Sunday, 19 February 2012
American state-run Media protects First Family from scrutiny
You won't see this in your Sunday paper, because - as is becoming all too clear - the "press" in the United States is so invested in the myth they themselves created to get Obama elected in the first place, that they cannot separate themselves now. They are "in it to win it" for Barack.
But not so, the British media.
I thought this screenshot ^ especially amusing, given the ad placement. The Obama campaign asking that you "Help the Obamas Stand Up for Working Americans" -- right next to a story about FLOTUS on vacation again. Priceless.
.... With the economy on its knees, many American families have had to forgo their annual holiday just to make ends meet.But barely a month after returning from a luxury Christmas break in Hawaii Michelle Obama is on holiday again - this time at the exclusive Colorado ski resort of Aspen.
The First Lady Michelle Obama is spending Presidents' Day weekend in the upmarket resort with her daughters, Sasha and Malia, and was seen hitting the slopes ... on Saturday....
The Daily Mail report goes on to list the various staggering costs of Mrs. Obama's luxury travels. . . paid for by - you guessed it - the ever-dwindling number of Working Americans.
And in case you don't get the {irony? hypocrisy? arrogance?} at first glance, Kevin Koffler spells it out:
.... Michelle’s decision to ski out West again instead of hitting slopes closer to Washington would seem an inopportune choice for a first lady who is helping her husband campaign on issues of “fairness.”The Obama campaign has set itself up as the defender of the poor and the middle class against the “One Percent,” a theme which clashes with the image a first lady who is taking frequent and exclusive vacations........ What’s more, as the government struggles to cut the deficit, the symbolism of a first lady jetting out to Aspen with a security entourage at taxpayers’ expense to ski would seem to send the wrong message about cutting back on spending........ President Obama last summer called for “an attitude of shared sacrifice” to solve the nation’s deficit woes.
