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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What a stark contrast!
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.
Well..well..well...Marcus is an Obama pole dancing whore. What a surprise...not.
Let’s compare apples and apples...how many vacation trips did Laura make?
W was the PRESIDENT.
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