Despite Martha's Vineyard deluge, Obamas dine out (M'Antoinette surfaces)

AP ^ | August 24, 2010 | MARK S. SMITH

[maggief]

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. — More drenching rain and wind gusts are in the forecast Tuesday for the vacationing President Barack Obama.

[windsorknot]

I’m thinking that Obama’s economic advisors are also Michelle’s fashion advisors.

[The Brush]

Looks like Michelle’s got a bun in the oven.

[mazda77]

Don’t be so crass! It’s a tall kitchen garbage bag! See the Hefty label at the bottom?

[CitizenM]

Michelle proving again - that no matter what ugly thing she wears, and where she got it from (a tablecloth, a shower curtain, a boat sail, a bag lady) - there must not be one iron for pressing clothes anywhere in the White House or in the hands of anyone of the hordes of Obama staffers who always accompany her.

But how I ROTFLing at FReeper clever comments here.

[hal ogen]

I think he interrupted her in the midst of a sack race out on the lawn. No time to change.

[ladyjane]

I don’t recall either of the Bush presidents shutting down traffic in Kennebunkport when they went out to dinner or went shopping in town.

If I were president I’d prefer to have small dinner parties at friends’ houses and at my vacation home rather than going out to restaurants. Very nouveau of the Obamas wanting to go out to fancy restaurants and be seen in public.

[Caipirabob]

What the heck is that thing she’s wearing? Aren’t the bloomers supposed to go underneath the skirt?

[Doc Savage]

First Family to destroy America maybe, but NOT my First Family! These two crooks are the LAST people I ever want to meet! I hope their stinkin’ vacation is a rainout from start to finish! Nice dress if you weigh 400 pounds with an ass like a water buffalo’s!

[nina0113]

Someone told the poor thing that if she wore high waisted dresses she would not appear so tall.

That's three-quarters of her wardrobe problem - she's trying to look short. Be tall! Be proud! Stop slouching and put on some heels.

[CAluvdubya]

Lady Gaga....brilliant!

At least it would be a step up for Big MO

[FrdmLvr]

They can go off when ever and where ever they like, throwing chaos into the works for miles around simply to satisfy their own selfishness, however they CAN NOT go across the street to CHURCH once a week as Presidents have done for 200 years because that would be too upsetting to the parishioners and the public to have them attend.

What a crock of sh*t these people foist upon us at every turn.

[FrdmLvr]

They can go off when ever and where ever they like, throwing chaos into the works for miles around simply to satisfy their own selfishness, however they CAN NOT go across the street to CHURCH once a week as Presidents have done for 200 years because that would be too upsetting to the parishioners and the public to have them attend.

What a crock of sh*t these people foist upon us at every turn.

[OldDeckHand]

I didn't grow up with that kind of money (either our own, or taxpayer money), but when our family went on family vacation - and later when I took my own family on family vacation - we actually did family things - like eat dinner together. Plus, my dad never went out by himself and his buddies and played golf for 5 hours, nor did I. I didn't start playing golf on vacation until my kids were old enough to go with me.

Why do (some) rich people have kids, especially when they seem to spend so little time with them?

[CAluvdubya]

Thanks for fixing it for me...LOL

[The Cajun]

I think she dresses that bad so the press can't say a thing. I mean if she dressed half way decent they could offer some critical comments, but this bad, what can they say.....really.

[CAluvdubya]

That's three-quarters of her wardrobe problem - she's trying to look short. Be tall! Be proud! Stop slouching and put on some heels.

Absolutely! She would look so much better!

[MisterArtery]

I always thought women with broad asses should not wear white skirts or pants. Wookie proves the point.

[FrankR]

I think it's a fitted bedsheet..."Queen" size.

First Lady Michelle Obama's Servant List and Pay Scale She Requires More Than Twenty Attendants!!!!!!!!!!

1. $172,2000 - 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)

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 - Lelyveld, 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=2 0Assistant 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, Samantha (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)


(This is community organizing at it's finest.)

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, when prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President's own pocket.

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. And that isn't anything compared to the rest of the story of that trip.


FRIENDS.....THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE????? AND WE ARE IN A RECESSION????? WELL....MOST OF US ARE. I GUESS IT'S OK TO SPEND WILDLY WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR OWN MONEY?????

Source: Canada Free Press

[CitizenM]

... after dinging with Valerie Jarrett, Cheryl Whitaker, and Eric Whitaker...

Spell check alert to the author of that. LOL, how sad he even bothered to attach his name to such a "newsworthy" NOT piece of junk. Of course, no one will care. Only Republicans get criticized for their misspellings...like of potatoe/potato I recall.

[Oratam]

after dinging with Valerie Jarrett, Cheryl Whitaker, and Eric Whitaker,

That's racist!