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First Lady Michelle Obama was criticized last week for vacationing in Spain with her daughter while the economy continues to sputter, but Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine said this morning it's "wrong" to attack the First Family's private vacation. "I think it's wrong to talk about the first lady's family vacation as a politician," Kaine said on NBC's "Today Show." "She's a mom." Michelle Obama traveled with her daughter Sasha and a group of friends to Costa del Sol in southern Spain. "When you're in office you don't give up being a mom and a family member, too," Kaine...

FAA has issued a Notice to Airman (NOTAM) that restricts all general aviation aircraft operations at the only three airports in and surrounding Las Vegas -- McCarran International (KLAS), Henderson (KHND) and North Las Vegas (KVGT) -- from 4:30 pm local time July 8 through 11:30 am July 9 to accommodate a visit by President Barack Obama. In a letter yesterday to Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, National Business Aviation Association President Ed Bolen notes that Las Vegas airport is the seventh busiest in the country that serves a diverse business base across the southern half of Nevada....

There has always been a desire to maintain credibility and integrity on Free Republic. That is eroding with each new, Obama, birth certificate story. Many of those creating this ruckus claim are flying a false flag of Constitutionality when it is actually an effort to paint all Conservatives with the broad brush of conspiratorialism of the most dangerous kind. Thank you.