White House Refuses to Release Cost of Obama’s New York “Date Night” Out

Transparency. Every day Obama’s been President, 16000 Americans have lost their job, and 10000 families have been made homeless. He deserves an expensive date night, right?

As I’ve heard it said, “Not all comrades are created equal.” It probably would have been cheaper to ship the entire Broadway cast and a chef to the White House. But then, “the Great One” would not have had the opportunity to saunter around for photo ops creating his “Camelot II” legacy. All of this is too hard to swallow. Instead of a stimulus check, Obama should send us all Pepto Bismol to get us through the next four long years.

ODS

FIt: If Bush had done exactly what BO did with a date in NY with Laura, he would never had heard the end of it. And it would have led the nightly news for two weeks….with the media in an uproar over the waste of taxpayers dollars. This is the double standard that you Liberals impose on us Conservatives. And we are not taking it any more. Call it ODS or whatever….what BO did was NOT proper in these economic times. I know I am wasting my breath, but I just had to say this.

Fit: It would be beneficial if you re-read my reply and also Aqua’s reply. You have missed the point entirely. How sad!

The double standard is your own.

Liberals heads exploded for weeks about Sarah Palin “spending” 150 thousand on a campaign wardrobe but Hussein Hopenchange and Mechelle blow half that in one night and it is fantastic !! I never though i would see this country in this situation. They have killed the United States.

Mentally unFIT rears his hypocritical head again. ODS? From someone who was the epitome of a BDS sufferer? That is rich.

obama is repeatedly displaying how out of touch he is with the average American and what a ragingly selfish elitest he is.

For him to be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars when thousands of people are losing their jobs each month is disgusting. Almost as bad is how the left defends him for something they would have crucified Bush for.

Hey Hard Right, how about you link some BDS posts of mine? I didn’t knock Bush for using taxpayer dollars for fundraising trips here, just pointing out that this stuff happens all the time, and only petty partisans dwell on such things.

@ Fit fit

Fit, you’re missing the point. I don’t think anyone would begrudge President and Mrs. Obama the right to a night out on the taxpayers dime. It has to be one of, if not the most difficult jobs in the world. I actually think it’s great that his has date night with his wife, seriously.

My problem is with him telling everyone else to knock off their extravagant spending while he and the congress (democrats and republicans) completely ignore that advice. It is an elitist attitude. It’s like Gore telling everyone to drive battery cars and turn their thermostats to uncomfortable settings while he jets around the world in a private plane and sucks up have the TVA power grid with his estate.

@ Jay
That’s just assanine. Ad hominem attacks, especially one as vulgar as that have no place in a debate. Pull the rebel flag down off your garage, the 70’s are over.

@ Fit fit
I don’t have time to dig through every speech, but here’s a bit from a couple:

“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.

But I’m heartened by what I’m seeing: by the willingness of old adversaries to seek out new partnerships; by the progress we’ve made these past months to address many of our toughest challenges. And I’m confident that as a nation we will learn the lessons of our recent past and that we will elevate again those values at the heart of our success as a people: hard work over the easy buck, responsibility over recklessness, and, yes, moderation over extravagance.

And to show the double standard, here’s a few headlines for ya:

Headlines for Bush’s Inauguration:

“Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops die in unarmored Humvees”

“Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times”

“Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary Americans get the shaft”

Headlines for Obama’s Inauguration:

“Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $120 million”

“Obama Spends $120 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party”

“Obama shows America how to celebrate”

Americans can’t keep their homes at 72 degrees but Obama keeps the OO hot enough to grow orchids then made fun of the DC people during the ice storm and ignored those suffering a couple of weeks without power due to the storm in Kentucky.