Bitter half alert: Michelle Obama’s boss says she was “perenially dissatisfied”
Once a whiner, always a whiner.
Grievance-mongering: It’s in Michelle Obama’s DNA.
From one who knew her best:
“But Michelle could also frustrate her supervisors. Quincy White, the partner who helped recruit Michelle and who headed the marketing group, remembers finding her a challenge to manage. White, who is now retired from the firm, says he gave her the most interesting work he could find, in part because he wanted to see her advance, but also because she seemed perennially dissatisfied.
She was, White recalls, “quite possibly the most ambitious associate that I’ve ever seen.” She wanted significant responsibility right away and was not afraid to object if she wasn’t getting what she felt she deserved, he says.
Waiting for the Associated Press analysis that will find a way to accuse anyone who calls attention to this anecdote a RAAAAAAACIST!
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The more things change….
“Reparations NOW!!!”
BHO will put her in charge of that newly-created department of “now it’s my turn”.
Funny!
Trolls spining it as ambition in 3,2,1…
Tsk. Tsk. You never, ever, go over your bosses head, especially when you’re a second year associate.
Tells you a lot about her character.
Grievance-mongering: Don’t leave home without it.
I think it ironic that her bosses name was White. Deep down hatred and resentment and then to be surpervised by Whitey, I mean Mr. White.
Entitlement Attitude: The insatiable appetite where nothing is ever good enough and nothing ever satisfies can be seen in her eyes. I’m not surprised and not shocked.
The Obamas have not learned the life lesson that …
Nobody gives you responsibility and authority, these you earn…
just sayin
Not surprised at all. I guess we know who wears the pantsuit in the Obama family.
You ain’t seen nothing yet. As First Lady you will see arrogance taken to a new level.
Money (yours) will be no object to satisfy her wants and desires that she feels she is owed.
Based on her college thesis and her 20 years of listening to Black Liberation Theology under the tutelage of Jeremiah Wright, the white, hired folk in the White House better get their resumes updated.
This woman is even scarier than the Hildebeast. I guarrantee she’ll be running for something in a few years.
That is awful – ambition in a woman? I mean, who the hell does she think she is? Does she not realise that in Conservative America – women play second fiddle to the men. Men are head of the household, my good Bible says. How DARE she show any aggression in reaching her goals – only men are allowed such luxuries.
I pray to God that this women learns her place, gosh darn it. Amen.
In a few years? No she is running for President now with her straw man as the figure head.
Seems to me if Obama wins the election, we will be turning this country over to a group of digruntled people who want to see its current form be buried and resurrected as a socialist monster.
Unfortunately, there are enough dumbed down
peoplelemmings who vote in this country who are falling in line to worship their leader instead of respecting their country.she’s a typical liberal, she thinks she’s ENTITLED to everything she wants…in other words a spoiled child who needs to grow up.
How shocking… first CNN is in the tank…
Now a report that Michelle Obama was looking for unfair preferential treatment?
I wonder if her bitter hand was on that card she keeps in back pocket… you know which card I mean?
I think he’ll put her in charge of the obamination youth corps…watch out Amerika…we’ll all be singing the praises of chairman mao-bama…
Yawn. You’re about as predictable as lgm.
Don’t confuse ambition with an outsized perception of entitlement. My impression of her from reading about her is that she has a huge chip on her shoulder and is a perpetual victim of the “white establishment” and is therefore agitating for what she feels she is owed regardless of whether or not she has actually earned anything.
She’s leveraged her position as the wife of BO and will continue to do so. She’s a mega-b1tch and if she should become 1st Lady it will be on full display. If the media don’t give her a pass like they did HRC that is.
Let’s not confuse ambition with preferential treatment.
You know what? Even if she did become first lady, that probably wouldn’t be good enough for her!
“She wanted significant responsibility right away and was not afraid to object if she wasn’t getting what she felt she deserved, he says.”
‘Deserved’ and ‘Earned’ are two different things. Her husband seems to think he deserves the Presidency, but he hasn’t earned it.
I worked with a black woman who felt she was owed a management position in spite of her lack of seniority and total incompetence. She threatened to go to executive management if not promoted. She was and has been a spectacular failure ever since. She is mocked on a regular basis and is given assignments where she can “do no harm”. Yet to this day she maintains her entitlement attitude and she’s definitely a racist.
This guy’s last name is “White”. He’s obviously a racist.
If there was some way to protect myself from the coming collapse led by BHO should he win I wouldn’t care if he won. In a perfect world only Dem voters would have to suffer.
What is racist is the preferrential treatment she received…
Now, why exactly did Michelle get “the most interesting work“, the work that would be most likely to “see her advance“?
Because of her skin color and “perennially dissatisfied” attitude.
So, her boss rewarded skin color and bad attitude?
RAAAAAAACIST!!!
You missed the point of the post idiot. Go back to shining the Muslims’ shoes.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. weeps…
Yes, I’m sure the Presidency is next on her list.
I have worked with and supervised people with her attitude and they are a pain. Team work is not in their vocabulary unless they are the leader. They think it is their job to make sure you are doing your job and will take no criticism, constructive or otherwise. No wonder she has been pulled out of the public view. Loose cannon.
Oh, and I am not a racist. My family could be described as a rainbow. So there.
Sausage, I hope you have the honor of working with one of these “ambitious” women. You might find them to be pushy, annoying and utterly indifferent to the concerns of those around them. They see everything thru a militant feminist prism view any man that disagrees with them at work as part of a Vast Male Conspiracy to thwart all woman from suceeding. Others that ignore them are labeled “passive-aggressive”. Many times their bosses would like to get rid of them but are cowed by PC rules of conduct or fears of lawsuits. I have had the pleasure of working with truly talented, hard-working women and never had a problem with them. People like MO wear out those around them and create tension in the workplace. I doubt her co-workers missed her much after she left.
You people! Juding a person for their actions? Ain’t that “racist” unless they’re white?
On October 6th, 2008 at 10:39 am, vickisoup said:
It’s already started.
As of last Friday,
Treasury SecretaryDer Kommissar Henry Paulson is in charge of Reparations…you can now expect:to reward those people with lower principal amounts on their mortgages.
Welcome to “Reparations NOW!!!”
Michelle Obama is “brilliant” and “whip-smart” (whatever that means). Why shouldn’t she have an ego the size of Jupiter?
Hillary vs Barack was one thing. What would it be like, do you think, Hillary vs Michelle O?
On October 6th, 2008 at 10:50 am, Truesoldier said:
Take a look back at the Clinton administration…
who led the charge to socialize Health Care?
Hillary already served two terms as President, and was running this time for her third term. That’s why she talked so much about her having “experience to hit the ground running day one”.
And thats the reality of obamanation isn’t it.
It’s all about ME
says the one who hides his past and his bitter half.
Funny you should mention that, because when Sarah Palin was announced as VP, it was liberals who suddenly became the “women should stay at home and raise their kids” folks. Double standard, much? What say you that Palin received an endorsement from the president of a California chapter of NOW, said president saying Palin “is what feminism looks like”?
The crux of the article is not the word “ambitious” it is the phrase “perennially dissatisfied.” Were I as completely unhappy in my job, know what I’d do? Find a new line of work.
Conflicted:
What’s harder for me to swallow, her in the White House or him as President?
Truthfully, her calling the W.H. home.
Disgraceful!!!
If you think LBJ’s great society was a scam that got us into this society welfare socialist mess… just wait until the Obamassiah strolls into the WH.
This description sounds alot like Hillary Clinton. The only difference between the two? Hillary’s condescending smirk versus Michelle’s mean-mouth distainful frown.
Typical of a dolt that thinks the world owes her something. At times she appears even more dangerous than her husband. Hunker down folks this could be a long hard battle.
She reminds me of Omarosa of The Apprentice. All mouth and attitude, no substance.
Modified, because that’s her hubby in a nutshell. Now you know why they seem so compatible.
Given a choice, would you rather work for Michelle O. or Sarah P.? I’ll give you 2 nanoseconds to think about it…
I’d work for Sarah P. for FREE
In short she fully expected her Affirmitive Action preferences to continue on in the private sector.
Good lesson here. Be dissatisfied all the time and cause problems for your supervisors. Its the best way to get interesting work and eventually get ahead. Quietly going about your business doing the best you can for the company means absolutely nothing in the end once again.
Hey You Guys, she is black – leave her alone. She has suffered enough from all you white guys that ruled the world. SARCASM OFF !!
We already Knew she was a selfish selfish putz. We didn’t need her former boss to tell us that.
On a somewhat related subject, over on the Drudge Report is a video called
TEENS PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO OBAMA…
Very, very scary!
Dear Leader would not like these comments about Kommisar Michelle Obama.
Dear Leader has eyes and ears everywhere.
Beware the Obama youth.
You need to read more:
It was about preferential treatment. And I do not see where it said she was the only female of the “eight or nine other associates.”
But of course libs never let facts get in the way of a good narrative.
Ambitious is synonymous with uppity.
She wanted her Affirmative Action to start immediately. Cry louder and you will be given more and more. Not that you deserve it or earn it. Typical gimme attitude.
ain’t that the truth!
Michelle “Omarosa” Obama. Ya, TxSkirt. That’s appropriate.
May I use it as my new name for her?
They’re reminding me more and more of Clinton and Rodham-Clinton.
You habitually miss they entire reasons for our Michelles postings.
GEEEESSS
“lol @ roger…. “omarosa” ahahhahahha
they’re twins!
roger -
You sure you want to give her that moniker? I mean, right now her initials are MO, as in Mo=hammad. If you add the middle “O”, it becomes “MOO!” …oh…never mind!
Sure Roger, it’s all yours. They even kind of look alike.
Don’t ya know that the Obama gang would do anything to just make that “candid” shot of Mrs. Obama disappear forever – much like they’ve been scrubbing stuff from Obama’s web site.
What in the world is this thread about?
Look at McCain’s adulterer wife – addicted to drugs – stealing from her own charity and you people are complaining about Michelle Obama being ambitious.
Hmmmm. That smells like troll. Does anyone else smell that?
I will guarantee you that she is an angry woman. SHE is the one who chose Reverand Wright’s church for her wedding and her children. SHE is the one who agrees with the grievance mongering.
There are lots like her, but there’s nothing you can do about it because they are insulated by being black. She is a mean and angry black woman. I knew that from the first time I saw her. They have an energy about them. . . and it isn’t a ‘strong and powerful’ energy. It’s an ‘I’ll sue you if you do something I perceive as an injustice’ energy.
I would say it further calls into question Obama’s judgment for choosing to marry her.
Yeah, I smell a troll. I guess trolls have perfect lives. I do recall Mrs. McCain being involved in charitable causes basically all her adult life. She also had two back surgeries and fell into the prescription medication addiction cycle, which she promptly took care of. I guess trolls her perfect lives, and can’t forgive anyone for their mistakes. They’re perfect all the time.
I DO recall however, that Obama did a lot of drugs himself, including illegal cocaine. And other illegal drugs. He admitted to it. But you see, in the troll’s eyes, that doesn’t matter. It’s OK.
The man running for president who did street drugs, comes 2nd to a Republican candidate’s wife who isn’t running for anything.
A man named WHITE, raaaaaaacist?
Coincidence? I think not.
Why is MO not given the same consideration for her perceived mistakes?
Super point! You are right! It IS stupid to focus so much attention of the candidate’s wife!
It is about Michelle Obama demanding preferrential treatment from her colleagues and complaining when she did not get what she felt she was entitled to be given.
Was that so hard to understand?
Even more calculating than previously thought.
Mrs. Bitterman is just showing her true colors. Is that racist? No, only if I said “black.” But wait, black isn’t a color; it’s the absense of color. So it’s not racist. But wait again! I made reference to a black person and used the word color. Wait, damnit! I said “black person.” Wait! I just did it again!
I can see that if Mrs. Bitterman becomes the first lady, I’m going to be the first one shot into space toward a black hole. Damnit! Did it again!
I sure am racist.
/sarc off
(1) About ten years ago the engineering company I worked for brought in 4 co-op students for a 6 months work / study program. This good annual program gave us a way to evaluate / select future employees, and gave the students a chance to see cutting edge radar / missile software / hardware development in action. We hired a number of good employees due to this program–many Hispanic, some female, and some Black employees.
(2) One of the co-op students was a Black female student–she was very opinionated and was always complaining about unfair treatment and racial / gender bias problems. She was a member of some college groups that specialized in these class warfare topics. I could never determine what kind of engineering potential she had–most of her time was spent complaining and talking to bosses about imagined slights. She gave herself a bad name, and was not considered for employment–who knows what her skills were?–outside of political organizing.
(3) Other Black employees impressed me with their skills, hard work, and basic decency–past problems and grievances did not impact their job performance. Ditto for the Hispanic / female employees.
(4) Every year in January I listened to the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King’s I HAVE A DREAM speech again on my long drive to work. He had the right view–the goal is to respect all persons as individuals regardless of skin color, gender, ethnic group, etc. He was the real prophet bringing on God’s word.
(5) Whining and complaining do not help–this is like shooting yourself in the foot unnecessarily! Suck it up and move on!
John Bibb
No chance of MO being President. America will see her true colors soon enough. That should do it.
(Did I say “true colors?” Off to the re-education center I go..)
Yawn.
Shocker.
Why is this a surprise to anyone? This is classic entitlement behavior. If she had a junior achievement NASA certificate she would want a place on the next shuttle mission.
It’s the YOU OWE ME!!! mentality.
Too many in the black community…. screw it… too many black people think everyone owes them something.
You may think it is bad now. It is going to get worse if the American people elect B. Hussein Obama to go with the most extreme liberal congress in history. We will see how bad it can get.
She was a drug addict; a Rush Limbaugh-like junkie. Try as you might to diminish it, it’s still kind of a big deal.
What this has to do with this post, I have no idea. And it’s doubtful that you do, either.
Just as Sarah Palin admitted smoking pot in her youth.
So, Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin’s drug use (in McCain’s case, addiction is a more appropriate term) should be forgiven; Obama’s, however, should not. At least PRETEND to not be raving hypocrite.
Why would Obama not want to marry a Princeton/Harvard Law educated, ambitious young lawyer? Unless you are the sort that finds mediocrity compelling (and many people do, unfortunately…), drive and smarts aren’t a bad thing.
Barak ‘The Rock’ Obama 08
The ability of people on this site to twist things until it fits their warped world view is just astonishing. This isn’t someone who wanted a handout; it’s a woman who wanted to take on even more. Her former boss states tht she “wanted something that pushed her harder.” I am baffled as to why this ambition and drive to achieve would be looked upon as negative. The common complaint here is that affirmative action allows the lazy, the untalented, the uninterested to achieve; here’s a woman who pushed early on to take on projects of bigger and bigger size, and she’s criticized here for it. It’s just silly.
so where was your reference to Barak ‘The Rocks’ addiction?
Someone might want to heed their own advice!
I can’t reference his “addiction” because he never was “addicted.” Unlike pill-popping, rehab-requiring Cindy, Obama merely experimented with drugs in his youth (you know — like Sarah Palin).
Excuse me, but your “truth by omission” was a perfect example of your raving hypocrisy.
You rant about Cindy McCain, but FAIL to acknowledge that Obama had the same problem, if not worse.
Idiot.
MO was a token diversity dept. hire that got a fat raise because her husband could, and did, get money directed to her hospital.
Yeah, but you see, in your elitist world, it’s everything. I would put character over superficial things such as attending Ivy League universities. That’s the problem we have with MO. As in, lack thereof.
In fact, some of the most successful people in this world never finished college.
I have plenty of friends who tried pot, but were never stupid enough to go the crack cocaine (or the regular type) route. I guess it is a judgement call.
By the way, they are doctors, lawyers and a few professors.
do you mean he experimented with doing coke or that he experimented in dealing coke?
I can, because Cindy McCain was a drug addict. Barack Obama and Sarah Palin experimented with drugs. That’s different. One was a junkie; the other two had some youthful indiscretions involving illicit drugs. Understand?
Idiot.
Please. The Obamas have consistently discussed how they grew to fall in love with each other. Admiring one another’s characters was an element of that. To try to imply that MO’s successes might detract from her appeal is just dumb.
Doing.
Uh…neither did Obama.
Really?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/12/politics/uwire/main3823725.shtml
“Decades before Sen. Barack Obama was a leading candidate for the presidency, he was a lot like many University of Florida students: young, intelligent and curious.
That college-aged curiosity led him to use alcohol, marijuana and cocaine, decisions that have now become points of contention in his campaign.”
(snip)
It’s just typical O.D.S. I can’t believe that we’re talking about M.O. again in a context as lame as this.
It’s killen em,
and I love it.
I’m glad that the Obama campaign is busting out the Keating 5 stuff. I kinda wish that they waited till after the last debate, but we can probably get 2 weeks of material out of the still relevant scandal. I agree with the Right, associations do matter. Win or lose Obama isn’t going to wuss out of this thing like Gore or Kerry. The final round is going to be a slugfest.
Um…crack — as the Rockefeller Laws make abundantly clear — is a unique form of cocaine. Take a look at some of the drug laws if you need further information.
And I still don’t see where it says in your article that Obama smocked crack. You people make things up on a whim. Classic.
Fine with me, so long as the media covers both sides fairly and accurately.
I love the smell of Republican desperation in the morning.
Ditto.
If you review my email, I said, in parentheses, or the regular kind. but take it as you will. Sorry if I am not as “up” on the drug culture as you are.
The article says he used cocaine. I guess you have degrees of drug use. I consider the drug and its affects on the body.
I am glad he stopped though…
she explains why barrack who was raised a muslim suddenly switched to reverand wright’s house of enlightenment. can you imagine telling her no on a weekly basis. you can’t live with them, unless you submit.
Excuse me, I meant “effects on the body.” I was toying with that and “how it affects the body.”
Hate when I do that.
OK, I guess cocaine is better then.