Media Defends Michelle O’s $7,000 Jacket: “It Helps the Little Dry Cleaner on the Corner”

She cares. She really cares.
Her Royal Highness wants the “little dry cleaner on the corner” to succeed, too.
By cleaning her sweaty smock.

The liberal media defended Michelle Obama’s royal tastes today saying her $7,000 jacket helps her royal subjects to stay busy.
Hallelujah! Long live Queen Michelle!
It’s a shovel ready project.
Via Yahoo:

Yahoo reported:

First lady Michelle Obama looked fit for a queen when she attended an Olympics reception at Buckingham Palace on July 27, and some critics are complaining that her silver embroidered jacket cost a king’s ransom. Although not yet in stores, the white, capped sleeved number by J. Mendel lists for $6,800.

“The jacket cost more than the average American family makes in a month ($4,284),” kvetched the conservative blog thegatewaypundit.com. “And, she does this as Americans continue to suffer through a deep recession and record unemployment.” A commenter called Granny points out, “I had better not EVER hear another word about a mere $900 blouse on Mrs. Romney’s back or Sarah Palin’s $300 shoes. EVER.”

Since she first hit the campaign trail with her husband, Obama has been an international style icon and has appeared on numerous “best dressed lists.” Defender Robert Verdi, a celebrity stylist, shot back to the NY Daily News, “She isn’t just wearing a $6,800 jacket–she’s supporting the commerce of the nation.” He added that “It’s not wasteful, it’s inspiring: it’s a New York company-selling a product made in the US…and it helps the tailor and the little dry cleaner on the corner stay in business.”

Surely they would give a conservative woman the same respect, right?

More… Like clockwork, the Washington Post comes to Michelle’s defense.

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#1 July 30, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Nice kvetching, Jim!
#2 July 30, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:

Granny, congrats also on a yahoo news mention!
#3 July 30, 2012 at 8:25 pm
I'm not a Racist; I don't like Biden or Pelosi either commented:

Conservatives believe in trickle-down economics. We applaud the fact that rich people hire gardeners, drivers, hair stylists, DRY CLEANERS.

Stop with the hypocrisy GT!!

If there’s something to whine about here, it’s the fact that the O’s PRACTICE trickle-down but rail against it. THAT is a legitimate beef.
#4 July 30, 2012 at 8:26 pm
I'm not a Racist; I don't like Biden or Pelosi either commented:

ooops GT s/b GP
#5 July 30, 2012 at 8:33 pm
snap boy commented:

Honestly, that jacket was NOT designed for a woman of Michelle’s size. Michelle’s bust looks flattened, her rear juts out, and the fabric emphasizes her matronly waistline.
BTW, does the media think Ann Romney hand washes her sweaters at home or do they suppose she too uses a dry cleaner and occasionally purchases clothing designed – maybe even made – in the US?
#6 July 30, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Sasja commented:

I think most people would not care about the cost if she paid for it with her own money.
If it’s the taxpayers’ hard-earned cash, we have a problem.
#7 July 30, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Cactus commented:

@#2, yes, congrats, Granny

And I don’t care what a “celebrity stylist” thinks about ANYTHING.
#8 July 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm
lonestar commented:

Does anyone actually believe she paid for that jacket? The Obamas are wealthy, but they are not rich enough to afford the clothes she wears, the vacations they take, and the extravagant lifestyle the WH says they are personally paying for.
#9 July 30, 2012 at 8:41 pm
bigkahuna commented:

I dont care what the witch wears…

It cant help the drycleaner..That would be trickle down economics and Obama has told us daily that doesnt work and was tried and failed and caused the recession..

Hence Moochelle is causing the economy to shrink and kill old people, kittens, puppies and the planet.

God it is incredible to watch these morons spin in circles trying to defend the very things they fight against daily while calling everyone else out on them.. Its pathetic they think they can get away with it and think we are too stupid to notice the hypocracy
#10 July 30, 2012 at 8:44 pm
RB commented:

#3…right on. Media/Left finally admits that T-DE WORKS!!! Welcome aboard, hypocrites.
#11 July 30, 2012 at 8:53 pm
bg commented:

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so what, tell her she needs to take Sarah
on her next shopping spree, oh wait.. /s/

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#12 July 30, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Patty commented:

Robert Verdi, a celebrity stylist, shot back to the NY Daily News, “She isn’t just wearing a $6,800 jacket–she’s supporting the commerce of the nation.” He added that “It’s not wasteful, it’s inspiring: it’s a New York company-selling a product made in the US…and it helps the tailor and the little dry cleaner on the corner stay in business.”

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And that is a lot of BS!
#13 July 30, 2012 at 9:03 pm
bg commented:

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still wouldn’t put iot past them to get preggo’s so they can run
on a baby being born in the white house.. hypocrites they be..

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#14 July 30, 2012 at 9:08 pm
bg commented:

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Patty #12 July 30, 2012 at 9:01 pm

but that’s everything Obama is against..

that tailor didn’t make that, somebody else did!!

that tailor didn’t make 7 thou, some RICH entrepreneur did!!

etc, etc, etc, you get the drift, Obama thinks we’re stupid, ergo, we are..

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#15 July 30, 2012 at 9:13 pm
CommieJuice commented:

It goes to show you that it can be a Walmart red tag $5.99 or a J. Mendel $7000 jacket, when your soul is dark, it shows on the outside.

Why does anyone care about the jacket. She probably paid for that herself or more than likely it was donated to her. Let’s talk about the $10,000,000.00+ tax dollars that was spent on her 18 vacations. Her kids listed as “senior” staff, her mother and family, the 22 aides that cost the tax payers $1,500,000.00 yearly, the family and friends of her aides all vacation on the tax payer dimes. She takes flights before or after the president because she wants to go when she wants to go. She flies the dog out on separate flights so Bo doesn’t shed on her $7000 jacket. WHO CARES ABOUT THE JACKET, let’s talk about substance and the cost of entertaining the biggest single domestic freeloader to ever sink her fangs into the American tax payers.
#17 July 30, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Patty commented:

#14 July 30, 2012 at 9:08 pm
bg commented:

Obama thinks we’re stupid, ergo, we are..
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Yeah, I can’t wait to see that ugly snicker on his face when he loses the election.

Then, let’s see who is stupid.
#18 July 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm
NeoKong commented:

So let me see if I have this straight.
Ann Romney is some out of touch elite for riding horses but it’s just fine and dandy for Little Miss Thang Michelle to dress like a queen and be an international fashion icon…?

And naturally when it need to be cleaned Michelle will throw it over her shoulder and walk down to the corner dry cleaners as if any clothing ever leaves the White House.
Verdi sounds like a damn fool to suggest that.
#19 July 30, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Patty commented:

Creepy Olympic mascots ‘not creepy’ says designer

http://now.msn.com/olympic-mascots-defended-by-designer

http://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/83/1B298E7F43F3E5C87A4C3CB0788134.jpg Here is another designer. They seem to be out of their element
#20 July 30, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Granny commented:

Michelle Obama has never once seen a tailor. And whoever her “stylist” may be, they need lessons in how to fit clothing. Almost everything that she wears is too tight by half, especially in all the wrong places and very poorly fitted. Her wardrobe if a fine example of how to take a silk purse and turn it into a sow’s ear.