Republican Party Angry Over Michelle Obama's Calif. Visit

I like the bracelet she's wearing. Very elegant.

Agreed.  And if I could caption further:
" THIS is the size of Republican hypocrisy!"  ;-)

I think we can all agree that Mike Tattoo is a pedant!

I think the “Every Party Angry” positions sums up the ideology
of any idiot who still believes there’s a difference between Republicans and
Democrats.

Eveytime this comes up it’s the exact same fucking thing
over and over. Someone has a problem with how an Obama is behaving and the
response is “Oh yeah, well fuck Bush!” and then back and forth. Rinse. Cycle. Repeat.


Fuck the Obamas.
Fuck the McCains.
Fuck the Clintons.
Fuck the Bushs.
Fuck all of the Democrats and Republicans.
Just stop voting for them.

Do you listen to a lot of old Rage Against the Machine?

>> of any idiot who still believes there’s a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

Both parties serve the interests of corporatists and the Ruling Class. That is correct.

But if you're unable to discern any differences between the two parties, well...that says much more about you than it does either entity.

It's easier to pretend to be jaded than to be informed.

Can you two get a room all ready so you can "like" each other in private and just get it over with?

Not until gay marriage is legal!

Beware the undecided voter!

Aren’t we all undecided voters these days?

Seriously, how many people just go in and vote by their gang affiliation? Democrat, Republican, Crips, Blood, whatever.

They should get rid of all party/gang affiliations on ballets and just
have the names of the candidates. Force people to actually do their own homework for a change.

"Republican Party Angry" basically sums up the entirety of their political ideology.

This is politics on SFist.com -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Where was their outrage about Chris Christie using a helicopter to go to 2 innings of his kids baseball game then fly back to meet a campaign donor?

The slob apparently then took a town car a couple hundred yards from the landing pad to the game.

What Chris Christie did was wrong, especially from a man that preaches governmental fiscal responsibility. He also paid the state back for the usage of the helicopter. Will the Obama’s reimburse the Taxpayer for her personal usage?

http://articles.latimes.com/20...

Fixed.

What Chris Christie did was wrong. He also paid the state back for the usage of the helicopter. Will the Obama’s reimburse the Taxpayer for her personal usage?

IOKIYAR

I don’t care what party is doing this it’s wrong on principal. If she is here to serve the public then fine; use the taxpayer funded travel service, but if she is here for a self serving purpose of a reelection fund collection, then use your own dime. Isn’t the DNC budget used for things like this?

So, I read the linked article and used the google-machine to try and find out more information. The only evidence that Obama is using taxpayer money to fund the political events is the say-so of Republican congressmen and GOP hacks. No dollar figures are ever provided and no itemized expenses are given.

Shoddy reporting, Republican lies, or a combination of the two?

You honestly believe she's flying out here on her own dime?

Guilty until proven innocent?

For useless political cronies like her? Fuck yeah!

Also, look at her track record. How much was the tab that we all had to pay when she went to go party in Spain last year.

re: Spain

"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. “"

http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/...

But please, feel free to continue.

“But please, feel free to
continue.”


Sure, we can continue with the rest of the paragraph that you conveniently
omitted.


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.”


Let’s all read that last part again.


“Government expenses are paid for by the government”


And what are those government expenses?
I don’t know for sure, but some sources are stating -


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...


 


Whether or not the taxpaying American will be
paying for meals, they will definitely be footing the bill for the First Lady's
68-strong security detail, her personal staff - and the use of presidential jet
Air Force Two.


The per diems for the secret service team runs
at around £172 each, which amounts to nearly £60,000 for the length of the
summer break.


Use of Air Force Two, the Air Force version of a
757, comes in at £91,900 for the round trip. This does not include time on the
ground.


Mrs Obama's personal staff, of which there are
an unknown amount and who might cost considerably more per day, also have to be
taken into account. 


The American public will also cover the cost of
the only official part of the holiday, a visit to the Spanish royal family on
the island of Majorca.


This will involve transport there and back for
the entourage - as well as travel, accommodation, food and expenses for all
while on the island. 


Conservative estimates already put the total
cost at £150,000. With Majorca to come, the bill will be more like £250,000.

"Conservative estimates", indeed. The Secret Service would never, ever detail the number of agents on duty. And she has absolutely no say in it, either.

And I'm shocked to find the Daily Mail UK railing against a Democratic sitting President. Shocked.

“And she has absolutely no say in it, either.”


Bullshit.


Complete. 100%. Bullshit.


She has every say on how much
of our resources she chooses to soak up whenever she has a Girls Gone Wild party at the beach or when she’s out pandering for reelection cash. Compare this to Colin Powell that
gave instructions that when he was out doing his job meeting with world leaders and heads of state that he preferred to stay at a Holiday Inn and would take a cheeseburger over any 5 star meal.

Let’s look at this number again


“Use of Air Force Two, the Air Force version of a 757, comes in at £91,900 for the round trip. This does not include time on the ground.”


That doesn’t specify if the cost is
specifically for the Spain trip or every time Air force 2 is fired up but that’s
a fucking staggering amount. Roughly $137,850 in cab fare, more than what most people make in 3-4 years these days, just to fly you and your entourage to the fucking party and back. Take a minute to let that sink in.


Oh, and a preemptive “kiss my ass” to anyone who wants to nitpick over retroactive £ to USD conversion rates.

Colin Powell was never president, so comparing costs of his trips to Obama's isn't meaningful in any way.

Eric,
I think you’re confused. We were discussing MICHELLE Obama’s trip to Spain (See, the title of this post is “Republican Party
Angry Over Michelle Obama's Calif. Visit” ) and the last time I checked
(looking up Wikipedia. Just hold on a second. Slow Internet today…)

Yep! Just as I thought.
Michelle Obama was never president either.


But Colin Powell was actually working
for the government and in that capacity when he was doing his fucking job, he
let it be known that he did not want to waste the taxpayers money.


Compare that to Michelle (We’re
not talking about the President, we’re talking about the other, less masculine one, the one with more hair. I know, I know. I keep confusing the two
also)  who is just trophy first lady, doesn’t have any real kind of government job, but is living it up like
she was Paris Hilton.


That’s the conversation we were having.

I see you've finally come out of the closet as a chauvinist! That must feel really good.

Girlfriend, please.


I’ve spent 30+ some years listening to San Francisco rip
into Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, Quaker Oats Bush, Sara Palin and what have you but
someone makes a few digs on your team leader and now we’re crying “chauvinist”


Girlfriend, please.

You're the one calling a lawyer who went to Princeton and Harvard a "trophy wife," not me.

Do you even know what a trophy wife is?


Checking Wikipedia…


A trophy wife is “usually
young and attractive, who is regarded as a status
symbol for the husband.”


You know we’re talking
about politics in America, right?

You know you took that quote out of context, right?

>> Roughly $137,850 in cab fare, more than what most people make in 3-4
years these days, just to fly you and your entourage to the fucking
party and back. Take a minute to let that sink in.

Wow.  Truly impressed you can be this enraged about $140K in a $3.7 TRILLION dollar budget.

Someday you'll see a forest, once you stop cursing at the trees.

“Wow.  Truly impressed you can be this enraged about $140K in a $3.7 TRILLION dollar budget.”


What the fuck does Obama’s 3.7 trillion budget have to do with the fact that his lady has a history of wasting/abusing government resources?

Can you at least
pretend to stay on topic? You come in at first and smugly ascertain that
Michelle Obama’s Spain trip was all privately funded. Which you were wrong. Again.


But please, if you think you can keep on topic, feel free to continue.

Your rage is hilarious, I certainly hope you were just as angry every time Air Force One was used (77 times) to take GWB & Laura to walk Spot & Barney and allegedly clear brush. http://mediamatters.org/resear...
And, yes, Clinton did the same thing. That's not really the point.

The fact we are even arguing about this asinine topic goes to show where the discourse is in America.  VERY SERIOUS THINGS!!  Yeah, sure. Just cause people are angry and shouting - doesn't immediately make their content important. And this shit is far from important.  Cheers.

“The fact we are
even arguing about this asinine topic goes to show where the discourse is in
America.  VERY SERIOUS THINGS!! “


Um. But that’s
the topic of this thread.


“Republican Party Angry Over Michelle Obama's Calif.
Visit”


 


Remember?


This wasn’t the “VERY SERIOUS
THINGS!!” thread or the “Wow.  Truly impressed you can be this enraged
about a $3.7 TRILLION dollar budget when there are over 43 QUADRILLION SPACE
DOLLARS OUT IN THE UNIVERSE” thread. This was the “Republican Party Angry Over Michelle Obama's Calif.
Visit” thread.


 


But please, if you think you can keep on topic, feel free to continue.

In my opinion, the topic of the story, the Republican angst - is complete and utter BULLSHIT.  And that is *on-topic* my semantically inclined friend! Cheers! xoxo

I'm just replying to this to see how excitingly thin the column of text will get.

Ooh, this is sweet. More testing.

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Damn. That IS exciting!

All irresponsible spending; no matter the amount, is wasteful. Especially if you are SPENDING OTHER PEOPLES MONEY.

Who gives a skinny rat's ass what any Republicans think? Fuck those sanctimonious, hypocritical assholes.

BREAKING NEWS: Republican Party angry about anything Obama or any of his family does!

Last time they hated on the first lady this much, she ended up becoming secretary of state!