Cost of First Lady's Beijing Hotel Was Deemed 'Prohibitive' for Biden

weeklystandard.com ^ | March 24, 2014 | JERYL BIER

[ilovesarah2012]

The White House has been tight-lipped about the cost of First Lady Michelle Obama's trip to China, but based on the choice for lodging, it could be considerable. Mrs. Obama and her entourage, which numbers seventy according to the Washington Times (including her two daughters and her mother), booked the Westin Chaoyang Hotel close to the U.S. embassy in Beijing for their first stop. According to USA Today, the presidential suite at the hotel is listed as $8,400 per night.

But when Vice President Joe Biden visited China in December 2013, he and his team stayed at the St. Regis Hotel after the contracting officer responsible for booking rooms determined that the Westin Chaoyang hotel "price was prohibitive when compared with St. Regis." This is according to the justification and approval documents just released on a government contracting website:

The following other hotels were reviewed but were not adequate because of the following:

Grand Hyatt Beijing—cannot meet security requirements for travel into and out of the building. Westin Chaoyang—price was prohibitive when compared with St. Regis—otherwise met requirements.

[Monterrosa-24]

When Fidel Castro visited NY City after taking power in Cuba he played the role of a revolutionary by staying for a stint in a Harlem hotel. It was very disingenuous of Fidel because he was living light years better than the average Cuban there and usually when he traveled but at least he cared enough to make the propaganda ploy. NOT our First “Lady”! One can still get a first class hotel room in most towns for a humble amount like $480 or so. Or get a clean basic room for $80 or less like most humanoids. Or slum it like Fidel and stay at the Hospedaje Mundial for 12 Quetzales per night.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I'm at work but someone, please, ping www.totallylookslike.com

[albie]

That old fish eyed fool of a mother should never have been allowed to go. She just puts the icing on the embarrasement cake.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Why is James Brown in so many of the pics with Mooch and the girls? He’s dead after all.

That's pretty damn funny!

[Iron Munro]

America's Royal Family Visit China

Queen Moochie exits her private Boeing 747 along with her mother
"Barking Moonbat Robinson", and daughters Malaria and Sasquatch

[Trailerpark Badass]

Wholly chit!!

[caver]

Good point!

[freemama]

A father doing his job doesn’t let his daughters (esp. highly visible daughters) wear skirts that short.

[Smokin' Joe]

I basically paid my entire income tax bill for 2012...for her one night at the hotel.

I paid enough for her to stay five days, not counting grazing fees and the rest of room service.

[tumblindice]

[IMR 4350]

A Bigfoot in China doesn’t eat cows, they only eat the best.

Pandas.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

My firewall strips photobucket.

[tumblindice]

It’s a photo of a couple of James Brown’s fans urging him on to a postmortem spin.
Mrs. Robinson really is his spitting image, but can she do a dance split?

[angcat]

LOL the grifting granny has no class she should be dressed better after all she can use my taxes to buy clothing.

[Teacher317]

It migt be interesting to see what happens when the girls have to live on “only” what the Obamas have confiscated from the treasury beyond 2016. I’m guessing their sense of entitlement has to be really significant by now.

[AFret.]

70 people went along? Good night!
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Soul Plane

[AFret.]

Why is James Brown in so many of the pics with Mooch and the girls? He’s dead after all.
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HA!..Fabulous!

[KirbDog]

I just don’t understand why they aren’t staying at the embassy. After all it’s security is already in place. I know the answer I just needed to ask the question.

[ronniesgal]

well then PETA’s gonna have a head explosion.
Maybe they can tease her away with some cream puffs.

[Lumper20]

We knew she had the largest personnel staff of any First Lady in this nation’s history prior to this term. The payroll was over a million a few years back. She has gophers out the a—.