You are right, and his voting base has their triple thick rose colored glasses on and sees nothing wrong with this outrageous spending.
I had one lefty friend through the Bush would send his daughters nonsense. It is bizarre. The worshiping of Obama makes many of these people very dangerous. Be careful out there.
In their view, O's just getting back at the 'Man', by spending the 'Man's' money. And they live vicariously through him. It's stupid and insane IMO, but that is exactly how people think.