If she got a job in DC, that would just be another can of worms. With unemployment what it is, can't you just see the headlines now, about some highly qualified mother of 4 who lost their job to make one for Michelle Obama, or who just lost out on getting the job, for her? True or not, it would be really bad PR.
In the late 80s or early 90s, I forget which, the current Chief Justice of New Zealand, Dame Sian Elias faced exactly that criticism - her husband was at the time head of one of the country's biggest companies. I remember commenting that very few people in the dole queue would be qualified to do her job (she was a QC at the time).
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Date: 2009-01-21 09:09 pm (UTC)In the late 80s or early 90s, I forget which, the current Chief Justice of New Zealand, Dame Sian Elias faced exactly that criticism - her husband was at the time head of one of the country's biggest companies. I remember commenting that very few people in the dole queue would be qualified to do her job (she was a QC at the time).