I was reading the message boards at Hannity.com yesterday, and someone started a thread about Michele Obama, and her daughters', trip to Africa, and how much it was costing, and calling her "Moochelle" Obama - Rush's term for her as well.
Of course someoen else immediately countered with the fact that Laura Bush had made 5 solo trips to Africa when her husband was in office, and brought her daughters a couple of times.
Most of the "Moochelle" folk ignored this counter, but one finally explained that when Laura Bush was going on her travels (apparently she vacationed in all 50 states of the Union), the country wasn't teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, which it is now, and there wasn't 10% unemployment, etc. etc.
And that is the point. Politicians, and politicians wives, could "afford" to go travelling back in the good old days, when our precarious financial position wasn't as well known as it is now, but now that it is known, should Michele Obama be visiting Africa? Is the good will engendered by her visit going to repay us - the country - in any way that will end up getting some of those travel funds back?
Always remembering that those travel funds are a drop in the bucket considering what most stay-at-home politicians spend....
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