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What Recession? ‘Obama Winter White House’ $9 Million Hawaii Estate at $4000 Per Night
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | Kristinn
Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 10:06:14 PM by kristinn
Barack Obama will be spending ten days over Christmas and New Year’s at a $8.9 million estate in Hawaii at a rate of at least $4000 per night, according to ABC News. Obama spent last Christmas there as well when he was president-elect.
As the American people are still caught in the grips of the recession with unemployment running from 10% to 16% and the federal budget blown out with Obama’s massive deficit spending, Obama is living like a king with no criticism from the mainstream media.
ABC describes the estate with no mention of the incongruence of Obama’s extravagance with the wrecked Christmases of tens of millions of Americans one year in to his failing presidency:
The Obamas’ rental property is 7,000 square feet of paradise on the southeastern coast of the island, complete with large open spaces built around a lagoon pool.
...It’s also not cheap. Staying in this $8.9 million house, which Zimel has dubbed the “Obama Winter White House,” will cost around $4,000 a night. The two houses next door will be occupied by Obama family members and friends.
While ABC News ignores Obama’s ‘Let them eat cake’ attitude, the New York Daily News flat out lies for Obama on his self-indulgent Christmas:
With so many Americans hurting, the White House is smart enough to know that they don’t want to flaunt their good fortunes on those who are without...The First Family heads to Hawaii tomorrow for a well-deserved tropical Christmas.
It’s good to be the king!
How dare us mere peasants question the king!
Still doesn't matter. Obama doesn't give a cr** about you!!!
I don’t have issues with him taking vacation, since I figure if he is on vacation he will do less harm to the country.
What I do object to is his using our troops as photo-op props on Christmas day.
The POS.
Maybe somebody at The Slimes will actually have his or her eyes opened.
like king.... Hmmmm.
Do you have any documentation for that, Peter Baker? Or is that what Valerie Jarrett told you? Frankly, I don't believe it.
Once again I try to read a New York Times article and I get to this....
Mr. Obama was singing Christmas carols with his family...
Yeah Right singing Christmas carols......SURE. O.K.!!!!
Someone forgot to tell the liberals at the Times that Independents and moderates are fed up with Barry as well.
Ah, it ain’t just Hawaiian vacations irking recession stricken Americsns. This guy makes his living flying first class.
The motorcade with President Barack Obama goes by in Kailua, Hawaii Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. The Obamas are in Hawaii for the holidays.
Nice!
I’m sure there will be a further article from the new york Slimes comparing their coverage of Pres. Bush’s vacations with Pres__nt obama’s vacations.
When did “Death To America” become a Christmas Carol?
The Days of Austerity and FRugality are long gone.
The New Era of Big Gubamint ‘Uber Alles’ bestows unintended favour on all who suck lawfully or otherwise from its cup and treats them as their very special “own”.
.. and as usual, it is the “little people” who pay in the end.
The Bush's where always at either in Maine or Texas.
The other presidents were staying at their own compounds that already had all the security, communications, and national security infrastructure installed.
Obama is renting places short term, and doesn't have the permanent equipment, so everything has to be hauled around, installed, then removed, and be hauled back. It also means that less gets installed.
It has to be less secure for both him, and for the country, as well as much more expensive for all of us.