Americans Didn't Elect a Queen

Elected a spade and got a hoe.

Americans Didn't Elect a Queen Eowyn | August 26, 2011 at 12:41 pm | Tags: African safari, Judicial Watch, Martha's Vineyard, Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Spain, vacations | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pKuKY-8Yt

Michelle Antoinette Obama: "Let them eat cake!"

The UK's Daily Mail reports on August 25, 2011, that unnamed "White House sources" claimed that Michelle Obama has spent $10 million of U.S. taxpayers' money on vacations alone in the past year.

Branding her "disgusting" and "a vacation junkie", the "top source" said Moochelle has been indulging in five-star hotels, where she splashes out on expensive massages and alcohol. "It's disgusting. Michelle is taking advantage of her privileged position while the most hardworking Americans can barely afford a week or two off work. When it's all added up, she's spent more than $10 million in taxpayers' money on her vacations."

Moochelle in Marbella, Spain, wearing a designer JeanPaul Gaultier top.

Moochelle is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel. The Obamas' present nine-day stay in Martha's Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.

The source continued: "Michelle also enjoys drinking expensive booze during her trips. She favours martinis with top-shelf vodka and has a taste for rich sparking wines. The vacations are totally Michelle's idea. She's like a junkie. She can't schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next - all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans."

Bicycling on Martha's Vineyard, August 2011

While Barry and Moochelle do pay for some of their personal expenses from their own pocket, the website whitehousedossier.com says that the amount paid by the couple is "dwarfed by the overall cost to the public".

Now, Judicial Watch -- the organization that investigates and fights government corruption -- has filed a lawsuit over the federal government's refusal to disclose how much taxpayers spent to send Moochelle on a "family outing" that included a safari in Africa.

Bob Unruh of World Net Daily reports, August 26, 2011, that Judicial Watch earlier documented the extravagant spending by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Records showed Pelosi cost taxpayers $101,000 for in-flight food and alcohol over a period in 2008 and 2009. At one point she instructed the Air Force to provide chocolate-covered strawberries for a snack, since it was her birthday.

"How much did the American people spend to send the First Lady on a family outing in Africa? That's what we want to know," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "On the surface, the trip seems to have been totally unnecessary and was as much an excuse for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a mission intended to advance the nation's business in Africa."

The organization requested information in June regarding the expenses for the trip. The request included records for the mission taskings for the June 21-27 trip to South Africa and Botswana, the transportation costs and all passenger manifests for the trip.

The government had until Aug. 3 to respond, but did not, so Judicial Watch now has followed up with a lawsuit.

H/t beloved fellow Tina.

~Eowyn

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