It's evident by now Mrs. Obama will not yield to public opinion regarding her profligate globe-hopping.
Michelle's week-long junket to South Africa cost taxpayers nearly $800,000 according to an analysis by White House Dossier. The trip ended at a five-star hotel in the middle of a game preserve where rooms exceed $10,000 dollars per night. Michelle was accompanied by her daughters, brother Craig's kids and granny who all enjoyed the "luxurious suites" and "one of the world's finest art collections" at the Mateya.
The cost of local transportation, Secret Service protection, food for her family and staff members, and the cost of firing up "Air Force Two" not to mention the pre-trip preparations all contributed to the final amounts.
Mrs. Obama's goodwill tour was supposed to "help youth leadership, health, education and wellness" in crime-ridden South Africa. The photos of her and the 'fam' showed them feeling "surreal" meeting Nelson Mandela, eating "fat cakes," dancing and going on safari. A U.S. Embassy spokeswoman "made clear that the trip was partially a personal pilgrimage for the first lady."
A visit to South Africa is important for them as a family. She'll be visiting many Struggle-era landmarks, including the Apartheid Museum (and) the Hector Pieterson Memorial.
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7 comments:
Sure why not, we dont need that "Change" is that what they meet by "Change" thats all we will have left when they leave office.
When are people going to see through these dumb ass entitled acting craps
Her + Obama have been partying since he took office; bands are flown in on AIR FORCE 1 to entertain the Obama's when they are at the White House on the Weekends.
All at our expense!
Maybe she was really looking for a place to live once they are "ousted" from the White House! And doing so on the taxpayers dollars!
If she really wanted to make a difference she should have used that 800k to feed those people.
Just pray that someday she will go to a foreign country and not return!
why didn't Air Force Two return empty?
Maybe she was really looking for a place to live once they are "ousted" from the White House! And doing so on the taxpayers dollars!
October 30, 2011 9:19 AM
They are not going anywhere, for the next four years anyway.
Just pray that someday she will go to a foreign country and not return!
October 30, 2011 6:38 PM
Anonymous said...
why didn't Air Force Two return empty?
October 30, 2011 7:29 PM
Nice guys, real nice. Classy even.
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