First Lady is a financial nightmare

[txlonghorn]

First Lady requires more than 20 attendants

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 for the First Lady)

4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)

5. $ 102,000-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) The chief of staff needs an assistant????

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) Again...an assistant for an assistant.

11. $ 65,000- Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) Oh wait...there's TWO assistants for an assistant

12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady) Can someone explain the difference between a social secretary and an events coordinator???? And note again...this is a "DEPUTY" ... fancy word for assistant for the assistant.

13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady) This assistant to the assistant handles advanced scheduling of travel for Michelle. In other words, he makes SIXTY GRAND A YEAR as a part time travel agent.

14. Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady) I have NO idea what she does.... shoe organizer maybe???

15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady) still more deputy positions. I'm getting sick

16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady) Oh wow....another travel agent and vacation slave for DIVA MICHELLE

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)

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST GROTESQUE ABUSE OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS IMAGINABLE....

Anybody still think she's not an elitist?????

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.



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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[asaratis]

...was coming.

It will set precedence for future First Ladies to have bigger payrolls doled out for their own staffs of personal servants.

Michelle likely needs that many people to serve her because they are each as efficient as government employees can be. Personally, I think she should have only one assistant...and zero traveling hair dressers. If she can't tend to her own hair and makeup like most American women do, she's not fit to be First Lady anyway. What a pompous ass.

Of course the Obamas are elitists. Barack's nose is so far in the air, he looks like a Frenchman viewing his property.

I'll bet you that somewhere on their staff and not listed above are some personal nanny's, baby sitters and escorts for the Obama children...all paid for with our tax money.

 

[anna]

Most of the staff are women!!! She's bi sexual and her hubby is also!!

 

[Dis]

Most of the staff are women!!! She's bi sexual and her hubby is also!!

Who gives a shit?

 

[bodecea]

Boy, I remember Nancy Reagan!

 

[Annie]

I thought Laura Bush a lovely person, from both personal meetings with her and how she spoke as first lady and since about Michelle. I just don't think the idea that there's a huge difference between staff is really relevant or fair:

Michelle Obama’s paid staff vs Laura Bush’s paid staff – UPDATE – PNN « Snow Report Blog

 

[anna]

who gives a shit??? maybe we do!!! the husseins are playing the happy family!!! what ever happened to the three black gay guys from trinity church aka hate on whitey church??? they turned up dead!!! oh my, someone wanted to keep hussein's gay lovers quiet!!! lol

 

[Dis]

who gives a shit??? maybe we do!!! the husseins are playing the happy family!!! what ever happened to the three black gay guys from trinity church aka hate on whitey church??? they turned up dead!!! oh my, someone wanted to keep hussein's gay lovers quiet!!! lol

How old are you? Seriously..Don't you have a therapy session to attend, or a dose of medicine to ingest?

 

[txlonghorn]

I thought Laura Bush a lovely person, from both personal meetings with her and how she spoke as first lady and since about Michelle. I just don't think the idea that there's a huge difference between staff is really relevant or fair:

Michelle Obama’s paid staff vs Laura Bush’s paid staff – UPDATE – PNN « Snow Report Blog

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

 

[Annie]

I thought Laura Bush a lovely person, from both personal meetings with her and how she spoke as first lady and since about Michelle. I just don't think the idea that there's a huge difference between staff is really relevant or fair:

Michelle Obama’s paid staff vs Laura Bush’s paid staff – UPDATE – PNN « Snow Report Blog

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

Perhaps you do. Laura had many more than 1 staff.

 

[jillian]

Most of the staff are women!!! She's bi sexual and her hubby is also!!

Who gives a shit?

apparently, the insane, racist freak who likes spreading lies does.

 

[jillian]

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

Actually, this subject was dealt with weeks ago. It's bogus... and Michelle and Laura's staff cost almost exactly the same.

Now stop spreading trash.

 

[txlonghorn]

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

Actually, this subject was dealt with weeks ago. It's bogus... and Michelle and Laura's staff cost almost exactly the same.

Now stop spreading trash.

No Jillian, you're wrong. AGAIN.

If you spent half as much time researching things as you did spouting off at the ass, you wouldn't look nearly as stupid as you do.

Who cares if it was dealt with weeks ago? I brought it up again. It's relative and telling of this president and his diva wife. Regardless of your opinion.

 

[jillian]

No Jillian, you're wrong. AGAIN.

If you spent half as much time researching things as you did spouting off at the ass, you wouldn't look nearly as stupid as you do.

Who cares if it was dealt with weeks ago? I brought it up again. It's relative and telling of this president and his diva wife. Regardless of your opinion.

actually, YOU are the one who is wrong again. As I said, this has been dealt with on the board already.

And if you spent half as much time doing research as you do listening to wingnut freaks, then perhaps you'd get it right at least some of the time.

Thanks for playing.

And you brought a LIE up again, because you're a loser.

 

[bodecea]

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

Actually, this subject was dealt with weeks ago. It's bogus... and Michelle and Laura's staff cost almost exactly the same.

Now stop spreading trash.

No Jillian, you're wrong. AGAIN.

If you spent half as much time researching things as you did spouting off at the ass, you wouldn't look nearly as stupid as you do.

Who cares if it was dealt with weeks ago? I brought it up again. It's relative and telling of this president and his diva wife. Regardless of your opinion.

Classic trick.

 

[EriktheRed]

You don't see a huge difference??? REALLY??? How about hundreds of thousands of dollars a year difference?

Apparently you missed it Annie. And the info you site comes from a blog?

Actually, this subject was dealt with weeks ago. It's bogus... and Michelle and Laura's staff cost almost exactly the same.

Now stop spreading trash.

No Jillian, you're wrong. AGAIN.

If you spent half as much time researching things as you did spouting off at the ass, you wouldn't look nearly as stupid as you do.

Who cares if it was dealt with weeks ago? I brought it up again. It's relative and telling of this president and his diva wife. Regardless of your opinion.

Well, I guess we'll see you at the forefront of decrying luxuries for First Ladies whenever the GOP takes back the WH, right? I mean, I'm sure you must find it equally apalling that the previous First Lady had a similar budget, right?

 

[Political Junky]

Boy, I remember Nancy Reagan!

I do too .. Nancy loved those Galanos gowns, didn't she, and flying her hairdresser around on Air Force One.