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Michelle Obama says Americans will miss having a 'grown-up' in the White House
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Posted on 12/16/2016 7:28:28 PM PST by Sub-Driver

Michelle Obama says Americans will miss having a 'grown-up' in the White House

In interview with Oprah Winfrey, Obama says 'people will come to appreciate' her husband's presidency

Michelle Obama said the White House needs a "grown-up" and the U.S. will come to appreciate President Barack Obama.

In an interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air Monday night, Obama said the election has reinforced her view that her husband's administration was able to inspire hope "because we feel the difference now."

"Now we're feeling what not having hope feels like," she said. "You know? Hope is necessary. It's a necessary concept. And Barack didn't just talk about hope because he thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes.

"What do you give your kids if you can't give them hope?" she added.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; obamanation
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To: Sub-Driver

These people have learned nothing - absolutely nothing - over the past 8 years.


61 posted on 12/16/2016 8:36:14 PM PST by bkopto
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To: Sub-Driver
So says a transgendered male.
62 posted on 12/16/2016 8:37:51 PM PST by jmacusa (Election 2016. The Battle of Midway for The Democrat Party.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Why, yes, we have missed a grownup in the White House for some time now.


63 posted on 12/16/2016 8:38:00 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Swede Girl
The only footnote that will be positive about Obama will be that he was the first president of color.

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Not even. How much "color" do you need to be of color?

Obama has a bit more African blood than Eisenhower, but not much more.

Eisenhower's mom: Image and video hosting by TinyPic

Ike as a kid, 1/4 African:

Image and video hosting by TinyPic

64 posted on 12/16/2016 8:47:09 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Sub-Driver
Total Personal Staff members for US First ladies Mamie Eisenhower:
One - paid for personally, out of President's salary.

Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers
Jackie Kennedy: One
Lady Bird Johnson: One
Pat Nixon: One
Betty Ford: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Seven
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

Yep.....your eyes don't deceive you.
You want to read WASTE? ....Scroll on down.

Michele Obama's personal staff: Take a closer look
One.. $192,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $160,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Director of Policy And Projects)
Three.. $133,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (White House Social Secretary)
Four.. $122,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Director of Communications)
Five.. $120,000 - Winter, Melissa (Deputy Chief Of Staff)
Six.. $110,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff)
Seven.. $104,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary)
Eight.. $ 95,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance)
Nine.. $ 90,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects)
Ten.. $ 85,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $ 84,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $ 82,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator)
Thirteen.. $ 80,000 - Fitz, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director)
Fourteen.. $ 77,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide)
Fifteen.. $ 72,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary)
Sixteen.. $ 70,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide)
Seventeen.. $ 65,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence)
Eighteen.. $ 63,000 - Tubman, Samantha A. (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $ 60,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff)
Twenty.. $ 56,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One... $ 55,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two... $ 55,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence)

That's a Total...$2,075,200 in annual salaries - all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over ...

5 staff are Muslim and 13 African-American.

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.

This does not include:

"Makeup artist" Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49,

"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31,

Both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One on ALL Trips, Europe included.

As of 11/15/2015 the Obama Family has spent over $1,300,000,000 (one billion, three hundred million dollars) on personal family trips. They were personal, not political or Government related.

Copyright Canada Free Press

Yes...... The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is afraid that they might be considered racist.

65 posted on 12/16/2016 8:50:41 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: Sub-Driver
Total Personal Staff members for US First ladies Mamie Eisenhower:
One - paid for personally, out of President's salary.

Total number of Personal Staff Members paid by Tax Payers
Jackie Kennedy: One
Lady Bird Johnson: One
Pat Nixon: One
Betty Ford: One
Rosaline Carter: One
Barbara Bush: One
Hilary Clinton: Seven
Laura Bush: One
Michele Obama: Twenty-two

Yep.....your eyes don't deceive you.
You want to read WASTE? ....Scroll on down.

Michele Obama's personal staff: Take a closer look
One.. $192,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
Two.. $160,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Director of Policy And Projects)
Three.. $133,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (White House Social Secretary)
Four.. $122,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Director of Communications)
Five.. $120,000 - Winter, Melissa (Deputy Chief Of Staff)
Six.. $110,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff)
Seven.. $104,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary)
Eight.. $ 95,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance)
Nine.. $ 90,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects)
Ten.. $ 85,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Eleven.. $ 84,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
Twelve.. $ 82,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator)
Thirteen.. $ 80,000 - Fitz, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director)
Fourteen.. $ 77,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide)
Fifteen.. $ 72,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary)
Sixteen.. $ 70,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide)
Seventeen.. $ 65,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence)
Eighteen.. $ 63,000 - Tubman, Samantha A. (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
Nineteen.. $ 60,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff)
Twenty.. $ 56,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
Twenty-One... $ 55,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
Twenty-Two... $ 55,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence)

That's a Total...$2,075,200 in annual salaries - all for someone we did not vote for and apparently have no control over ...

5 staff are Muslim and 13 African-American.

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.

This does not include:

"Makeup artist" Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49,

"First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright, 31,

Both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One on ALL Trips, Europe included.

As of 11/15/2015 the Obama Family has spent over $1,300,000,000 (one billion, three hundred million dollars) on personal family trips. They were personal, not political or Government related.

Copyright Canada Free Press

Yes...... The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is afraid that they might be considered racist.

66 posted on 12/16/2016 8:51:21 PM PST by BluH2o
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To: Sub-Driver
Michelle Obama says Americans will miss having a 'grown-up' in the White House

So bitter. Get over it, Ms. Obama.
67 posted on 12/16/2016 9:04:07 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: BluH2o

O holy funk!!!!!!!!!

I did not know this.

Well, NOW I SEE WHY ALL HER HOPE IS GONE!!!!! Losing all those servants she doesn’t pay for!!!! Kind of like a plantation owner after his slaves were freed!!!!!

This needs max exposure.


68 posted on 12/16/2016 9:04:52 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Sub-Driver

...like a dog misses fleas


69 posted on 12/16/2016 9:09:43 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Sub-Driver

Your frustration is delicious, Michelle.

Give us more.


70 posted on 12/16/2016 9:13:58 PM PST by simpson96
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To: Sub-Driver

Can these people get any stupider? Just go away....please... I’m seriously beginning to think they are not going to let go. ;)


71 posted on 12/16/2016 9:14:20 PM PST by Shortstop7
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To: cloudmountain

“Am I being snide?”

Not snide enough.


72 posted on 12/16/2016 9:25:33 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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Grown-ups don’t insult their hosts on the way out.


73 posted on 12/16/2016 9:26:34 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Michelle Obama said the White House needs a “grown-up” and the U.S. will come to appreciate President Barack Obama.

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They used to say the same about Carter. That never happened, but he’s no longer the worst president.


74 posted on 12/16/2016 9:28:47 PM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Sub-Driver

We will finally have an adult in the White House. Dream on, Michelle.


75 posted on 12/16/2016 9:35:23 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Sub-Driver
You mean this "grown up" FLOTUS?


76 posted on 12/16/2016 9:50:11 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (Those that can, do, those that can't, work in the Beltway.)
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To: BluH2o
For what it's worth, here is the leftist Snopes.com's response to that set of data:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp

Snopes doesn't seem to understand that the problem is not the size of the staff per se, but who pays for it.

77 posted on 12/16/2016 10:18:53 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

When I lived in Milwaukee. My Black buddy Chuck would not date Black women. He said they were the nastiest women on the planet.


78 posted on 12/16/2016 10:57:01 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is that the best you got, Michelle. No words for our “f#cking flag” so many Americans have died for, which really represents the lives and liberty of American citizens? You never deserved the honor to live in the White House.


79 posted on 12/16/2016 11:22:57 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Yaelle

Amazing, I never knew...


80 posted on 12/16/2016 11:25:06 PM PST by Crucial
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