Posted on 07/26/2010 11:58:43 AM PDT by Noob1999
Washington/Madrid - US First Lady Michelle Obama and one of her two daughters will take a summer break in Spain, a White House source said Monday.
Mother and daughter would come to the southern holiday resort of Marbella on a "private visit in the company of old friends," the source told the German Press Agency dpa.
US President Barack Obama will not accompany his wife, the source said.
Spanish media reports said Michelle Obama and her younger daughter Sasha, 9, would be on Spain's Costa del Sol between August 4 and 8.
There had been speculation that Barack Obama might also come to Spain to celebrate his 49th birthday on August 4.
Michelle Obama has reserved about 30 rooms for herself and her daughter, their friends and bodyguards at a five-star hotel in Benahavis near Marbella, hotel sources said.
The US first lady did not make any special requests, hotel owner Ricardo Arranz said, explaining that the hotel would function normally during her stay.
Earlier on Monday, sources at the Zarzuela royal palace declined to say whether King Juan Carlos would meet Michelle Obama, stressing that there was no official confirmation of the first lady's visit to Spain.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government had been disappointed in its hopes of hosting Barack Obama when the US president cancelled his participation in a European Union-US summit that had been scheduled during the Spanish EU presidency in the first half of 2010. The summit was subsequently called off. Copyright DPA
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MO is going, BO is staying stateside..... at least that is the latest ~LOL~
I can assure you that SHE’S not paying for those rooms — we are.
No, you’re not: a friend mentioned this the other day. He’s aged faster than anyone else in office.
But but but.... but*....Michelle Robinson Obama is somehow related to Jesse Robinson Jackson (His biological father was Noah Robinson) SO she deserves all that shake down!
* Maybe one more but for her.
Think about how the rats complained when President Bush vacationed at his very own ranch. Also recall that daughter Jenna got married there and didn’t have some lavish five million dollar wedding. These people make me sick.
Taking bets, starting now.... is she running for POTUS in 2012?
Oh yeah, she's obviously positioning herself. If Hussain keeps tanking (and he will) she'll throw her pants suit into the ring. I hadn't thought of the wedding location having significance, but since you mention it I can see that. I forgot the main rule of the Clintons, that NOTHING even them buying a dog in the WH is done without considering the political ramifications. Nantucket would by more to her Thighness' liking, but she wants to distance herself from the hardcore Mass. Marxists.
A final thought, there is no love lost between Hussain and the Clintons. Hussain and his Soros backing basically destroyed the machine Bubba had built since '92. They have to be looking for a way to take ol' jug ears down a notch. As Bill said, "In a sane world this guy [Hussain] would be getting us coffee."
He has an old edition of the yearbook.
He needs to turn it in for a new one.
She must be going to Bark-alone-a.
*groan*
Oh, you are so bad, lol!
Why haven't more come forward with their yearbooks? He should definitely do a youtube of it. It doesn't have to be a grand presentation, just film pages being turned from front cover to back.
I don't know! They need to!! Thanks for the info about you-tube, I'll talk to him. BIL is pretty apolitical though...
You could borrow the book for the afternoon...
LOL, there we go! We’re in AZ and they’re in CA, but next time we visit, I’ll have to ask to see it... that’s a good idea!!
Thanks for the ping—yet another vacation for Queen Michelle...P.S. Letizia needs to eat a ham sandwich or something!
First Lady Michelle Obama’s Servant List and Pay Scale
First Lady Requires More Than Twenty Attendants
1. $172,2000 - Sher, Susan (Chief Of Staff)
2. $140,000 - Frye, Jocelyn C. (Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy And Projects For The First Lady)
3. $113,000 - Rogers, Desiree G. (Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary)
4. $102,000 - Johnston, Camille Y. (Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady)
5. $100,000 - Winter, Melissa E. (Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
6. $90,000 - Medina , David S. (Deputy Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
7. $84,000 - Lelyveld, Catherine M. (Director and Press Secretary to the First Lady)
8. $75,000 - Starkey, Frances M. (Director of Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady)
9. $70,000 - Sanders, Trooper (Deputy Director of Policy and Projects for the First Lady)
10. $65,000 - Burnough, Erinn J. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
11. $64,000 - Reinstein, Joseph B. (Deputy Director and Deputy Social Secretary)
12. $62,000 - Goodman, Jennifer R. (Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events Coordinator For The First Lady)
13. $60,000 - Fitts, Alan O. (Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director for the First Lady)
14. $57,500 - Lewis, Dana M. (Special Assistant and Personal Aide to the First Lady)
15. $52,500 - Mustaphi, Semonti M. (Associate Director and Deputy Press Secretary to The First Lady)
16. $50,000 - Jarvis, Kristen E. (Special=2 0Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide to The First Lady)
17. $45,000 - Lechtenberg, Tyler A. (Associate Director of Correspondence For The First Lady)
18. $43,000 - Tubman, Samantha (Deputy Associate Director, Social Office)
19. $40,000 - Boswell, Joseph J. (Executive Assistant to the Chief Of Staff to the First Lady)
20. $36,000 - Armbruster, Sally M. (Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary)
21. $35,000 - Bookey, Natalie (Staff Assistant)
22. $35,000 - Jackson, Deilia A. (Deputy Associate Director of Correspondence for the First Lady)
(This is community organizing at it’s finest.)
There has NEVER been anyone in the White House at any time who has created such an army of staffers whose sole duties are the facilitation of the First Lady’s social life. One wonders why she needs so much help,at taxpayer expense, when even Hillary, only had three; Jackie Kennedy one; Laura Bush one; and prior to Mamie Eisenhower social help came from the President’s own pocket.
Note: This does not include makeup artist Ingrid Grimes-Miles, 49, and “First Hairstylist” Johnny Wright, 31, both of whom traveled aboard Air Force One to Europe .
FRIENDS.....THESE SALARIES ADD UP TO SIX MILLION, THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,364,000) FOR THE 4 YEARS OF OFFICE????? AND WE ARE IN A RECESSION????? WELL....MOST OF US ARE. I GUESS IT’S OK TO SPEND WILDLY WHEN IT’S NOT YOUR OWN MONEY?????
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Yes, I know, The Canadian Free Press has to publish this because the USA media is too scared they might be considered racist. Sorry USA !
Marbella was a wonderful place, I lived about 30 miles north from 1975 to 1981!!!
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