Posted on 08/05/2010 3:38:48 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Sacrifice is something that many Americans are becoming all too familiar with during this economic downturn. It was a key theme in President Obama's inaugural address to the nation, and he's referenced it numerous times when lecturing the country on how to get back on its feet.
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While many of us are struggling, the First Lady is spending the next few days in a five-star hotel on the chic Costa del Sol in southern Spain with 40 of her "closest friends."
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To be clear, what the Obamas do with their money is one thing; what they do with ours is another. Transporting and housing the estimated 70 Secret Service agents who will flank the material girl will cost the taxpayers a pretty penny.
Perhaps it could be that the Obamas, who seem to fancy themselves more along the lines of international celebrities than actual leaders, espouse a different view of sacrifice. When Michelle Obama accompanied her husband to Copenhagen along with best buddy Oprah Winfrey, she billed the trip - an ultimately unsuccessful bid to bring the Olympics to Chicago - as follows: "As much of a sacrifice as people say this is for me or Oprah or the President to come for these few days, so many of you in this room have been working for years to bring this bid home."
A quick jaunt to Denmark is a sacrifice? What portraits in courage!
The Obama modus operandi is becoming clear. From lavish trips to Spain to reportedly flying Bo, the President's Portuguese water dog, on a separate aircraft to vacation with them in Maine, to a date night in New York City that perhaps cost nearly $100,000, their idea of austerity is really just the lap of luxury, at least for ordinary folks.
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I wish she would wear something more complicated...
I vote for simplicity. A paper bag would be fine.
Typical limosuine liberal.
These trips and all of her extra attendants are imputed income. The O’marxists should have to pay taxes on this imputed income.
No kidding.
One of the few times I’ve seen the first wookie smile. I wonder if her face hurt?
The Obama’s are living (on our dime) way above their means of even a Chicago mob thug’s wallet.
Now as far as her spending our money for her vacation we should charge her and also charge interest and hand her the bill when her and her husband leave Air Force One &2 at the end of the most awful years of this country..I say Air Force One &2, because it seems to be their homes not the white house..
Don’t you know if you say Princess Queen Michelle Obama is not attractive it is racist!
I admit it I am racist..Racist according to the blacks in this country..I doubt most of them know what racist means,their slave owners don’t educate them enough on anything..The only way to keep them ignorant is to give them food, drugs, and welfare..
Cut her some slack. She's doing her part to revive the economy.
Besides, what she does with her own, personal, private, hard-earned money is none of our business.
She is not on vacation, she is shopping for campaign cash for Barry. This “vacation” is just a cover story.
Yeah - he said “you”, not “us”. Let them eat cake.
Well, the Spanish economy, at least.
How I hate paying for this! My money, going to “give” a vacation to Obama and Family .... I’d like to go to Spain. But no, I can’t go because I can’t afford it, and they can go because they are using MY money. This is disgusting.
Marie Antoinette! Marie Antoinette! Who comes up with this BS? More like BIG MAMA cashin in on the mans money.
What’s the big deal? The money comes from “Obama’s Stash”.
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