Oh, boo hoo. The same old Michelle bashers just wish it was Cindy McCain on that cover ,and they would be drooling uncontrollably with admiration and lavish praise.

This is about Michelle Obama and why Glamour chose her for the cover.  She looks lovely.  This is not about President Obama or his policies.  It is not about the Bush administration or Laura and the twins ( all lovely).  It is about the current First Lady. That’s it.

I have been given advice when commenting on the weekly Liz Peek articles.  If I don’t like it, I’ve been advised, then don’t read her. 

I offer that same advice now.  If you don’t like the First Lady, don’t look at her, don’t respond to this post or any other media buzz about her.   And calm down.

 

I guess glamour polled young girls she topped the list as the top fashionista? Makes me wonder who was glamour’s top pic 5 years ago?

Mr. Wow - It’s definitely the liberal crowd that needs to be nervous right now.  Am watching the Virginia and New Jersey election returns, and it’s almost a sweep for Republican candidates.

Folks are angry…disappointed…and the last thing most of us want to see is the President’s wife all decked out in red, on the cover of Glamour.  It’s a reminder that the only shopping most of us are doing this year is in our own closets.

OMG - it’s a fashion magazine. They all have $$$$$ clothes etc..  They also have covers with lovely women who have all been photoshopped, but Michelle seems to be getting crucified again for her cover shot. She is the first lady…like it or not. I suspect the real deep down feeling a lot of you have is because she is black, and that will always have you criticizing anything she does. This is a holiday issue, and what better than to have her dressed in holiday red? Give her a break.

Lizzie R.  I do not see a "crucifixion" here of the First Lady.  There has been back-and-forth comments regarding the number of staff;  there has been some slight ridicule of the media hype;  and, there has been some honest disagreement.  I’ve not seen anything directed at the First Lady that was mean spirited.  There has certainly been none of the vile and ugly personal comments as directed at either Cindy McCain or Sarah Palin.

Give us a break.

When are we going to stop looking at color and look at the person.  "It’s what’s on the inside that counts".  The Obamas have shown over and over how much they care about everyone.  Michelle looks beautiful in Red and is giving young people hope.  We all should be doing the same.  Something from the 60’s group "We walkthe walk, but can we talk the talk."

From the Canada Free Press :
First  Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
July 7, 2009

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 : 1    paid for personally out of President’s salary
Jackie Kennedy: 1
Rosalyn Carter: 1
Barbara Bush: 1
Hilary Clinton: 3
Laura Bush: 1
Michele Obama: 22

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:
1. $172,200 - Sher, Susan (Chie f 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 Mrs. Obama)
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 - Lel yveld, 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, Samanth a (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 = $1,591,200 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 .
>
> Copyright 2009 Canada Free Press.Com
> canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652 <http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12652>
>
> 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 !
>
> SICKENING………ISN’T  IT?

by Dr.Paul L. Williams

Ellen - SICKENING…INDEED!!! Thank you for posting the truth.

Kindly do not call us racist because we oppose this president’s agenda and the damage he intends to do and is doing to this country. The liberal media can tell us how great the Obamas are ad nauseum, but that doesn’t mean we believe it. Red was a great color for Michelle’s dress- it’s indicative of their politics.