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August 7, 2010

Michelle Obama, The Media, And Her "Luxurious" Vacation At A "Millionaire's Playground"

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As Frank Ross points out over at Big Journalism, you know things are tough all over when even the media start noticing what's wrong with this picture...

Roger Simon puts the Obama's lifestyle and Michelle Obama's luxurious vacation to Spain into perspective:

Michelle's $375,000 Spanish vacation -- with the Daily Mail dubbing her a "modern-day Marie Antoinette" -- is further proof of my thesis. What man who wanted to be re-elected (or see his party do well in November) would let his wife go off on such an "excellent adventure" in these economic times? Of course no one denies the right of people to have vacations -- I'm coming to the end of one myself on my beloved Bainbridge Island -- but closing Mediterranean beaches while booking 60-plus rooms in a five star Marbella hotel for her entourage? It is beyond tone deaf, perhaps to the level of subconscious (or even deliberate) self-sabotage.

At the very least, something most peculiar is going on. The first lady goes off on a jaunt worthy of 18th Century aristocracy at the very moment of her husband's birthday. Is somebody trying to tell us something? Is somebody trying to tell her spouse something? Or vice-versa? Who knows? You won't find out in the mainstream media -- that's for sure. They don't even bother to check Obama's college records. Perhaps the National Enquirer is on the case. They may be the only hope.

If I were still a member of the Democratic Party, I would be most concerned. What is going on in the White House seems to be so disconnected from the reality of our country -- with some indicating real unemployment at a staggering 22% -- as to be teetering on the brink of a pyschological disorder. And in this case that disorder would be a folie a deux of some sort because Barack and Michelle appear to be colluding in it in some way, whatever the state of their relationship. And that disconnect -- between them and the American people -- is growing.

(Image credit - Glenn Reynolds via Big Journalism)

Posted by Abdul at August 7, 2010 9:51 PM

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