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JUST FANCY THAT! Elitist President of Chicago Barack Obama is buying a super-fancy $30,000 ring made of white people’s diamonds, for his fancy wife! Except he’s not. [Gawker]


1:38 PM on Tue December 2 2008
By Ken Layne
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  1. Doglessliberal says at 1:43 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    or obvious privacy reasons I cannot reveal the cost of the ring but bearing in mind it is made from rhodium or black gold and encrusted with diamonds you can be sure it will cost thousands of pounds.’

    This sounds as if it was written by the Nigerian email scam guys.

  2. The Real JR Revisted says at 1:45 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    But, in the fine tradition of wives everywhere, best believe she’s expecting one now.

  3. shortsshortsshorts says at 1:46 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Where does Drudge get his “sources?”
    He denies being a blog, which is correct. That pig-fucker doesn’t deserve to have a blog. Joe the Plumber’s blog is more accurate at this point.
    WASHED UP ASSHAT.

  4. Doglessliberal: Their follow-up quote pretty much verifies your theory:

    “Unfortunately, we were negatively affected by read on national and foreign media news stories that have no basement[sic], and in excess of the objective reality.”

  5. shanemcgowan says at 1:51 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Sounds like Murderface’s codpiece.

  6. FreshCliches says at 1:52 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Are we still confusing Hopey with Kobe?

  7. WHY WON’T THE RING REALEASE ITS BIRTH CERTIFICICATE? WHY WON’T TEH MSM WRITE ABOUT THIS STORY????

  8. AngryBlakGuy says at 1:53 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Doglessliberal: WIDTAP: …Sarah Palin?!

  9. SayItWithWookies says at 1:54 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    shortsshortsshorts: “Doesn’t deserve to have a blog” is the new “lower than whale shit.”

  10. From the “Giovanni Bosco,” a.k.a. “The Jeweler” :

    “I regret to inform you that because of reports so wrong and clearly different from the reality of our statements, we decided to not issue statement on this matter.

    Unfortunately, we were negatively affected by read on national and foreign media news stories that have no basement[sic], and in excess of the objective reality.

    I inform you that we have no intention to disseminate more information about this story.”

    Best. Repudiation. Evar.

  11. Theodorick Of York says at 1:58 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    One ring to rule them all
    One ring to find them
    One ring to bring them all
    And in the darkness bind them
    In the land of Washington
    Where the shadows lie

    My precioussssssssss!

  12. freakishlystrong says at 1:58 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    shortsshortsshorts: AND it looks, (again), a like wingnut fuckery piece o’ shite site.

  13. DemmeFatale says at 1:59 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Only $30,000 for a diamond ring?

  14. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:01 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    …Rhodium?! Why didn’t they just say Admantium or Gundanium?! It would have been more believable!!!

  15. freakishlystrong says at 2:01 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Giovanni the Jeweler.

  16. I learned all about Rhodium. Very interesting.

  17. Delicious says at 2:04 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    shortsshortsshorts: Where does he get his sources?

    The reliable British press!

  18. choinski says at 2:04 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    AxmxZ: Ha. Giovanni the Jeweler.

  19. What’s really embarassing is that fact that Obama’s buying the ring on lay-away.

  20. She deserves it. And, I bet Barry’s actually paying for it with his own money.

    rhodium however, sounds like a source of radiation. I hope the this fits into a non-proliferation agreement of some sort. I heard on the cover of the New Yorker, they might be terrorists. And Joe da Plumber said they are most certainly terrorists and they should buy a DTV converter.

  21. hedgehog says at 2:07 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    A diamond cock ring? That’s gotta hurt.

  22. sarcasticusername says at 2:08 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    something tells me michelle’s people floated this idea to give sir hopey a hint that she wants something out of this too, and no dinner doesn’t cut it. hell if the kids get a puppy, and lets face it they didn’t have to do much except look cute for a couple of photo ops he’d better get her something; it’s hard work not giving sarah & cindy a piece of her mind whenever she got asked about some stupid shit they said, or biting her tongue when she was tempted to call katie couric a dumb bitch. plus she had to pretend to shop @ h&m and gap for 2 whole years, TWO WHOLE YEARS ALAN!

  23. AngryBlakGuy says at 2:09 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    …$30,000?!?! I found a photo of the RING!

  24. AngryBlakGuy: Cantaffordium

  25. Jukesgrrl says at 2:13 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    I heard Joe Wilson was going to write on op-ed on rhodium.

  26. When you get success, you buy your wife a ring - that is the Indonesian tradition.

  27. glamourdammerung says at 2:16 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    I wonder if the wingnuts are spewing this as more “proof” that Obama is an elitist made similiar remarks when their guy did not remember how many houses he had.

  28. do we still get the handjobs???

    if so i dont want mine from hillary, shes a boner shrinker.

    maybe the new black rice lady

  29. Deepthroat says at 2:25 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    My very reliable sources in Turkmenistan tell me that the “puppy” that everyone is dying to meet is actually being genetically produced by an A-list Chinese bio-jewler. The pup will have a skeletal system of pure Tungsten, a thick coat made of Swarovski crystals, and will actually urinate champagne. Why does Obama hate America?

  30. ‘Giovanni the Jeweler’ wtf please clearly this guy is not a jeweler, and if he is he’s second rate at best. everbody knows teh jews have all teh jewels.if his name was fieldstein or rabinowitz i maight have believed it.

  31. I recently bought myself a $30,000 ring, and as a result have to make myself readily available to myself for special “favors”. And I’m getting a little worn out…

  32. Serolf Divad says at 2:36 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    “Unfortunately, we were negatively affected by read on national and foreign media news stories that have no basement[sic], and in excess of the objective reality.”

    Those are almost exactly the same words that NASA used when presented with undeniable proof that the moon landings were faked. I cry foul!

  33. monty: Well he used to be Don Bosco the Jeweler, but “Don the Jeweler” just didn’t have that same “A-list” sound to it.

  34. actor212 says at 2:40 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Wow! This is just like that story that Hillary Clinton was divorcing Bill only she really wasn’t!

  35. user-of-owls says at 2:43 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    All your basement[sic] are belong to Giovanni.

  36. donner_froh says at 2:53 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    AxmxZ: Sounds like Dana Perino on a good day.

  37. Lascauxcaveman says at 3:24 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    sarcasticusername: Yep, this is Michelle’s hard-ball opening negotiating gambit to get that ring.

    Next step? Maybe some more hard-balling?

  38. AngryBlakGuy: As the Socialist King of Muslin Wakanda, Barack Obama already has control of the world’s largest source of vibranium.

  39. An American in Toronto says at 3:42 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Clearly Obama needs to use these prominent Bidz.com ads to get a much cheaper ring for Michele.

  40. IonaTrailer says at 5:53 pm, December 2nd, 2008

    Guppy06: Cantaffordium and cocacolaite

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