[kristinn]

The Obamas must be feeling weaker. The old Barack and Michelle would have doubled down on the safari out of spite and arrogance.

[Gaffer]

I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m rooting for the sub-Saharan lions.

[Irenic]

What about all those manpads floating around. Is this really a good idea?

[Slyfox]

[kristinn]

The article does note that Bush 43 took his wife and daughters on a similar trip in 2003 that included a safari. Difference was Bush wasn’t known for spending millions of taxpayer dollars on lux vacays.

[Billthedrill]

...which would have required the president’s special counterassault team to carry sniper rifles with high-caliber rounds...

"High-caliber rounds." What are we talking here, .88 Magnum? Those things shoot through schools! BTT

[laplata]

Chances are Obama will be in Africa twice in a short time because he’ll return for Mandela’s funeral.

[combat_boots]

“The cost of the 37 uniformed officers who direct the White House tours is $10,571 a day, according to Brian Leary, a spokesman for the Secret Service.”

http://www.pottsmerc.com/article/20130324/OPINION03/130329724/ralph-r-reiland-cutting-white-house-tours—sparing-the-waste

Do the math.

[haircutter]

Gosh...
this president is frightened of his own shadow...

he will sure be sad when his term comes to an end...and he learns that NO ONE really gives a sh!t about him...

[Ann Archy]

35 EXTRA PEOPLE to GUARD those KIDS??? DON”T TAKE THEM....THIS is SICK...SICK!

[NormsRevenge]

Will the beasts and natives be safe from the ‘The Beast’ this trip and I don’t mean Moochelle?

[mortal19440]

We Can’t send a Carrier to the Persian Gulf but we can turn one into a stand-by Hospital for these Vacationers. Will Chevy Chase be with them?

[Tennessee Nana]

Michelle MarBelle, her girls, her Mom amd several extended Robinson family members went on a safari in 2009/10 already