Posted on 07/06/2009 5:22:28 AM PDT by kellynla
America may be in the midst of a deep recession, and the nation may be facing unprecedented deficit spending and debt, but the White House will not reveal the cost to taxpayers of the European vacation that first lady Michelle Obama and the president’s two daughters, Malia and Sasha, took last month.
Travel by an American first lady typically includes the military passenger jet that carries her and the children, Secret Service personnel to provide security, and a separate cargo plane to haul official vehicles.
First Lady Michelle Obama’s tour of Paris with her children included a convoy of 20 vehicles, according to news reports. She also moved by “motorcade” through London.
The full cost of such a trip would also include the expense of meals and lodging for Secret Service agents and possibly other staff.
In response to inquiries from CNSNews.com last week about the cost to taxpayers of the first lady’s European vacation, the White House did not provide a figure.
“Like previous administrations, the first lady will follow all the rules and regulations that are related to reimbursement for personal travel,” Michelle Obama’s press secretary Katie McCormick Lelyveld told CNSNews.com in a written response.
CNSNews.com inquiries to the White House on the cost of the trip were made by both phone and e-mail on June 30, July 1, July 2 and July 3.
Though White House rules for vacations, or unofficial travel, requires reimbursing the government the equivalent to the cost of what a commercial flight would have been, such a reimbursement would amount to only a fraction of the total cost of the first lady’s European trip.
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So long as it wasn;t President Bush, the media doesn’t give a damn.
They are royality. They are entitled.
Like in Communistic Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea.
The big difference is over here the fools inflicted it on all of us.
It was more than the First Mother in Law who was with them. Michelle’s brother and his family also went along with assorted relatives. I believe there were about twenty of them.
Is she proud of America yet?
Thas’ right...it’s take your kids...and your wife...and granny...to work day! They are taking FULL ADVANTAGE and piling on the tour bus whenever they feel like it...they are bold, mega opportunits and they lack class. They like to flaunt in these times of severe recession. They are despicable.
What’s a few cases of Stolychnya?
More open transparency from the thugs who control 0b0z0 and his vile/evil spouse.
“i figure we’ll be over 10% unemployment when the O’s take their posh vacation on the Vineyard next month. love the way they are looking out for the little people............”
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The MSM “continually” make fun of Sarah’s education. No, she didn’t attend Harvard or Columbia.....THANK GOD, for that blessing. If she had of ....she would have been ruined! All they teach in those institutions are how to feel BETTER THAN the common “working” man and how to HATE America.
Look at our government leaders, they’re filled with Elitists. They continually cast their votes how “they are told” to by Pelosi and other Leftist Misfits. Proof...they never read the Bills they are passing...they just vote how they’re told!
“An elitist is what every American should strive to be....LMAO. Any learned skill, overheard gossip or fact worthy of blackmail can be your path to the shining existence known as elitism.
Liberal Elitists are those who view themselves as better than Real Americans because they base their convictions on facts and reality rather than truthfulness and homegrown, old-fashioned American values.
Liberal Elitists are typically employed by liberal-left media outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, or CNN. You can also find Liberal Elitists employed in such occupations as librarians, wildlife activists, stem cell scientists, and organic farmers.
The hidden agenda of Liberal Elitists include denying citizens the right to self protection, pampering Islamo-fascist terrorists, making big government bigger, smoking pot, breeding owls, protesting Wal-Mart, killing babies, and abstaining from meat products (see Vegetarians).
Most Liberal Elitists are educated at left-wing anti-American hate schools like Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and the many other Liberal Elitist training camps located in the most liberal “state” in the country, California.
Prominent Liberal Elitists include John Kerry, Labcoat Larry, Judith Miller, Barack Obama, and Michael Moore.
Elitists are the type of people Real Americans have been warning us about since the beginning of the republic. America has always been the land of the free, home of the brave and a nation of do-it-your-self, God-fearing Christian independents, who have never needed the help from anyone else, especially someone who thinks with their head and not with their gut.”http://www.wikiality.com/Elitist
I am not going to allow the MSM or the Left to decide anything for me or my family. It’s time we start tuning them out and tell them to “shove” their unwanted opinions up their liberal @ss.
Remember, the elitists are the minority not the majority. They can only destroy our way of life ...if we allow them to.
And we all thought Clinton was the worst for renting out the Lincoln Room at the White House!
“It was more than the First Mother in Law who was with them. Michelle’s brother and his family also went along with assorted relatives. I believe there were about twenty of them.”
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We need to hammer on this BIG-TIME!
Lets not forget the big MSM hatchet job on Palin about flying her family around ...which she paid back. (Ethic complaints anyone?)
No, but they're having to replace bedspreads and curtains every time she gets another bright idea for a new outfit.
LOL
The list, ping
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