Living By Example

A dear friend from grad school days sent us a release from the Canada Free Press. It was about Michelle. She held forth a while back, saying that, "The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped educational system, someone is going to have to give up a piece of the pie so someone else can have more." OK, that’s perfectly consistent with BO’s agenda of redistribution; we all understand that. And we assume Michelle is not a flake, has been living by example, so fine, that’s her view.

But wait! Just before she said that, on Oct/15/2008 Michelle snacked at the Waldorf, room service for one that is, at 2 pm. For her snack she had lobster, Iranian caviar and some kind of champagne we never heard of; the bill was $447.39. Now that’s giving up to be sure, the poor thing. Hey, but she was a private citizen you say, not the first lady so throw her some slack?

Well, Michelle's now at the WH. She has 22 people on her staff to whom we pay a sum total of $1,591,200 annually, not including make up artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles and "First Hairstylist" Johnny Wright (my goodness, if Johnny's a "first," how many more?).

OK, that’s at least 22, compared to Mamie Eisenhower’s one (1) paid for out of Ike’s salary / Jackie, Rosaline and Barbara Bush’s one (1) each / Hilary’s three (3) naturally, and Laura Bush, one (1). From one (1) to twenty-two (22) for someone with no official executive duties under the constitution? Does this simply smack of the need for luxury, as did the $447.39? No, the conclusion none of us can escape is that Michelle is living perfectly by example, that of a confirmed statist, and the wife of a confirmed statist, neither of which has ever seen a branch of government they would not embrace; in this case, Michelle simply created her very own.

Robert Craven