I received the following and checked it on Snopes. a left leaning
organization, and the link explains just how true it is.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp
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>
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> LAURA BUSH HAD (1) STAFFER
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> OBAMA'S LIBERAL SPENDING WIFE HAS (22) STAFFERS
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> THE COST WILL BLOW YOUR MIND--SHE HAS NEVER HAD A JOB AND HERS WAS
> GIVEN TO HER SICKENING USA MEDIA REFUSED TO RUN THIS
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> She needs one to dress her.
> The First Present Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
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> Dr. Paul L. Williams:
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> "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.
> 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 Miz Michelle are the same as
> members of the national security and defense departments and the bill
> for these assorted lackeys is paid by John Q. Public:
>
> 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 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, 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)
>
>
> Total: $1,510,000.00
> (1 million, five hundreds and ten thousand dollars ...per year salaries
> for
> the staff for the present first lady)
>
> 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 even Hillary, only had
> three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and 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 .
>
> Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
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> http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
> http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652
>
> Yeah, I know, The Canadian Free Press has to publish this because
> the USA media is too scared they might be considered racist.
> Sorry America !
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/08/michelle-obamas-staff/
This shows her staff is 24 and Not 22
Sounds wastefull to me :rolleye:
Sure those higher priced gals aintr being paid to light the prez's ceegars ? :wink: Jimmie
Wait till Christmas (if they dont celebrate Kwanza that is)
Santa will show up and say his merry
"Ho Ho Ho"
and the first lady and her staff will come running.