That is the freakin' hotel where they booked 60 rooms. Enjoy it while you can Michele. There will be a day of reckoning... I sincerely pray for soul every day.
Posted on 08/05/2010 9:14:10 AM PDT by kristinn
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday, in answer to a query about First Lady Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation where she is protected by 70 Secret Service agents, 250 Spanish law enforcement officers, will meet with Spain's king and queen and is staying at a luxury hotel where she has reserved 60 rooms, that it is none of the American people's business because she is a "private citizen."
Lynn Sweet reported at the Chicago Sun-Times that Gibbs was asked about "the appearance" of Obama's vacation and that Gibbs blew it off by asserting Michelle Obama is a "private citizen":
"The first lady is on a private trip. She is a private citizen and is the mother of a daughter on a private trip. And I think I'd leave it at that," Gibbs said.
Sweet goes on to note that this is Michelle Obama's eighth scheduled vacation in the first nine months of 2010:
First ladies often go on vacations, with and without the president. An issue for Mrs. Obama may be how many: New York in March; Chicago, over Memorial Day; Los Angeles in June; Camp David -- sort of an extension of the White House -- in July; Maine in July, to highlight Acadia National Park, and now Spain. Mrs. Obama is glamorizing Spain's coastal resorts before her Aug. 14 first family weekend visit to Florida's Gulf Coast, to encourage tourists scared away by the oil spill. Starting Aug. 19, the Obamas will spend 10 days in Martha's Vineyard.
Last year, Michelle Obama vacationed in Paris and London, Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Chicago, with a working vacation in Copenhagen lobbying for Chicago's failed bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. There was also the infamous 'date night' in New York City.
With America mired in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and Obama's policies exacerbating the crisis rather than fixing it, Barack and Michelle Obama live their lives like billionaires, even though the president's salary is $400,000 per year and the Obamas are only worth a few million dollars thanks to book sales.
Barack Obama has played over 40 rounds of golf in the 19 months of his presidency in addition to his numerous luxury vacations.
Michelle Obama routinely wears outfits that, from her $800 shoes to her $5000 earrings and $300 tote bags, are impossible for the average working or unemployed woman to afford.
It appears the press is finally taking notice of what many of us have long seen in the Obamas:
'Michelle Obama is a modern-day Marie Antoinette': First Lady slammed for lavish Marbella holiday
She’s a private citizen that’s living off of taxpayer money. Even if her suites are entirely paid for by the Obama family budget, she and her daughters still have the neccessary secret service protection on our dollar, which is undoubtedly more expensive in a foreign country.
I wonder why the number of rooms changed from 30 to 60 AFTER the criticism started. Slap in your face, then a poke in your eye.
Does anyone believe that she rented 50 or 60 rooms in a five-star resort, paid for all of the security and rest of the retinue, or defrayed the costs of transportation? I have a couple of deals for anyone who does.
They also might want to read the Greek tragedies once more. Oh, that’s right, they went to school in modren America.
Someone needs to ask who paid for ALL of the trip — not just the $$$ for the hotel room — there is a lot more involved here that hotel charges.
It’s what happens when you give ghetto trash the keys to the candy store. They’s in it for all they can get. And they don’t care if nothing is left when they’re done.>>>>>>>>
Clintons were trashy too when they occupied and disrespected the White House and American propriety and traditions
“W”’s missing off computer keyboards showed the Clinton class level
No bleepin way are they paying. That must be a joke
“W”’s missing off computer keyboards showed the Clinton class level>>>>>>>>
And left empty pizza boxes and other crap strewn around
How about getting the cost of the trip through and Freedom on Information and present Bad Gag Bob with the facts....
They did more damage than that, as I recall. Then tried to say it didn’t happen, trusting that W would continue to be a gentleman and let it go. Then Rove threatened to make the photographs public, the only thing that finally shut them up.
Yeah, there sure does seem to be less class in the D party
“Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams”..oh where is Robin Leach when we need him?
Mich is gettin’ while the gettin’s good. Did the Dog go to Spain or to Chicago on his own private jet? She enjoys the trappings of the ruling class. I understand that but we are in a recession and people don’t have work or a place to live. Restraint? Not from these interlopers. I bet Hilary won the dem primary. I believe BHO cheated his way into the White House.
That is the freakin' hotel where they booked 60 rooms. Enjoy it while you can Michele. There will be a day of reckoning... I sincerely pray for soul every day.
When 40 Acres & a Mule Just Isn’t Enough !!
Perfect image of the Mongrel First Lady!!
Read between the media spin. It is named in the article as... official so it is paid for PERIOD. THEN they go on to add the wiggle room for secret service bull crap.
It is a villa.
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