Obama is the worst hypocrite since Woodrow Wilson. This guy slams Las Vegas, telling people they should not spend money there. Then he turns around and does the exact opposite thing with an extravagant trip to New York. This guy says everyone is going to have to suck up the economic down turn and then he uses an air wing to take his wife for an expensive jaunt to New York. Everyone is sucking up the economic down turn but Obama. The Democrats criticized Sara Palin for wearing expensive clothing but praise Obama for flaunting wealth in the face of every American that is out of work plus those paying taxes for this disgusting display of arrogance. There is something in play here; we supposedly elected a president, not a king.

Jeannie,

I could not agree with you more about the outing but, in comparison to the big picture, this is a drop in the bucket. Present government has placed us in so much debt that our children will be responsible for many generations to come. This is only an extension of the corruption of the bush era. Personally, I have been out of work for over a year and half and pretty much have lost everything and we lived well off however, I have not been able to find work and if it wasn’t for my family we would be homeless therefore, please do not preach the hard times to me because my family and I are living the nightmare first hand while obama goes to NY on tax payer money. Don’t forget bush was even more useless therefore, it is not bush bashing but, bashing of corruption and waist which is still continuing with the new administration. Just look at the news now, GM is out and we will never see that money as tax payers ($70B so far), the unions got a big chunk because they supported obama and now the Chinese are buying the Hummer division, just announced. We have sold off the manufacturing sector to pretty much the Chinese, the IT sector to the Indians and so forth and only a few are making billions in the middle of this nightmare for most of us. Remember, the financial meltdown, guess who is making money now? What about all of the Americans to include my family that have lost their homes and more to come? The ridiculous program to attempt to salvage home owners in trouble, what happened to that? I can go on and on? Upon the government taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, our government has become the biggest land lord in the world. Just think about it, could all of this have been planned? As Arsenio Hall use to say, “things that make you go Hmm”

Dear Bill Wyer,

Actually, I do not at this time Bill and the reason for that is simple. Although, the war in Afghanistan was unleashed on the Taliban after the horrifying events of 9/11, we could have dealt with the Taliban by pursuing other avenues. Unfortunately, we had a deceitful president in the Oval Office that started two wars with one war explicitly based on fabricated intelligence. In accordance, we had one of our most distinguished generals go in front of the world at the United Nations and make the case for war, simply based on lies and by doing so, he became one of the most underutilized Secretaries of State in American history. We pertain the most powerful military in the world and no one even comes close because we are the sole Super Power however, by being bogged down in two wars with no attainable mission at hand, we are simply sacrificing our soldiers on the battle field. What have we achieved in either Iraq or Afghanistan? We have achieved nothing, just a tremendous cost both with lives and funds. By looking at the history of Afghanistan, we should have learned from both the British and Russians that a win in Afghanistan is impossible. I do not believe in wars because one may be able to take over a land but, you will never take over the mind of the people based on war and that is what we are fighting in the region, an ideology. Both the British and the Russians did not have to worry about a nuclear armed Pakistan and that is why President Obama had no choice but, to expand the war in Afghanistan in order to attempt maintaining stability within the region. We should have never gone into Afghanistan or Iraq but, what we should have done was to maintain strategic aerial attacks on the enemy. We did this after the first Gulf War by maintaining a no fly zone in both Northern and Southern Iraq thus, keeping Sadam in check and please do not forget that our own government helped and supported both the Taliban against the Russians in Afghanistan and Sadam in the war against Iran therefore, in a way we are responsible for the enemy to come into power.

double-standard?? “Critics on the Left decry President’s taxpayer funded travels and fundraising?”

Dear wordcitizen09,

Are you aware Obama has sent thousands of troops to Afghanistan? So, according to your logic, Obama now is responsible for the murder of soldiers and people of other nations? Right???

I’m glad the President went to NY; great for the theater, dining, and the city! Go President Obama excuse the haters that enable the previous administration in their bad behavior. We call them hypocrites! We love the OBAMA’S!

I am with you on this one Cheryl. Looks like we were “hood winked” again.

We all know what kind of a president bush was, pretty much clueless and he has left a legacy of financial destruction, deceit, murder of our soldiers and other nationalities in two wars. Furthermore, he also managed to have left us with the worst and costliest deficits and pretty much the elimination of the Middle Class. All of sudden we have a snake such as cheney coming out of hiding in order to protect his own slivery skin because no one else would, not even his own president who was too ignorant to understand the damage being caused by such stupidity in relation to the legacy left by his presidency. We had the taxes of the rich constantly cut and expenditures increased and at the same time covering up the actual cost of the wars by not even including it within the national budget/debt. All in all, we have been left with such seismic catastrophes that most Americans such as myself not only have lost everything but, cannot even find a job for over a year now. Yes, I was one of the ones that voted for obama not because he was the best choice but, because he was the only choice between an old fool and hopefully someone that would stand against special interest. Unfortunately this has not been so and we are seeing everyday how much of a payback he has yet to meet. This is because when the campaign costs to elect a President has reached over two billion dollars, an elected President will have too many players that will be knocking on the doors which they are and will continue to do so therefore, a trip to NY is not even worth mentioning as others have pointed out. bush was not even in Washington for a large duration once the time away at his ranch and Camp David have been accumulated and look what happened. Maybe this was for the best because I am not sure but, he could have destroyed even more by staying in Washington. Now, we have a Supreme Court nomination that is going to weaken our Country and Constitution therefore, I hope that the Republicans can come to their senses by eliminating a moron such as rush-dumbo as a speaker for the Republican Party and having yet another moron as chairman. The only solution for the future of our Great Nation that I see is an influential third Independent Party to battle the ridiculous and corrupt two party system. We have already witnessed the evolution of such a movement in American Politics, individuals such as myself are looking for a true leader that is able to pick up the gauntlet in order to advance the greatness of our nation and not simply sellout our children’s future to the top bidder. In accordance, I am by no means advocating support for such a crook as lieberman who unfortunately has labeled himself as an Independent. His form of Independence is which way the wind blows. Every decade or so, we are simply bouncing back and forth from a certain set of idiots to another set of idiots with no light at the end of the tunnel. May God have mercy on our Great Country and God Bless America.