‘She has a design background:’ First lady Melania Trump prepares to host state dinner

A beautiful article which lets you in on some of the reasons why our First Lady is the perfect person to be in charge of something like this.

State dinners, with all their protocol and symbolism, are the highest-profile entertaining any White House can do, and for Melania Trump, a state dinner is a chance to showcase her strengths, said Stephanie Grisham, the first lady’s spokeswoman.

“Remember, she has a design background,” Grisham said, referencing Trump’s career as a fashion model and as owner of her namesake jewelry line.

“She has amazing taste, which makes things very, very easy,” added social secretary Rickie Niceta.

And, as for the differences between Melania and the previous first lady:

Trump chose to hold the dinner for the French dignitaries in the State Room, the smallest of the White House venues used for such events. The guest list is a modest 130 to 150, making for a more intimate soiree than many state dinners in previous administrations. (For example, the Obamas’ last state dinner, for Italy, packed nearly 400 guests into a tent on the South Lawn.)

It’s a reflection of one of the first lady’s principles for entertaining, aides said. Trump believes “it should never be too crowded,” Niceta said. “You should be able to move; you should be able to see the White House and feel special that you’re here.”

Each to his own! Some people believe in elegance and intimacy...others just shove as many people as they can fit into a big tent.

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R.I.P. Nancy Reagan

Hillary is still the only First Lady in American history to be fingerprinted by the FBI

Accuracy In Media:

Another problem she faces is the OF-109 form, which every State Department employee is required to sign upon departure from their job, certifying that they have turned over all work-related documents and communications, including email. So did she sign it, and hold on to the work material for nearly two more years, or did she get a pass on signing it? Either way, this would apparently be a violation of a law, or at least a State Department policy. So far, Hillary is refusing to answer that one, as is the State Department.

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First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations

The Obamas' summer break on Martha's Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.

But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.

White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers' money on vacations alone in the past year.

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First Lady says she HATES her job: "It’s hell. I can’t stand it!’

Details of the private conversation, which took place at the White House during an official visit by Nicolas Sarkozy last March, emerged in Carla And The Ambitious, a book written in collaboration with Miss Bruni.

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She's not the first First Lady, but....

Michelle's purse ONLY costs $875.00 ?

Italian luxury goods manufacturer VBH boasted yesterday that First Lady Michelle Obama had toted their $5,950 alligator manila clutch earlier this week while on a trip to Russia.

No way, said the White House, which countered that the First Lady was carrying an $875 VBH patent leather clutch.

After sticking to their initial claim, the high-end leather manufacturer is now backing off. "If that's what the White House is saying...

Bag manufacturer backs off original claim...

$875.00! As a friend of mine said today: "Isn't that a mortgage payment for most people about to go in to foreclosure?"

UPDATE: Here is the full Letter to the Editor just provided by the author:

Editor:

• Did I miss a meeting?
  
  
• In the midst of the Great Recession the White House is defending Michelle Obama by saying her purse only cost $875?
  
  
• In most of America, $875 is the amount of a mortgage payment on a soon to be foreclosed home.

Bobbi Leigh Zito

Kisses For My Muslim President

By Gary Starr for the Neville Awards
June 5, 2009

In 1964 the leftists in Hollywood saw fit to release the comedy Kisses For My President starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Bergen played the president and MacMurray played the hapless emasculated "First Lady", assuming the traditional duties of the first lady.

Hilarity ensued.

We almost experienced that nightmare with the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. Instead we got the first black metrosexual president. As an added bonus we seem to have a Muslim president as well.

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