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Washington Prowler
Ms. Rogers’ Neighborhood
Like Mrs. Obama, it’s very fashionable.
Last week it was reported that just as First Lady Michelle “Antoinette” Obama was returning from her partially-taxpayer-funded vacation to Spain, her staff was contacting a British fashion designer about commissioning a coat for the First Lady.
Of course, this isn’t the first time Mrs. Obama has used White House staff to recruit designers for her wardrobe. Last year, then-White House social secretary Desiree Rogers, made a much-publicized trip to New York’s Fashion Week, claiming she was on a research trip to identify up and coming designers for the First Lady to promote. Her trip, which included a lunch at the famed Four Seasons restaurant hosted and paid for by a prominent interior designer, was largely paid for by taxpayers.
Now Rogers is out, pushed over the beating the Obamas took for their shoddy social events and the even shoddier security at them, but she landed on her feet. Last week Rogers was announced as the new CEO of the Johnson Publishing, the publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines.
But White House sources say that Rogers, among other friends, maintains contact with a number of fashion designers and “people in the arts” for the First Lady.
“She has a network of people who look out for her for clothes and arts and crafts to promote,” says a White House source. “Just because Desiree isn’t here, doesn’t mean she isn’t helping us where she can.”
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Melvin| 8.16.10 @ 7:34AM
At the very least Michelle could have gotten all of us a lousy T-shirt.
Louis Jenkins| 8.16.10 @ 8:17AM
And to think, they made a big deal out of Palin's wardrope which was returned to the McCain campaign after the stumping was over. Michelle, the strong armed wonder with a build that makes her hubby look small, will continue to ride the taxpayers for all its worth.
gypsy| 8.16.10 @ 9:45AM
Not to excuse MOOCHelle's heartless, insensitive "riding" of the taxpayers, but let's cut her some slack: its not like she gets to ride anything else
Timothy L. Pennell| 8.16.10 @ 8:45AM
Up and coming BLACK designers. She wants to promote BLACK designers and artists. Our Post Racial 1st Family is truly Color Blind. If it ain't BLACK, they don't see it.
Flee| 8.16.10 @ 12:09PM
I agree she will likely only promote black designers but I know Ralph Lauren designed clothes for them for the inauguration and made some ridiculous comments about America in the process. I will never by anything from Polo or Ralph Lauren due to his lack of appreciation for the country that gave him such great wealth. Rest assured the khakis and polo shirts Obumma sports on the links do not come from Black designers. He lacks the build to pull off the baggy pants look.
JimH| 8.16.10 @ 9:01AM
Maybe the emperor has no clothes because she has them all, including the pants.
gypsy| 8.16.10 @ 9:48AM
maybe you don't NEED pants if you got no balls
maybe balls get in the way when you're so busy bowing to foreign dictators
Finbarr Moran| 8.16.10 @ 9:05AM
Did you ever notice how so many Leftists simply love to live large - especially on someone else's tab?
gypsy| 8.16.10 @ 9:47AM
yes, then they browbeat the very people who PRODUCE the wealth where the damned revenue comes from in the first place. Typical parasites: unwanted, unneeded, serving no useful purpose, and will not be missed at all when they're gone.
trish| 8.16.10 @ 8:20PM
Bingo!
Malcom Chase Farnsworth XII| 8.16.10 @ 10:02AM
The 1st Lady has exquisite tastes. We spent a delightful evening in Spain abroad my yacht, where indulged in the finest caviar, rare French wines, and a souflee that was tres magnifique! She was even so generous as to pick up the tab for the humble repast we enjoyed (about $65,000 -you know how expensive 1798 vintage French Burgandy is!). But, my dear Michelle said ," Don't worry. The Little People will be more than happy to pay! Alas, I must say to you Happy Peasants: Thank You!
I cannot wait for Christmas. I invited the entire First Family to my Chalet in Gstaad. Michelle promised me a very special gift (rumours have it that she is buying a Fabrege egg pour moi!) But do not worry. I have an excellent source at the State Department who says she will just dip into the TARP funds. No need to run up the defecit. And entre nous -between friends- I think the Obamas are the most generous people around!.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡$| 8.16.10 @ 11:30AM
I hope you’re not too bothered if that gift turns out to be an iPod preloaded with all the golden calf’s speeches. Maybe chelle-fish will really splurge and throw in a DVD set of all his videos that will actually play in Europe.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡$
Don’t Tread on Me.
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"He's too snore-y and stinky, they don't want to ever get into bed with him." – chelle-fish obummer, on her daughters' refusal to crawl into bed in the morning with the incompetent won
Only 888 days to go.
Mr. Blackwell| 8.16.10 @ 10:09AM
There's a difference between fashion and style, Mrs. B.H. Obama has neither. And like a teacher on Saturday, no class.
Petronius| 8.16.10 @ 10:33AM
Finn has a point. But the pond life who elected the Ingrate Pretender want a spree in Vegas with no spending limit. Their memories are a bit short, as he doesn't want anyone going there.
Marie| 8.16.10 @ 11:11AM
Fashion "icon" Michelle, as the MSM insist on calling her, has unbelievably bad taste in clothes and shoes. You can see some of this stuff on the Internet. British press showed some of it in coverage of the trip to Spain. Ugly, ill-fitting. Another thing the our journolisters lie about.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡$| 8.16.10 @ 11:42AM
I understand that islamic fashion designers are performing miracles with burqas nowadays.
Gill O’Teen ✝✡$
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“At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.” - Kerry Stokes
Only 888 days to go.
Cuffs| 8.16.10 @ 12:46PM
Moochelle doesn't really care about how she
looks. Her main agenda is to spend as much
money as possible. Where would she have learned taste and style--the south side of
Chicago??
Just like her husband she is a phony and is way, way out of her league.
Oldefarte| 8.16.10 @ 1:28PM
As JOGE and WEEZY once proclaimed, %%%WELL, WE MOVING ON UP TO THE BIG TIME.....TO THE BIG TIME IN THE SKIIIIIIIY%%%%%%%%
Grandby Sacksworth IV| 8.16.10 @ 1:33PM
Classy first woman was braless on her 27 hour vacation in Florida......
You say that can't be?
Well Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwmegbLS8G4
Jill Biden| 8.16.10 @ 4:06PM
Moochelle: bra-less, tit-less, and class-less. Of course, what Sasquatch DOES wear a bra?
Bilwick| 8.16.10 @ 2:04PM
Baby got back!
PaulD| 8.16.10 @ 3:02PM
God! It really is true. Despite all the haute couture fashion designers, you really can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
MoeBlotz| 8.16.10 @ 3:56PM
Depends on what the meaning of the word fashion is.
The designers and seamsters will require ever increasing reams of fabric to hide that monstrous caboose that follows Ms.Moochelle everywhere she goes.
loulou| 8.16.10 @ 4:54PM
It's called steatopygia. There's no hiding that protruding mass.
Marc Jeric| 8.16.10 @ 5:03PM
When her husband, Abu Hussein al-Mombassa, was elected Senator; his wife was promoted to the position of "Vice President in charge of community relations" by the University of Illinois, with the salary of $320,000/9 months. Did she invent a new kind of spaceship? A new way of extracting petroleum from the earth? A new and better Internet? "Community relations"?
Obrokethenation| 8.16.10 @ 5:53PM
Shouldn't (UN)Desiree focus on black designers that are able to specifically target styles to accomodate large boo-tays? Michelle's ample posterior needs new window treatments. Wal Mart has some interesting items in the sporting goods dept. I believe the brand name is Coleman. All sorts of XXXXL tents and poncho's Michelle could slide over (with great effort) her gargantuan backside, camo-prints that really POP and would probably make the King of Spain green with envy. No need for Michelle to politely nibble at grilled turbot whilst wearing a Coleman butt-expanding moo-moo! With garb like that she should be able to scarf down even the fattiest of fried chickens and wash her cares away with a gov't banned sugary soda.
trish| 8.16.10 @ 6:49PM
Big Mama Obama is such a hypocrit. Wasn't that her indulging yet again in fat laden ice cream while lecturing the serfs on nutrition and 'lets move!' (you slugs)? As a runner for 33 years, I don't appreciate her pontificating . Also, her fashion is hit and miss in my opinion. She needs to ditch those pleats. Catty, I know, but that is the result of all the pretentious lecturing.
dw| 8.16.10 @ 7:45PM
"Let them wear hand me downs".
Over heard by anonymous official when the King of Spain asked her "What will the U.S. government recommend for your minions to wear as another way they can confront global warming".
Slartabartast| 8.17.10 @ 12:51AM
I am not going to defend the Obamas but when you stoop to Moochels's physical attributes you take your self down to the level of the left. I expect better of the right.
RCV| 8.17.10 @ 11:43PM
Well aren't the cats out tonight!