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Honey Just Part of Michelle Obama's Goodies Box

By Paul Bedard

October 13, 2009 RSS Feed Print

By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers

Give the White House some credit for learning fast, at least on the issue of gifts to dignitaries. After the iPod fiasco for Queen Elizabeth II, first lady Michelle Obama's gang came up with a real original for the spouses of the G-20 leaders who met in Pittsburgh recently. It was a beautiful wooden box filled with a uniquely designed tea set and some of the honey from the beehive on the South Lawn. The first lady had a special crystal vase made as well as china designed after the Lincoln china. No word yet on if it will be basis for the Obama china, should she have some made. Whispers got a chance to see the honey and vase up close for our photo gallery.

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Poor Michelled was so inconvenienced that she had to go to Copenhagen. How did she have time to do this goodie bag? Oh, I forgot, she has a very large staff paid for by the taxpayers to take care of all of this for her. Poor babykins!

Fed up of DC 2:48PM October 14, 2009

Tell me, all you commenters, where were you when Bush was in office spending us INTO the mess this country is in now? Where was all your bitching at the bazillion dollars the Iraq war cost this country -- and is STILL costing this country, not to mention the number of lives lost? Where were you then? Who paid for all the protocol gifts Laura Bush gave out during her 8 years in the WH, huh? Did you bitch about how much taxpayer money SHE spent? Was it even taxpayer money? Have you done any research into this to determine if taxpayers are the ones who actually pay for these protocol gifts? Or is it that this has been "protocol" for the White House since the time of George Washington? What do you expect your President and First Lady to do when they've invited heads of state to this country or when they themselves travel to foreign countries? Get a freaking grip, people!! There are sooooo many other higher priorities to spend your hard-earned brain cells on!!

Donna C. of TX 1:54PM October 14, 2009

Considering the hard financial times so many Americans are having our President and First Lady should cool it on spending taxpayers money. And yes, that includes multimillion overseas jaunts to promote their hometown bid for the Olympics.

I voted for President Obama. Now I'm wondering if I did the right thing.

S. J. Smithson of WA 9:43PM October 13, 2009

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