Obamas take 'middle class' holiday in North Carolina

Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 12:23AM BST 24 Apr 2010 | By Tom Leonard in New York

[LucyJo]

The Obamas spent their holidays last year in Hawaii and Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island beloved of millionaire businessmen and celebrities.

However, following the US president's fresh attack on Wall Street greed this week, it was apparently deemed wiser for Mr Obama not to be pictured relaxing alongside the same bankers he has been lambasting.

The couple left Washington without their children for a long weekend in Asheville, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west of the south-eastern state.

Although the area is a far cry from Martha's Vineyard, the Obamas are not exactly venturing into the back of beyond.

Asheville, a city of about 73,000 people, is home to the Vanderbilt family's lavish Biltmore estate and also has dozens of art galleries and elegant restaurants.

The White House said the Obamas will be staying at Asheville's most famous hotel, the Grove Park Inn, which claims that 10 presidents have stayed there.

[bgill]

Not that I’m complaining, but does the numbskull spend any time in the WH?

[MIchaelTArchangel]

A middle class holiday because of the Obama economy is doing day trips and barbecueing in the back yard. Going to North Carolina is an uppity-class things that B. Hussein and Ms. Robinson would do.

[ladyjane]

Thank you for posting the price of the room. The Grove Park Inn is not middle class. It’s a pretentious barn of a place. The Inn will definitely not be happy being called that.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Everything these people do make me sick to my stomach.

[LucyJo]

LOL. How obvious can they get?

[EDINVA]

you have a point ... nationalize Biltmore, make it the Summer White House. At least for the next 2.5 years. Oh, then the government convert it to an Obama retirement home. You are such a genius!

[backhoe]

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again-- Kommander ZerØ's "_residency" is a laughable mixture of:

And "Movin' On Up!"

Unfortunately,

Barack Obama plays eight times more golf than George W Bush

[cyberaxe]

.....Been to some great parties and fund raisers there....

.....The rooms are WAY over priced, but the old Hotel does have a certain "charm".....

.....The smell of the fireplace in the "little" elevator is quite "quaint".....lol

.....But I bet they are loosing their minds about being called "middle class"......

.....Serves-em right.....lol

[Just another Joe]

Dang, the Obomaos sure do take lots of vacations.
Seems like the President would be doing something to get the nation working again.

[chooseascreennamepat]

“Another sighting of bigfoot?”

Another sighting of ‘bigass’!

[SC DOC]

Other than the walk through the woods and the in-transit stop at 12 Bones BBQ, from what I have read locally, the Obama's did not plan to stray off the "reservation" of the Grove Park Inn. The weather up here has been overcast and rainy, but there are all sorts of fun things to do other than stay put in the Inn.

I can't believe how close I came to an Obama encounter as I had considered grabbing lunch at 12 Bones about the same time as the Prez was there, while riding my Spyder around the Asheville-Hendersonvlle area. I guess I got lucky bypassing it.

[LucyJo]

Might have been fun to see the show up close and personal, but the place was probably pretty well packed with pro-Obama people before the Obamas showed up there.

[ladyjane]

I’ve been there a bit but it’s a strange place. Interesting old Stickley furniture. However the staff isn’t always up to par. Had a totally psycho wait person in the dining room once. Weird place.

[Right Wing Assault]

Yeah, whenever we go on vacation, we just hop aboard Air Force One, fly the limos and SUVs and bodyguards to the place, and have a good old middle class time.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/apr/22/51/obama-ar-108185/
video of Obama’s gold swing and young girls

[TornadoAlley3]

golf swing, sorry

[Palladin]

Waste of taxpayers money. They could just as well have gone to Camp David and done the same things on a rainy weekend.

[cyberaxe]

.....Yep, Ashville has the extreme of inhabitants.....

.....Good ole salt of the earth types.....

.....Mixed with patchouli wearing hippy types.....

[Palladin]

more like lead than gold...

[Palladin]

Proof that there is a Sasquatch in North Carolina!