Posted on 08/17/2009 1:05:59 PM PDT by Psion
Recession, Depression, What, Michelle Worry? – Part Two
Mrs. Obama Demands Small Army of Attendants
By
Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.
"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.
We were wrong.
Michelle Obama, as we reported on July 7, is not served by twenty-two attendants who stand by to cater to her every whim.
She is served by twenty-six attendants, including a hair dresser and make-up artist.
The annual cost to taxpayers for such unprecedented attention is approximately $1,750,000 without taking into account the expense of the lavish benefit packages afforded to every attendant.
Little did American voters realize the call for “change” would result in the establishment of an Obama oligarchy.
The discovery of the additional attendants was made by D’Angelo Gore of factcheck.org and by calls to Katie McCormick Lelyyeld, Michelle Obama’s press secretary.
Mr. Gore launched his investigation of the First Lady’s staff in the wake of an appeared on thelastcrusade.org and Canada Free Press on July 7.
(Excerpt) Read more at thelastcrusade.org ...
I withdraw my remarks. I did read that Laura had one, but I was just surfing and read somewhere else that she had quite a few in reality.
So I think I'll just back out quietly since I don't really know what I'm talking about. Maybe someone else has better information.
Yes, I saw that too, it was a lie. Laura Bush had more than 20 staff for being First Lady as well.
Seems like we get this posted here about once every five days, with various degrees of uncalled for apoplexy.
They must be on a permanent vacation.
“Does the number of attendants include Secret Service security detail and travel personnel?”
Read the article. I did.
I guess I won’t be getting that iPod from the Obamas.
Yes, see my post 21.
I found a list of something like 15 for her.
We can start to call her Michelle Antoinette.
The reader’s comments are the best!
If this woman has a stylist they need to be fired. She is constantly embarrassing our country with her “outfits” and “styles” as well as her words
True, but it does seem like the list keeps growing.
Yeah, but consider what they have to work with. I'm surprised it is only 26!
That's the Obama’s
Why would Mr. Gore launch an investigation on this first lady’s staff? And why does the link lead back to freerepublic? Is there any credibility to this?
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What if (as I suspect is the case) the stylist is doing the absolute best job possible?
Does Mrs. Obama have an unprecedented number of staffers in a time when 34 million Americans – - a record number – - rely on food stamps to feed their families.
The answer, as D’Angelo Gore of factcheck.org discovered, is yes.
When questioned by Mr. Gore, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, Michelle Obama’s press secretary, said that the First Lady does retain a staff of more than twenty who remain at her beck and call. But the actual number is 24, not 22, as the article reported.
Mrs. Lelyyeld failed to provide the names of the two additional attendants to Mrs. Obama. But she did confirm that six staffers who do not have “first lady” in their title but are a part of the First Lady’s office staff, such as Desiree Rogers, who bears the title “Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary,” and Natalie Bookey, who is listed as a “staff assistant.”
What’s more, even a list of 24 would be incomplete since it would fail to include the names of makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and “First Hairstylist” Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One and provide Mrs. Obama with daily attention.
My thoughts exactly! TOTUS looks more feminine than FLOTUS.
WTF!?! She's packing a bulge in her shorts coming down those steps.
Looks like a jock strap.
‘What if (as I suspect is the case) the stylist is doing the absolute best job possible? “
Probably the case!
Have you seen her college photos??
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