Posted on 12/26/2011 7:06:43 PM PST by MissesBush
News that President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii this weekend to join his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha in time for a Christmas holiday has been covered by news media worldwide.
The first family and their friends have been enjoying a reclusive 17-day holiday vacation in beach front homes in Kailua, Oahu.
But another powerful politician is here for the holidays as well, albeit on another island and with less media attention.
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who served as Speaker of the House and is now head of the House minority, is once again spending her Christmas at the exotic Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka'upulehu in Kona on the island of Hawaii.
Pelosi reportedly plans to spend her Christmas Eve at midnight mass in St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kailua-Kona.
Pelosi spent the last two Christmas holidays in Kona at the same hotel in an elaborate suite that rents for $10,000 a night.
The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai’s details its luxurious setting and amenities on its web site: “Gloriously revitalised, this natural tropical paradise offers more than ever to explore – with a newly expanded Spa, beachfront dining, fashion boutiques and new Deluxe Suites, in addition to Jack Nicklaus signature golf. Set on the Big Island’s exclusive Kona-Kohala Coast, this showpiece resort captures the essence of Hawaiian design, culture and tradition.”
Pelosi has her share of allies in Hawaii, including Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who she defended during his successful campaign for governor in 2010. When Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mufi Hannemann claimed during the primary that Abercrombie was not effective in Congress, Pelosi issued a statement calling Abercrombie “outstanding, effective and courageous.”
Pelosi has been escorted by local police during her last two holiday visits to Hawaii Island at a cost of $34,000 to local taxpayers.
Obama’s trip to the island of Oahu has proved much pricier to state and federal taxpayers.
In a Hawaii Reporter story published last week, the total cost (based on what is known) for a 17-day round trip vacation to Hawaii for the President and his family and staff and security is an estimated $4,113,038.
That includes $3,629,622 for separate travel for the president and his family, $151,200 for housing for security, $72,216 for staff to stay in one of Hawaii's most luxurious resorts, the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki, and local police protection and ambulance detail for $260,000.
I find it interesting that she is in the top 1% of earners while at the same time she is supporting the raising of taxes on the top 1%. Is she writing some exception into the law for top Democrats?
Ahhhh... the sacrifices of public service.
The Birth Certificate plot thickens . . .
A new strategy emerges . . .
Zero will continue to become such an embarrassment that even Kenya, wanting to avoid embarrassment, will refuse to say he was born there.
Maybe it’ll relax her drum-tight scalp.
"...Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples...."--A. Pig,--George Orwell's Animal Farm
No. No quite. Pelosi's "earned" that money by grift, bribe and using her public office for her own enrichment.
We are paying for it.
We came to this New Land for exactly this. Over control by the ruling elite.
CA people, if they knew this, would be elated that the one who watches over them so diligently is entitled to a few days of relaxation before the big battles ahead.
CA people don’t see it that way, but you are right.
I wonder if Nancy used an ENTERTAINMENT.com 50% off coupon..?
It’s Princess Pelosi!
I wouldn't care about her shelling out this kind of coin on an extravagent Hawaii vacation if she allowed others to enjoy their wealth as they see fit. But she doesn't. She hypocritically demonizes wealth, sets a bunch of street trash punks loose on them with the OWS and proposes scheme after scheme after scheme to steal more of their money, demonizing their success and the fruits of their efforts the whole way along. She therefore deserves to be called on her rank hypocrisy in this piece of conspicuous wealth enjoyment that she would deny to others and even tries to make seem evil and wrong. The woman is a rank hypocrite and needs to be called as such from every roof top until they either stop dividing us by class or just admit they're a bunch of phonies who love rolling in it too.
Don’t forget all of the hundreds of thousands made in her wineries and other business on the backs of NON-UNION workers!
On the next topic they switched right into bashing the people they call the 1% for having too much money. Liberals are incapable of identifying their own hypocrisy.
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