Her predecessor had them, too. Back then, it was a good thing. Now very bad.
Context was a joke.
/whine much? sheesh

She is - of course - the first First Lady to ever have those...

I can just picture her in her trampy sleeveless gown ordering her servants to smother her arugula with Dijon mustard. God I hate those elitists SOOOO much!!1!

"Everyone should have a chief of staff and a set of personal assistants," Obama said with a laugh as she spoke before a crowd of business executives meeting today during a "Corporate Voices for Working Families" conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

"Well if that isn't socialist, then I don't know what is."

... and yes, that above post is a joke.

Yes, everyone should have aides. And I'm sure Michelle Obama will personally give aides to every underpriviliged child in Africa.

She should conscript conservatives and force them to do this for no pay. It'd be a good learning experience for them and let them make a positive contribution to their country for a change.

That is uppity.

Mordant: She should conscript conservatives and force them to do this for no pay. It'd be a good learning experience for them and let them make a positive contribution to their country for a change.

You're RaR's puppetmaster, aren't you?

Surely relevant in some way

What's with this Obama spicy mustard business? Is it Dijon or Bavarian? Because if anyone criticizes Bavarian mustard, I will have to run them over in my VW Golf.

First Lady Makes Joke

When I win Powerball, I'm hiring both...and both will be midgets.

All y'all Right Wingers should switch from Faux News and go over to Comedy Central once in awhile. You might learn to recognize irony and humor. Plus a few other things.

Kidding aside, it seems like she and Barry Hussein Osama-bin-Marx have done an all-right job raising those kids. They appear to be decent young girls.

/yes, I said the same about Jenna & Barb
//yeah, and Chelsea too
///whatever

Let's see here. She doesn't have to cook, cos that's all done for her. She doesn't have to raise the brats, cos there's white house nannies at her disposal. She doesn't have to clean cos there's maids all over the place. She doesn't work at that hospital that got all the porkbarrel money any more. What does she do other than buy makeup and drink wine on the couch and go shopping for expensive things and occasionally go give a 15 minutes speech? I guess she needs the personal assistant to answer her calls and a chief of staff to order more caviar to go with her wine so she doesn't have to speak to the 'normies' lol

Wight Power: Surely relevant in some way

...would that be the Republican Party after 8 years of Bush rebranding?!?

/zing!

How did the subby miss the first paragraph?

First lady Michelle Obama called her "current life" in the White House "a very blessed situation, because I have what most families don't have -- tons of support all around, not just my mother, but staff and administration. I have a chief of staff and a personal assistant, and everyone needs that."

And then followed with...

"Everyone should have a chief of staff and a set of personal assistants," Obama said with a laugh as she spoke before a crowd of business executives meeting today during a "Corporate Voices for Working Families" conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

But would that personal assistant have their own personal assistant? Would it be personal assistants all the way down?

IXI Jim IXI: When I win Powerball, I'm hiring both...and both will be midgets.

And I'll bet you'll put the pots and pans in the top cupboard. You cruel, cruel man.

All2morrowsparTs: with a laugh

I just hear that snide, condescending rich person laugh. "Why doesn't everyone have box seats to the opera, ha ha ha" or "I don't know why anyone would ever eat a steak not imported from Argentina, ha ha ha".

Shaggy_C: Let's see here. She doesn't have to cook, cos that's all done for her. She doesn't have to raise the brats, cos there's white house nannies at her disposal. She doesn't have to clean cos there's maids all over the place. She doesn't work at that hospital that got all the porkbarrel money any more. What does she do other than buy makeup and drink wine on the couch and go shopping for expensive things and occasionally go give a 15 minutes speech? I guess she needs the personal assistant to answer her calls and a chief of staff to order more caviar to go with her wine so she doesn't have to speak to the 'normies' lol

Gosh, it's almost hard to believe you're single. Catch this one before he gets away, ladies!

b - b - b - but Bush!

(Is that how it works?)

Mr_Fabulous: /yes, I said the same about Jenna & Barb

Wait...you said that Jenna & Barb seemed like 'decent young girls'?

Car_Ramrod: But would that personal assistant have their own personal assistant? Would it be personal assistants all the way down?

Turtles

Anti_illuminati: And I'll bet you'll put the pots and pans in the top cupboard. You cruel, cruel man.

Damn straight. If I'm hiring midgets, I'm hiring them for entertainment. Do you think I care how good they are at writing shorthand?

All2morrowsparTs: Turtles


Ready to take dictation

OMG.... she is soooo beautiful.

Shaggy_C: All2morrowsparTs: with a laugh

I just hear that snide, condescending rich person laugh. "Why doesn't everyone have box seats to the opera, ha ha ha" or "I don't know why anyone would ever eat a steak not imported from Argentina, ha ha ha".

You hear what you want to hear - that which reinforces your prejudice. Normal people her a woman making a joke.

IXI Jim IXI: Anti_illuminati: And I'll bet you'll put the pots and pans in the top cupboard. You cruel, cruel man.

Damn straight. If I'm hiring midgets, I'm hiring them for entertainment. Do you think I care how good they are at writing shorthand?

what you did, there I see

I thought making a joke was bad? I mustard been mistaken.

IXI Jim IXI: Anti_illuminati: And I'll bet you'll put the pots and pans in the top cupboard. You cruel, cruel man.

Damn straight. If I'm hiring midgets, I'm hiring them for entertainment. Do you think I care how good they are at writing shorthand?

Depends: do you enjoy making your assistants take a dictation just for kicks? You know, Peter-Griffin-writing-to-Kellogg's-Cereal style?

Lionel Mandrake: You hear what you want to hear - that which reinforces your prejudice.

Prejudice? Yes, this does stir up my hatred of the ultra-wealthy in general. Nothing against the Obamas, but I hate rich people. Especially snide ones who joke about their perfect lives and expect us to laugh right along with them.

Phil Herup: OMG.... she is soooo beautiful.

Just use a tissue afterward.

InteriorDesignNinja: Depends: do you enjoy making your assistants take a dictation just for kicks? You know, Peter-Griffin-writing-to-Kellogg's-Cereal style?

If I got that rich and hired them, I really don't know what I'd do.

"Hey...you. Climb up on top of that stepladder and pretend you're a chicken"

"Ok...you two...back into the ewok costumes. Great, now let me get my bat"

IXI Jim IXI: InteriorDesignNinja: Depends: do you enjoy making your assistants take a dictation just for kicks? You know, Peter-Griffin-writing-to-Kellogg's-Cereal style?

If I got that rich and hired them, I really don't know what I'd do.

"Hey...you. Climb up on top of that stepladder and pretend you're a chicken"

"Ok...you two...back into the ewok costumes. Great, now let me get my bat"

twisted midget porn.

I heard in the 2010 budget they eliminate unemployment by making everyone out of work the personal assistant of someone who's still got a job.

I'm hoping for porn star assistant.

Rahm Emanuel can micromanage my life any time he wants.

That's right, berate me, tiny dancer.

I always joke that I want to have enough money to afford an entourage and a cocaine habit.

Spanky_McFarksalot: I heard in the 2010 budget they eliminate unemployment by making everyone out of work the personal assistant of someone who's still got a job.

I'm hoping for porn star assistant.

They are called fluffers.

Spanky_McFarksalot: I heard in the 2010 budget they eliminate unemployment by making everyone out of work the personal assistant of someone who's still got a job.

I'm hoping for porn star assistant.

I'd suggest "female porn star's" assistant if I were you. Just sayin...

Shaggy_C: Lionel Mandrake: You hear what you want to hear - that which reinforces your prejudice.

Prejudice? Yes, this does stir up my hatred of the ultra-wealthy in general. Nothing against the Obamas, but I hate rich people. Especially snide ones who joke about their perfect lives and expect us to laugh right along with them.

You question my use of the term "prejudice" and then make a blanket statement of hatred against a group of people?

You're not very bright.

Shaggy_C: Prejudice? Yes, this does stir up my hatred of the ultra-wealthy in general. Nothing against the Obamas, but I hate rich people. Especially snide ones who joke about their perfect lives and expect us to laugh right along with them.

You do realize that this is the first time the Obamas have had anyof these things, right? That, before the election, it was basically the Obamas did everything like regular people, with maybe help from Grandma, right?

You also do realize thatFirst Lady was probably responding to a frequent question about how she handles all of her responsibilities, right?

Yeesh, talk about looking for something to complain about.

I could use a chief of staff and personal assistant.

Of course I'm too busy saving money to keep my head above water for when my DOD job gets axed in the Fall. I'm sure the money will be much better spent on Palestine or proping up a failing company with a bad business model.

/how do you leech off welfare?
//seems like a decent gig.

I had a houseboy once.

Kinda like a personal assistant.

IXI Jim IXI: "Hey...you. Climb up on top of that stepladder and pretend you're a chicken"

"Ok...you two...back into the ewok costumes. Great, now let me get my bat"



You would be a fun rich guy.

- would definitely hang out with!

Lionel Mandrake: You hear what you want to hear - that which witch reinforces your prejudice.

FTFY

Elitist pot shots at the first lady -- someone has a love for them. As they're extremely predictable.

vernonFL: I had a houseboy once.

alternative girlfriend: Shaggy_C: Prejudice? Yes, this does stir up my hatred of the ultra-wealthy in general. Nothing against the Obamas, but I hate rich people. Especially snide ones who joke about their perfect lives and expect us to laugh right along with them.

You do realize that this is the first time the Obamas have had anyof these things, right? That, before the election, it was basically the Obamas did everything like regular people, with maybe help from Grandma, right?


Yeah, regular folks with $300k+ gigs at hospitals where the job description was "be married to an influential politician".

Why, she's just like me. Except for the $300k a year job, huge house, influential spouse bit. I mean, I bet we both eat steak. Of course I have to save up for mine and buy it from the supermarket instead of getting the stuff flown in from Japan or something. But similar.