In these tough Obamanonic times, people are opting for shorter vacations or even ‘staycations’ in which they travel locally around their state and enjoy the sites. But our illustrious potentate seems to be doing quite well these days on the taxpayer’s dime! It seems that he has added to his addictions. First, there was smoking, then Kobe beef, and now free vacations!
On July 16-18, the Obama's went on their first taxpayer funded adventure by visiting beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine. The idyllic town has long been favorite summer getaway for the rich and powerful going back to the Gilded Age. Of course, they pinched every penny and made sure that the trip was as cost effective as possible by not wasting additional fuel in carrying their 16 pound dog on the same plane, so they opted to fly the dog out on it’s own airplane (this is not a joke… as much as I wish it were).
The Obama’s will then return for a grueling 2 weeks in Washington, D.C.. After which time, Michelle Obama (Left Tackle, Ohio State) is taking her oldest daughter and several family friends on a "private vacation" to Spain, August 4-8. They will be staying at a cost-conscious La Quinta Inn… Wait, sorry, they're staying at Villa Padierna. I’m sure the American taxpayer will rest easy knowing that they are fiscally responsible enough to suffer through the woeful accommodations. Barack will stay back as his busy schedule of attending parties thrown in his honor by one of his billionaire friends is a task that is just too important not to miss. After all, Americans demand he receive the finest fare to relax him from the burdens he inherited from George Bush.
After that vacation, Michelle Obama (Wide Receiver, Notre Dame) will be forced to suffer the humiliation of staying in the ill-furnished White House for 5 grueling days. It will be a horrible burden to the family. But fear not, wealthy taxpayer, our overworked Teleprompter in Chief will escort the royal family on yet another vacation, Aug. 14-15, to Florida's Gulf Coast. Of course this is of his own free will and has nothing to do with our magnanimous leader’s hypocrisy for telling us to vacation on the Gulf Coast while he himself vacations in Maine. Thank God there is so much surplus money in the government coffers that we can send our glorious King on excursions and journeys that will hopefully ease his tremendous workload.