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.
http://www.tribunalatina.com/es/notices/posibles_reuniones_politicas_en_las_vacaciones_malaguenas_de_michelle_obama_28160.php
August 6. Disfrutó de la belleza de Marbella y de un histórico y tradicional tour por Granada, mientras que hoy prepara su visita a una de las playas del litoral malagueño.
Enjoy the beauty of Marbella and a tour of historic and traditional Granada, while preparing his visit today to one of the beaches of Malaga.
Sin embargo entre las vacaciones que se está tomando con su hija menor Sasha, la primera dama de Estados Unidos Michelle Obama, tendría previstas varias reuniones de corte político, según han desvelado algunos medios españoles.
However among the holiday that's taking with her youngest daughter Sasha, the U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, have planned several meetings of a political nature, according to Spanish media have revealed.
Las vacaciones de las Obama en la Costa del Sol, coinciden justamente con los días de descanso de varios dignatarios internacionales, quienes también han elegido a la provincia española de Málaga para unas cuantas jornadas de relax.
Obama vacation in the Costa del Sol, coincide precisely with the days off of several international dignitaries, who have also elected to the Spanish province of Malaga for a few days of relaxation.
El primer ministro británico, David Cameron, se encuentra en estos momentos alojado en Serranía de Ronda, una comarca relativamente cercana a ciudad de Marbella, en la Costa del Sol.
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is now housed in Serrania de Ronda, a region relatively close to the city of Marbella on the Costa del Sol
Según ha informado 'El Mundo' , está prevista una reunión entre Cameron y la primera dama estadounidense, si ambos se hacen un espacio en sus itinerarios de verano.
As reported by 'The World' is a meeting between Cameron and the first lady, if both are made space in their summer itineraries.
El mismo medio también informó que Michelle Obama, mantendrá un encuentro con el príncipe Salman bin Abdelaziz, gobernador de Riad y hermano del fallecido Rey Fahd de Arabia Saudí, quien también está veraneando en Marbella.
The same agency also reported that Michelle Obama will meet with Prince Salman bin Abdelaziz, governor of Riyadh and brother of the late King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, who is also vacationing in Marbella.
Por otro lado, también se baraja la posibilidad de que la esposa del presidente Obama, se reúna con Abdullah Al Thani, empresario multimillonario, propietario del Málaga CF e hijo del ministro del Interior de Qatar.
Furthermore, also considering the possibility that the wife of President Obama meets with Abdullah Al Thani, billionaire businessman, owner of Málaga CF and son of Interior Minister of Qatar.
Thanks for the ping to Brugmansian’s informative post!
Thank you, Brugmansian!!!!
HHHmmmm MO + JJJ and Arab money...Shake down!
Since the Christmas Day terror attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on approach to Detroit, Axelrod and Team Obama have failed in their most basic duty of reassuring the American public that the president is on the job. It took four days, from when the attack occurred Friday morning Hawaii time to Monday afternoon Washington time, for Obama to be seen ‘on the job’ when he made a statement before the media about the terror attack.
Over that time span, the administration failed to update the White House web site with any mention of the attack.
In Obama’s absence, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano were sent out on the Sunday talk shows (except for Fox) to spin the administration line that “the system worked.”
The whereabouts of Axelrod and his magic touch are unknown. But in their absence Obama, who has been living like an aloof king at his $4000 per night $8.9 million Hawaiian vacation estate, is looking more and more like an emperor with no clothes. http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419465/posts
Thank you very much. I am sorry to put you to so much trouble, but I do not want to draw the wrath of the Obamabots to this site by making a mistake. Nor myself, should I post it on Twitter.
I think I will post that link on Twitter without comment. Perhaps some will pick it up.
No problem and I don't want that either. I found it out of frustration with our media. Every article in English is mainly a rewrite of some other article and has very little new information. So decided to try translating El Mundo and other Spanish papers.
Wonder what the Arab press is saying we don't know....
Thanks for the translation, Lorena.
This is BIG!!!
Without a doubt the press has been completely corrupted. Even the ones who do report the truth are hampered by the wire services and the absolute “Cone of Silence” the big media creates around any nefarious activities the Obamas are up to.
I posted the news with instructions on how to find it on El Mundo, as you gave me. The link was too long to fit into Twitter’s confines.
You were very smart to do that and have a potential landmine find. You’re so right about the American press. God forbid our media actually do its job and investigate for once instead of just parroting whatever each other and the WH tells them to say!
Whoa, good point about the Arab press.
Go to the front page of FR. CLick on the Drudge link. At the bottom right hand side of that page is a tip box....Leave information there.....He’s quite responsive.
Hmmm, the plot sickens...
Go to the front page of FR. CLick on the Drudge link. At the bottom right hand side of that page is a tip box....Leave information there.....He’s quite responsive.
He's sending someone he trusts... must be important and very hush-hush.
...plus...there are more opportunities for snipers and IED- setters during a motorcade. It’s hard to hit the helicopter without a stinger missile.
FYI Michelle ROBINSON Obama and Jesse ROBINSON Jackson (His biological father was Noah Robinson) relatives were from the same area, Friends Plantation.
Michelle spent enough time “baby sitting” in the Jackson home that she was referred to as “SIS” by the syblings.* *Information was given to me by a freeper who witnessed it.
Victoria Delsoul teaches Spanish and we were just posting back and forth on another thread.
PING to you here, Victoria. Your help is neeeded.
Thanks, onyx!
This is needing a team effort!
I am outraged that our press is covering up for them.
And I sure do wonder what the Arab papers have to say!
Pinging Fiddlstix also.
You betcha. We do need to know what the Arab newspapers are saying.
I think I’ll ping jveritas!
Great...just saw livius is fluent and asked him over too.
Excellent! I hope Victoria hasn’t signed out for the night.
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