apparently Michelle Obama told this to France's First Lady.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/09/16/2010-09-16_french_first_lady_carla_bruni_says_michelle_obama_calls_being_first_lady_is_hell.html?r=news

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" What does Michelle Obama think about being First Lady? She calls it "hell." At least, that's what Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the first lady of France, claims. The former model and wife of French President Nicholas Sarkozy makes the revelation in the new biography, "Carla and the Ambitious," which she helped author, according to London's Daily Mail. The statement was made during a private conversation between the two first spouses, during which Bruni asked Michelle Obama about her role as the wife to the President of the United States. The First Lady allegedly replied, "Don't ask! It's hell. I can't stand it!" "

Yeah, must be hell going on all those vacations on the taxpayer dime, living in a house for free on the taxpayer dime, etc, etc, etc, all on the taxpayer dime.

9/16/2010 8:43:10 AM

i bet it is hell being the wife of Barrack Hussien Obamuslim

9/16/2010 9:01:45 AM

It's hearsay and in before pictures of Carla Bruni.

9/16/2010 9:10:10 AM

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"pictures of Carla Bruni"

yes please.

9/16/2010 10:06:19 AM

Michelle must have the same feeling that Rockwell had about 26 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YvAYIJSSZY

9/16/2010 10:24:52 AM

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"The statement was made during a private conversation between the two first spouses"

Fuck you, news media.

9/16/2010 11:51:47 AM

OH SHIT, ITS THE FUCKING WORM CAM!!!!

I WANT MY PRIVACY BACK

(if you dont get it, then you fucking suck)

9/16/2010 12:23:13 PM

Someone bitching about their job to a colleague?

This has never happened ever!

9/16/2010 1:43:11 PM

Being First Lady probably does suck



a big black one

9/16/2010 1:48:24 PM

It's a tough life. Getting everything for free, traveling the world, reciting feel good speeches, meeting with world leaders, and pretending to give a damn about the average citizen?

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 2:49 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2010 2:43:04 PM

while i'm sure MO appreciates all of the benefits of her position, being POTUS or 1st Lady has got to be a stressful job

Look at people like Clinton and Bush before they went into office

Then look how much grayer their hair is after they leave office

Its not all due to age

9/16/2010 4:14:32 PM

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"Yeah, must be hell going on all those vacations on the taxpayer dime, living in a house for free on the taxpayer dime, etc, etc, etc, all on the taxpayer dime."

I don't think that's what she was referring to...

i think she was mostly talking about how Barrack gets drunk and beats her.

9/16/2010 6:04:10 PM

9/16/2010 6:29:29 PM

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"Yeah, must be hell going on all those vacations on the taxpayer dime"

the first family has a travel budget. also they have paid for their own vacations minus the secret service protection (which they're basically required to use).

9/16/2010 7:16:52 PM

so the first family didn't fly in air force one?

9/16/2010 7:39:50 PM

http://thewolfweb.com/message_section.aspx?section=8

9/16/2010 7:53:59 PM

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"while i'm sure MO appreciates all of the benefits of her position, being POTUS or 1st Lady has got to be a stressful job Look at people like Clinton and Bush before they went into office Then look how much grayer their hair is after they leave office Its not all due to age"

This.

I may not like the Obama's but contrary to popular opinion, they are still human. And probably even worse than the stress of the position, for a first spouse, is probably watching your spouse age 10 years in a mere 4. I mean, it pisses me off when my wife's job stresses her out, I can't imagine what it would be like if her every move was criticized and analyzed by some knuckle head with a microphone.

9/16/2010 9:39:33 PM

9/16/2010 9:57:53 PM

While it's unquestionably stressful to be president, that's no reason to throw a pity party for Obama. Given his unrivaled power and prestige, it's downright insulting. We waste our empathy on the mighty.

9/16/2010 10:23:42 PM

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"so the first family didn't fly in air force one?"

they do. and they pay the equivalent of a first class international flight when they're on personal business (or for anyone other than POTUS)

9/17/2010 12:32:02 AM

Its hard to feel sorry for someone who bitches about a job that they basically begged and campaigned for. This includes Obama bitching about the so called "Bush economy" that he inherited. Its like, dude you knew what you were getting yourself into, quit fuckin bitching

9/17/2010 12:52:25 AM

Perhaps if she cut back on her salt intake..life would be easier.

9/17/2010 1:18:22 AM

of course its hell, have you seen the tea party wackos lately

9/17/2010 2:10:34 AM

just remember the magic word: IOKIYAR

9/17/2010 3:07:21 AM

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"Its hard to feel sorry for someone who bitches about a job that they basically begged and campaigned for. This includes Obama bitching about the so called "Bush economy" that he inherited. Its like, dude you knew what you were getting yourself into, quit fuckin bitching"

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Because if they don't like it so much, why don't they just resign and go home? Oh they aren't doing that, guess it isn't THAT fucking bad then. I mean, its not like they are overseas fighting and dodging bullets. They're chillin in the White House. They have it SO bad.

[Edited on September 17, 2010 at 9:04 AM. Reason : can't stand the heat? get out of the kitchen.]

9/17/2010 9:03:27 AM

I'm not really sure you can resign from being "First Lady".

9/17/2010 9:48:09 AM

All I know is that I didn't vote for her.

9/17/2010 10:00:10 AM

Being first lady wouldn't be hell? You'd have TMZ running reports of your thighs after you went to the beach with your kids, every action or inaction would be under a media microscope, people are always lying in wait for you to slip up, etc.

Of course all of those negatives go along with being celebrity, but I think the life of a celebrity would be hell.

9/17/2010 10:11:29 AM

Again, if she didn't want it, she could have told Obama that she didn't support him running for Pres. If I recall correctly, he said that running for Pres was a decision they made together, with her being all for it.

9/17/2010 10:35:32 AM

Politicians say things that may not be true in order to gain trust from voters. -Ric Romero

9/17/2010 10:36:30 AM

There's zero context here you judgemental fuck smellers

9/17/2010 10:39:51 AM

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"The statement was made during a private conversation between the two first spouses, during which Bruni asked Michelle Obama about her role as the wife to the President of the United States. The First Lady allegedly replied, "Don't ask! It's hell. I can't stand it!""

how is that not context?

9/17/2010 10:47:32 AM

thanks for the thread. otherwise i would never have known this bit of non-news.

9/17/2010 10:53:23 AM

SO glad no one is reporting the shit I sometimes say about my job.

and I'm sure everyone else is, too.

9/17/2010 11:04:31 AM

^^^It's clearly an embellishment, and you can't really tell how much of an embellishment she's trying to communicate without hearing her voice or seeing her face. She could be sarcastic; she could be cold serious.

9/17/2010 11:13:00 AM

This is a complete distraction

9/17/2010 11:18:14 AM

shes real cute tho

9/17/2010 11:23:07 AM

damn

9/17/2010 1:03:00 PM

I hit it.

9/17/2010 1:06:44 PM

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"Because if they don't like it so much, why don't they just resign and go home?"

It's conceivable that a person would endure something unpleasant if they thought it was for the greater good.

"It's hell" is a stretch but I doubt the job is all roses and happy-time (on taxpayer money, of course), either.

9/17/2010 2:39:03 PM

Jesus I wish I could love my job/life as much as Raiden does, apparently not thinking your life is perfect means you're a fucking ungrateful whiner and should just quit.

9/18/2010 12:15:55 AM

while I agree this is non-news and is not in context, "hell" is certainly a poor choice of words.

hell is being unemployed with a family to feed
hell is watching a buddy get blown up by a roadside bomb
hell is enduring mambagrl's posts

hell is not being married to the President of the United States.

9/18/2010 12:52:54 AM

She's also married to a nigerian muslim who hates freedom and America and white people, and who wants to end the American way of life as we know it. That seems like hell to me...

9/18/2010 1:15:49 AM

Drew Carey: Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.

Given that the Presidency, and by extension the position as First Lady, isn't something forced upon you its folly to expect a lot of public sympathy, but since this was a private conversation I don't think it was aimed at garnering public sympathy which makes the "oh yeah, your job isn't so tough" type comments feel somewhat misplaced.

Seriously though, everyone commiserates a little bit with their coworkers who can best understand what they're going through, and how many people in the world right now are currently in the position of first lady to commiserate with? All I'm saying is that I'm not throwing any extra sympathy her way because of this, but I'm not sending her a bottle of haterade either.

9/18/2010 1:22:54 AM

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"I'm not really sure you can resign from being "First Lady"."

it's called divorce

9/18/2010 2:27:50 AM

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"All I'm saying is that I'm not throwing any extra sympathy her way because of this, but I'm not sending her a bottle of haterade either."

Bingo.

Again, it's a stretch, but it's not the wholesale assault on American ideals that some are making it out to be.

9/18/2010 4:41:50 AM

And the latest CNN update has Carla Bruni denying that Michelle Obama ever said any such thing. No doubt several of you will throw that development right out the window.

9/20/2010 11:21:45 PM

That's because Carla Bruni is a classy lady, just trying to look out for her friend Michelle across the pond.

9/20/2010 11:28:22 PM

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"it's called divorce"

She better not get half of america, though I'd be ok with two christmases.

9/20/2010 11:40:42 PM

Being a citizen during the Obama regime has been hell too.

9/21/2010 9:43:15 AM