I’m Gagging on the Cake

I believe Michelle Obama is the most worthless first lady we have had in recent history. Remember the hullabaloo when Nancy Reagan ordered new china for state dinners so all the pieces would actually match? Boy, did they rake her over the coals. How dare she desire all the plates to match. (If I remember right, they were originally all donated pieces.) Well, that ain’t nothin’ compared to our newest FLOTUS in all her self-proclaimed “fabulosity.”

(There was another china scandal, I believe – Mary Lincoln bought new china during the Civil War, and don’t you think the s*** didn’t hit the fan on that deal. Not during a wahhhhhhr-uhhhh! People are suffering, in case you hadn’t heard.)

Before we leave the very important topic of White House china, a foundation was formed under Nancy, after the brouhaha, to receive private monetary donations and handle these sorts of prickly matters. Hillary Clinton designed a new set ($250K) before she left, but we didn’t hear a word about it because it was then a private foundation matter.

Michelle caught my eye recently when pictures appeared in the media of her vacation in Spain…and I thought: How many damn vacations can one family take in one summer? The summer of the Oil Spill, the summer of the worst economy I’ve experienced since I graduated college 25 years ago, the first summer after the huge government bailouts for every industry you can think and the huge health care takeover, all to be funded by the American people. We’re talking pain and suffering here, people. And how many wars have we got going?

And yet, there’s photos of the Obamas in North Carolina (end of April), photos of the Obamas in Maine (mid-July), photos of the Obamas in Chicago (instead of wreath ceremony on Memorial Day), Barry golfing (by my count, 8 times since the oil gush began), Michelle shopping in Spain, the command performances for our royal first family by Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder…all in a 3-month span? WTF? And when she gets back, I believe they have another one planned for Martha’s Vineyard in two weeks.

I know this is an old gripe – whoever is in power is attacked as “elite-rich lollygagging on our dime” by the other party not in power at the time. Old as the hills, folks. But, have you ever seen it soooooo in-your-face?

We’ve had Glamour Queen First Ladies in the past that we’ve actually idolized – I give you the iconic Jackie O. But, see, she wasn’t Jackie O when she was Jackie Kennedy. She became Jackie O when she married Ari Onassis, one of the richest men in the world (and one of the few she probably felt had the means to truly be able to protect her). Yeah, she became famous for her spending sprees and living on a yacht. But, don’t you think she didn’t earn every penny, girlfren – have you seen pictures of Ari? Besides, she probably NEEDED lots of therapy, retail and otherwise, after seeing her first husband’s head explode next to her (and dreaming of doing it herself due to all his womanizing).

So, this week we see Michelle O on a special vacation to Spain with her 9-year-old daughter…and 40 of her closest friends at a 5-star hotel, $2500 room/night rate. The media is having a heyday with the Marie “Let Them Eat Cake” Antoinette comparisons. (Let’s not even follow that further down the historical path to the French Revolution…)

Both BO and MO are a PR nightmare. You would think that one of the 22 personal staffers assisting Michelle O would know something about managing a public image. They’re probably as worthless as her and hired based on affirmative action policy. Just like her husband was.

And here’s the punch line, folks. Wait…wait…here goes:

“I’m not going to rest or be satisfied until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil in the Gulf is contained and cleaned up, and the people in the Gulf are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods.”
Barack Obama
May 14, 2010
Speaking On the Gulf Oil Spill Disaster