The Fake Scandal Surrounding Michelle Obama’s Spain Trip

[firedupdem]

http://newsone.com/world/newsonestaff5/the-fake-scandal-surrounding-michelle-obamas-spain-trip/

You’ve probably heard by now that Michelle Obama is out of touch, apathetic, or simply selfish for taking a four-day jaunt to Spain to show her daughter some culture. Andrea Tantaros over at the New York Post spent a lot of time on Thursday penning an editorial accusing Obama of being a “modern-day Marie Antoinette”—tone-deaf to the economic suffering on the home front by taking a lavish foreign vacation. The most scandalous part, apparently, is the cost. The Obamas booked a rumored block of 60 rooms at a fancy Spanish hotel apparently akin to the Four Seasons.

We checked with the White House for a price breakdown of the trip, looking for a smoking gun. And honestly, there isn’t one. The bulk of the trip—the hotel stay and all meals—were paid for by the Obamas and their close friends who joined them. “Any additional footprint,” says a White House aide, “including additional rooms needed for security support, falls under the same rules as have applied to any previous first-family travel: the costs are split appropriately, with private expenses paid for privately; government expenses are paid for by the government.”

The unmentioned point here is that the first lady doesn’t travel with that big a security detail. The Secret Service obviously won’t discuss the extent of her protective covering. But she’s nothing like her husband, or any recent past president, who has been known to have a 20-car (or more) motorcade, as well as two planes, up to three helicopters, and more than 100 staffers for even ordinary puddle-jumping trips for a speech about the economy. Overkill? Maybe. But the Secret Service would say that it’s just part of the cost of having an executive and keeping him safe. Perhaps it could be done for cheaper, the way British Prime Minister David Cameron crossed the pond last month on a commercial airliner. By that logic, maybe it’s time for an honest accounting of exactly what kind of image the first family needs to represent America, or how big a security detail is actually needed to protect them. But a four-day trip overseas hardly seems like the best example of a system out of control.


**This is story published by an African American publication...so I'm sure that's the only reason they feel this way** :eyes:

[Cha]

1. Thanks for this, firedupdem! There will be

whineyass complainers on anything the Obamas do bc some people have nothing better in their lives than bitching.

[NYC_SKP]

2. MSNBC (Mika) was all over this story first thing this morning, reporting on the "concerns"...

Reporting on them, or creating them?

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

4. My bet is on creating them.

:)

[goclark]

7. Mika needs to go home to her daddy

I love not watching Cable.

It has given me a new start in my life.

I'm glad I've checked in with my favorite group BOG.

You keep me posted on the latest ~ thanks!

[SeattleGirl]

3. I swear, the M$M would scream about anything the Obama's

did, even if it's something every other President and First Lady also did (and that they didn't scream about).

[Cha]

5. Let's see what the crack corporatemediawhores

have to say about the Obamas going to the Gulf next weekend before they take a trip to Martha's Vineyard.

I predict the usual pricks will be whining about the "elitist" Martha's Vineyard like jealous harridans but what ever will be the complaint about taking a vacay in the Gulf of Mexico? You know they'll scrape down in the bottom of their brainless heads and come up with something.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Is this like the mediastorm that surrounded the cost of one of her dresses?

:rofl:

The Obama's enemies are so anxious to paint them as elitist, and "out of touch", that they really look silly at this point. It's almost as if they want them to be imprisoned inside the WH walls. :shrug:

[Cha]

11. Of course, the mediawhores &

baggers of all stripes bitch about them going anywhere BUT if the Obamas stayed within the walls of the White House..those same terminal malcontents would start whinging about them never going out and meeting anyone.

They're so boringly preDICtable.

[treestar]

8. This fake scandal really pisses me off

Did they ever do the same thing to Laura or even Hillary? No.

Assholes.

[jaxx]

9. No, but they were white.

The right wing media ought to use a teabag for their logo, they have the same ideals.

[treestar]

10. Bingo

[flamingdem]

12. The Fake Scandal is also a media excuse to show images of beautiful Michelle + child

and beautiful locations. While simultaneously trashing her they get eyeball$ that tune in for female beauty on parade.

[azmouse]

13. I'm proud as an American to have someone like Michelle Obama

represent the US!

Yeah Michelle!

[Cha]

14. It's so amazing to have someone of her brilliance and

intelligence to represent us!~

I was talking to my sister just now on the phone while she was headed down the highway..eventually going to Martha's Vineyard on Tuesday.

I was exclaiming that she's already been with her family this year to Spain, Maine, & they were going to the Gulf but couldn't because of the logistics not working out..but that's so close to being everywhere the Obamas have been! My sister is a school teacher who gets around this Planet of ours.

Fook the mediawhores & their whineyass jealousy.

[bobburgster]

15. Oh geez!

What the hell is wrong now? I guess she should have put her in front of the tv for their quality time. I'm so sick of all this fake indignation.

[Cha]

16. Here's some pics of Sasha Obama in Malaga, Spain.. you're going to

love, firedupdem!

http://theybf.com/2010/08/06/kid-fab-sasha-obama-kicks-it-in-the-ocean-in-spain

[firedupdem]

17. Oh wow...thanks Cha!

Looks like she's having a great time!