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   From: lying-trash@democrats.com   
      
   First lady Michelle Obama is complaining on the fundraising   
   circuit about the evils of money in politics -- while also   
   asking Democratic Party supporters to “write a big fat check”   
   before the November elections.   
      
   “So, yeah, there’s too much money in politics,” Obama said   
   during a fundraiser Thursday in her hometown of Chicago. “There   
   are special interests that have too much influence.”   
      
   However, she quickly pivoted and urged attendees at least twice   
   to write a hefty check.   
      
   “There is something you can do right now today to make a   
   difference and that is to write a big, fat check. I kid you   
   not,” she told the crowd of about 150 at the Waldorf Astoria   
   Chicago. “I’m going to be honest with you. That’s what we need   
   you to do right now. We need you to write the biggest, fattest   
   check that you can possibly write.”   
      
   Beyond helping Democrats win in the fall midterms, the money is   
   needed to help President Obama make progress on his political   
   agenda in the final two years of his presidency amid relentless   
   Republican opposition.   
      
   “It’s gotten so bad, they’re even trying to block the work that   
   I do on childhood obesity, and that’s really saying something,”   
   the first lady said. “I mean, for most folks in this country,   
   making sure our kids get decent nutrition shouldn’t be that   
   controversial.”   
      
   She continued asking for fall elections money by saying:   
   “Writing those checks is the single most impactful thing you can   
   do right now. When you dig deep, when you max out, that   
   translates into staff hired and offices opened and ads running   
   where they need to run.   
      
   “You need to dig deep and you need to get everyone you know out   
   to vote this November.”   
      
   Tickets for the event started at $500 a person and scaled upward   
   to special donations of $10,000 and $20,000 per couple.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/27/first-lady-complains-   
   about-money-influence-on-politics-then-asks-for-fat-   
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