I hate these types of stories. Keep in mind. Democrats will not ALWAYS be in the White House. We are so short sighted in our complaints. If we do away with the office of First Lady for Michelle, we will get rid of the Office of First Lady for Gloria Cain, Anita Perry, Mrs. Gingrich, Mr. Bachmann, or whoever is our President in January 2013. Someday Mr. Palin will need the office. Keep the office, Michelle Obama won’t be using it after January 2013. Just to ensure that I am right about our complaints, not one time in EIGHT years did any FREEPER or Republican for that matter complain about Laura having this office.
This is wrong. The First Lady is NOT elected and has accountability to no one. Some First Ladies are more objectionable than others and take their status AS First Lady as complete license to do and say what they want, nevermind the cost or consequences. Evita is the best example of how they may and often DO overstep. It is the height of arrogance and bad form for any First Lady to forget that her actions and behavior reflect upon and are paid for by taxpaying Americans.
Obviously the republicans are as dirty as the dems. It’s the only reason I can come up with to explain why they’re not doing anything about the corruption.
To paraphrase rollo’s very apt remark, the occupants of the White House are not royalty-and they should not be given a credit card with no limit on personal spending. I think first ladies should manage their own households in a way that reflects the mood of the times-and times are hard right now. Michelle Obama has made the phrase “let them eat cake” relevant again.
And at the risk of being pedantic, Elliot Spitzer’s girlfriend would be a “shoo-in”, not a “shoe-in!”