M. Obama vacation-30 rms at 5 star hotel

[CosmicCowboy]

Again, you never stated why you found it so "EXTREMELY" interesting.

Surely you can talk about your own reasons for being capital-letter interested.

You quoted it 3 posts back. Read the second sentence.

I trolled, lit the firestorm, played for 10 pages or so, and you are still trying to relight it. I'm bored with this one.

Next?

[ChumpDumper]

You quoted it 3 posts back. Read the second sentence.

I trolled, lit the firestorm, played for 10 pages or so, and you are still trying to relight it. I'm bored with this one.

Next?

I agree it's pretty boring, but no, you didn't say why you found it so interesting. Of course it would have to do with your perception that she was celebrating black Muslim power. You did affirm that you can't know that was her reason, but it has to be the reason you found it so interesting -- with everything that would imply. That is how innuendo works, after all.

[clambake]

it's not uncommon for old people to forget things.

[LnGrrrR]

Dude the only thing I have said is that she is clearly out of touch and doesn't understand the perception that such a trip leaves.

How can you possibly argue that? I'm not the one writing all these stories in the papers and don't blame it on Fox either...The New York Times (HARDLY a conservative paper) led the charge...

I expect Presidents, and wives of Presidents, to have the freedom to take vacations at times. Should they be gone for lengthy amounts of time? Of course not. But I won't begrudge a vacation, personally. It's not like she can just wave the Secret Service off or anything.

Edit: Not to mention the whole "Alhambra" thing.

[Winehole23]

The Alhambra: no architectural significance.

[boutons_deux]

This entire Mic e Antoinette in Spain false outrage is nothing but Repug/hate media, rabble rousing noise, which they'd rather crank up than make positive contributions to the nation's problems, like tell us EXACTLY what spending cuts the Repugs say will reduce the (Repug) deficit significantly.

[jack sommerset]

Great. She is spending all that taxpayer cash in another country no less to help a friend grieve because she lost her papa. Give us a freaken break. You rip our country off,tell other people where to go on their vacations and how to spend their money then you throw out the sympathy card a week later because you are getting some bad press for it. Cry me a ing river.

[LnGrrrR]

Great. She is spending all that taxpayer cash in another country no less to help a friend grieve because she lost her papa. Give us a freaken break. You rip our country off,tell other people where to go on their vacations and how to spend their money then you throw out the sympathy card a week later because you are getting some bad press for it. Cry me a ing river.

You know that the Secret Service are being paid to protect her whether she goes overseas or not, right?

[Blake]

Great. She is spending all that taxpayer cash in another country no less to help a friend grieve because she lost her papa. Give us a freaken break. You rip our country off,tell other people where to go on their vacations and how to spend their money then you throw out the sympathy card a week later because you are getting some bad press for it. Cry me a ing river.

The First Lady is taking a vacation to Spain, needs security because of who she is and that makes you upset.

Keep crying your ing river.

[jack sommerset]

The First Lady is taking a vacation to Spain, needs security because of who she is and that makes you upset.

Yes and everything else I said about it.

[jack sommerset]

You know that the Secret Service are being paid to protect her whether she goes overseas or not, right?

Yup

[ChumpDumper]

Why do you hate those who are more successful than you, jack?

[LnGrrrR]

Yup

So then, assuming there wasn't a greater than normal amount of secret service, the only things that the taxpayer are on the dime for (more than the normal amount that is) is the cost of flying the plane/gas (which would be incurred for a trip within the states, but to a lesser amount). Am I right, or did I miss something?

[jack sommerset]

I would say you missed alot. "Do as I say not as I do" It gets tiresome with this administration. It does cost more to travel overseas. America is hurting money wise. And yes we should not have to pay for the Obongos to fat cat around the globe becasue she wants to help a friend grieve.

[ChumpDumper]

I think any administration, of any party, would love for people who have money to spend money on travel -- or anything really.

[jack sommerset]

Unless of course you want to go to Vegas.

[LnGrrrR]

I would say you missed alot. "Do as I say not as I do" It gets tiresome with this administration. It does cost more to travel overseas. America is hurting money wise. And yes we should not have to pay for the Obongos to fat cat around the globe becasue she wants to help a friend grieve.

But you're not paying for the Obamas to travel across the globe, you're paying for them to travel ANYWHERE they go. It's slightly more to go overseas, but doubtful that it's more than a few thousand.

Now, if you want to rail on the hypocrisy thing, feel free. But it seems silly to complain about taxpayers paying for Secret Service (because they do anyways) or where they stayed (since they paid for the hotels).

[jack sommerset]

But you're not paying for the Obamas to travel across the globe, you're paying for them to travel ANYWHERE they go. It's slightly more to go overseas, but doubtful that it's more than a few thousand.

Now, if you want to rail on the hypocrisy thing, feel free. But it seems silly to complain about taxpayers paying for Secret Service (because they do anyways) or where they stayed (since they paid for the hotels).

If you feel we should pay for her to vacation overseas to help a friend, feel free to do that. If you think it's ok to tell people one thing but do another, feel free to do so.

[ChumpDumper]

Unless of course you want to go to Vegas.

No, they would like that as well.

[ChumpDumper]

If you feel we should pay for her to vacation overseas to help a friend, feel free to do that. If you think it's ok to tell people one thing but do another, feel free to do so.

Is Mic e Obama telling people who have money to not travel?

Link.

[LnGrrrR]

If you feel we should pay for her to vacation overseas to help a friend, feel free to do that. If you think it's ok to tell people one thing but do another, feel free to do so.

But we're not paying for her vacation overseas by an amount significantly more than the amount we pay her to travel within the United States. Since we as taxpayers pay for her Secret Service already, and since she's paying for the hotels, the only extra thing the American taxpayer seems to be covering is the costs of the plane. I'm not going to get too worked up over $100,000 or so when we have so much other waste that could be eliminated. But other people are free to, of course.

[Wild Cobra]

This should end the thread. nice job

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[Wild Cobra]

You know what I want to know...

Why isn't Michael Moore making a big deal of it?

[Wild Cobra]

Great. She is spending all that taxpayer cash in another country no less to help a friend grieve because she lost her papa. Give us a freaken break. You rip our country off,tell other people where to go on their vacations and how to spend their money then you throw out the sympathy card a week later because you are getting some bad press for it. Cry me a ing river.

If the first couple really cared about this nation, they wouldn't have it spend so much over them.

And disagreements?

[ChumpDumper]

If the first couple really cared about this nation, they wouldn't have it spend so much over them.

So the Bushes and Reagans and all other first couples didn't care about the nation.

You said it.