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USMC2531 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 3:24 PM

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.

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USMC2531 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 3:24 PM

"In my own life in my own small way, I have tried to give back to this country that has given me so much. See, that's why I left a job at a big law firm for a career in public service". - Michelle Obama

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Degan04 Wrote: Apr 12, 2012 3:29 PM

Wasn't MO dis-barred?

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White House Refuses to Condemn Attacks on Ann Romney, Stay at Home Moms

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney just wrapped up questions from the press about the ongoing Hilary Rosen vs Ann Romney controversy. Carney refused to condemn Rosen's comments and even tried to say he wasn't aware of exactly which "Hilary Rosen" was embroiled in the controversy, despite Rosen visiting the White House more than 35 times in the past three years.

Rosen works at the same PR firm as former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn. That same PR firm represented Sandra Fluke during the "birth control controversy."

DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, David Axelrod and First Lady...

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