Posted on 08/12/2010 3:38:47 AM PDT by maggief
When images of Jean Paul Gaultier-clad First Lady Michelle Obama on a $75,000-a-day Spanish holiday hit the wires, controversy was bound to erupt back home. Her carefully crafted image as "everywoman" was blown.
In addition to the high cost, the evolving justifications for the trip offered by the White House's flack were just as dizzying.
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That's why the Marie Antoinette comparison is apt: The trip evokes a similar contempt for the plebeians.
We might expect such detachment from celebrities, but not public servants. A leader shouldn't be living like a monarch when the rest of the country feels like paupers. At least Antoinette was being candid about it. Now it's the First Lady's turn.
"I think that's what's special about Michelle - she maintains a normal life in an extraordinary time," Jill Biden once said.
More like an extraordinary lifestyle in abnormal times.
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Trust me, anyone who gets their news from NBCCBSABCPBSCNNMSNBCWPNYTLAT knows Nothing about this.
Don't ever kid yourself that What Freepers Think=What America Thinks. A tempting but dangerous conceit.
The Obamas are passionate adherents to the concept of the Devine Rights of Kings.
She feels that you and I should pay for her vacation because there was slavery in this country at one time. They are entitled to get something free from the crackers who can’t find a job because of their marxist policies.
And she looked dreadful in both outfits.
Perfer Rush’s MOOCH-shell.
"Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums."
"I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility."
"Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars."
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Down south here it’s called being “Ni—er Rich”
Yes: I am familiar with the term. It is indeed appropriate, but of course ammunition for some liberal POS to shout we are biased.
Obama and Michelle ceratinly hit the Ghetto Lotto, and are taking full advantage of it.
They spend our money like Rotney King blew his.
(yes, I can spell Rodney)
during the campaign,, she ordered lobster for room service....just one of the ordinary people/sarc
Yea, ain’t they such a sweet couple?
Oh that’s funny! LOL Good shot!
“the “boob belt” is making a comeback”
Will that give me a waist? ;-)
I, too, am tired of seeing the Obamas stuffing their faces with ice cream at every opportunity. How does this jibe with Moochelle’s war on obesity? Obviously, what is good for the little people isn’t fit for the king and queen.
I couldn't agree more. What was she thinking? Disgusting display. She could at least have evened up her tan lines with makeup for that off-the-shoulder schmatta. The pink thing, and the hair -- just yuck!!
I’ve been meaning to ax him if his brother is Davit King. Maybe I’ll ax him on tomorrow.
Fifty-five percent of Chicago area residents said they won’t take a vacation this summer.
(Al Podgorski/Sun-Times)
Fifty-five percent of Chicago area residents said they won’t take a vacation this summer, compared with 51 percent who said so nationwide.
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