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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (36492)	8/30/2010 9:47:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

From your link: ...the email overstates its case when it characterizes Michelle Obama's staff as "lackeys" who "cater to her every whim," and exaggerates when it refers to the total number of staffers as "unprecedented." Nearly all of these positions were established during previous administrations. For example, in 2008 First Lady Laura Bush oversaw a staff of 18 (not a staff of "one," as alleged in the email), with positions and salaries roughly comparable to those in the current White House: First Lady Laura Bush Staff & Salaries 2008 1. $172,200 - McBride, Anita B (Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady) 2. $147,500 - Medina, Sonya E (Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Director of Projects for the First Lady) 3. $113,000 - Zantzinger, Amy S (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary) 4. $102,000 - Armstrong, Sara W (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady) 5. $102,000 - Niemiec, Sally M (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications and Press Secretary to the First Lady) 6. $88,500 - Miller, Sonja Maria (Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady 7. $78,400 - Ballard, Deanna M (Director of Scheduling for the First Lady) 8. $63,000 - McArthur, Nikki L (Speech Writer for the First Lady) 9. $62,700 - Knutson, Lindsey L (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady) 10. $62,400 - Marshall, Misty C (Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) 11. $57,500 - Adams, Julie E (Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady) 12. $53,000 - Mende, Kirstin M (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady) 13. $52,200 - Thornton, Dorothy M (Deputy Social Secretary) 14. $52,200 - Etter, Marisa Leigh (Deputy Director of Scheduling for the First Lady) 15. $52,200 - King, Kristin N (Deputy Director of Advance for the First Lady) 16. $47,000 - Segura, Millicent (Deputy Director of Correspondence for the First Lady) 17. $43,000 - Miller, Kasdin E (Assistant Press Secretary to the First Lady) 18. $41,800 - O'Connor, Erin M (Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff to the First Lady) Source: • 2008 White House Office Staff List. Washington Post, 24 July 2008 So, same old, same old... no change at all. Thanks for the link though! It appears that that email which has been circulating is BOGUS.