WHAT A HEEL: Anger Management
Has Michelle Obama gotten past the rap that she's "an angry woman" (sixth item)? Ask those who work for her, as Politico did in this piece on the unusually high rate of churn on MO's staff [emphasis throughout, The Stiletto]:
Less than three years into the job, first lady Michelle Obama is on her third chief of staff and third social secretary. She is on her second communications director, the White House chief usher recently departed, and her press secretary’s last day is Friday.
On Friday afternoon, the first lady’s office announced that the executive director of Obama’s signature campaign to fight childhood obesity also is leaving. …
Sources familiar with the East Wing, who asked not to be named discussing internal dynamics, described the first lady’s office as a challenging workplace, where grueling hours and the expectations of a formidable boss intensify the demands of managing a popular first lady’s schedule, image and agenda. …
“The first lady is a lovely woman, but she’s tough as nails, and that can be hard for some people,” said a source familiar with the office. “She has really high expectations.”
Michelle Obama, a lawyer who left a high-powered executive career at the University of Chicago Medical Center before coming to the White House, told reporters at a lunch in February that she sets a high bar for her staff.
“I need people who are energetic and forward-thinking and not afraid of new ideas and are constantly keeping their pulse on what’s going on out in the community,” she said. “I need people who know me, but [also] people who don’t know me and will push me, and push me to think differently and say, ‘Oh, that doesn’t make sense, and you’ve been talking about that for a year, but have you thought about it this way?’”
There’s a word for an aide who tells her “tough as nails” and “formidable” boss that something she says or does “doesn’t make sense.” Unemployed. Memorial Day Bonus: Fraud Hunters: Memorial Day ‘Like Christmas’ For Fake War Heroes
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