Posted on 07/28/2009 6:39:21 PM PDT by Steelfish
July 28, 2009
$20m holiday home at Blue Heron Farm suits Barack Obama to a tee
Tim Reid in Washington
President Barack Obama and his elder daughter, Malia, take a beach stroll on holiday [Pic in URL] IMAGE :1 of 2
It might have been the golf tee that swung it for President Obama as he looked for a summer holiday retreat — but the 28 acres on Martha’s Vineyard, the swimming pool, private beach and basketball court may just have clinched it too.
Mr Obama and the First Family are planning to spend their summer break on a $20 million retreat on the wealthy playground island off Cape Cod and even seem undeterred that the property is owned by a Republican.
The choice of such an exclusive location will inevitably be fodder for the President’s Republican critics who decried his recent “date night” to New York with his wife, Michelle — an excursion that cost taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars at a time of deep recession and soaring unemployment.
According to the Vineyard Gazette, the resort island’s journal of record since 1864, the Obamas have chosen Blue Heron Farm, in Chilmark, recorded as America’s most expensive small town in 2007.
The farm features a swimming pool, golf practice facilities — Mr Obama plays regularly — a basketball court, access to a private beach and a rental price tag of up to $50,000 (£30,000) a week.
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That’s what I like to hear. Sacrifice for the cause...unless you are royalty!
he better enjoy it while he can.. I hope to see him on the other side of the bench in a courtroom before too long.
Lucky for us. But for the recession, he might have rented out something even more expensive.
I guess we’ll be seeing all the sailboat pictures with Obama whistling the theme to Camelot too, huh? Geez. Deja vu’ all over again.
I’m sure that fills the heart of the jobless father with great joy while he is trying to feed his family and keep a roof over their head.
The $30,000.00 to $50,000.00 would go a long way for this jobless father and his family.
Oh wait I forgot, obozo, the liar, could care less about the common people after all he won and is the chosen one.
If Obama sails as well as he pitches a baseball, he better stick with this...
How many American families can rent a house/estate for $50,000 a week.
How many people in America have an income over $50,000 a year.
This “president” (in title only) doesn’t relate to any American families that I know.
I can't wait for all the journalists to start complaining about Obama taking a month off in these desperate times.
Yes, I know it will never happen, the press loves Obama and they love covering him from Martha’s Vineyard where they will be living high on company expenses.
Living room
Bedroom
The Peasants Are Hungry? Uhhhhh, Let Them Eat Wagyu! moments...
You wanted "change," Ø-merica, you got it...
This gives “joyriding” a higher and new definition.
All Obama will do in his remaining days is to plunder anything he can get his hands on at Americas expense, he is fully aware his days are numbered as long as his supporters don’t cut and run.
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