Obama says, My Family Finances Have Suffered, Too…
All the more reason to book 60 rooms at this luxury “millionaires” hotel” in Marbella for four days :
Obama says the first couple is “not that far removed from what most Americans are going through”.
Here’s Michelle with some of her entourage… not all of these guys are secret service, right?
See the MailOnline for more pix and a full report: Me and my heavies: Michelle Obama goes walkabout in Marbella after ‘racist’ Spaniards gaff
Question #1: Are American taxpayers footing the bill for Michelle Obama’s luxe vakay in Spain? If so, how much is it costing? If only parts of the trip are publicly-funded, which parts, why?
Question #2: Is this an “official” visit by the First Lady?
Question #3: Why is the president not on vacation with his wife and daughter?
Question #4: Who the heck are all these “bodyguards” and people traveling with Michelle Obama?
Why is it that Michelle Obama is vacationing in a country that has had a State Department warning about “racist incidents” against black people?
If the suites run $6493 per night times 60 rooms times four nights that makes $1,558,320 just for hotels!!!
Correction: According to the Daily Mail article, rooms start at £210-a-night and stretch to around £4,100 for a villa with 24-hour butler service and private pool and garden.
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August, 5, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Of course the economy here in the United States is so good that they can vacation outside the country. All that money could have gone to a very nice resort…right here in the good ol USA! Dumb, Dumb, Dumb..Dumbest
August, 5, 2010 at 1:55 pm
But then, Michelle wouldn’t have been able to have that all important brief visit with the King and Queen of Spain.
Think of her and her entourage as good-will ambassadors for the United States.
August, 5, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Definition of “Good-Will”: friendliness, favour, friendship, benevolence, amity, kindliness.
Nope. Doesn’t apply in this situation.
August, 6, 2010 at 12:35 am
I posted about this today at http://freedomactionnow.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/michelle-obamas-little-vacation/
(I couldn’t get the photos off the Daily Mail website)
“If the suites run $6493 per night times 60 rooms times four nights that makes $1,558,320 just for hotels!!!”
That’s not right. The rooms run up to $552/night. The $6493 figure is for a villa – much larger even than the Presidential Suite. The estimated cost for the whole trip is a mere $238,000.
But she did book just under half the entire hotel.
August, 6, 2010 at 1:25 am
You’re right. I don’t know where Uncoverage got her number.
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