Posted on 08/07/2010 2:29:49 PM PDT by kristinn
Democratic Party front group Media Matters for America has been loyally defending First Lady Michelle Obama's luxurious Spanish vacation this week even as other liberals concede the Obama administration made a politically insensitive call in signing off on the trip.
Today, Media Matters attacked Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit/Pajamas Media for his critique of Michelle Obama's trip. The headline of the attack piece: Michelle Obama derangement syndrome: Instapundit posts pic of First Lady as Marie Antoinette
Not only does the headline reinforce the growing meme that Michelle Obama is acting like a rich pig, but upon opening the article one is confronted with a huge graphic posted by Media Matters of Michelle Obama as Marie Antoinette with her muscular hand set on a globe captioned Choosing the next Vacation that is four times the size of the brief two paragraph attack article:
The illustration is from the Glenn Reynolds piece which itself is a short excerpt of a Roger L. Simon article asserting that Michelle's extravagant trip is one more indication that Barack Obama has a psychological disorder and doesn't really want to be president anymore.
The illustration is grounded in truth, which gives it a credibility that Media Matters, which is suffering from its own version of Obama Derangement Syndrome, can't see because of its blind loyalty to the First Couple.
Since becoming First Lady nineteen months ago, Michelle Obama has vacationed overseas in Paris, London, Copenhagen and Marbella. She still has a family vacation booked to Indonesia and Australia that has been twice postponed this year because of her husband's incompetence and rudeness. She also vacationed in Los Angeles this year, sans her husband, sitting in a luxury box for an NBA championship game and visiting a private beach owned by a billionaire.
Barack and Michelle Obama have also vacationed across America from Hawaii to Maine, with stays at a $4,000 rental home in Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard (with a second trip there later this month) taken over 300 rooms at a Montana resort, traveled through Western National Parks, two Chicago vacation weekends, one weekend vacation each in North Carolina and Maine (with a Florida weekend planned next week) and the infamous date night in New York City.
When the Obamas don't feel like traveling the world, they bring the world to them at taxpayer expense, including a pizza chef from St. Louis and all kinds of performers for their White House parties.
The Marie Antoinette meme is sticking to Michelle Obama, and by extension her husband, because more and more people are seeing the First Couple for what they are. Now more liberal reporters will see them that way, too, thanks to the blind loyalty of Media Matters.
I wonder if Netenyahu knows about this? I think I will mosey on over to Twitter and ask him.
You have a wonderfully detailed criminal mind, hoosiermomma. it’s even better than mine, and I thought I had trained myself well during the Clinton years!
Isn’t it funny we are both from Indiana? LOL!
Oh yes, she is “his” surrogate. Something very serious and sinister is taking place while the news media in our country is distracting us with all the talk about the expense of her trip.
Remember, it is very out of character for the fawning media to take issue with the Obama’s.
Michlle’s approval rating is 65% according to Fox News, so why would the LSM want to scold her, een to the point of calling her Marie Antoinette?? TO distract us!
Please let us know if he answers. It is an excellent question!
Maybe that huge thing behind her is not really her ass.
Maybe it’s a big bustle full of cash $$$$$$.
Diversion. Yes. Oh, boy. You people are so smart.
Brugmansian, did you send your tip to Drudge via the FR page and link as explained by hoosiermama? If not, do it again. It’s your find. You deserve the credit.
Start another thread with the pertinant information....That’s how Howlin got the information out that Buckhead had uncovered the Rather fiasco.
Yeah! Good point, onyx.
It’s called AZZFAT 2.
Owe it all to one teacher. He coached our debate team...We won national my Sr year....But I was sick with mono....So couldn’t participate....He taught not what to think but how to think....and that was reinforced by other teachers and my parents.
"Placer ¿y política? en las vacaciones de Michelle Obama en la Costa del Sol
Yes, good idea, hoosiermama! That is a MUST DO, Brugmansian! Go for it!
Attagirl!
Yes, pleasure and politics, that’s right.
She couldn’t dare to trust friends to do anything for her, unless she were to limit it to one very close friend who, the SS would watch.
Remember, she is under constant SS survelliance. It would be very interesting to know if Valerie Jarrett is on this trip, because she speaks Farsi.
This is definitely a national security issue.
Be sure to place a link on this thread when you post your new thread, ok?
Thanks but someone else please do it. This is a collaborative effort. I sent it to The Daily Caller and Newsbusters.
What is kinda neat is we did this on a thread about Media Matters.
You know David Brock's boys are reading it RIGHT NOW...hahahahaha....
LOL. If it’s not, it ought to be.
BUMP for great freeping.
Post a new thread with your find...We’ll all take care of pinging others to it and bringing other important material to the site.
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