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No Reporters on Michelle Obama's Trip to China
The Weekly Standard ^ | March 18, 2014 | DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 03/19/2014 6:17:34 AM PDT by don-o

First Lady Michelle Obama will be accompanied by her children and her mother on her trip to China, which begins today. But she won't be accompanied by the press.

"Michelle Obama’s trip to China starting on Wednesday will be nonpolitical, the White House says, a 'people-to-people exchange' emphasizing the importance that both nations place on education. As if to underscore the point, no reporters are traveling with the first lady, and she does not plan to give interviews while there," reports the New York Times.

The White House is defending the first lady bringing her family along for the ride by saying it's what the Chinese would want. "Tina Tchen, Mrs. Obama’s chief of staff and a first-generation Chinese-American, said a multigenerational visit would be appreciated by the Chinese, who value tradition," says the Times.

But in America, the trip is not without controversy. "Mrs. Obama is drawing scrutiny for her decision to travel with her mother and her two daughters, who are on spring break, bringing to mind a vacation she took to Spain in 2010 with her daughter Sasha and some friends.

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2heavy4a777; china; chinavacation; coverup; extrawideseats; michelle; obamavacation; secrecy; tyranny; vacation; vacationvacation; wideload
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1 posted on 03/19/2014 6:17:34 AM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

Michelle Obama acting like entitled royalty on Camera does not fit the Current Democrat Current Truth about demonizing successful people.

Therefore, no media coverage will be done, for fear of losing their cushy media jobs, should they dare to say the wrong thing, in print, or on air.


2 posted on 03/19/2014 6:19:52 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Well, it is what the Sheeple voted for....)
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To: don-o

How much is this costing us? And, the Obama’s are going to Martha’s Vineyard in August. So far 4 vacations this year and we are only half way through the third month of the year.


3 posted on 03/19/2014 6:20:07 AM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: don-o

Eat your peas.


4 posted on 03/19/2014 6:22:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: don-o

Your highness, you’re traveling on our dime, so we’re entitled to come along for the ride.


5 posted on 03/19/2014 6:22:48 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative (I'm a constitutionalist, not a libertarian. Huge difference.)
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To: don-o

- One of B Hussein Obama’s half-brothers lives in Commie China…...


6 posted on 03/19/2014 6:23:05 AM PDT by devolve (- Tell VLADIMER after my ERECTION I have more FLEXIBILITY -- I need more SPACE - BHO Jr -)
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To: don-o

So she can pig-out at the all-you-can-eat buffets.......................


7 posted on 03/19/2014 6:23:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: don-o
"Some conservative commentators are calling the China trip a junket. The White House will not say how much it will cost."

Taxpayer funded lavish vacations for the family!

8 posted on 03/19/2014 6:23:39 AM PDT by Brandonmark (OWCM is The new American Minority! 11.06.12 - Day of Infamy!)
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To: don-o

Maybe one reporter will find two nickels and shadow the witch.


9 posted on 03/19/2014 6:23:52 AM PDT by Tugo (Malaysian Jet in the Paint Shop.)
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To: tcrlaf
Most transparent, open administration in US History. FLOTUS/POTUS verified geniuses, icons of style and grace. Selfless, tireless vanguards for the poor, safekeepers of the downtrodden. Yea verily, King Barack and Queen Michelle.

A couple of effing grifters the likes of which MTV’s Cribs has never seen.

10 posted on 03/19/2014 6:24:36 AM PDT by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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11 posted on 03/19/2014 6:27:14 AM PDT by McGruff (They say the first casualty of war is truth)
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To: don-o

“Michelle Obama’s trip to China starting on Wednesday will be nonpolitical...”

Everything these mouth-breathers do has political implications.


12 posted on 03/19/2014 6:27:19 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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13 posted on 03/19/2014 6:27:58 AM PDT by jimbo123
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To: don-o
"Michelle Obama’s trip to China starting on Wednesday will be nonpolitical, the White House says, a 'people-to-people exchange"

In other words, a vacation.

14 posted on 03/19/2014 6:28:04 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Can’t even eat our peas, moooooochele ate all of those also. She didn’t buy them , grow them, shop for them, pick them, cook them or serve them she just ate them at the tax payers expense.


15 posted on 03/19/2014 6:30:01 AM PDT by chiefqc
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To: don-o

maybe she and the kids are fleeing the country


16 posted on 03/19/2014 6:30:41 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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"Michelle Obama’s trip to China starting on Wednesday will be nonpolitical, the White House says,?

A) Shouldn't ALL her trips be non-political? She's not an elected official.

B) Oh. Well. If the White House says it.....then it must be a lie.

17 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:15 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: yldstrk

more like a come to Jesus meeting with our overlords, except they don’t believe in Jesus.


18 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:36 AM PDT by AdSimp
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To: don-o

Think maybe she is planning to defect?


19 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:38 AM PDT by Tupelo (I feel more like Philip Nolan every day)
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To: jimbo123

Gross!!!! What a pig. She wasn’t taught table manners.


20 posted on 03/19/2014 6:32:57 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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