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Or shower curtains.

That was to be my question, What has been typical for the other first ladies?

If 26 is the norm ,then they ALL have forgotten that they are employees of this nation and not royalty.
With public office comes responsability,not privlidge of aristocracy.

For whatever it is worth:

Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/firstlady.asp

A look at some first ladies and their staff sizes:

Laura Bush: Between 24 and 26 by end of President George W. Bush's term in 2009, according to Anita McBride, Mrs. Bush's chief of staff.

Lady Bird Johnson, whose signature issue was beautifying roadways, had a staff of 30, said Stacy A. Cordery, a history professor at Montmouth College in Illinois who studies first ladies.

Betty Ford had almost the same number.

Jacqueline Kennedy, who made renovating the White House her cause, had about 40 people on staff, Cordery said.

Compare to Winston Churchill. Did nicely with one and for a goodly portion of WWII got by without that. Not to say there weren't problems, first day he forgot to put his dentures in before he left the house.

Compare to Sarah Palin; 5 kids under 18, and has never hired a babysitter. She layed off the chef at the governors mansion, so she could do the cooking. She also went back to work as governor when baby Trig was 3 days old.

They see themselves as royalty rather than as servants to the country and their attitudes show it.