Just stop it if you can! I know it's hard. You are so invested in this crap, but please, for the sake of the rest of us, just stop.

She walks around looking pissed off or bored or whatever half the time. Really. If she's not "posed," she looks and acts pissed.

Spending money on "date nights' and flying around in small jets at taxpayers' expense while millions try to figure out their own economic stimulus plan is just more contrived crap out of the White House.

Actually, I'll be glad when the guy is gone!

To this note of Amanda Fortini, it is only one:

God bless the perfect first Family, and give them the life for many Happy years!Salute Reporter,please!kotoriba,/Vesna/,ZG,Croatia

...where was the "maladjustment" in Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton? From all reports, they were both pretty good kids who grew up into pretty good adults.

Oh, wait...they were both a bit gawky there for a few years in early adolescence. Nothing ruins that perfect family like unattractive children. (This is said with extreme sarcasm.)

Why did no one mention the George W. Bushes? Apparently they had a fun marriage. At least Laura enjoyed her nights out by herself at one of Washington's hotels. I think she used to stay over as well. I guess getting back to the Whitehouse in the middle of the night was too big a deal. Geroge also used to enjoy himself alone. At least I take it he was by himself when he choked on a pretzel. You don't think, heaven forbid that Laura was there stuffing them down his throat do you?

What a sloppy article!

In the midst of talking about Richard Wolffe's book, you suddenly refer to Gregory. How did he get into the picture?

What evidence do you have for lumping Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton into the disfunctional category? I suppose because Chelsea had the difficult role of trying to be a healer when her mom and dad's marriage was very shakey, you think that's a matter for scorn. And I don't know if Amy Carter was a tomboy. I don't remember her that way - rather more bookish; but, even if she was a tomboy, where's the disfunction.

And who of us envied the JFK marriage? Please!

Make your point, but don't generalize to the point of being ridiculous.

By all accounts she wasn't supportive of his career until he made some money from his books and managed to finagle her a lucrative job through his political connections. Initially she didn't want him to run for the presidency because she thought the whole idea was a fluke that would cost them money. She didn't get on board until his handlers and Uncle Teddy, of course, made it plain he didn't stand a chance without a family man image. She then made it plain to him he would cowtow for her help.

GASP!!!...A spouse has serious reservations about their partner's career choices?!? A career choice that would have life-altering impact on their reputation, their household, their children, their physical safety?!? A spouse is concerned over the family finances when there are two small children to support?!?

Wow, Michelle is a bitch.

It’s entertainment (most of us prefer the bickering of “The Osbournes” to the anesthetizing comfort of, say, “Our House”),

The Osbournes' bickering ended, as we all know now, with both of their children doing two stints in rehab for addictions to alcohol and opiates -- a fatal combination that's taken many lives in this country.

MTV turned the Osbourne kids into stars who were served underage at whatever hip Hollywood nightclub they happened to stumble into that night.

I still remember the episode when Sharon found a half-empty bottle of Jack Daniels in her 16 year old son's room after allowing a 21 year old skateboarding celebrity to bunk with him.

Did she empty the bottle out and confront her son? Did she kick out the 21 year old who was obviously buying booze for her child? Did she report the kid to the police and have him charged with buying booze for a minor?

No, she put on a big performance for the camera, talking about how she used to poop in Ozzie's weed, and then she took the bottle into the bathroom, where she said she was going to piss into it and then leave it out for Jack to drink.

I prefer the Obamas, thank you.

The Osbourne kids almost didn't make it out alive.

...that uses the words "seems", "looks", "appears", and "presumably" as much as this one.

Speculate much?

Sorry, but I couldn't disagree more. From everything I've read and seen in the news, Michelle Obama appears to be an insatiable nag. By all accounts she wasn't supportive of his career until he made some money from his books and managed to finagle her a lucrative job through his political connections. Initially she didn't want him to run for the presidency because she thought the whole idea was a fluke that would cost them money. She didn't get on board until his handlers and Uncle Teddy, of course, made it plain he didn't stand a chance without a family man image. She then made it plain to him he would cowtow for her help. In actuality, the woman hasn't the remotest resemblance to her media-made image. Most of the story they tout about her is so spun her old schoolmates didn't recognize who was being talked about. Their 'close' relationship is more about mollifying Michelle than anything else. For now she likes being a celebrity & her handlers are ensuring her crafted image is all that is seen. These days what our 'newspeople' sell seldom has more than the slightest relationship to truth. When the country gets tired of treating for $100,000 date nights or her overhauled face staring at them from every grocery checkstand, it will be too late. We have major problems and so far, he's reneged on nearly everything he promised. They are not movie stars and should have a little more substance and discretion about them. He needs to go to work and she needs to get out of the tabloids and think of something besides herself.