Posted on 08/06/2010 6:03:36 PM PDT by maggief
Reporting from Washington — As the economy endures high unemployment and a jittery stock market, President Obama has preached sacrifice and fiscal discipline. But the pictures coming out of a sun-splashed Spanish resort this week may be sending a different message.
First Lady Michelle Obama is in the midst of a five-day trip to a luxury resort along with a few friends, her youngest daughter, aides and Secret Service personnel. Her office said the family will pay for personal expenses, but won't reveal the taxpayer cost for the government employees.
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A White House official said that Michelle Obama is accompanied by "a handful of longtime family friends — it's moms and daughters — and it's minimal staff." One aide on the trip is the first lady's deputy chief of staff, Melissa Winter.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the destination was chosen by Michelle Obama and her friends.
After the first lady returns home, she and her family will soon head out for another vacation. They will travel to the Gulf Coast for the weekend of Aug. 14, followed by a 10-day vacation on Martha's Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts.
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“Her office said the family will pay for personal expenses, but won’t reveal the taxpayer cost for the government employees.”
Well, I’ll be calling the WH on Monday with a request to know how damn much of MY money was spent on this trip.
Personal expenses? What constitutes a “personal expense” I wonder???
The Obamas know it’s only a matter of time before their fraud is found out, and they’re booted out of their cushy life. They’re like kids in a candy store whose proprietor is asleep behind the counter. They have to grab as much as they can while they can. So they throw party after party, take vacation after vacation, eat as much Wagyu steak as they can hold. Michelle wears a different designer outfit every hour of the day. It’s all for them—the percs, the pomp, the presige, the adulation. Their biggest challenge is to suck everything they possible can out of this gig, while simultaneously appearing to give a $#!+ about the job he was elected to do.
How stupid can someone be to do that? Black suit, swimming with seals in the ocean?
Hello Mr. Great White Shark
A souvenir trinket quickly purchased at an airport kiosk as they get ready to board the airplane for the flight back home.
Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was thinking also. All other expenses were paid for by the taxpayers of the U.s.
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