Irreplaceable Michelle Obama

WORKING THE SYSTEM 

Wow, she must have been really good at her job. At the top right hand corner of page 17 of the Post, January 24, 2009, was a column entitled, "Replacing Michelle" in the National Review, The Week.

Here it is as it appeared:

"Some employees are simply irreplaceable.  Take Michelle Obama: The University ofChicago Medical Center hired her in 2002 to run 'programs for community relations, neighborhood outreach, volunteer recruitment, staff diversity and minority contracting'.

In 2005 the hospital raised her salary from $120,000 to $ 317,000 - nearly twice what her husband made as a Senator.

Her husband, Barak Obama, had just become a U.S. Senator.  He requested a $1 million "Earmark" for the UC Medical Center.  Way to network, Michelle!

Now that Mrs. Obama has resigned, the hospital says her position will remain unfilled.  How can that be, if the work she did was vital enough to be worth $317,000?

Let me add that Michelle's position was a part-time, 20-hours-a-week job.

My thoughts: How did this bit of "quid pro quo" (scratch my back - I'll scratch yours) corruption escape the sharp reporters that dug through Sarah Palin's garbage and kindergarten files?

First Lady Michelle Obama steps out in Lanvin sneakers and they're only $540!

BY Amy Diluna DAILY NEWS FASHION EDITOR

Friday, May 1st 2009, 9:25 AM

Michelle Obama has taken casual to a haute new level.

While volunteering Wednesday at a D.C. food bank, the First Lady sported her usual J.Crew cardigan, a pair of utilitarian capri pants and, on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540.

That's right: These sneakers - suede, with grosgrain ribbon laces and metallic pink toe caps - are made by French design house Lanvin, one of fashion's hottest labels. They come in denim and satin versions, and have been a brisk seller all spring.

They're out of stock at posh Meatpacking District boutique Jeffrey, and Barneys New York boasts a limited selection of the sneaks, which are a cult favorite among fashionistas.

It's likely Michelle got hers through Ikram, the Chicago retailer that often outfits her.

"They're shoes," the First Lady's reps sniffed when curious reporters inquired about the fancy footwear.

Michelle has stepped out in Lanvin before while getting down to business. A week ago, she shoveled dirt at a tree planting while wearing the line's chiffon tank.

Dresses and strappy pumps cost upward of $1,500, while tops go for $400 to $1,000.

Other celebrity fans of Lanvin's costly kicks include Ellen DeGeneres and Kanye West, who has blogged about his faves.

As the family's primary dog walker, Michelle clearly requires comfortable footwear.

"I got up at 5:15 in the morning to walk my puppy," she joked Thursday. "That's how my day starts. Even though the kids are supposed to do a lot of the work, I'm still up at 5:15 a.m. taking my dog out."

She'll be trodding on New York's sidewalks Tuesday for the first time as First Lady. Michelle will meet with staff at the U.S. mission to the United Nations. Later, she headlines Time magazine's "100 most influential people" gala.

About Michelle :

Written by Dr. Paul L. Williams

"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 from her husband's salary.

Total Personal Staff members for other first ladies paid by taxpayers:
Mamie Eisenhower: One-- paid for personally out of President's salary.

Jackie Kennedy:         One

Roseline Carter:         One

Barbara Bush:            One 

Hilary Clinton:          Three

Laura Bush:              One

Michele Obama:         Twenty-two 
  
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 Ms. Michelle are the same as members of the national security and defense departments and the bill for these assorted lackeys is paid by YOU, 
John Q.Public.

Michele Obama's personal staff:

One..      $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)

Two..      $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of
                                Policy And Projects For The First Lady)

Three..    $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House
                                Social Secretary for Mrs. Obama)

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

Five..      $100,000 - Winter, Melissa (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First 
                                 Lady)

Six..          $90,000  - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

Seven..      $84,000 - Lilyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)

Eight..      $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)

Nine..       $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Project for the First Lady)

Ten..        $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)

Eleven..    $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B.(Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary) 
  
Twelve..    $62,000 - Goodman,  Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First 
                                  Lady)

Thirteen..  $60,000  Fitz, Alan O.(Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)

Fourteen..  $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)

Fifteen...    $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary To The First Lady)   
Sixteen..    $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide To The First Lady)

Seventeen..  $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)

Eighteen..  $43,000 - Tubman, Samanth a (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)

Nineteen..  $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)

Twenty..    $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)

Twenty-One.. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)

Twenty-Two.. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of  Correspondence for the First Lady)

Total..    $1,591,200 in annual salaries


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.

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 .


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Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press had to publish this, perhaps because America no longer has a free press and the USA media is too scared that they might be considered racist or suffer at the hands of Obama.

Sorry America !