At the top right hand corner of Page 17 of the New York Post of January 24th, 2009, was a short column entitled "*Replacing Michelle*" in the National Review "The Week" column. So here it is, word for word:
*'Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take 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."
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**In 2005, the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $317,000 – nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.
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**Oh, did we mention that her husband had just become a US Senator? He sure had. Requested a $1 Million earmark for the UC Medical
Center, in fact. Way to network Michelle!
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**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.*
/ //--- The Editors of National Review, writing in the Magazine's Feb 9 issue./
*'Some employees are simply irreplaceable. Take 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. 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.*
/ //--- The Editors of National Review, writing in the Magazine's Feb 9 issue./