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Old 03-21-2014, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Montgomery Village
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Ok, sooo the First Lady is operating in her capacity as a first lady has for the past 60+ years and now you guys are getting upset about it?

Taxpayer uproar. Right. Sour grapes from a small internet minority?

 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:13 AM
 
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You Yankees are just so thickheaded. Just WTF don't you understand about the position and duty of a "Head of State"? DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's just so way beyond idiocy. For those of us who live in a Parliamentary system the problem does not exist because the head of government is NOT the "Head of State". That is your only option, If you don't like your President and the first family of the land travelling throughout the world then change the freakin constitution and make "Head of state" an appointed and ceremonial office. Otherwise just accept it as the way things are and always have been.
If Palin or Romney's wife were flying on Air Force One these same people would be falling over themselves to fuel the plane.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Florida
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The so-called "taxpayer uproar"--invisible to anyone who isn't wearing the magic goggles apparently handed out to Washington Times reporters--is a figment of Sun Myung Moon's imagination.

Good job following your marching orders, Grets!
Yes great job of throwing red meat to the base. But obviously not outrageous enough or the OP would not feel the need to make up childish names for the President and First Lady, unless the OP is in middle school, which is totally possible.

Apparently conservatives object to good will visits by First Ladies only if they are Michelle Obama. Conservative hypocrisy at its best.

National Taxpayers Union - Which First Lady Flies Highest? Michelle vs. Laura
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:20 AM
 
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I think what people are forgetting is HOW the First Ladies have used these trips
Laura Bush, since people brought her into this...
CNN.com - Laura Bush begins solo European tour - May 14, 2002
The soft-spoken Texan, who has emerged as a poised, low-key and calm presence in the Bush administration, is scheduled to give a speech Tuesday before the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, where she will talk about the importance of education for children.

Traveling with Jenna, one of her college-aged twin daughters, Laura Bush also is scheduled to visit Hungary and the Czech Republic. In Prague, she will participate in a roundtable on Afghanistan before she joins her husband, President Bush, on May 22 in Berlin.

Laura Welch Bush | The White House


Now...the same White House source about Mrs Obama....no purpose for her travel...
Michelle Obama | The White House
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:30 AM
 
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I think what people are forgetting is HOW the First Ladies have used these trips
Laura Bush, since people brought her into this...
CNN.com - Laura Bush begins solo European tour - May 14, 2002
The soft-spoken Texan, who has emerged as a poised, low-key and calm presence in the Bush administration, is scheduled to give a speech Tuesday before the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, where she will talk about the importance of education for children.

Traveling with Jenna, one of her college-aged twin daughters, Laura Bush also is scheduled to visit Hungary and the Czech Republic. In Prague, she will participate in a roundtable on Afghanistan before she joins her husband, President Bush, on May 22 in Berlin.

Laura Welch Bush | The White House


Now...the same White House source about Mrs Obama....no purpose for her travel...
Michelle Obama | The White House
I think what people are forgetting is 212 is a lot more than 72.

Spare us the faux outrage...

I almost can't believe how crazy people get when they see someone of a different color/race in a position of power.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:34 AM
 
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Well since she, her family and entourage of 70 are meeting the First Lady of China it's not really a "personal vacation".
So, this is mainly a junket, with no diplomatic benefit, just personal fun , livin’ large on the taxpayers’ dime.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:36 AM
 
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Millions more are gaining healthcare for the first time in their lives but what`s that have to do with First Ladies traveling? Deflect much?
And millions "who were paying for their insurance: have LOST HEALTHCARE INSURANCE.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:42 AM
 
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I think what people are forgetting is 212 is a lot more than 72.

Spare us the faux outrage...

I almost can't believe how crazy people get when they see someone of a different color/race in a position of power.
You nailed it. Those people don`t belong in first class or on the golf course...unless they`re walking behind a mower.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:47 AM
 
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I think what people are forgetting is 212 is a lot more than 72.

Spare us the faux outrage...

I almost can't believe how crazy people get when they see someone of a different color/race in a position of power.
And there we have it. The strident liberal cry of racism. WWWAAAHHHH!!!

Michelle has a sense of entitlement. Bottom line.
 
Old 03-21-2014, 09:50 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Now...the same White House source about Mrs Obama....no purpose for her travel...

Yes, there is a purpose to her travel to China:

In Beijing, Michelle Obama reprises pingpong diplomacy - CNN.com
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