From Drudge and Mail Online
Is this out of his own pocket ? Did someone give him the money? Is the money from campaign funds?
Just asking since my stocks are down and the economy is in the crapper!
Hope and change, hope and change.
"Barack Obama to buy rare £20,000 gold ring for his wife to say 'thanks for your support'
By Mail Foreign Service
Last updated at 1:31 AM on 02nd December 2008" Barack Obama to buy rare £20,000 gold ring for his wife to say 'thanks for your support' | Mail Online
Michelle Obama is to receive this £20,000 thank you from her husband for her support during the election.
The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal --and encrusted with diamonds. It is being hastily made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco in time for January's inauguration ceremony.
Only about 25 tons of rhodium are mined each year, mostly in South Africa, and as a result its price is typically around £5,000 an ounce.
Update - the ring is worth $30,000.00 U S dollors.
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