Posted on 05/30/2009 12:50:23 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
GOP goes after the Obama's date night in NYC @ 3:37 pm by Michael O'Brien
The Republican National Committee (RNC) went after President and Mrs. Obama's date night, contrasting their trip to New York City Saturday evening with Americans' economic struggles.
"As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan's theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills," RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho wrote to reporters.
"Have a great Saturday evening — even if you're not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense," she added.
The president and first lady had announced they will take a smaller VIP jet under military command to minimize the costs of the flight to New York this evening.
The administration had come under fire before for the trip of an Air Force One plane over Manhattan for promotional pictures, a trip which sparked questions about security and the cost of the trip.
The RNC dredged up that comparison as well, adding a clip to Obama's joke before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner about the First Daughters, Sasha and Malia, having been grounded for taking the plane for a "joyride" in that instance.
That’s right - whatever obama wants is okay with Chrissy Matthews ....
Hmmmm, makes me wonder if Sasha and Malia were on Air Force One when it circled the Statue of Liberty. Nothing like teasing with the truth?
I don't know what the per-hour fuel consumption rate of Bush's fishing boat was, but I'm guessing it was much, much less than the 3,400 gallons per hour that AF1 burns.
Do we really need a POTUS and First Lady who are immune to the economic hardships of Americans, their voters included?
The libs are justifying the flight costs because he’s taking a Gulfstream instead of the VC-25. What a joke.
Just like their Valentine date in Chicago while the stimulus bill was waiting on his desk to be signed.
They’re a couple of sickos.
That must really hurt... but really Obama, can't you take a commercial flight or something?
Did the Bush's own the boat and fueled the boat at their expense?
On his own nickle too.
Yes. Chase boats manned by the SS were gov't owned and were on the taxpayers dime.
Fixed it.
Of course, one would have to also add the 4,300 gallons per hour that the C5 (used to transport the Beast and other SS vehicles) uses.
Absolutely.
“The president and first lady had announced they will take a smaller VIP jet ...to New York this evening.”
Are you freakin’ serious? If he wanted to live this type of lifestyle, he should’ve gone to work on Wall Street, or had a sucessful talk show like Rush ;)
SNL watch!
That would require work and we can’t have that for this jive-talking immature man-child who throws a hissy fit when he doesn’t get his way.
And think of the security nightmare involved in seeing a Broadway show - would be cheaper to have the whole dang cast and set come to the WH. (There’s a power play that perhaps has not occurred to Our Dear Leader.)
Bet the SS is really pleased. It’s good to be king...
I thought the WHITE HOUSE had a built in theater, bowling alley, etc so the president could be entertained without spending a boatload of money and still be safe. Can’t he just rent a video like the rest of us on a budget?
That would require him to actually work!
You must be racist.
/s
He ran out of DVDs - gave them to the Brit PM.
When the King wanted a pizza, he flew a pizza chef in from St. Louis.
I’m surprised he doesn’t fly the entire cast and crew of the Broadway show to the White House for a one night stand.
They will get standing Os all night long in NYC and that’s what the MSM will show.
Sounds like he is beginning to believe that he is royalty!
I literally feel like puking!
Remember the lefties goin’ insane at all the vacations that Bush took? Well, His Truculence won, and he can do anything he wants to do!
And Dem congresscritters got upset with executives flying on private corporate jets to be lectured on getting into billions of dollars in debt by people who got the US into trillions of dollars worth of debt.
You ain’t never been Obama on a Saturday night.
I remember Graig Nettles qoute [On George Steinbrenner’s 1970s habit of appearing in the Yankee locker room to deliver pep talks]: “The more we lose, the more Steinbrenner will fly in. And the more he flies, the better the chance there will be for a ......”(fill in the blank)
Join the club. We should get jackets.
Picture, singular.
And the only thing it promoted was the lie that it was a photo-op that had any at all to benefit the citizenry.
ML/NJ
Just spent the week flitting across the country for campaign fundraising. And now this!
Party on, messiah. I know you expect all of us to make sacrifices......but you are exempt. Right?????????
I say let him take all the vacation time he wants, ditto for the Pelosi/Frank/Reid Congress.
They are most lovable at play.
The left went wild when President GW Bush spent every Augusut in Crawford at the ranch he owned..one time they complained being at the ranch while the iraqi war was going on.... but zero can watch a play in NYC while North Korea is sending off missles.. POTUS GWB did not make a lot of trips over seas, as I recall..
Don’t forget his trip next week to Europe and Middle East. Another apology tour.
Well, if the CEOs of the Big Three were all but ordered to carpool to Washington, D.C., then the Royal Family should have done the same. Or maybe they could have taken the Biden car on Amtrak.
Hypocrisy, thy name is Obama.
Photo Op!
I assume that you are blind. Did you see any USAF markings on that boat you mentioned??? Didn’t think so. At least the Bush family bought and paid for that boat with their own money.
The great one can’t come up with money to by AF one. As for using a smaller plane, I expect it would be the Boeing 757, which is pretty big. I would recommend a Cessna 172 or smaller for him.
I don’t know why, but your post reminded me of 0bama’s penchant for comparing himself to that other theater-going president from Illinois.
Plus, the Bushes OWN the compound at Kennebunkport. Granted, there were transportation costs, but once there security was already in place and all of the recreation was using their own stuff. What do you want to bet that the theater tickets the King Obama and Her Thighness are not being paid for by them?
I think you need to re-read my original post. My point was that the media, even back then, was eager to portray A Republican President as out of touch with the the average American during a tough recession. They did this most frequently by showing Bush recreating.
I was drawing a comparison to the insignificant cost of Bush' own watercraft usage, to the enormous expense of Barry's day-trip to NYC to catch a show and some dinner. I was trying to illustrate the media's hypocrisy. I'm sorry you took it as something else.
"Hey kids, wanna see the Statue of Liberty up close?!"
"Yay, Daddy!"
Amazing! Seems like obama would tone it down for PR purposes if nothing else. Apparently he really does believe he can get away with anything.
C’mon. The guy is technically the POTUS.
I’ve got a bigger problem with Pelosi transporting the family via the USAF than I do with footing the bill for the president and his wife.
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