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WaPo's Ruth Marcus: Unfair attacks on Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation
Washington Post ^ | August 6, 2010 | Ruth Marcus

Posted on 08/06/2010 2:00:56 PM PDT by maggief

Let's stipulate: A five-star resort on the Spanish Costa del Sol was probably not the first choice of White House spin-meisters for a mother-daughter getaway. Especially when the getaway included a posse of 40 friends of the first lady staying at the Hotel Villa Padierna, where rooms start at $330 a night, and photos of Michelle Obama strolling in Marbella wearing an off-the-shoulder number by Jean Paul Gaultier.

"The first lady is on a private trip," said White House press secretary Robert Gibbs. "She is a private citizen and is the mother of a daughter on a private trip. And I think I'd leave it at that."

He wishes.

Technically, the first lady may be a private citizen. In actuality, she isn't. She can't be; see, for example, the Secret Service contingent that accompanies her, private trip or not private trip. This is a simple fact of modern presidential family life.

So as a political matter, the trip to Spain was not a good idea. You don't need Dick Morris -- who famously polled the Clintons' vacation plans and pushed Jackson Hole over Martha's Vineyard -- to tell you it's not going to play well at a time of 9.5 percent unemployment.

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To: Liberty Valance

What a stark contrast!


81 posted on 08/06/2010 10:20:03 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: maggief

C’mon, the Country is suffering, the Obama’s are living the life of luxury at the taxpayers’ expense. There’s no reasonable justification whatsoever.


82 posted on 08/06/2010 10:23:28 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: maggief

Well..well..well...Marcus is an Obama pole dancing whore. What a surprise...not.


83 posted on 08/07/2010 7:02:31 AM PDT by penelopesire (FOX NEWS TRIBAL PRINCESS)
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To: hsalaw

Let’s compare apples and apples...how many vacation trips did Laura make?

W was the PRESIDENT.


84 posted on 08/07/2010 11:01:20 AM PDT by gogeo ("Every one has a right to be an idiot. He abuses the privilege!" Groucho Marx)
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