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you will remember The One himself scolded corporate executives – while also costing the city of las vegas some $130 million in much needed revenue – when he said this :
“You can’t get corporate jets. You can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas, or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayers’ dime!”
well in yet another ‘do as i say not what i do’ moment, obama has had another date night with his bitter, angry, not proud, lovely bride in paris this weekend following the 69th anniversary of the d-day events. of course this follows last week’s $24,000 date in nyc.
their latest date? very public of course (love that adulation!):
Paris (AP) – Ah, Paris. The city of love. And the city of this week’s presidential date night.
La Fontaine de Mars dates back to 1908 and specializes in rustic dishes from France’s southwest region of Bordeaux Perigord and the Basque. Foie gras, duck and cassoulet are on the menu, although the White House has not said what the president and first lady chose.
The Obamas shared the restaurant with other diners, and other restaurants on the winding Rue St. Dominique were filled. Police, some in riot gear, lined the street. Crowds pressed behind barriers at the end of the street to glimpse the first couple, and about 100 people gathered there burst into applause as the Obamas left the restaurant. Clusters of people at street corners held up cell phones and cameras to snap pictures.
After dinner and a ride along the quai on the Left Bank of the Seine River, the Obamas returned to the U.S. ambassador’s residence, where daughters Sasha and Malia awaited them.
Earlier in the day, Sasha and Malia joined their parents on a visit to Notre Dame Cathedral, where a children’s choir sang and the president lit a candle. They climbed the stairs for a view of the city from the roof of the 12th century Gothic church. The cathedral was closed to the public during the first family’s visit.
The first family’s motorcade traveled to the cathedral along the Boulevard St. Germain, where hundreds lined the street hoping to see them.
sounds lovely doesn’t it? but can you imagine the cost? not just the dinner, but all the security for that drive along the seine? for closing notre dame? oh, and did i mention they went to the louvre and closed that for a private tour as well? that 20 or so car motorcade — well you can bet it wasn’t a bunch of clown cars that he wants all of us to drive!
will we be reimbursing the fwench for their enormous security costs for this 24 hr. event?
look, i am happy if our first family can have some private time. seriously. i understand that this is one of the perks of the job. all presidents traveled for personal pleasure, and being the president means having an entourage and a security detail everywhere you go. it’s really unavoidable.
what bothers me is that this is so hypocritical and insensitive in the face of so many in the country in financial distress.
here’s the rub: obama himself tells me and you that we should change our lifestyles and sacrifice for the greater good yet he’s busy flying to new york for fine dining and theater and sightseeing paris with the whole family just a week later. the obama’s clearly seek all the publicity on these ‘dates’ — lapping all the slavish, sycophantic adulation up like starved dogs. the purpose? i suppose to perpetuate the 21st century camelot myth.
but good grief. will all the fawning and happy talk of the obama’s extravagant date nights please stop? it’s not okay. lots and lots of people are unemployed and losing their homes.
is there no one around the gluttonous, attention-seeking obama’s that will tell them that such extravagant dates are not the best idea in these hard times?
please. next date night? keep it a little closer to home and on the down low.
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lol. my cotillion sister fausta writes about The One and his bitter wife having a food taster while in paris!
Jameson says: Pretty soon our economy will overrun their politics and posturing. Then Obama and the country and the world are going to be in real trouble and all of Obama’s posturing for the media’s drooling cameras will mean nothing. It’s coming, government waste and mismanagement brought to you by Obama. The pipeline is running out of money folks, unemployment is going to be double digit, and Obama owns it not GWB. If Obama and his people had a clue how the financial world worked they wouldn’t be out on “date nights” fiddling while the world’s economy burns.
BikerDan says: Kate did you hear that Obama also has a food taster now? I thought that when only happen if Hillary was his Veep!
This a-hole’s arrogance never ends apparently. Start looking for a crown any day or ring kissing even.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0caa9f66f64d2c5c70c0d8ddb18f1a5b.821&show_article=1
dan you know i did read that somewhere – over at fauta’s blog i think. i meant to add it to the post! thanks for the reminder. 🙂
Marsha says: Obama and his fat azz wife are media whores. Flaunting their status everywhere and really soaking all of us for their excess. It’s like the guy won a trip to Disney World or something and they can’t get over it.
Hopefully in 2012 we will get a real President.
John says: Where will they be next week? I’d like to fly my wife all over the world for date nights too, but damn if I don’t have to work 2 jobs to pay taxes to cover his auto manufacturer ownership, healthcare, bank bailouts, date nights….
Ian says: The Anti-Christ and Cruella making our tax dollars work for them. This trip was supposed to be about national business not a “Europe in Springime” vacation for his family.
Ian says: “is there no one around the gluttonous, attention-seeking obama’s that will tell them that such extravagant dates are not the best idea in these hard times?”
No.
Jane says: Some of you people are so hateful! You are obviously unloved. Michelle Obama may not be the most beautiful woman in the world, but for Barack she is. He only has only eyes for her. She is one lucky wife.
Micky says: ” You are obviously unloved.”
Soooo, I guess because of all the crap you’ve said about Bush that makes you the most hated person on earth ?
“She is one lucky wife.”
yeah, no matter what she’ll be getting free health care for life
Barb says: BIBLE VERSES OBAMA AVOIDS !
For reasons known only to him, President Obama avoids certain Bible verses:
Proverbs 19:10 (NIV): “It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury – how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!”
Also Proverbs 30:22 (NIV) which says that the earth cannot bear up under “a servant who becomes king.”
[just saw the above on the net!]
LadyHawk says: Hi Kate! <3
Politicians are very good at telling EVERYONE ELSE TO SACRIFICE. Same here in California with the muscle brain called The Governator. Politicians keep their salaries and large benefits and perks while trimming on senior citizens WHO PAID into the system, btw And not cutting benefits to illegal aliens. In fact they are VERY silent about the high cost of illegals.
Paul says: Who cares? The man was already in France for the D-Day anniversary. Let him take his wife and daughters out on the town. I would.
Marsha says: Hey Paul
“Who cares? The man was already in France for the D-Day anniversary. Let him take his wife and daughters out on the town. I would.”
Oh I am sure. BUT had it been President Bush taking his wife and 2 daughters on the town, YOU’D probably be the first to whine the fricken loudest. But, hey, its the “annointed one” who can do absolutely no wrong. Right?
Paul says: Marsha they were already in Paris. No big deal. Relax a little. You’ll live longer.
Ken says: “Marsha they were already in Paris. No big deal. Relax a little. You’ll live longer.”
Gosh, where were all the carefree, relax and have a good time attitudes for the last 8 years.
What a difference an Obama makes!!!!
Bruce says: The Obamas are NOT tourists.
“Tourists” spend their OWN MONEY to travel.
Probably just trying to make Vera Baker jealous.
LOL
http://sarah-palin-2008.blogspot.com/search?q=vera+baker
PenniePan says: Well isn’t this interesting? The party that “claims” family values is grumbling about a president and his wife who demonstrate them! Just more faux outrage!!!
Maybe if Republicans didn’t 1)divorce their sick wives for a younger versions or 3)sleep with prostitutes then cry about it on national tv when busted or 3)molest underage children they would understand what real family values look like.
Leia says: My husband was told last Friday that his job is over as of June 30. He worked for the State for 5 years. How can President Obama have credibility on fixing this horrible economy when he’s forever golfing and going on expensive dates on the taxpayer dime? It’s really embarrassing. I voted for him, reluctantly, and now I very much regret it.
Ken says: “The party that “claims” family values is grumbling about a president and his wife who demonstrate them! Just more faux outrage!!!”
Once again, and not surprisingly, Pennie misses the point. It’s not that he took his wife out Pennie, its because the same man lectured all of us on “tightening our belts” and “sacrificing” due to a struggling economy. He caused the Las Vegas to take a hit because of his stupid comment, yet he trots all over the globe, on our dime, like some sort of rock star.
Get a clue.
Ken says: “Maybe if Republicans didn’t 1)divorce their sick wives for a younger versions or 3)sleep with prostitutes then cry about it on national tv when busted or 3)molest underage children they would understand what real family values look like.”
Perhaps they could be more like democrats who
1) Fool around while their wife is battling cancer
2)Sleep with prostitues then cry about it on national tv, like Spitzer
3)Screw around in the oval office and then lie about it to the entire nation
4)Have to halt your campaign because of all the allegations of drugging and sexual assault
5)Get censured for having a sexual relationship with your underage male page
Really, Pennie, getting into a pissing contest about “family values” while supporting democrats may be the funniest thing I’ve ever heard in my life!!! Thanks for the laugh!!
Micky says: “Maybe if Republicans didn’t 1)divorce their sick wives for a younger versions or 3)sleep with prostitutes then cry about it on national tv when busted or 3)molest underage children they would understand what real family values look like.”
Theres a huge difference between valuing families and family values.
if libturds had their way there’d be no families at all.
Every kind of marriage except traditional ones would be outlawed, marrying and screwing unicorns would be legal in the hopes of creating a new hybrid that you could get a tax credit for producing , even though you never did pay taxes to start with. Those still in traditional marriages would be credited by the fed for NOT having kids. Those having kids would be single on purpose simply for the benefit of getting extra foodstamps and welfare. As we all know, liberals think that its people who are killing the earth. Kids promote carbon offsets.
And then theres that whole abortion thingee, that’ll take a good chunk out of any family.
The whole liberal doctrine is set up to promote promiscuity, period.
So please, spare me your family values crap, the faux rage is on your part more than anything.
lisab says: #1 ouch
#3 they did not screw around … it was oral sex not sex
#5 both parties seem to do that
i still cannot believe you let us get away with #3 🙂
lisab says: “Michelle Obama may not be the most beautiful woman in the world …”
also breaking here at stating the obvious news …
rain is wet
ted kennedy drinks a lot
paris hilton does not wear underwear
thomas selleck is still handsome (he likes me to call him thomas)
and
carla bruni is much hotter than michelle
Micky says: “thomas selleck is still handsome (he likes me to call him thomas)”
In 1985 he chewed out his little entourage for making me follow him all over the restaurant with his scotch, then gave me a fifty and said he could find his own drink and to ignore his friends.
In real life hes very quiet and nice.
thens theres the whole thing with Sarky not wanting a photo op with Obama.
I smell a sex scandal.
( Obama and Sarky)
jaiz says: Sounds to me like you are the bitter, angry, not proud woman. Are you jealous because she has Barack? Uh huh I know how it is with you women and him. Put on a little Barry White and light a couple of candals? Well Barack and Michelle Obama deserve what we can do for them. They are on duty 24/7. They put up with crap like this all the time. So what if it cost us a bit of change. Get real and go get your own man. Then maybe you would be such a beotch.
Micky says: ” Are you jealous because she has Barack? ”
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!
“Well Barack and Michelle Obama deserve what we can do for them.”
Yeah, a swift kick in both their rumps.
“Get real and go get your own man.”
C’mon, we all know you’ve got a life size poster of Obama on the ceiling right over your bed.
lisab says: michelle is ugly. it just is. she cannot do much about it.
barack is not sexy. way too metrosexual.
give me thomas selleck or daniel craig or gerard butler … now they are sexy! however gerard butler was only sexy in 300. he is much thinner now.
Very mature, Jaiz!!! It neve ceases to amaze me the ignorance and sheer stupidity of the left. To wit: Jaiz
“Sounds to me like you are the bitter, angry, not proud woman.”
Sounds to me like you are the typical, brainwashed, drooling, incoherent, babbling Obamabot who can’t tell me a thing about his policies or how they’re going to help, but immediately set to attacking anyone who dares to criticize him. Congratualtions.
“Uh huh I know how it is with you women and him. Put on a little Barry White and light a couple of candals?”
You sound pretty lonely jaiz.
“Well Barack and Michelle Obama deserve what we can do for them.”
JACKPOT!!! Thanks again, jaiz, for proving another point. You see, we’re not here for Obama, he’s SUPPOSED to be here for us. That’s the way it works. I’m sure Obama is grateful for your zombie like loyalty, though. He couldn’t have gotten elected without it. Again, congratulations.
“So what if it cost us a bit of change.”
Oh my!! You sound like a heartless, uncaring, insensitive, racist, warmongering, hateful Republican who doesn’t care about others. Coudln’t that money have been better spent feeding the poor, educating the children, or helping someone down on their luck find a job!!!!
“Get real and go get your own man. Then maybe you would be such a beotch.”
Perhaps you should get a mate of your own, the non inflatable kind, I mean. Then maybe you wouldn’t post such nonsensical and useless rants.
Rope says: I must confess the hubby and I jumped on the moped last night, the jet, hummer, and jacked up suburban are in the garage because the governement ask me to tighten my belt, and drove down to the sonic for the brown bag special (5 bucks ) for our date night. Next week it’s buy one get one free at the local dairy mart, I can’t wait.
Call me crazy jaiz, but 24 grand for a night out on the town is not a bit of change to me. As to the rest of your post I think ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww will sufffice.
Jaiz said:
“Uh huh I know how it is with you women and him. Put on a little Barry White and light a couple of candals?”
That made me throw up in my mouth a little; talk about a palate cleanser.
Lisab said:
give me thomas selleck or daniel craig or gerard butler …
You are my new best friend! Daniel Craig – now that’s a real man.
Stop the madness says: I live in Oregon. When I see Michelle Obama I see a bald headed, tall freak. He resides in Corvallis. Take a gander folks:
http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/robinson_craig00.html
There’s your stylish, flashy, “beauty” of a first lady!
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