Desiree Rogers..."they never lifted a finger to help me"

The New York Times ^ | 3/12/2010 | Peter Baker

[ColoradoAce]

" For Ms. Rogers, associates said the episode proved a searing experience that has soured her on Washington. She believes she was left largely undefended by the White House, by her colleagues, including Mr. Axelrod, Robert Gibbs and even her close friend, Valerie Jarrett."

[GeronL]

It might be her real name.

Unless its Shimonequa or something

[Raymann]

“What kind of name is “Desiree” anyways? Sounds like the kind of name, that a call girl would use, to me.”

It’s a pretty common French name, goes back centuries. I think there was a french born queen of Sweden by that name.

[AU72]

When they hold the 10 year reunion of those Obama threw under the bus they will have rent out RFK Stadium.

[bigbob]

She should be worth another scintillating hour of television excellence on the Glenn Beck Show.

[hsalaw]

an incredibly successful leader of a team here that turned out 330 events over 13 months

The Obozo is a lazy bum who does nothing but party. And spend other people's money, having never made any himself.

[dead]

Hey Desiree, Harden the ____ up!

(one foul word at link, over and over and over...

[GnuHere]

HAHAHA! Karma’s a b*tch, Little Miss Elite Snot-Nose. Go cry on your State Dinner dress - it looked like a bunch of towels sewn together anyway, so should be very absorbent.

[frithguild]

[YHAOS]

It’s the company you keep Mz Rogers. If they have cooties, you get cooties.

[nina0113]

This is Washington. If you want loyalty, get a dog.

[nina0113]

I think there was a french born queen of Sweden by that name.

Who was engaged to Napoleon before he married Josephine, yes really! There's a movie (made from the book) and Marlon Brando played Napoleon.

[nj patriot]

Oh, so the story that she was leaving to get back into the business world was not true? Was she pushed out?

Did Desiree forget she was the hired help?

[Argus]

Yeah, Desiree Clary married Count Bernadotte, who was one of Napoleon’s marshals, and became queen when the Swedes made Bernadotte their king. There’s a movie with Marlon Brando as Napoleon, Jean Simmons as Desiree.

[maggief]

The White House eventually clamped down on her public profile. She was ordered to stop attending splashy events and showing up in fancy clothes on magazine covers. When Michelle Obama learned one day that Ms. Rogers was on a train heading to New York to attend an MTV dinner, the first lady told her longtime friend to cancel, associates said.

Sounds to me like she was upstaging the queen.

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[marron]

The White House eventually clamped down on her public profile. She was ordered to stop attending splashy events and showing up in fancy clothes... Sounds to me like she was upstaging the queen.

Exactly. That was my impression too.

[maggief]

The White House eventually clamped down on her public profile. She was ordered to stop attending splashy events and showing up in fancy clothes on magazine covers. When Michelle Obama learned one day that Ms. Rogers was on a train heading to New York to attend an MTV dinner, the first lady told her longtime friend to cancel, associates said.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

...girl ain’t to bright, is she?

Another Harvard grad, LOL!

from the article:

She got to know the Obamas some 20 years ago through her husband at the time, who went to Princeton University with Michelle Obama’s brother, Craig Robinson.

It's time to buy a bigger bus---damned crowded under there.

[TigersEye]

He threw his grandmother and his pastor of twenty years under the bus. What did you expect?

[YHAOS]

"Was she pushed out?"

Looks like.

"Did Desiree forget she was the hired help?"

That may be true also. She still got cooties because the company she keeps has cooties.