Thursday, February 10, 2011

The "Office of First Lady"

I wasn't aware that there was such a thing. I had never heard of the office of the first lady even mentioned before Barack Obama was elected president. Now it seems, almost every time the first lady is mentioned, her position is referred to as an office.


And when the queen speaks.....
On Tuesday, the office of First Lady Michelle Obama sponsored several conference calls featuring administration officials discussing Mrs. Obama's “Let’s Move!” campaign to combat childhood obesity but “with listen-only lines for the media,” according to The Washington Daybook. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama personally conducted a conference call for “online media” that was “by invitation only,” according to the Daybook.
(and this report from the Catholic News Service no less).

Apparently there is truth to the rumor of an official office of first lady and apparently there is a lot of clout that comes with the office. My question is this. Since when can the first lady hold conference calls with the media and basically tell them to shut up and listen. Or tell them that they won't be 'allowed' to comment or ask questions during her conference call, just allowed to listen to the policy that she is establishing and that is that?

Anyone else see what is going on here? Or is it just me.... Seems kinda dictatorial if you ask me. And the media lap cats obediently sit and sip their Michelle supplied milk saucers.

I can promise you, Laura Bush's position was never referred to as an office, nor was she provided the lavish staff and budget that Michelle Obama has mustered from day one. Nor was she treated like some literal "prima donna." Yet nothing is said by the media as it concerns the Queen of the new White house, as she traipses around arrogantly spending the people's money by the millions and directing her own policy affairs as if she too had been elected to an official office by the American people.

And yet the American people are kept blind to these realities, excesses and waste and they are not permitted to take notice or exception to any of what is unfolding, for fear of being called racist.

Stay tuned as this story is literally developing daily......

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