Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation draws critics

[redrum]

lol, I watch that show too

just sayin.

ya why do i even bother.............

 

[jaredwb]

I don't know how strongly you feel about this "image they shouldn't be portraying" so I won't direct my comment at you, Redrum. What I will say is that anybody who has anything to say about vacations this president takes apparently has no memory of the bi-monthly ranch visits the last "president" took, say, when deciding to carpet bomb other countries.

The last person to sit in the White House brought so much shame and disgrace on the US (not an easy thing to do considering its anything-but-human rights record) that any comparison to what vacation the president now takes is a joke, an insult and a slap in the face.

To say anything would be a waste of time and effort to someone who is so wrong that it doesn't matter what facts are shown to them, they will still believe their own twisted "truth". Kind of a Barney Frank, aren't ya.

Still, Obama is prancing around the country preaching fiscal responsibility while his wife and daughter dance off to Europe and spend 750,000+ of our dollars. A little hypocritical if you ask me. But hey, he "understands the pains of main street".

 

[jaredwb]

Every president deserves a vacation, especially a president with two young daughters. If you're going to find a reason to dislike him can you please find something better than that, and from a less biased source at that. It's well known the LA times is a right-leaning newspaper. Thanks.

Ummmm...LA Times is a right-leaning newspaper? Now I know you are smoking something and I want some.

And EVERY newspaper is reporting on the irresponsible spending trip, not just the LA Times. Maybe if you read or watched more than 1 paper/channel you would have noticed.

 

[AlexfromLA]

A real tragedy.

 

[LAtoBA]

Again, the president was not on this vacation. It was his wife and one of their daughters.

Then that makes this post even more irrelevant. Why should we be worried about what type of vacation the first lady takes with her children that is not being paid for with tax dollars? Why is this in the World Politics section? Completely irrelevant to world politics.

 

[LAtoBA]

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Ummmm...LA Times is a right-leaning newspaper? Now I know you are smoking something and I want some.

And EVERY newspaper is reporting on the irresponsible spending trip, not just the LA Times. Maybe if you read or watched more than 1 paper/channel you would have noticed.

How long did you have a subscription? It certainly doesn't mirror the ultra left lib agenda of Hollywood. Then again left-leaning, right-leaning are a matter of opinion, no?

Irresponsible spending trip? They're paying for the vacation with their own money. Hate to break it to you but they would still be wealthy even if they didn't take the vacation. Would you rather they "keep it real" with a disingenuous vacation to the southeast side of DC? Give me a break.

Yes Americans are angry, yes americans are struggling. But no need to make this a witch hunt for America's first family. Presidential families who are, gasp, typically wealthy, are going to continue to take "lavish" vacations. By the way hotel rates of $500-2,500 per night really isn't that much. Ever been to Vegas??

FYI, I don't watch or read American news (outside of bloomberg, and wall st journal financials).....thanks for playing.

 

[mini]

Just because a story is being reported doesnt' mean it's actually news worthy.

This vacation is NOT the problem with the US's economy. I'd rather pay for their holiday than even one solider on foreign soil. Why are they not talking about the REAL problem: The defense budget? There we will be talking REAL MONEY. Peanuts compared to this vacation. This is just a distraction.

Let them have their holiday & worry about things that are important.

Like the end of the world conveniently scheduled for us on 12-21-12.

 

[JoeBlow]

Joe, feel free to direct your comment toward me. It’s ok.

Again, the president was not on this vacation. It was his wife and one of their daughters.

Second, who cares how many times bush went to texas? We’re not talking about bush here. We’re talking about michelle and her daughter. The fact that bush took lots of vacations doesn’t justify michelle’s luxurious Spanish vacation. That’s a cop out. Stop pointing to what somebody else did in the past. We’re talking about the present.

Bush was a scumbag, we all know that. Guess what. Obama is just a slicked up version of bush. Why? They both work for the same team. The agenda, the real globalist agenda is still on track. It has never wavered. All they do is change from one president to the next, giving the public the illusion that democracy, hope and change still exist in America.

Meanwhile, everybody wastes their precious time arguing back and forth with each other about republican vs democrat or left vs right, biased newspapers…etc. And that’s exactly what they want us to be doing – wasting time fighting amongst ourselves while they rob the country blind.

Well, if you feel the way you do about us being robbed blind "by them", why waste time posting an article about Mrs Obama's vacation? Why waste time on a forum?

Now, I would almost want to agree with you and say we are being robbed "by them" but the issue is why do we keep going along with our little capitalist system? I put "them" in quotes because it's really "us" robbing each other.

I know: you're a saint and I'm a saint but there's a lot of people who feel the need to get what they can while they can (I feel the same sometimes).

So, maybe we sould suggest a solution to the problem, no?
What do you think it could be? We're here to exchange ideas I hope, not just point the finger (which certainly sounded like what you were doing).

At least half of the "robbing" isn't illegal (for example: spending trillions on the military; the cost of a hospital visit).

What do we do about that?

 

[jaredwb]

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How long did you have a subscription? It certainly doesn't mirror the ultra left lib agenda of Hollywood. Then again left-leaning, right-leaning are a matter of opinion, no?

Irresponsible spending trip? They're paying for the vacation with their own money. Hate to break it to you but they would still be wealthy even if they didn't take the vacation. Would you rather they "keep it real" with a disingenuous vacation to the southeast side of DC? Give me a break.

Yes Americans are angry, yes americans are struggling. But no need to make this a witch hunt for America's first family. Presidential families who are, gasp, typically wealthy, are going to continue to take "lavish" vacations. By the way hotel rates of $500-2,500 per night really isn't that much. Ever been to Vegas??

FYI, I don't watch or read American news (outside of bloomberg, and wall st journal financials).....thanks for playing.

They are NOT paying for their own trip!!!!

They are reimbursing the cost of 2 roundtrip first class tickets and a small % of the hotel costs. In total, about 15-20K. Considering the ENTIRE trip cost upwards of 250,000 I would say they aren't paying for SH&T.

I have no problem with a president being wealthy...the problem I have is the rampant Hypocrisy that spews from their mouths. When the NY Times, The Post, and even The Huffington Blog are "questioning" the trip, it's clear there was something very wrong (timing, if nothing else).

And you know what, yeah...they should have traveled somewhere less extravagant.

 

[mini]

They are NOT paying for their own trip!!!!

They are reimbursing the cost of 2 roundtrip first class tickets and a small % of the hotel costs. In total, about 15-20K. Considering the ENTIRE trip cost upwards of 250,000 I would say they aren't paying for SH&T.

I have no problem with a president being wealthy...the problem I have is the rampant Hypocrisy that spews from their mouths. When the NY Times, The Post, and even The Huffington Blog are "questioning" the trip, it's clear there was something very wrong (timing, if nothing else).

And you know what, yeah...they should have traveled somewhere less extravagant.

Seriously? I'm sorry that we live in a world that requires the President of the US & his wife & children to be protected 24/7. It's not their fault they can't just fly off on a regular scheduled flight where ever & when ever they want. All the "stuff" that goes along with them traveling is not their fault. It's part of the "job". So they don't have to reimburse it.

Let's use our brains a bit instead of just reading into the hype. Again US$250,000 is a drop water in the bucket of the untold amount of money that is spent without our knowledge. Go ask how much is being spent on any of the defense department's expenses. Good luck getting an answer.

This is a non issue.