Oh no was Michelle caught telling a lie?

[BenBurch]

Seems to me that someone as bright as Obama would take on the "challenge" of securing shoes that fit. Call me crazy.

Some sizes you cannot buy in stores. If you need shoes NOW, mail ordering them isn't an option, is it? Remember this was well before Amazon.

 

[TragicMonkey]

I found the phrase "ban guns for white people" impressively humorous, so I googled it. It came back with only one hit. Can you guess where that one hit was from? Of course you can.

I'm terrible at guessing. I thought it would be the Golden Girls/Harry Potter crossover lesbian fanfic forums. Those old girls are pretty crazy. Blanche, that's not what a Horcrux is! And Hermione, you really don't want to touch that Portkey, it'll take you to St Olaf.

 

[seayakin]

I heard that in that speech she praised Satan and Hitler, burned an American flag, then had sex with a Dalek which was wearing a Che Guevara tshirt. Then she said her husband was going to ban guns for white people, and exited by unfurling demon wings and flying away. And naturally all the liberal media reported is that she wore a pretty dress. I fear for America!

Sex with a Dalek, I'd like to know how that is possible.

 

[carlitos]

Some sizes you cannot buy in stores. If you need shoes NOW, mail ordering them isn't an option, is it? Remember this was well before Amazon.

I suppose you could justify it any way you like, it doesn't make it any more believable to me. It was a stupid throwaway line, inserted in a speech to emphasize how he didn't have a lot of money. As poor as I have been, I never wore shoes that didn't fit. I bought work shoes at a thrift shop for years. Maybe a community organizer couldn't find a thrift shop?

 

[MG1962]

Sex with a Dalek, I'd like to know how that is possible.

Well you have to get them out of their machine first

 

[TragicMonkey]

Sex with a Dalek, I'd like to know how that is possible.

It's a tentacle monster inside a robotic suit with long probes on it. It's a wonder they do anything besides sex, really.

 

[carlitos]

I found the phrase "ban guns for white people" impressively humorous, so I googled it. It came back with only one hit. Can you guess where that one hit was from? Of course you can.

LOL. In a discussion of voting for a "RINO" like Arnold Schwartzenegger:

Even if it were between him and another who would completely ban guns for white people and support abortion to the 9th month?

Is there a lessor of two evils? Baby steps to reverse the 40 years of liberal debachery?

On edit, I found a 2008 article in the Telegraph (sorry) that says he has "4 identical pairs of size 11 shoes." Maybe he's just funny about shoes.

 

[Skeptic Guy]

Why in the hell would he have shoes half a size too small? That's just stupid.

Because he was afraid of not living up to expectations?

 

[timhau]

I heard that in that speech she praised Satan and Hitler, burned an American flag, then had sex with a Dalek which was wearing a Che Guevara tshirt. Then she said her husband was going to ban guns for white people, and exited by unfurling demon wings and flying away. And naturally all the liberal media reported is that she wore a pretty dress. I fear for America!

What, no mandatory third-trimester abortions for white folks? See, she's nowhere near as radical as she used to be.

 

[Spindrift]

I suppose you could justify it any way you like, it doesn't make it any more believable to me. It was a stupid throwaway line, inserted in a speech to emphasize how he didn't have a lot of money. As poor as I have been, I never wore shoes that didn't fit. I bought work shoes at a thrift shop for years. Maybe a community organizer couldn't find a thrift shop?

Back when I was young and poor, I had a pair of dress shoes that was small for me. They were hand me downs from my brother, but they were better than anything else I had by far. I wore them to job interviews. I would drive to the interview wearing sneakers, wedge my feet into the shoes in the car and go to the interview.

I do remember that getting my feet in was tough, but once they were in the leather would relax a bit and it wasn't that bad, but it was great to get them off again.

Looking back it does seem stupid. A passable pair of dress shoes couldn't have cost that much. I think I may have used them because they were a very nice pair and when going for interviews for my first 'real' job I wanted to impress. Having interviewed lots of people over the years, the only time I really noticed shoes was when they were inappropriate. The boat shoes with the suit and the stiletto heels.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

Sex with a Dalek, I'd like to know how that is possible.

They exsperminate you.

 

[Upchurch]

They exsperminate you.

There was another "E" word you could have gone with.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Back when I was young and poor, I had a pair of dress shoes that was small for me. They were hand me downs from my brother, but they were better than anything else I had by far. I wore them to job interviews. I would drive to the interview wearing sneakers, wedge my feet into the shoes in the car and go to the interview.

I do remember that getting my feet in was tough, but once they were in the leather would relax a bit and it wasn't that bad, but it was great to get them off again.

Looking back it does seem stupid. A passable pair of dress shoes couldn't have cost that much. I think I may have used them because they were a very nice pair and when going for interviews for my first 'real' job I wanted to impress. Having interviewed lots of people over the years, the only time I really noticed shoes was when they were inappropriate. The boat shoes with the suit and the stiletto heels.

If you had worn stiletto heels you would have been hired at the first interview and saved lots of time.

 

[carlitos]

Back when I was young and poor, I had a pair of dress shoes that was small for me. They were hand me downs from my brother, but they were better than anything else I had by far. I wore them to job interviews. I would drive to the interview wearing sneakers, wedge my feet into the shoes in the car and go to the interview.

I do remember that getting my feet in was tough, but once they were in the leather would relax a bit and it wasn't that bad, but it was great to get them off again.

Looking back it does seem stupid. A passable pair of dress shoes couldn't have cost that much. I think I may have used them because they were a very nice pair and when going for interviews for my first 'real' job I wanted to impress. Having interviewed lots of people over the years, the only time I really noticed shoes was when they were inappropriate. The boat shoes with the suit and the stiletto heels.

Your anecdote trumps my argument from incredulity. I salute you. Maybe the discomfort helped you focus, too.

 

[Spindrift]

Your anecdote trumps my argument from incredulity. I salute you. Maybe the discomfort helped you focus, too.

Never dismiss youthful silliness. I did many a dumb, silly and/or stupid thing in my teens and twenties that when I think back on it now, my reaction is, "I can't believe I actually did that."

In my first apartment we got a Christmas tree and had the same tree for over 2 years. Neither me or my roommate could be bothered to take it down until we moved out.

 

[12AX7]

Free Republic is a refuge for right wingers who are unable to parse complex sentences.

Almost any gun forum's political section reads the same way. Have a look at these topics.

I heard that in that speech she praised Satan and Hitler, burned an American flag, then had sex with a Dalek which was wearing a Che Guevara tshirt. Then she said her husband was going to ban guns for white people, and exited by unfurling demon wings and flying away. And naturally all the liberal media reported is that she wore a pretty dress. I fear for America!

And forced abortions, don't forget those.

 

[Unabogie]

They exsperminate you.

Here's your internet prize. Use it wisely.

 

[Unabogie]

I got a pair of dress shoes (which I almost never wear except for funerals or weddings) and they are a half size too large. I got them when I couldn't afford dress shoes and I still have them and get this, I still wear them to weddings and funerals.

Granted, I really hate dress shoes, but finding shoes in your size when you shop at discount shoe places is sometimes hard, so you go with something close.

Now, just because I experienced this first hand in no way refutes Carlito's "gut", but YMMV.

 

[carlitos]

Your anecdote trumps my argument from incredulity. I salute you.

^2

 

[I Ratant]

I heard that in that speech she praised Satan and Hitler, burned an American flag, then had sex with a Dalek which was wearing a Che Guevara tshirt. Then she said her husband was going to ban guns for white people, and exited by unfurling demon wings and flying away. And naturally all the liberal media reported is that she wore a pretty dress. I fear for America!

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I'm so gonna watch the Daily Show tonight to see this hidden stuff get the exposure it needs!