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
Gibbs, if she were a private citizen you wouldn’t need to defend her trip...
I remember a news article that compared Obama’s state visits to: I believe... Russia with ALL other U.S. Presidents.
The Obama’s chose the Ritz Palace something royal... when the Clintons or Bushes stayed in more downgraded hotels.It was said Obama’s always UPGRADE.
The Obama’s think they are king and Queen and are worse than the Clinton’s.
THAT IS BAD!
You can't have one, the carbon footprint is too big. < / sarc >
Keep playing it Fox! LOL!
Quote of the day!
Does this mean she is using her own private money?
Taxman
Let me tell you
How it will be.
There's one for you,
Nineteen for me,
'Cause I'm the taxman.
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
Should five percent
Appear too small,
Be thankful I don't
Take it all.
'Cause I'm the taxman.
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
If you drive a car,
I'll tax the street.
If you drive to city,
I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold,
I'll tax the heat.
If you take a walk,
I'll tax your feet.
Taxman!
'Cause I'm the taxman.
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
Don't ask me what I want it for,
(Uh-uh, Mr. Wilson.)
If you don't want to pay some more.
(Uh-uh, Mr. Heath.)
'Cause I'm the taxman.
Yeah, I'm the taxman.
And my advice to
Those who die.
(Taxman!)
Declare the pennies
On your eyes.
(Taxman!)
'Cause I'm the taxman.
Yeah, I'm the taxman,
And you're working for no one but me.
(Taxman!)
LOL!
REMEMBER Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbie,CNN,Katie Couric,MSNBC,NBC,CBS,ABC all think that the pic
of Obama as a nazi foolhardy inexperienced clown
or whatever clown.. is r a c i st.
Let me repeat something to the MSM once and for all:
It is not because Obama is black that I do not like him, his teleprompter,George Soros nor their poli seas...
It is simply because he is TOO commie RED!
Baloney. Here she is descending from an official airplane of these United States as she arrived in Spain:
If she is simply acting as a private citizen on a private vacation, then she is grossly misusing the property of our United States government.
If Ms. Obama wants a private vacation, she should charter her own airplane, which I believe can even be had for bargain rates presently.
There is message in that bottle.
REMEMBER: We did not say nor imply that title...
The MSM did.
I think it means the Obama’s will not be re elected in PC terms but if we said it; it would be headline MSM news and racist and unsensitive.
Yep, Gibbs tells the press to back off and they do. If you follow-up on the story your a racist. They got a pretty good thing going as they run our country down a rat hole.
There must be some way to figure out the hard dollars that are being spent..on the hotel rooms, meals, and other incidentals...the soft dollars, the cost of the USSS and the planes, the infrastructure, can be ignored, and publicize that number, and imagine what that $$$$ would do for a local economy in the gulf area..
ping
Royalty is done in by inbreeding and unbridled envy from commoners towards excessive wealth but England was the richest most developed country for a long time. It's a good formula for a stable government that doesn't go bankrupt. If George Washington had become king, America would be a richer more conservative country today. If a designer country and constitution were engineered in modern times, a kingdom is a good way to go, but not with an affirmative-action leftist king!
Brilliant!
“Damn Weezy, how’d yo ass get so fat?”
60 rooms!!!!!
LLS
Correct, Marie Antoinette eventually succumbed to public “pressure” and eventually relieved.
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