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| Book claims Michelle Obama is living first lady 'hell' |
| 2010-09-17 |
| The White House has denied claims in a new book that Michelle Obama told French first lady Carla Bruni that her life in the White House was "hell". "Don't ask! It's hell. I can't stand it," Mrs Obama was quoted as saying in a private conversation at the White House in March 2010. "The first lady never said that," Mrs Obama's spokeswoman Katie McCormick Lelyveld said on Thursday. A French embassy spokesman also stated that the remarks "were never said." "Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy distances herself completely from the content of the book Carla and the Ambitious, which was not authorised and the authors alone are responsible for its contents," embassy spokesman Emmanuel Lenain said on Thursday. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs used his Twitter feed to refer reporters to Mr Lenain's statement. The book also alleges that French president Nicolas Sarkozy would be satisfied being a one-term president. The authors claim Ms Bruni suggested that Mr Sarkozy should give more thought to making money. A friend quoted in the book says Mr Sarkozy and Ms Bruni have been "impressed and inspired" by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ballooning wealth since he left office. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 Hopefully come 2012 we can make life easier for the first lady and remove her from the hell of the Whitehouse. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-09-17 14:46 |
| #8 "Don't ask! It's hell. I can't stand it," Mrs Obama was quoted as saying So say we all. |
| Posted by: charger 2010-09-17 12:54 |
| #7 Oh brother. Mrs. Bruni wasn't even the one being quoted. I missed that. I apologize Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy. The authors are the ones who are after the precious money. |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-09-17 10:54 |
| #6 "The authors claim Ms Bruni suggested that Mr Sarkozy should give more thought to making money. A friend quoted in the book says Mr Sarkozy and Ms Bruni have been "impressed and inspired" by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's ballooning wealth since he left office." Personally, I'd be very hard-pressed to fully believe any comment of someone like this who's trying to sell books and make the precious money. |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-09-17 10:38 |
| #5 Book claims Michelle Obama is living first lady 'hell' Hence all the aides. I guess all the king's aides couldn't come up with anything better than a "more veggies, less salt" theme for her. How many aides did previous first ladies have? There was an article here a bit ago about that. Four at most I believe. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-09-17 10:24 |
| #4 She should try it from this side! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-09-17 08:21 |
| #3 I feel like I'm in hell just watching her... |
| Posted by: Raj 2010-09-17 08:14 |
| #2 On the bright side, she should only have to endure it for another two years or so. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-09-17 07:28 |
| #1 It sure looks like she's unhappy, what with all the vacations and travel and expensive hotels and fine dining. If she's unhappy, I want to know why. In detail. Schadenfreude. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-09-17 06:27 |