Repug criticizes Obamas for going to a Broadway play.

[gauguin57]

Good grief! Now the Obamas have to stay home having peanut butter and jelly?? Hey Repugs: The Obamas aren't the G.W. Bushes, ya know ... they are actually INTERESTED in the outside world ... and the arts!

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/30/soccer-dad-in-chief/#more-54062

... The first couple, known for having weekend date nights, later made a visit Saturday night to New York City for what the White House is calling a personal visit. The New York Times reports that the Obamas are seeing the Broadway show, “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.”

According to a White House spokesperson, Obama said he was taking his wife to the Big Apple "because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished."

RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho, in a statement to reporters Saturday, blasted the couple's visit.

"As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan’s theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills," she said. "Have a great Saturday evening – even if you’re not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense."

[EquallyExhausted]

1. i'm trying to think of something i would find less surprising...

and i'm coming up blank. :shrug:
although it's hilarious to see them pretending to care about the auto industry all of a sudden.:eyes:

[TTUBatfan2008]

2. Funny...

you never once heard these idiots complain about the fact that GWB and Reagan went on vacation more often than any other two Presidents in history. And, might I add, the 80's weren't exactly an economic boom for this country and yet Ronnie went on vacation constantly out to California...wonder how much of a drain on taxpayer dollars that was, flying from one coast of the country to the other????

[PopSixSquish]

3. Somebody Ask Her to Respond to the Racist and Sexist Remarks

being made by members of her party regarding Judge Sotomayor and see how fast she shuts up...

[Cha]

4. Hey, good on the Obamas stimulating the

economy and boo on gail gitcho's jealousy..boooooooo.

[Captain Hilts]

7. That's right. Spend it. Broadway is having a tough couple of years. nt

[Captain Hilts]

5. If they don't go to the play, GM won't file for bankruptcy? Live and learn! nt

[Enrique]

6. omg they're going to the THEATER DISTRICT

if they're going to NYC they should at least stay downtown!

[jwirr]

8. For God's sake have they forgotten their boy playing half the presidency

away on vacation while soldier's died in a war he started? The pugs are shameless.

[Raine]

15. Yeah and his big "sacrific" of not playing golf

while soldiers died, but he was caught on camera doing it anyway.

[TTUBatfan2008]

17. It's not just GWB, but also Reagan...

Reagan spent more time on vacation than any POTUS before GWB. GWB managed to top him, but it's pretty shameless of these hacks to whine about Obama allegedly wasting tax dollars when Reagan constantly wasted tax dollars on trips from D.C. to California -- coast to fucking coast! And GWB constantly wasted tax dollars on trips to Texas, which ain't exactly close to D.C. either!

[Raine1967]

9. Forget B*sh-- remember congress whined about a 5 day work week?

It was after the 2006 elections. I remember Jack Kingston actually saying he might have to quite congress because he needed time with his family. If I recall correctly most of these nitwits were worked 3 MAYBE 4 days a week, using Mondays and thursdays as travel days--- ON THE TAXPAYER DOLE.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/05/AR2006120501342.html

"I have bad news for you," Hoyer told reporters. "Those trips you had planned in January, forget 'em. We will be working almost every day in January, starting with the 4th."

The reporters groaned. "I know, it's awful, isn't it?" Hoyer empathized.

For lawmakers, it is awful, compared with what they have come to expect. For much of this election year, the legislative week started late Tuesday and ended by Thursday afternoon -- and that was during the relatively few weeks the House wasn't in recess.

Next year, members of the House will be expected in the Capitol for votes each week by 6:30 p.m. Monday and will finish their business about 2 p.m. Friday, Hoyer said.

Screw them all.

[old mark]

26. You also have to allow time for drunkenness, hangovers,

and screwing secretaries and pages, right Newt?


mark

[Joe the Liberal]

10. Oh so NOW they care about the auto industry and families across this country.....

How convenient, It's only bad for a democratic president to take vacations but when a republican does it he gets a free pass. :eyes:

Have a great time out in the wilderness repub douchebags, this country will be WAY better off without your incompetent lackeys in office.

[Ioo]

11. Unlike BUSH - Obama and Michelle take Air Force Gulfstream V (C-37A) — a 12 passenger aircraft

to New York to save money

Bush took the 747 everywhere

[alsame]

12. And where exactly was Bush as

New Orleans was drowning? Having a party with McCain, as I recall.

The nerve of these people never ceases to amaze me.

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. I'm surprised the repig didn't mention the obama's

Saving taxpayer money by attending a play at ford's theatre instead. That's the kind of class they would usually display.

[Arkana]

14. I don't give a shit if the President wants to take in a Broadway play.

It's culture. Broadway's pretty good.

And the Republicans have sand in their asscracks--they have short memories, too, because I seem to remember a certain asswipe President fiddling while New Orleans drowned...

[Arugula Latte]

16. Republicans hate New York. ... Were they behind 9-11? .. Some say "yes!"

Hey, two can play this game.

[bunkerbuster1]

19. Were they behind it? It would be irresponsible not to speculate!

[bunkerbuster1]

18. They need to wait until a hurricane wipes out a major city...

Oh wait, that was Condi Rice. Never mind.

[democracy1st]

20. dayum idiots want him to use American Airlines! LOL

[Parker CA]

21. FAIL Gitcho.

[gauguin57]

22. A big EFF YOU to the repigs ... folks CRAMMED the sidewalks in NYC for a glimpse of the Obamas.

Check out the great photos of all the people packing the streets to see their president and first lady.

http://news.aol.com/article/obamas-in-new-york-city/452442?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fobamas-in-new-york-city%2F452442

And this from the NYT:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/nyregion/31obama.html?hp

... Times Square was even more frenetic than usual, as pedestrians lined several blocks waiting to catch a glimpse of Mr. and Mrs. Obama. At the corner of Broadway and 44th Street, a crowd stood and watched expectantly, even though they were so far away they could barely see the old-fashioned sign for the Belasco, illuminated in light bulbs.

“It’s going to be so cool to go to school and say I saw the president," said Jessica Allen, a 16-year-old who landed a prime spot across the street from the theater, hours before the show began.

Just before 8 p.m., the crowd erupted in cheers as the couple arrived in a black limousine.

... Mr. Coleman said Mr. Obama’s presence would be especially poignant, because Mr. Wilson, who died in 2005, could not be there to see the president walk into the theater.

“I hope he’s smiling somewhere,” he said. “Because this is huge.”

[gauguin57]

23. Remember Cindy McCain's $313,000 dress at the Repug convention? Let them eat cake!

[gauguin57]

24. If I were a reporter, I'd keep my eye on Gail Gitcho (and Michael Steele).

... or any of those prominent repugs.
Next time one of them is seen out on the town, throwing money around "during a recession" ... their pictures need to be plastered all over the front pages of the newspapers. Because you know the Repug lifestyle makes Barack and Michelle's little date night look like a trip to the 7/11!

[cooolandrew]

25. After putting up with GOP nonsense and clearing their icky mess the least they deserve is good night

out. I thin Prosident Obama would rather of preferred the last 8 years didn't happen so it all can be a fresh new beginning. It'd be so cool if we could do that somehow. Good for them to let their hair down and spread some wings.

[MarjorieG]

27. Guess they'd rather he go without adequate security.