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Whoah! Obama´s Opulent StateDinners Cost The Taxpayer AboutHalf A Million Dollars Each
Independent Journal Review ^ | 2/11/14 | Soopermexican

Posted on 02/11/2014 8:32:01 AM PST by Nachum

Obama is having a grand old time with his socialist buddy President Francois Hollande of France on his visit, and for the first time ever, Americans will get a view of just how much a State dinner costs them. It took thirteen months for the State Department to respond to the request for the costs of such dinners, but here they are! CBS News has obtained the Office of Protocol’s expense calculations for the first five state dinners of the Obama presidency. Nov. 24, 2009 – State dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India. $572,187.36 May 19, 2010 – State dinner for President

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KEYWORDS: dinners; fraudofthedeficit; kingofthedeficit; nodocumentation; noshame; obama; state; taxpayer
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To: Nachum

And how much did they spend for the Israeli state dinner?


21 posted on 02/11/2014 10:02:22 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

You mean when Obama showed Obama the back door?

http://www.examiner.com/article/pm-netanyahu-gets-the-back-door-by-obama-again-ps-give-up-your-country


22 posted on 02/11/2014 10:05:04 AM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Correction: Netanyahu the back door..


23 posted on 02/11/2014 10:05:33 AM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Isn’t something like this the case for all Presidents?


24 posted on 02/11/2014 10:18:21 AM PST by Paradox (Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
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To: Nachum

Article I, section 9: “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time.”

I presume, therefore, that the GOP majority in the House of Representatives has consented (again and again) to these expenditures?


25 posted on 02/11/2014 10:33:01 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise. E)
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To: Nachum

It is often overlooked that the slush fund of the kicked back Soylendra loans can be spent as the President desires


26 posted on 02/11/2014 10:34:51 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: Iron Munro
Hopefully, obozo won't choke or overdose on some good stuff that night...same goes for his guests. One can only hope...
27 posted on 02/11/2014 10:36:04 AM PST by itssme
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To: Nachum
“Correction: Netanyahu the back door..”

That was a most contemptible, disloyal act towards a loyal ally of the United States.

28 posted on 02/11/2014 10:44:39 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.)
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To: tcrlaf

A State dinner is hardly a party.


29 posted on 02/11/2014 10:47:59 AM PST by newbie 10-21-00
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30 posted on 02/11/2014 10:52:54 AM PST by LucyT
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31 posted on 02/11/2014 10:55:23 AM PST by LucyT
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To: Nachum

How does this compare to the cost of state dinners under Bush?


32 posted on 02/11/2014 10:55:53 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

No idea how it compares to Bush. It would be more interesting to compare it to the Clinton donor “Breakfasts”.


33 posted on 02/11/2014 11:00:08 AM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: DoodleDawg; Nachum

If there were a comparison to be made I believe CBS would of mentioned it.


34 posted on 02/11/2014 11:07:22 AM PST by GregNH (If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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To: GregNH

I’m curious as to why there is a $350,000 difference between the dinner for Merkel and the dinner for the president of India? More people invited? Entertainment? Did they roast an elephant or something?


35 posted on 02/11/2014 11:10:30 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: angcat

These pretenders love to grouse about the rich and the plight about the poor all the while immersing themselves in obscene opulence. This is just another in seemingly endless list of things they are given a pass on by his media cheerleaders. These creeps are going to miss the trappings of the White House more than any former administration has in modern history.


36 posted on 02/11/2014 11:20:56 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: DoodleDawg

but he is concerned about inequality.... lol


37 posted on 02/11/2014 11:22:17 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Nachum

John LeCarre writes, in “Absolute Friends” : “There is nothing in the Communist Manifesto that forbids a little luxury to those who have deserved it.”

And if a little luxury is good, then a lot must be better. And who, if not The One and The Mrs., have not truly earned it?


38 posted on 02/11/2014 11:27:56 AM PST by DPMD
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To: gibsonguy

“These creeps are going to miss the trappings of the White House more than any former administration has in modern history.”

What makes you think they’re leaving? ;)


39 posted on 02/11/2014 11:48:38 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Nachum


40 posted on 02/11/2014 11:59:16 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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