Barack Flies Michelle To New York For “Date Night”
Your tax dollars hard at work.
President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama landed in New York City late Saturday afternoon for a Manhattan date night that was to include a Broadway show.
A spokesman read a statement from Obama: “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.
The president traveled in a smaller, Gulfstream-type plane rather than the larger planes typically used as Air Force One.
The Republican National Committee slammed the outing in an “RNC Research Piece”: “As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan’s theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills. ... Have a great Saturday evening – even if you’re not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense. ... PUTTING ON A SHOW: Obamas Wing Into The City For An Evening Out While Another Iconic American Company Prepares For Bankruptcy.”
I wouldn’t have such a problem with this, except that Obama’s the guy who is regulating what kind of cars we can drive for the sake of global warming. He’s going to put a carbon tax on us in the form of cap and trade. He said on the campaign trail that Americans can’t just set their thermostats wherever they want. Obama and his fellow liberals want to regulate just about every aspect of our lives, all in the name of the “climate change crisis.”
Yet, Obama can hop on a private jet and take his on a “date night”? I’m told that I have to sacrifice, but it’s all private jets and jets and luxury lifestyles for Obama and the rest of the liberal elite?
Maybe the rest of us should believe that global warming is the crisis Obama and his fellow liberals want us to believe it is when they start living their lives like it’s a crisis.
And yes, I get it. He’s the President. He can’t go anywhere without private transportation and an entourage. But surely a President as concerned about climate change as Obama would sacrifice things like “date night” given what he’s asking Americans in general to sacrifice.
