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Posted By gbudavid 1 week ago in Political NewsRecession, Depression, What Michelle Worry, First Lady requires more than twenty attendants
“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
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mesodude1 week ago
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The Anatomy and Dissection of Right Wing Propaganda – The Michelle Obama Edition
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NoWayMan1 week ago
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where'd you get that fantasy number?
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laura bush had 22.
betty ford had 28.
nancy reagan took a staff of 18 with her when she traveled, including a hairdresser, nurse, and personal photographer. her at-home staff was even larger.
so stfu.
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Sabretooth1 week ago
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Just to be fair since the right knows nothing about that...
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Laura Bush had been 24 and 26 staffers by the end of Georgie's term and apparently Mrs Ford had about the same. This begs the question...Do you actually have a point you are trying to make here, or just rambling on with the hate as usual? Nice to see the herd up and feeding at the trough with their usual lack of information, let the circle fest continue my delusional friends. -
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Klarissa1 week ago
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Natureboy1 week ago
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Indeed, much as I can't help wondering why Glen Beck won't come forward and publicly deny that awful rumor that he raped and murdered a girl in 1990.
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And why Rush and Bill O'Reilly haven't publicly divulged their whereabouts at the time it was alleged to have happened. -
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mesodude1 week ago
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"Michelle comes across as being a lot smarter than Barack. I have to wonder how much influence she has in his decision making. And, how much conflict there is between Jarrett, Emanuel, and Michelle."
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--What does any of your response have to do with the subject of this story? -
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GehlLady1 week ago
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I agree she's very busy! A woman with a full time career, a husband, and 2 children in private life is busy enough, I can't imagine her work load as First Lady.
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With the type of positions she's held, she is obviously very smart, and probably the reports of her influence on her husband are true. I doubt there would be much conflict with Jarret, but Emmanuel?
Maybe so.......their priorities are probably different regarding her husband.
As to the "attendants', "over 20" doesn't sound out of line with previous First Ladies to me. -
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Bacalao1 week ago
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AHH, nothing says quality American journalism like the Canadian Free Press. I neg stories from this source without wasting my time reading them anymore. They make Fox "news" look like the most liberal and trustworthy news source ever.
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pc251 week ago
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unfortunately with the OMEDIA in place the only place one can look is outside the states.....
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remember this confessional from the Washinton Post on the election
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/11...
The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces (58) about McCain than there were about Obama (32), and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.
Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Post reporters, photographers and editors -- like most of the national news media -- found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic.
Aside from the numbers, the omissions were really what drove most media analysts wild. Howell agreed:
Obama deserved tougher scrutiny than he got, especially of his undergraduate years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling in Chicago. The Post did nothing on Obama's acknowledged drug use as a teenager.
keep drinking the kool aid bro............you people dont even realize you have been had even when the papers tell you they lied to you. They laugh and mock you every day and you stll look the other way like the naive, and cluesless ODROIDS you are.
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Dionys1 week ago
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"$172,2000 - Sher, Susan (CHIEF OF STAFF)
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$140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST LADY)"
Here are the first two people on the list.
The rest is just as ridiculous.
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pc251 week ago
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/01/more_miche...
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. Michelle Obama Announces More Key Staff for First Lady's Office
WASHINGTON - Mrs. Michelle Obama today announced the following staff for the First Lady's Office: David Medina as Deputy Chief of Staff, Jocelyn Frye as Director of Policy and Projects, Trooper Sanders as Deputy Director of Policy and Projects, Franny Starkey Sanguin as Director of Scheduling and Advance, Jennifer Goodman as Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events, Dana M. Lewis as Personal Aide, Kristen Jarvis as Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide, Tyler Lechtenberg as Director of Correspondence, Ebs Burnough as Deputy Social Secretary, Joe Reinstein as Deputy Social Secretary, Sally Armbruster as Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary, Joe Boswell as Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff, and Natalie Bookey as Staff Assistant.
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pc251 week ago
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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/07/06/what-miche...
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What Michelle Obama's Staffers Earn-
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mesodude1 week ago
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Wow...Let me count the ways this poster AND the story are way the hell out of bounds. First, why is Propeller allowing this long ago debunked folklore to be repeatedly posted here by the same crackpot loser cons and why didn't the craven conjob who posted this again link it to the stories (I know I posted at least two) which have debunked it? Surely the aforementioned clownish cockroach who reposted this CRAP was presented with the option to link the stories (but deliberately decided to post this garbage again anyway. And why is this CRAP posted under "Political News"? Just wondering... ;-0
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Klarissa1 week ago
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eforum.reviewjournal.com/lv/showthread.php?t=35587
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Michelle's staff
Recession, Depression, What, Michelle Worry?
July 7, 2009
Dr. Paul L. Williams
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.
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. 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. Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) -
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Klarissa1 week ago
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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. 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. 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. Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
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There has never been anyone in the White House at any time that 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 travelled aboard Air Force One to Europe .
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Klarissa1 week ago
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Factcheck.org:
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We contacted Katie McCormick Lelyveld, Michelle Obama’s press secretary, to check the list’s accuracy. Lelyveld told us in an e-mail that the first lady’s current staff size is actually 24, not 22, as the chain e-mail claims. Lelyveld couldn’t provide a list of the staffers at that time.
The combined annual salaries for the 22 staffers we can specifically identify as working for Michelle Obama come to $1.6 million. For the 18 we could identify as working for Laura Bush in 2008, the total is $1.4 million." -
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greenmac6 days, 23 hours ago
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Required reading.....
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epiphannyy6 days, 17 hours ago
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Just the latest in a long line of non-stories that prove the hypocrisy so eagerly embraced by the right in their efforts to feign outrage over all things Obama.
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Do they honestly not recognize how foolish these things make them look? When her staff is not only comparable, but less expensive than previous staffs for other First Ladies, what exactly is it they are trying to prove? That she's a fiscally responsible First Lady in comparison to her predecessor? Because honestly, that is ALL they prove with this list no matter how much they try and spin it into something else.
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EKB_6 days, 10 hours ago
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Apparently at least 32 people have propped this article. If you propped this article please tell us why?
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Do you believe it was factual?
Do you support the agenda of the article regardless of the facts?
Do you just prop anything that bashes obama?
Do you just prop anything that the other cons on the board post or prop?
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