Posted on 07/25/2009 5:54:20 AM PDT by scooby321
It's hard to pick the perfect escape when you're the leader of the free world. But word has it that the Obamas have found the hideaway they need: A 28-acre, $20-million property on Martha's Vineyard Island, off the coast of Massachusetts, called Blue Heron Farm. The 10,000-square-foot retreat has everything a president wanting some downtime needs, including a swimming pool, basketball court, and golf tee. And it is even dog-friendly.
The Obama family will pay its own way for a one-week getaway at the end of August, and it's not cheap: Rents reportedly run from $35-$50,000 a week for similar homes. (Not surprisingly, the town of Chilmark, where they're headed, was voted the most expensive small town in America a couple years back. And that was before the First Family said they'd be coming.)
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What recession? Let them eat cake..
It would be easy to make a funny campaign video to mock the Messiah. Take Micheal Moore’s video (”Bush went to vacation”), use its music and adapt it a bit to show Messiah going to Broadway shows, golfing, super expensive dinner in Paris..while recession gets worse..
Only the ones who did not vote for him.
He spends money faster then a lottery winner.
I Heard Prof Gates is already on the Island.
Chilmark is very high-brow. Obama will need to stick his nose up to the sky further than he does to compete against the residents there.
It’s is also a bit far away from Oak Bluffs, where the elite African Americans tend to enjoy vacationing, according to the New York Magazine article this past June.
I hope he doesn’t let Ted Kennedy drive.
Perfect. The average American can’t even swing a trip to Disney in these times, but Obama is shelling out more than the U.S. per capita annual income for a one week vacation.
Is that “spreading it around”?
I wonder if he’ll bring his enviornmental czar with him so they can measure for windmills off Ms Martha’s Vineyard?
HA! That was the exact thing I was thinking!
That is the ONLY thing he hasen't said yet!
Just wait though. He is still just seven months into his presidency. There is plenty of time left for him to say it.
So how much are the Os actually ponying up? And who's paying for the lodgings for the USSS and press corps?
Zer0 gonna hang with his bro (Gates) and pound some malt.
$50,000 A WEEK????? $7,000 a day? I'm speechless. And that never happens.
Excellent point. I bet the MSM picks up on that immediately.
Can Ted Kennedy take them for a tour?
Oh Mr. President be careful. That is right next to Chappaquiddick Island where Teddy-boy killed that girl and ran away.
It’s a beautiful place. Enjoy.
“Well, we’re moving on UP!”
EHH GADs! Possible pics of Michelle in swimming attire?
Please let the weather be lousy!
Isn’t “Professor” Gates reputed to be “unwinding from his ordeal” at his “home in Martha’s Vinyard”? I wonder whether they’ll all get together and toast knocking Health Care controversy down in the news cycle.
Krauthammer said last night that the whole StupidGate(s) deal is really about class, not race.
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