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.
Valerie Jarrett was in Chicago with Obama at his “birthday dinner” with Oprah and Gail and Eric Whitaker.
Of course, she could have flown to Spain after that. Who would report it? All of the press I follow on Twitter are lame-brained (Chuck Todd, Mark Knoller, etc.) and they don’t do anything but post pro-Obama junk.
TYPO correction:
She couldn’t dare to trust friends to do anything for her, unless she were to limit it to one very close friend whom, the SS would NOT watch.
PLEASURE AND POLITICS!!!
and possible nefarious dealings ...
Obama’s sister is on the trip.
I was about to turn in. Would you or someone else do it?
You know, maybe this whole “vacation trip” with her 40 friends and renting 60 expensive rooms in expensive hotels in Spain was just a distraction. Maybe the goal of this whole trip was meeting the Arabs.
Sent the link to post 14...Other send more since he pays more attention to it if it is multiple tips....
My suggestion is to send the link in Spanish...He has translators and/or maybe send the translation.
SWAMP ‘em folks!
I think so too.
Micheele could easily have an “arab” so-called “friend” among the guests with her, just for the meeting. A czar of sorts. Someone who actually works in the WH and who would be the wiser?
None of us, that’s for sure.
AND even if the SS knew, they wouldn’t leak it or tell us, or would they?
I have to go to bed, too. I have been up since 4:30 and am about to fall asleep here at the keyboard.
I will check in on the Sunday Talk Show thread tomorrow as well as here, and if necessary will bring the info over to that thread.
LOL. Which sister? Does he have a full sister or is this one another half sister?
Post the thread?
Good night all.
I agree with you. That very thought crossed my mind when I first read about her destination: Marbella.
The Marxist and Michelle have been laughing at us.
His poor self, alone on his BF in Chicago - welll that was a lie.
Now her extravagant trip. Well, that’s a distraction!
The Indonesian half-sister.
OK, thanks and good night. See you in the morning.
Good night, everyone!
ONYX will you post the thread? I’ll help bring information over and ping those here etc...BUt posting is difficult with my computer.
Good night, dear Victoria and thank you very much!
You’re a treasure in so many ways!
Ok, but tell me what you want posted. or at least the title and the first part of the information? Victoria’s translation along with the link and last paragraph in Spanish?
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