Would you pay 540 dollars for a pair of sneakers?

Did she buy them with her own money? Or were they donated to her?

How do you know Michelle Obama bought the shoes? It's my understanding that her clothes are 'donated' to her. And I'm not against rich people or people who can afford to dress nice. I'm just saying that there's hypocrisy here on the part of the democrats, that skewered Palin on her wardrobe, howling about the cost of her clothing. I could care less if Michelle wore a garbage bag. Hell, it'd probably be an improvement over what she normally wears anyway.

"Why is it a crime to be rich and to be able to afford to spend that kind of money on shoes?" It's not a crime at all and personally I couldn't care less what she pays for shoes. The relevance though is that Obama has been calling on people to cut back, save energy, not waste money on luxuries, etc. Regardless, i don't care unless it was taxpayer dollars spent on those shoes. As for Sarah Palin's wardrobe. You're right, it was campaign money, not hers that was spent on it. It wasn't her that spent the money either despite the lies on liberal blogs claiming so, the RNC did the spending. The clothes were returned to the RNC promptly after the campaign where a few people made some noise about them sitting on the clothes instead of donating them immediately. Some started claiming that the clothes were thrown in the trash even. Eventually the RNC did officially state that all the clothes were donated. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/04/02/exclusive-rnc-says-all-of-palins-clothes-have-been-donated/

Some fashion designers do give the First Lady clothes in order to get their names mentioned...this has been going on for a very long time...but that doesn't mean that everything she wears is donated. I still don't see the hypocrisy. People who donated money to John McCain's campaign for president ended up paying for new wardrobes for Sarah, Todd and all the kiddies. I didn't have a problem with the RNC dressing Palin...my problem was with the rest of the family jumping on that bandwagon.

lol. I like that comment. Especially the last part!!!

The mindset is completely different when you have money and when you've had it for a long time. You don't have to choose between buying something for yourself *or* your kids and you don't have to worry about putting money away for a vacation. My one sister-in-law talks about quality and my other sister-in-law and I talk about catching a good sale. I've never felt that she and my brother-in-law flaunt their wealth. They're very down to earth people and do a lot for their community...would give anyone in the family anything we need...but they are who they are. Should the First Lady of the United States be expected to dress down when she's doing something to help the poor? No. Would anyone old enough to remember expect Jackie Kennedy to have done so?

After reading the comments, I have to admit that spalladino does have a point. If she bought them with their own money, then really there's nothing wrong with that. Still, I wouldn't regardless of how much money I have.

Bob, don't think I'm picking on you but I disagree. My brother-in-law can't convince financial backers to write large checks for the projects he develops if he's dressed in Walmart clothes and driving a Ford F150. Their entire lifestyle is different from ours and they have every right to live it because they have worked hard for years to get to where they are so why should anyone begrudge them that or look down on them because they can afford certain things? I've never felt that they believe that they are better than anyone else. This "hate the rich" attitude is wrong. I doubt that anyone at the event Michele Obama attended gave her shoes a second thought.