From the White House Dossier:
First Lady Michelle Obama is staying Monday evening in the $3,300-per-night Princess Grace suite of Dublin’s Five-Star Shelbourne Hotel, according to Irish press reports, adding some credence to accusations she is in the city for a quick vacation at taxpayer expense.
Michelle jetted to Dublin Monday afternoon Irish time after a brief stop in Belfast with President Obama, who is in the city for the two-day G-8 Summit.
The White House is billing Michelle’s trip to Dublin as having diplomatic significance, but her itinerary suggests otherwise. She and her daughters will visit the Trinity College library to explore President Obama’s Irish family roots, attend a performance by the world-famous Riverdance troupe, and visit the Wicklow Mountains national forest.
Judging by the tail number of her plane on the ground at Dublin Airport, it appears Air Force Two has been flown to Europe along with Air Force One and is being used to transport Michelle around....
According to press reports out of Ireland, 30 rooms have been booked in the hotel to accomodate Michelle and her entourage, which would presumably include various staff and a bevy of Secret Service agents.
The city will be plagued by traffic jams during Michelle’s visit, and according to one report, high school and university students are in danger of being late for final exams and are advised to allow for plenty of extra time for travel.
After visiting Dublin, Mrs. Obama and her daughters will join President Obama in Berlin for the second leg of his European trip. http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/06/17/michelle-stay-3300anight-dublin-hotel-suite/
And this is just for Queen Michelle. And the reason she can't stay with the President? Oh wait, he may be having his fling with an Irish gal and Michelle would just be in the way.
Question: did you keep these kinds of tabs on Laura Bush? If not, why not? And if you found that she'd had similar treatment, would you care?
ReplyDeleteThe Prez and the first family (whomever they are) get regal treatment, and always have. I don't see the point in picking on this particular first family. And I really don't think the Bushes got this kind of scruitiny.
I would have no problem if they stayed in the same hotel and city that they are, after all, they are on official business.
ReplyDeleteBut Michelle has decided to go elsewhere for her trip, like she has done many times.
No, I haven't tracked Laura Bush, but I am pretty sure she rarely took her kids to places like Obama does and if she did, we would have certainly known about it.
Not just the SS who will be staying there - like the infamous trip to Spain, Moochelle will have her closest friends along for the taxpayer funded trip.
ReplyDeleteThey travel separately because they don't really like each other that much.