In the astroturfed Christmas Card Version of Obama’s 20-day Hawaiian holiday, the mental vision strived for is the regime and its staffers running happily, like the Moon-doggies of old, into the surf.
With Axelrod doing the astroturfing, who needs Hollywood, and if Gidget can go Hawaiian, why not a lugubrious Valerie or Michelle?
The astroturf version of the Obamas’ $4 million holiday in Hawaii is set to demoralize and depress the proletariat. It vividly underlines how the rich and powerful get to spend long, care free days kissed by the sun, while the left-behind average citizenry of the winter-bound Northeast get to spend theirs slogging through the slush.