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Her staff is far larger than any other FLOTUS in history.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkyPunks
Between this and the other thread - you just really have it out for her, don't you? Give it a rest, every other First Lady was the same. Nothing is different for Obama's family.
Do a little research on the size of her staff. It's mind-boggling.
Typical - I love how they just make up numbers completely and the far-right buys into it:
"First lady Michelle Obama’s staff is no different in size than that of her predecessor, Laura Bush -- around 25 people -- and is based on a similar staffing model," said McCormick-Lelyveld. "So suggestions that our staff is larger are wrong. While every first lady approaches the job differently, the responsibilities of the office of the first lady have grown over the years to include planning and hosting hundreds of events at the White House and across the city of D.C., planning and supporting domestic and foreign travel with and without President Obama, receiving, cataloging and responding to thousands of pieces of mail, and supporting the first lady’s active schedule in support of the President -- hence the staff size for both Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Obama."
Of course, if her staff was smaller than previous First Ladies, the right-wing nuts would be here screaming about how she's "not creating jobs for Americans!" or something. As usual, Obama Derangement Syndrome prohibits any rational discourse and prevents the victim from looking at history or verifying facts on their own vs. believing whatever partisan lies that drip from the mouth of paid stooges on hate-radio.
Not to mention, IF she was a less active first-lady, as there were in the past - you'd all probably be making threads calling her lazy, saying she should do more like past first ladies did. Damned if she do, damned if she doesn't.
These threads make it awfully apparent that your disdain for Mrs. Obama stems from a place of irrational hatred.
Uh...he's technically right, though. First Ladies don't get a salary, but do advocate for important issues. With First Lady Obama, it's veteran's issues and healthy lifestyles. With Laura Bush (and Barbara Bush)' it was literacy. With Hillary Clinton, it was health care, and of course, Nancy Reagan was a staunch opponent of illegal drugs. What you call "whining" is simply a fact that's been around for decades - check out Eleanor Roosevelt, as one example.
So basically...maybe you should take your own advise, and stop whining.
Perhaps she can find another hospital that will set up a fake job for her like she had back before her hubby became president.
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