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Obamas take 'middle class' holiday in North Carolina
Telegraph.co.uk ^ | 12:23AM BST 24 Apr 2010 | By Tom Leonard in New York

Posted on 04/24/2010 1:34:43 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: bhovisit; flotusmichelle; obama; vacation; woods
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To: ladyjane
Had a totally psycho wait person in the dining room once.

It's Asheville...that's not unusual.

61 posted on 04/24/2010 6:21:32 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

“The best president ever”. Well, that was certainly worth a golf ball that didn’t cost him anything. Ha.


62 posted on 04/24/2010 6:28:20 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Right Wing Assault
...and you have ten people holding umbrellas for you! Right?


63 posted on 04/24/2010 6:28:24 PM PDT by Palladin (Regroup, Resist, Reload, Repeat!)
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To: LucyJo

Hey Kenyan,

We’re taking notes!


64 posted on 04/24/2010 6:55:41 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Palladin

OMG! Not the Biltmore! That’s one of my favorite places...1 hour/20 mins. from my home; we have annual passes...feel like part owners, considering how much money we’ve spent there. Breaks my heart to think that these two have been there. My visits will never be the same.


65 posted on 04/24/2010 7:03:35 PM PDT by nfldgirl (Tim Tebow=our real life (Francine Rivers' Redeeming Love...) Michael!)
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To: LucyJo

66 posted on 04/24/2010 7:19:53 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: TLI

HOLEY MOLEY! If that’s middle class, then I grew up a whole heck of a lot poorer than I thought!


67 posted on 04/24/2010 7:21:26 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: SC DOC
At $785 per night for a deluxe room at the Grove Park Inn, it is hardly a “Middle Class” vacation.

They have rooms for $245 a night.

68 posted on 04/24/2010 7:52:56 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: dandiegirl
Who exactly do they think they are fooling-the middle class?

The middle class who get their nooz from teeheevee and other garbage sources including most newspapers? Who were fooled into voting for this joker (if they weren't already totally in a swoon)? You betcha.

69 posted on 04/24/2010 7:54:40 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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To: Palladin
...and you have ten people holding umbrellas for you! Right?

Yes, as we walk out of our rooms at that Motel 6 in the picture, the same one the obamas are staying at.

70 posted on 04/25/2010 4:49:33 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Doe Eyes
They have rooms for $245 a night.

Yes they do, but I doubt the Obama's stayed in one of them. I think they would have chosen the deluxe with a King Size Bed.

71 posted on 04/25/2010 6:09:41 AM PDT by SC DOC
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To: Mean Maryjean

Don’t worry—they are sanitizing the Biltmore as we speak.


72 posted on 04/25/2010 10:09:08 AM PDT by Palladin (Regroup, Resist, Reload, Repeat!)
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