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My Comments (15 so far…)
The Palin Book, as Dear Margo Sees It
The Palin Book, as Dear Margo Sees It
Michelle Obama ... A Rage in Red!
Michelle Obama ... A Rage in Red!
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
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