[maggief]

"How did they end up at the five star Villa Padierna, part of the Ritz-Carlton chain? Because of security concerns, there were just some places they could not go. Agents were able to secure Villa Padierna and the nearby beach area."

Villa Padierna had THAT many rooms available in July, at the same time Antonio Banderas and Eva Longoria were hosting a star-studded gala?

Wouldn't the gala have posed even more security issues; red carpet event, etc.?

[TJ Jackson]

The most pertinent thing to this story are the reader comments in the Sun-Times web site. Everyone of them reads of absolute disgust. This guy just may lose 50 states in 2012 if the Republicans can actually find someone with some balls to run.

[RWGinger]

Unbelievable.
The 0dumbos aren’t good at all at creating plausible denialability”

The GREATEST thing about the article is the 13 pages of scathing commens by Chicagoans.
0dumbo might not even carry Chicago in 12

[gogeo]

Damage control out of the Sun-Times.

[Republic of Texas]

Disgusting.

[freekitty]

The real spin is Obama was suppose to make the trip to see the Saudis. Why he didn’t is anyone’s guess so he sent his mule.

[VOA]

“
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.
“

“Feelings, oh-whoh-whoh-whoh-whoh, Feelings...”

[Beckwith]

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

[GourmetDan]

"There was one other woman."

OK, so we know one of the friends was Anita Blanchard.

So why is the other only referred to as 'one other woman'?

That's probably the one we really ought to know about.

[darkwing104]

Dear Chicago Sun-Times,

We ain't buying it, capeche...

[paulycy]

They had to close the beaches.

[melancholy]

I just posted this on a similar thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2567202/posts?page=106#106

[jim35]

From Lynn Sweet’s biography at link: “In 2006, Sweet traveled to Africa with Obama, including a visit to his father’s native Kenya.”

[eleni121]

Past terror supporters the von Bismarks and present terror funders kashoggi are there too... stinks to high heaven.

[mojitojoe]

Oh boo effing hoo. I don’t believe that BS story for one minute and I don’t care if it is true, it makes no difference.

While her friends arrived in Spain on their own, Michelle Obama flew in on a type of aircraft also used by Vice President Joseph Biden. It costs the government $11,555 an hour to operate the plane, according to the Air Force. Assuming a nearly eight-hour flight to nearby Málaga, the total round-trip cost of the flight is about $178,000.

The Obama family will reimburse the government an amount equal to two first-class tickets — for mother and daughter Sasha, Air Force officials said. A round-trip first-class flight to Málaga costs about $7,400 apiece, without discounts or restrictions.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012557439_mobama07.html

[mojitojoe]

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

"She felt it was important as a dear friend to do this," I was told.

I'd like to go to a five star 600 room luxury resort in Spain with my dear friends -- at taxpayer expense -- too.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

LOL as always the left hand didn’t tell the left hand what the new lie was.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_politics;_ylt=AqU_Xpq6DHRqdlHKz.LuMpyyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTI5OHNqNTBzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwODA5L3VzX29iYW1hBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDOQRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNrYWluZWRvbnRwb2w-

[Siena Dreaming]

She vacationed with two women, one of them a longtime Chicago pal, Anita Blanchard, who is the obstetrician who delivered Sasha and Malia. Blanchard is married to Marty Nesbitt -- President Obama's buddy and THE TREASURER OF OBAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN FUND.

Ah, so one of these two "personal friends" Michelle travelled with just happens to be married to Obama's main money guy?

Stinky, stinky, stinky.

[KeyLargo]

[ebiskit]

Michelle Ontoinette. . .

tD