I laugh every time I see this shirt. Ummm….stocking stuffer…*hint, hint*

It is reported that President-elect Barack Obama will name prominent Chicago businesswoman Desiree Rogers as the White House social secretary. Not only is this woman an accomplished, intelligent, successful Wellesley/Harvard graduate, but she is (hello!) Gorgeous. Now, I know people would say, “What do her looks have to do with anything? What matters is whether she can do the job or not.”

This is true. However, if you look at the duties of a social secretary — Wikipedia states that they are “responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of official social events at the White House — it says to me that they are not much more than a glorified party planner. Not a bad job to have, mind you, but I almost feel like Ms. Rogers could be over-qualified for this position.

Anyway, that is not my point. Ms. Rogers is a real looker. And it can’t hurt to have a party planner who is easy on the eyes. But one has to wonder if Hillary would have allowed this kind of hire when Bill was in office. Of course, I don’t know what his social secretaries looked like, but I can almost guarantee they looked nowhere near as hot as Ms. Rogers. They could have looked like Buck Rogers. As long as they were female, I’m sure Hillary would have had cause to worry.

From what I can tell, Ms. Rogers is not married. Wow. This is how I know the Obamas must have a rock solid marriage. You just can’t have that kind of eye candy roaming around the house unless you are that confident with your marriage. Kudos to the Obamas.

I wonder if Ms. Rogers is into younger, less educated, socially inept men.

Goodbye.

I may never eat turkey again.

If anyone has mp3s of old Tony Kornheiser podcasts, please email me at amadmin@eveningmelancholy.com. I listen to these shows while I work but the only ones available now are from April through June of 2008. So, if you have access to any more, please let me know. Thanks!!