Everyone should have a chief of staff !

[SteamWake]

The First Lady

Work-Life Balance a Challenge, Says Michelle Obama, But Having White House Staff Helps


First lady Michelle Obama greets Jeanette Rivera Boria, project leader of Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, and David Lissy, CEO of the Bright Horizon Family Solution, at a meeting with representatives from Corporate Voices for Working Families in Washington. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)

By DeNeen L. Brown
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."
"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













http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/...challenge.html

I want one too, oh wait I would have to pay for it

[Aramike]

They're just people like the rest of us, remember?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Aramike

They're just people like the rest of us, remember?

Well no. The rest of us do not hold a position in the Executive Office of the President nor do we have a Public Law authorizing a staff.

It goes with the position.

[AVGWarhawk]

I don't have $500.00 tennis shoes either

[NealT]

I just wish someone would pay $250k on my wardrobe...

[SteamWake]

I perfectly understand that she needs a support staff. She is after all a busy lady. I am sure her comment was in jest

I hear her mom is enjoying her stay as well.

The steak dinner partys are fine with me also.

It's just that all these things are stacking up giving the impression that whole lot of partying is going on.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well no. The rest of us do not hold a position in the Executive Office of the President nor do we have a Public Law authorizing a staff.

It goes with the position.

Actually, I was making fun of your typical liberal when asked about their hero, Barack.

I have a Chief of Staff. She's called my Wife.

The cats are our support staff. Now granted they can only keep the rodent population down and provide comedy relief but I have high hopes for the addition of a dog soon. My empire grows!

[Enigma]

Actually, this thread tends to make fun of the typical conservative, without even trying. Go figure....

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Actually, this thread tends to make fun of the typical conservative, without even trying. Go figure....

Please explain

[Kapt Z]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Well no. The rest of us do not hold a position in the Executive Office of the President nor do we have a Public Law authorizing a staff.

It goes with the position.

All the perks don't compare to losing your privacy forever.....

Hail to the Chief and all that, but wouldn't trade places with them!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Kapt Z

Hail to the Chief and all that, but wouldn't trade places with them!

The job I want is Vice President. What a job.

Alarm clock rings

You pick up the phone and call the White House Physician

"Is he still alive?... he is, that's great"

Go back to sleep.

That's the job for me. When was the last time a Vice President was assassinated?