entire month. This just points up how clueless and superficial these people are. It’s sad, really.
uncivilized on May 1, 2009 at 10:01 PM
A subtle, Olbermannesque rewrite of the Daily News clip…
elgeneralisimo on May 1, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I can totally relate to the golf clubs thingy.
Meanwhile, I just realized I misread a comment earlier:
And LASTLY, your NEOCON roots are showing by dismissing the screaming fact that her shoes DON’T SPEAK VOLUMES ABOUT WHO SHE THINKS SHE IS and who she thinks WE ARE.
If her shoes do not speak volumes…, then I have no clue what the point of that comment is, or previous ones by the same commenter – with or without the neocon part.
Buy Danish on May 1, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Buy Danish is right, seejane: being a NeoCon has doing to do with the subject at hand (Neo-Conservatism is the advocacy of muscular American foreign policy.)
The only thing these expensive Lanvin bling shoes speaks volumes to is MO’s feeling of inferiority and her overcompensation because of it to “lord it over” the rest of us.
Also, as I keep stressing, she’s not even trying to buy American–Sketchers, Keds, Sperry Topsiders or even Crocs would have been much better.
(She was dressed too casually for a weekday, even for food bank work!
She is the FLOTUS, after all–as much as I hate it.)
Jenfidel on May 1, 2009 at 11:13 PM
She wore those shoes as her ‘casual’ attire of course however I dont think it matters one way or another what they cost.
tx2654 on May 1, 2009 at 11:34 PM
FIFY
rockmom on May 1, 2009 at 11:46 PM
Sorry, I disappeared, the band my son is in played tonight. No I didn’t get the neocon thing either. Must be some inner-vibe she’s getting. Which I am going to say pretty much accounts for her whole attitude. I’m just putting down as comic relief.
Cindy Munford on May 2, 2009 at 12:46 AM
Generally, in the past, those of us on the political right have kept our comments about the physical traits of politicians and their wives to ourselves, then Obama and his queen came along. Now we have all gotten so sick of hearing how gorgeous and “Jackie O” that Michelle is, when it just is not true. She is okay looking, but certainly not what the media has hyped her to be. I guess what makes us just want to put her down is her snooty, high and mighty attitude.
If I could give her some fashion advice, (and I, as a fairly stylish business woman, pride myself on my frugal, good fashion sense), I would say “Michelle, buy yourself a classy suit”, it sure would be better use of that $540.00!!!
Susanboo on May 2, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Ugly sweater!
Susanboo on May 2, 2009 at 1:27 AM
Sounds like she might be thinking of moonlighting as some Marvel or DC comics villain.
ddrintn on May 2, 2009 at 10:06 AM
It’s the SHOOOOOOOOOOOES! Those damn dirty SHOOOOOOOOOOOES!
Wyznowski on May 2, 2009 at 10:36 AM
I did mean to say RINO, NOT NEOCON…but then again, that is part of the PMS RAGE…I simply HATE that nasty woman with a passion and I get all “Obama Derrangement Syndrome” everywhere. I admit it. M.O. IS NOTHING MORE THAN HILLARY CLINTON>> a CLIMBER but with better upper body strength.
The PMS rager will pass in a few hours.
;)
And truthfully, HA is becoming a bit passive for me, anyway, what with all the pissing and moaning about CAPS over content. What a bunch of wussies.
This board was REAL fun a few years back. For the most part (with SOME company excepted) all that come here anymore are the soft serve, mealy mouthed RINOS.
The REAL firebrands have moved on to different sites that we find a better fit. AND WE HAVE REAL FUN OVER THERE!
I should listen to those who have permanently moved on and never be tempted to return here to suffer the pathetic seminar thread trolls that have slipped in under WHAT USED TO BE A VERY TIGHT VELVET ROPE.
I am CERTAIN I won’t be missed. Flame on, lame-tards.
seejanemom on May 2, 2009 at 5:25 PM
4shoes on May 2, 2009 at 7:58 PM
whoops, forgot to unquote.
4shoes on May 2, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Just goes to prove:
1) money cannot buy a sense of fashion or style.
2) liberalism is awash in hypocrisy.
Bubba Redneck on May 3, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Actually no one would have mentioned it at all.
She is the type that would never consider the stupidity, arrogance and the tackyness of wearing expensive, designer clothes to a food bank. Why, because it is all about her and her and her and look at me I’m doing a good deed! It is all about her don’t you know!
I have a friend that way. She showed up to a moving party for a mutual friend dressed in a skin tight, short, black party dress wearing high heels so she would get noticed (her boyfriend at the time was none too happy!). She relishes the title of “Drama Queen” bestowed on her as it has the word “Queen” in it.
It is Clinton holding up traffic at LAX for hours while he got haircut on board Air Force One by some high-priced barber-to-the-stars.
It is Obama using his nomination as the Democratic presidential nominee to define that moment as the time “…our planet begins to heal.”
It is being full of yourself, plain and simple.
Bubba Redneck on May 3, 2009 at 5:17 AM
IS THIS THE BEST THE PRESS CAN COME UP WITH,HER HUSBAND IS USING THE CONSTITUTION FOR TOILET PAPER AND YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT SHOES .YOU KNOW IF I WAS RICH I WOULD HAVE 3 PAIR OF THEM JUST TO THROW AT THE CATS IN THE YARD P.S. NO CATS WERE HURT IN THE WRITING OF THIS LETTER
wade underhile on May 3, 2009 at 11:16 AM
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