$7.7 million Just For Air Force One Flight To And From Honolulu

Yes, you play it well every time you hold Obama to a higher standard than every other President. The only difference, you played the hypocrite card as well...either that or you are extremely ignorant.
I can't be hypocritical when I'm the one calling for spending cuts.
Obama said before he took office that running up the debt was not only hypocritical but unpatriotic, and yet he cannot bring himself to curb his own spending. He's been living an extravagant lifestyle since he took office. More extravagant than a king or a queen, spending $1.4 billion on his own personal needs where the entire royal British family only spends a fraction of that. The entire royal family. His wife requires a makeup artist on call, a hairdresser, a wardrobe or costume expert on call, a projectionist running the White House theater on call 24/7, chefs, limos, golf trips in Hawaii, shopping trips in Spain, good God. It seems this guy has forgotten the fact that he's supposed to be a public-servant, not a Pharaoh.

Obama_Pharoah.jpg
You neglect to point out what the personal expenses of previous White House residents were

But we kind of expect that out of you
Actually it's up to you to prove that it's an issue at all. Obama is setting records in spending, running up the debt like no other president before him. He took office when he proudly proclaimed that Bush caused the worst economy since the Great Depression yet he hasn't acted like it. He continues to spend like all of that campaign rhetoric was total bs. By the time Obama is done he will have run up the debt at least $9 trillion yet he won election claiming Bush was wasteful for running it up less than $5 trillion. The only thing that hasn't allowed Obama's spending to be worse is the fact that he was impeded by a GOP House. Who knows how much worse it would have been if he had Democrat control in Congress like he did his first 2 years when most of the massive spending took place.

Actually, Obama is spending less than any President in fifty years

Care to highlight what Obama has spent money on?

MW-AR658_spendi_20120521163312_ME11.jpg
Bullshit. Obama did nearly half of his spending in 09' including the Stimulus and Obamacare running at a deficit of over $1.2 trillion annually. In 08' the deficit was only $245 billion.

Your bullshit chart only shows 3 years of his spending and doesn't even include his first year were he set a record in deficit spending.

Close, but that was a one time expenditure of $1.2 trillion

Guess where the rest of that debt came from? Two wars, tax cuts, Medicare part D, interest on existing debt
 
If an R POTUS did this, the lefties and their media would scream...but since he is a D, it is just fine.

Oh the hypocrisy!
Reagan flew home to CA on Air Force One every single 3 day weekend.....every....single....one.....I was stationed at Pt Mugu then and they'd shut everything down for the time he flew in and out.....every....single....3 day weekend.
How many 3 day weekends are there? Four?

Oh, and flying to CA is only a third of the distance that flying to Hawaii is. Obama flew to CA this week just to give a another one of his expensive presidential campaign speeches. He can't do it from the White House. He has to fly somewhere so he can play golf.

MLK, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving.

That's a lot of trips to Hawaii
 
If it costs $7 million to fly to and from hawaii how do commercial airlines do it?

You have to realize that there sre serious problems with that number

I suspect that number came from the same place that Bachman's claim of 2 million per day for a trip to India came from. Some teabaggers ass.
I think $200 million per day was the claim.
 
Not to mention the carbon footprint. Americans would have to run 100,000 V-8 SUV's for a month to match the energy consumption of Barry's trip to Detroit not to mention Hawaii. What a bunch of freaking hypocrites.
Maybe we need a solar powered Air Force one before conservatives let the Kenyan in office use it
No, then he'd be criticised for not supporting the US oil industry.
 
Screw you America. That's what Obama is saying every Christmas:


By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org

HONOLULU – President Barack Obama and his family just spent their Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Kailua. Now it’s time for taxpayers to pick up the tab.

While the Obamas and friends who accompany them pay for their own private vacation home rentals on or near Kailua Beach, taxpayers foot a multimillion dollar tab for everything from a stand-by ambulance to the fuel for Air Force One.

Local taxpayers pick up the bill for Honolulu Police Department escorts who guard Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha around the clock. Figures just released by HPD spokeswoman Michelle Yu show HPD spent $277,000 on overtime costs this year during the president’s 16-day vacation. That’s $16,000 less than in 2013, but $60,000 more than in 2012.

The Emergency Management Services department also dispatches an ambulance to be on call for the president, which annually costs the city about $15,890.


Photo courtesy of Hawaii Reporter

LUXURY: Kailua villa is where the first family spends Christmas.

The U.S. Secret Service doesn’t disclose information about the expense for its agents to travel to and stay in Hawaii or guard the first family.

Dozens of Secret Service agents were spotted at Ala Moana Hotel checking in the day before Obama arrived. A spokeswoman for the hotel said she couldn’t release details on the number of agents who stayed there, but hotel staff told Watchdog the government rate would be about $200 a night, including taxes.

Secret Service agents, Navy SEALs and Coast Guard officials also rent private homes along the canal near the president in Kailua at a cost of $250 per room per night, according to several residents renting their homes.

The most pricey charge to taxpayers is the flight to Oahu from Washington, D.C.

Records obtained by Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch said “the flights to and from Honolulu for the December 2013-January 2014 Christmas vacation totaled 36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour, which comes to a flight expense alone of $7,781,361.30.”

That was an increase of $3.7 million in flight expenses Judicial Watch reported the Obamas incurred for their 2012 Honolulu Christmas vacation.

No estimates for 2014’s travel have been released by the administration.

Time to pay tab for First Family s holiday vacation


Like it or not, he is from Hawaii and chooses to go home for the holidays.
So you want to start tabulating the cost of POTUS holiday vacations now? Fuck you, idiot.
You are one of the most short-sighted, stupidest people on this board.


Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation
Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation - ABC News
With his administration 6 months old, Bush is set to shed the confines of the White House and head to his sprawling ranch in Crawford, Texas, to begin a monthlong, outside-the-Beltway retreat. "I'm headed home to the heartland to listen to the American people and to talk about the values that unite and sustain our country," Bush said in a Rose Garden speech this afternoon.
'A Little Fishing, … A Little Policy'"""


"""Calls to several Presidential libraries reveal that President Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, was on vacation more — 1,020 days — than any U.S. President since Herbert Hoover and possibly more than any other President in history."""
Obama s Vacations Of Any President Bush Racked Up the Most Politic365

yes, and what was the COST? ALMOST NOTHING compared to Barry.
 
Screw you America. That's what Obama is saying every Christmas:


By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org

HONOLULU – President Barack Obama and his family just spent their Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Kailua. Now it’s time for taxpayers to pick up the tab.

While the Obamas and friends who accompany them pay for their own private vacation home rentals on or near Kailua Beach, taxpayers foot a multimillion dollar tab for everything from a stand-by ambulance to the fuel for Air Force One.

Local taxpayers pick up the bill for Honolulu Police Department escorts who guard Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha around the clock. Figures just released by HPD spokeswoman Michelle Yu show HPD spent $277,000 on overtime costs this year during the president’s 16-day vacation. That’s $16,000 less than in 2013, but $60,000 more than in 2012.

The Emergency Management Services department also dispatches an ambulance to be on call for the president, which annually costs the city about $15,890.


Photo courtesy of Hawaii Reporter

LUXURY: Kailua villa is where the first family spends Christmas.

The U.S. Secret Service doesn’t disclose information about the expense for its agents to travel to and stay in Hawaii or guard the first family.

Dozens of Secret Service agents were spotted at Ala Moana Hotel checking in the day before Obama arrived. A spokeswoman for the hotel said she couldn’t release details on the number of agents who stayed there, but hotel staff told Watchdog the government rate would be about $200 a night, including taxes.

Secret Service agents, Navy SEALs and Coast Guard officials also rent private homes along the canal near the president in Kailua at a cost of $250 per room per night, according to several residents renting their homes.

The most pricey charge to taxpayers is the flight to Oahu from Washington, D.C.

Records obtained by Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch said “the flights to and from Honolulu for the December 2013-January 2014 Christmas vacation totaled 36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour, which comes to a flight expense alone of $7,781,361.30.”

That was an increase of $3.7 million in flight expenses Judicial Watch reported the Obamas incurred for their 2012 Honolulu Christmas vacation.

No estimates for 2014’s travel have been released by the administration.

Time to pay tab for First Family s holiday vacation


Like it or not, he is from Hawaii and chooses to go home for the holidays.
So you want to start tabulating the cost of POTUS holiday vacations now? Fuck you, idiot.
You are one of the most short-sighted, stupidest people on this board.


Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation
Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation - ABC News
With his administration 6 months old, Bush is set to shed the confines of the White House and head to his sprawling ranch in Crawford, Texas, to begin a monthlong, outside-the-Beltway retreat. "I'm headed home to the heartland to listen to the American people and to talk about the values that unite and sustain our country," Bush said in a Rose Garden speech this afternoon.
'A Little Fishing, … A Little Policy'"""


"""Calls to several Presidential libraries reveal that President Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, was on vacation more — 1,020 days — than any U.S. President since Herbert Hoover and possibly more than any other President in history."""
Obama s Vacations Of Any President Bush Racked Up the Most Politic365

yes, and what was the COST? ALMOST NOTHING compared to Barry.

YEP, because they went to their OWN HOME. Why can't the Obama's do the same? They own a home.
 
Screw you America. That's what Obama is saying every Christmas:


By Malia Zimmerman | Watchdog.org

HONOLULU – President Barack Obama and his family just spent their Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Kailua. Now it’s time for taxpayers to pick up the tab.

While the Obamas and friends who accompany them pay for their own private vacation home rentals on or near Kailua Beach, taxpayers foot a multimillion dollar tab for everything from a stand-by ambulance to the fuel for Air Force One.

Local taxpayers pick up the bill for Honolulu Police Department escorts who guard Obama, first lady Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha around the clock. Figures just released by HPD spokeswoman Michelle Yu show HPD spent $277,000 on overtime costs this year during the president’s 16-day vacation. That’s $16,000 less than in 2013, but $60,000 more than in 2012.

The Emergency Management Services department also dispatches an ambulance to be on call for the president, which annually costs the city about $15,890.


Photo courtesy of Hawaii Reporter

LUXURY: Kailua villa is where the first family spends Christmas.

The U.S. Secret Service doesn’t disclose information about the expense for its agents to travel to and stay in Hawaii or guard the first family.

Dozens of Secret Service agents were spotted at Ala Moana Hotel checking in the day before Obama arrived. A spokeswoman for the hotel said she couldn’t release details on the number of agents who stayed there, but hotel staff told Watchdog the government rate would be about $200 a night, including taxes.

Secret Service agents, Navy SEALs and Coast Guard officials also rent private homes along the canal near the president in Kailua at a cost of $250 per room per night, according to several residents renting their homes.

The most pricey charge to taxpayers is the flight to Oahu from Washington, D.C.

Records obtained by Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch said “the flights to and from Honolulu for the December 2013-January 2014 Christmas vacation totaled 36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour, which comes to a flight expense alone of $7,781,361.30.”

That was an increase of $3.7 million in flight expenses Judicial Watch reported the Obamas incurred for their 2012 Honolulu Christmas vacation.

No estimates for 2014’s travel have been released by the administration.

Time to pay tab for First Family s holiday vacation


Like it or not, he is from Hawaii and chooses to go home for the holidays.
So you want to start tabulating the cost of POTUS holiday vacations now? Fuck you, idiot.
You are one of the most short-sighted, stupidest people on this board.


Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation
Bush Takes Monthlong Texas Vacation - ABC News
With his administration 6 months old, Bush is set to shed the confines of the White House and head to his sprawling ranch in Crawford, Texas, to begin a monthlong, outside-the-Beltway retreat. "I'm headed home to the heartland to listen to the American people and to talk about the values that unite and sustain our country," Bush said in a Rose Garden speech this afternoon.
'A Little Fishing, … A Little Policy'"""


"""Calls to several Presidential libraries reveal that President Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, was on vacation more — 1,020 days — than any U.S. President since Herbert Hoover and possibly more than any other President in history."""
Obama s Vacations Of Any President Bush Racked Up the Most Politic365

yes, and what was the COST? ALMOST NOTHING compared to Barry.

YEP, because they went to their OWN HOME. Why can't the Obama's do the same? They own a home.

You are so stupid and such a hypocrite, it is a waste of time to explain to you what expenses the Obama's are required to pay.

You are just regurgitating propaganda spewed at low info lemmings.
 
Yes, you play it well every time you hold Obama to a higher standard than every other President. The only difference, you played the hypocrite card as well...either that or you are extremely ignorant.
I can't be hypocritical when I'm the one calling for spending cuts.
Obama said before he took office that running up the debt was not only hypocritical but unpatriotic, and yet he cannot bring himself to curb his own spending. He's been living an extravagant lifestyle since he took office. More extravagant than a king or a queen, spending $1.4 billion on his own personal needs where the entire royal British family only spends a fraction of that. The entire royal family. His wife requires a makeup artist on call, a hairdresser, a wardrobe or costume expert on call, a projectionist running the White House theater on call 24/7, chefs, limos, golf trips in Hawaii, shopping trips in Spain, good God. It seems this guy has forgotten the fact that he's supposed to be a public-servant, not a Pharaoh.

Obama_Pharoah.jpg
You neglect to point out what the personal expenses of previous White House residents were

But we kind of expect that out of you
Actually it's up to you to prove that it's an issue at all. Obama is setting records in spending, running up the debt like no other president before him. He took office when he proudly proclaimed that Bush caused the worst economy since the Great Depression yet he hasn't acted like it. He continues to spend like all of that campaign rhetoric was total bs. By the time Obama is done he will have run up the debt at least $9 trillion yet he won election claiming Bush was wasteful for running it up less than $5 trillion. The only thing that hasn't allowed Obama's spending to be worse is the fact that he was impeded by a GOP House. Who knows how much worse it would have been if he had Democrat control in Congress like he did his first 2 years when most of the massive spending took place.

Actually, Obama is spending less than any President in fifty years

Care to highlight what Obama has spent money on?

MW-AR658_spendi_20120521163312_ME11.jpg
Bullshit. Obama did nearly half of his spending in 09' including the Stimulus and Obamacare running at a deficit of over $1.2 trillion annually. In 08' the deficit was only $245 billion.

Your bullshit chart only shows 3 years of his spending and doesn't even include his first year were he set a record in deficit spending.
$245b?? The debt increased by more than a trillion dollars in FY2008.
 
Bush probably decided to always vaca at his dirt ranch, because he knew the lib press would criticize him if he took extravagant vacations. BO knows the lib press will not criticize him...since he is a lib like them.
An example of how the press can control a president in one case and not another.
 
This article explains it best...nothing but tit-for-tat. Pundits have no shame and lemmings lack original thought and the ability to think for themselves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/us/politics/travels-of-the-president-under-scrutiny.html?_r=0


But officials said the vast bulk of Mr. Obama’s expenses, including the $179,750-per-hour cost of Air Force One, are simply the price of the presidency and the communications and security required for a 24-hour-a-day commander in chief.

Other presidents have come under fire for vacation habits. Ronald Reagan retreated to his ranch at Santa Barbara, Calif., and Mr. Bush to his outside Crawford, Tex. Mr. Clinton had no home and, like Mr. Obama, favored rental estates on Martha’s Vineyard.

“It’s just a routine part of the Washington gotcha game,” said Joe Hagin, who spent 14 years in the White House working for three Republican presidents, most recently as Mr. Bush’s deputy chief of staff. “Democrats played it against President Bush, and Republicans are returning the favor. It’s been going on for a long time.”
 

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