If Nero got a bad rap just for fiddling while Rome burned, what will happen to the Obamas for jetting off to “date night” in the Big Apple amidst economic gloom, just as once-mighty GM was preparing to file for bankruptcy and lay off some 21,000 workers?
Nothing.
The media, the political elites see nothing even the slightest bit amiss, let alone unseemly, about the Obamas taking three planes, some helicopters and a motorcade — courtesy the US taxpayer — to get them to dinner and a show in NYC because the prez “promised” this to Michelle during the campaign for “when it was all over.”
Well, just because the man was elected doesn’t mean “it’s all over.” Indeed, the hard presidential work has hardly begun. Meanwhile, flitting off to a night on the town in NYC is a thing of Boom, not Bust times, no? It was left to the RNC to wonder what was wrong with the presidential box at the Kennedy Center if the Prez and First Lady wanted a night out — not (never) the media.
Editors Note: the NYC Trip cost the American Tax Payers was more than $25,000.00 for a one night date due to the large entourage finvited to follow along.
Diana West writes a weekly commentary column for the Washington Times, Townhall.com and the Newspaper Enterprise Association. A conservative with a strong bent for cultural commentary, West explores topics few writers touch upon - from whether Islam is really a religion of peace, to whether Howard Dean was as good a governor as his campaign claims he was, to society’s bizarre efforts to protect children from Mother’s Day, to the rise of “PC” summer camps in Vermont - presenting all in a deft, often humorous manner. West has contributed essays and features to many publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, Commentary, The New Criterion, The Public Interest and The Women’s Quarterly. She has also written fiction for The Atlantic Monthly and has been a columnist for Scripps Howard News Service.
