Mrs. Obama Gives It Up

From The Swamp (Chicago Tribune), Christi Parsons writes that wealthy U.S. left-wing Senator Barack Obama's wealthy wife has - finally - quit her job at a major Wal-Mart supplier. Apparently, demands by Andy Martin, made last week, have apparently had an impact. Martin is a Chicago-based Internet journalist, broadcaster and media critic who held a press conference on Tuesday, May 15th. He demanded that Michelle Obama resign her position on the Board of Treehouse Foods. Andy Martin asked Michelle Obama to step down from Wal-Mart supplier Treehouse. Martin says Mrs. Obama should end her "conflict of interest." He said it is hypocritical for Sen. Obama to attack Wal-Mart while his wife sits on the board of one of Wal-Mart's biggest suppliers. Michelle Obama resigned her position as a director of Treehouse Foods today, ending the relationship with the Wal-Mart supplier that had threatened to become a problem for her husband, Barack Obama, in his bid for the Democratic nomination for president. Treehouse supplies pickles and other specialty foods to Wal-Mart, a frequent target of union leaders who say the company treats its workers unfairly. Michelle Obama cited increased demands on her time for resigning the position, which she had held since the summer of 2005. FULL STORY at the Chicago Tribune... RELATED: Obama called hypocrite for wife's Wal-Mart link Obamas report earning $991000 last year Obama's 2006 income drops Chicago Tribune Andy Martin