[Noob1999]

So since this is a "private visit in the company of old friends" who will be reaching for the tab for 30 rooms at a five star hotel???

"Bill, and Bernedette, would you like cavier, or lobster? How about both??"

[Tijeras_Slim]

Shame Franco’s dead, he knew how to deal with commies.

[WKUHilltopper]

They sure are living it up. I guess when you’re not paying for it, you can jet set any where.

[Pearls Before Swine]

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.

I'm curious... This isn't a state visit. Do we foot the bill anyway? Maybe Secret Service protection comes for free, but is everything on the taxpayer's dime? The President gets paid a nominal salary, and there are a lot of perks when he's acting as Head of State, but is EVERY whim covered?

[BunnySlippers]

Imagine the outcry if Barbara had done this.

[Zathras]

FYI: Costa Del Sol is probably the least interesting part of Spain.

It is most likely where all the major foreign investment is so I suspect she’s going to come back with a wheelbarow full of cash.

[firebrand]

Maybe she can bring back a box of those pretty Spanish fans to distribute to the citizens of DC.

[Never on my watch]

Just FWIW - State Department travel rates for Marbella, Spain:

Maximum Lodging Rate: $154

M & IE Rate: $102

Maximum Per Diem Rate: $256

Pretty pricey place to go even if they weren't staying in a castle. I'm quite sure the castle doesn't honor the government rate anyway.

[Art in Idaho]

So where is Reggie Love going to be during all these vacations?

[SloopJohnB]

Private visit so she can pimp the latest issue for Liberals:

[soycd]

>Michelle Obama has reserved about 30 rooms for herself and her daughter, their friends and bodyguards at a five-star hotel

Good grief! I could see maybe 3 or 4 rooms but 30!!!
I’m sure we are paying for
the whole junket and all of her friends. Can this be summed up into a dollar amount
and plastered all over for us taxpayers to see her waste of our money?

[Gritty]

I wonder what all the limos and the gov't plane costs, not to mention the myriad other costs?

On the bright side, they probably won't be eating Wagyu steaks. I'm sure the Spanish have some more "modest" local quisine of which they will partake. For sure they won't be eating "cake".

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

THIRTY ROOMS??????????????

[tacticalogic]

She’s probably going to collect the kickbacks on those “wind power” grants.

[x]

So is it a chance to get her toreador outfit out of mothballs or a chance to discuss Zapatero with that goat that tempts Michelle to sunny Spain?

[jetson]

According to Newsmax president dingledorf has an ever increasing death threat list. The locals at the white house probably want him and the family elsewhere so not to attract damage.

[CaliforniaCon]

Oh, you have got to be effing kidding on this one! AGAIN? Another vacation????? And where will number one daughter be? Babysitting someone’s kids in DC because dear old dad wants the kid to earn some money? Yeah, sure, that’ll
work.

But seriously, ANOTHER EXPENSIVE VACATION??? You can bet FLOTUS’s mother and the rest of the whole motley crew will be along, just as they were in Europe the last time. I don’t even care who is paying — even if they are paying for this themselves (chortle), it just LOOKS bad.

Guess that oil soaked Gulf getaway will be a quickie — if it happens at all. What, an overnight and then off we go to Espana? Good grief!!!

[Borax Queen]

So Hussein missed Father’s Day with his daughers, and now his birthday??

[eak3]

maybe hes getting the family out of town for some reason

[madison10]

The plain in Spain should really stay on the plane.

[mikrofon]

(First) Lady in Spain, I implore you
Frightened the night I first saw you
My head has been hurting from you
What else would any one’s do?

(First) Lady in Spain, I’m appealing
That your figure you should be concealing
And show nothing very revealing-
(First) Lady in Spain, ‘nuff of you!