Posted on 08/09/2010 4:51:11 AM PDT by maggief
WASHINGTON--Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha returned from Spain on Sunday, a vacation at a lavish hotel on the Mediterranean coast that triggered her first controversy since becoming first lady. I'm told she made the trip because she promised one of her closest friends, a longtime Chicago pal who just lost her father, she would spend time with her.
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So why did Mrs. Obama go to Spain at this time? She's not tone-deaf politically. What was behind the "mother-daughter" vacation?
A White House source told me that Blanchard's father passed away and Mrs. Obama was not able to make the funeral at the beginning of July. Blanchard had promised her daughter she would take her to Spain for her birthday. She asked Mrs. Obama and Sasha to come with. (Malia is at overnight camp.)
"She felt it was important as a dear friend to do this," I was told.
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
Shellie the Moocher: (in memory of Cab Calloway)
Folks, now here’s the story ‘bout Shellie the Moocher,
She was a red-hot hootchie-cootcher,
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
But Minnie had an ass as big as a whale.
Now, she messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
She loved him though he was cokie,
He took her down to Chinatown,
He showed her how to kick the gong around.
Now, she had a dream about the king of Sweden,
He gave her things that she was needin’,
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.
Now, he gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
And she sat around and counted them all a billion times.
Poor Shel, poor Shel, poor Shel...
Thanks for the ping, I have been very busy in my own little spot on this globe, so I have not been able to keep up with the BamBam/Me-shell drama they are presenting US.
What little 'news' I have kept up on, seemed to me that Me-shell's vacation was by design, timed to respond to a 'presidential' appearing wedding that took place.... at about the same time she took off for her 'let them eat cake' vacation. Me-shell knew very well our state run media would coordinate her publicity.
Lies (not spin)
Truly lies not spin!!
Sun Times not fit for use as bird cage liner!
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