Posted on 06/07/2009 7:18:54 AM PDT by tobyhill
President Barack Obama spent a few hours as a tourist this weekend, seeing Paris with his wife and two young girls after his trip to the Middle East, Germany and the beaches of Normandy.
Obama on Sunday was wrapping up a six-day trip abroad that took him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany and France. The tour included a speech to Muslims on Thursday and a trip to a Nazi concentration camp a day later. On Saturday, he marked the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion at Normandy.
After the D-Day ceremonies at Omaha Beach, Obama returned to Paris with wife Michelle. They stayed at the U.S. ambassador's residence and spent time as tourists with their daughters.
The Obama family was up early on a cool and overcast Sunday morning. Shortly after 9 a.m., they arrived at the Pompidou Center, a modern art museum constructed of color-coded ducts that has become a famous landmark since it opened in 1977.
Obama and his family went to the top of the Pompidou Center, which has one of the best views of the whole city. Daughter Sasha was celebrating her eighth birthday in Paris as well.
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It’s summertime in Europe...”when in Rome...!”
Didn’t Michelle’s relatives tag along as well? Who paid their tickets?
The Obamas are looting America.
If only he would defect back to his home country and save us from his ‘work’.
I always get real sarcastic about things like this, but deleted my first emotional response and am now wondering if Bush or Reagan spent a day just visiting. Someone must be tracking the work hours, or is it just a 4yr salaried position? Maybe we should just make the Obamas the royalty of America, foot that bill, and re-elect a new working president?
We all paid for their tickets.
If there was a Republican in office frittering away tax payer money while the unemployment rate was 9.5% and rising, there would be screaming in the media.
If Shakespeare had been speaking to Barack Obama, he would have written, “All the world’s a stage, and you’re tripping on it.”
Didn’t Michelle’s relatives tag along as well?
Did they? I haven’t heard this.
Yeah, and imagine if that Republican’s First Lady brought along her relatives on a Paris sightseeing trip.
Niece and grandma in the picture. See post #13.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266565/posts
The ‘Bama lives like a sultan and, as usual, gets a pass from the MSM.
Oops, make that #32. Apparently there are other friends and relatives there as well.
doubt we’ll see the true cost of the trip to Paris,” Paige said. Not keeping his promise “has been a disappointment, to say the least,” she added.
A White House spokeswoman said Michelle Obama will accompany her husband to the Normandy tribute, but otherwise the family’s schedule while in Paris will be private. Under government rules, the spokeswoman said, Obama will personally pay for any non-official expenses he and his family incur on the trip, but their expense report will not be released. The president plans to return to Washington on Sunday, but his family plans to stay longer in Paris.
The spokeswoman said that for security reasons, the family will cross the Atlantic in a government jet. The Obamas will reimburse the government at commercial fares, but she would not say at what rate.
Oh, please!!!!!! Are you kidding? The way this King is setting up America his personal wealth will increase by at least a billion before his term is up. A former nitwit hanging around with the worst in Chicago and a prior ACORN employee!!!!!
The same has been true for all recent presidents - i.e. when family members go along in an “un-official” capacity...
Thus the obama’s were only required to reimburse the taxpayer an amount equal to a round trip full coach fare from Washington DC to NYC for what likely cost the taxpayers $200,000 for their “date night”...
Thanks! Well, I hope the most transparent administration in history will disclose how much this family outing is going to cost. Extra secret service protection alone will be costly. So I’m looking forward to seeing how the obamas are planning to pay for it. :)
One source says Michelle is still there to run up the tab even more.
Yep! Fox News just reported that Dear Leader is already on his way home in the 747 while Michelle, the girls and her mother are STAYING FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF DAYS!!!
There’s a whole website dedicated to Michelle Obama’s fashion; she’s got to keep up!
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