Posted on 10/25/2009 8:53:02 AM PDT by Saije
Michelle Obama decided to go all in. Ever since her husband took office in January, the first lady has been cautious about the causes she embraced. But with her hometown of Chicago vying to host the 2016 Olympics, Michelle boarded a plane to Copenhagen last month to make a personal appeal. She brought along Oprah Winfrey, worked her sleeveless charm on the assembled dignitaries, and even lunched with the Queen of Denmark. Her efforts culminated in a passionate televised speech to the International Olympic -Committee—-perhaps her most high-profile advocacy ever. Then it all fell flat. Rio won the Olympic bid; Chicago never made it to the final round.***
OK, expectations were impossibly high when Michelle stepped into the role of first lady in January. African-American women in particular followed her every move—from her attention-getting wardrobe choices to her brief remarks on domestic policy. The truth is, she's done pretty much what she said she'd do. She's served as the "mom in chief" helping her family adjust to life in Washington. She's opened the White House doors to local residents for evenings of mentoring and jazz music. Her schedule—which is typically jampacked on the three days of the week she holds public events—has included more than 50 visits to schools and community centers. She's accompanied the president to seven countries on three different trips. She's also made good on her vow to take up the problems of military families by visiting bases regularly to personally hear their stories of pain and loss—tales she relays to White House staffers back home. She's even been Hula-Hooping with kids on the White House lawn to play up the virtues of exercise and healthy eating.
But I selfishly yearn for more...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
With fangs.
Well, there went breakfast.
Arm wrestling Champion ?
Maybe she can have a line of ugly wide belts for every occassion? WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH THOSE BELTS? Is she trying to make her waist look smaller or her boobs look bigger? I just don’t get it.
Why is it always a parade of victims with these libtards? Here's something Shelly ,the first sasquatch, can do SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT AMERICA!!!! I think that would shock a lot of people.
Seek help, Allison.
She probably has already territorily peed on the White House lawn.
Is she pregnant?
How will she make her mark?
By simply sitting on whatever needs to be marked.
Good one!
By pissing on a fire hydrant like a regular canine.
Like a skid mark on a fresh pair of Fruit of the Loons.
Nigerian Necklace....?
and we laughed and cheered. That was a good day and I wish the Obamas many, many more failures.
”How Will Michelle Obama Make Her Mark?”
How about this remarkable legacy as reported in the Canada Free Press on July 7, 2009?
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
From the Canada Free Press:
FIRST LADY REQUIRES MORE THAN TWENTY ATTENDANTS
July 7, 2009
Written by Dr. Paul L. Williams
"In my own life, in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much," she said. "See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service,” Michelle Obama
No, Michele Obama does not get paid to serve as the First Lady and she doesn't perform any official duties. But this hasn't deterred her from hiring an unprecedented number of staffers to cater to her every whim and to satisfy her every request in the midst of the Great Recession. Just think, Mary Lincoln was taken to task for purchasing china for the White House during the Civil War. And Mamie Eisenhower had to shell out the salary for her personal secretary from her husband's salary.
Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: 1 paid for personally out of President's salary
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Roseline Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hilary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22
How things have changed! If you're one of the tens of millions of Americans facing certain destitution, earning less than subsistence wages stocking the shelves at Wal-Mart or serving up McDonald cheeseburgers, prepare to scream and then come to realize that the benefit package for these servants of Ms Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, John Q. Public:
Michele Obama's personal staff:
1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lel yveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(total = $1,591,200 in annual salaries)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady's social life. One wonders why she needs so much help, at taxpayer expense.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe. (There is no mention of a Hulu Hoop Instructor; it must have been a temporary position.)
Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press had to publish this perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is too scared that they might be considered racist or suffer at the hands of Obama.
SICKENING.........ISN'T IT?
Update: First Lady Now Requires 26 Servants
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/13827
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