Separate Vacations for Barack and Michelle Obama

Weekly Standard ^ | 2/15/13 | DANIEL HALPER

[Nachum]

The White House confirms today that President Barack Obama will be vacationing in Florida this weekend. His wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, will be in Colorado. The two daughters will be with Michelle.

From the White House press gaggle aboard Air Force One:

Earnest confirmed that FLOTUS and her daughters are on a "ski trip out West with family and friends", and won't be with POTUS in Florida this weekend.

While the rest of his family will be skiing, Obama is expected to be hitting the links with golf pros and buddies in Florida.

Vice President Joe Biden and his family, according to the White House, will be in Colorado this weekend on vacation.

Monday is president's day.

UPDATE: Here's the exchange aboard Air Force One:

Q There’s also a report that Mrs. Obama and her daughters are -- have a separate vacation plan for this weekend. Can you just confirm that?

MR. EARNEST: Those of you who have been covering the White House know that the First Lady and her two daughters, on a pretty annual basis around this time, will go on a ski trip out west with some family friends, and they’re doing that again this year.

Q The President doesn’t like skiing? (Laughter.)

[Common Sense 101]

Two vacations? Why not, don’t cost nothin’... Gawd how I loathe these vile, POS communist scumbags.

[jch10]

He’s in Chicago, picking up something/somebody for his vacation.

[Karliner]

Uh, Benghazi and Tripoli, or Pahkeestahn?
Didn’t they just finish a Hawaiian vacay? Must be nice to be king and queen of emptysuitville.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

I will make a prediction right now: When the youngest daughter turns 18, Obama & Michelle will separate and he will “come out” as gay. The media will have a lovefest, as they laud him for his “courage” in coming out, and he’ll make a bazillion dollars with his “tell all” memoir (which, curiously, will skip over the night of Benghazi).

[Darren McCarty]

In Florida? Charlie Crist. Who else? LOL.

[chiefqc]

Maybe they each want to see their boyfriends.

[itssme]

Bingo..you win the prize! obozo apparently picked up Reggie Love on his stop to Chicago. oboma’s media failed to tell us about that now, didn't they! obozo also gave Reggie a lift on Air Force One on oboma’s trip back to the White House. The story is oboma got off AF1, and 15 minutes later Reggie got off the plane. Don't know if Reggie was going to grab a hotel room nearby to continue he and obozo’s good times together, or if Reggie was grabbing another flight back to Chicago...did obozo provide the transportation, I wonder, or at least pay the fare...it's the least a lover can do!

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