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Annette 2012/06/23 22:53:01

Obama's Chicago home gets foreclosed



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CHICAGO,
IL
- President Obama's Chicago homecoming on Wednesday was less
welcoming than he expected, as Obama was shocked to learn his Hyde Park
residence had been foreclosed upon some time last year. Obama was in
Chicago for a series of fundraisers and decided to visit his old home,
only to discover the locks had been changed and a new family had moved
in
.
Since his inauguration, President Obama had neglected to
make a single payment on the home he'd shared with his wife and two
daughters, while the house itself fell into grave disrepair
.

"The place started to become a real eyesore," said Kevin Deckman, who
owns a home on the opposite side of the street from the former Obama
residence. "The lawn was nothing but weeds, and there were a bunch of
stray cats that would come and go through an open window, I think. It
was a real health hazard. I had to tell my kids to stay away from the
Obama house so they wouldn't catch rabies.
"






Ironically, Obama had joked before heading to his old house that the untended structure was "bringing down property values"
in the neighborhood, which turned out to be true. Sheila Kravitz, a
retired schoolteacher, tried to sell her home on Obama's block last year
but couldn't, as any prospective buyer was uninterested in living next
to the decaying structure.

"They had a TV on in that house that
was on 24 hours a day for months," said Kravitz. "The volume was way up
and it was on one of the Spanish stations. Why would they be watching a
Spanish station in the first place? And then to leave it on full
blast? It's just so inconsiderate.
"
Daniel Broyles, a spinal
surgeon at the University of Chicago Medical Center, purchased the
former Obama home at a foreclosure auction last May and was headed to
his kitchen Wednesday night when he caught the president trying to jimmy
open the side door with a credit card. "He came through the door, and
we both had this moment where we were looking at each other like, 'What
are you doing?'" When Broyles explained to Obama the circumstances by
which he came to own the house, the president apologized and left
.

In Washington the next morning, Obama downplayed the foreclosure as a
minor inconvenience. "Whatever. It's cool," said Obama. "It's not
like the girls and I don't have anyplace else to go. So I was too busy
creating jobs and killing Osama bin Laden to remember to mail a check.
Whoops.
"
Obama added, "If anything, I think this shows other
Americans undergoing foreclosure that it doesn't matter if they're
irresponsible or bad with money, because so is their president.
"

[Personal comment: Can you believe he made those statements!?! Coming from a president, I am appalled!]
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  • ken 2012/06/24 14:43:55
    ken
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    This may have been meant for satire but it falls way short of that. The fact anyone actually believes it is just really sad. There a definitely some dumb sons of guns on sodahead.

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