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Without apparent irony, Time magazine described Rogers, 50, as viewing her job as "an artistic template for her own vision" rather than a mere staff position. She was in the front row beside Vogue editor Anna Wintour for New York's Fashion Week and was described by an Obama aide as a "cultural liaison for the White House".
Rogers fell to earth with a crash last November when three gate crashers managed to get into Obama's first state dinner. The Social Secretary, naturally, was not on the gate but inside the event, resplendent in a Comme des Garçons gown. It was hard to feel sorry for Rogers who, after all, had remarked in an interview nine days into her job that she "put party planning at kind of E" on her list of priorities.
But anyone doubting that Obama has a ruthless streak should consider what happened to Rogers next. Summoned by Congress to account for the security lapse the White House - which had come into office promising a new era of transparency - forbade her to attend, citing a constitutional "separation of powers" issue.
Then the whispering began. Fellow Obama cronies like Valerie Jarrett - who lives in the same Georgetown apartment block - cut her off. Rogers was told she had to resign. And then news of her resignation was leaked before she could line up another job. All along, White House aides now confide, Rogers was a show horse rather than a work horse, someone who boosted herself at the expense of the First Couple and viewed the Obamas as a business.
Rogers fell to earth with a crash last November when three gate crashers managed to get into Obama's first state dinner. The Social Secretary, naturally, was not on the gate but inside the event, resplendent in a Comme des Garçons gown. It was hard to feel sorry for Rogers who, after all, had remarked in an interview nine days into her job that she "put party planning at kind of E" on her list of priorities.
But anyone doubting that Obama has a ruthless streak should consider what happened to Rogers next. Summoned by Congress to account for the security lapse the White House - which had come into office promising a new era of transparency - forbade her to attend, citing a constitutional "separation of powers" issue.
Then the whispering began. Fellow Obama cronies like Valerie Jarrett - who lives in the same Georgetown apartment block - cut her off. Rogers was told she had to resign. And then news of her resignation was leaked before she could line up another job. All along, White House aides now confide, Rogers was a show horse rather than a work horse, someone who boosted herself at the expense of the First Couple and viewed the Obamas as a business.