Comments on: The First Couple In NYC For "Date Night"

Barack Obama Fulfills Campaign Promise To Take Wife To Manhattan For Broadway Show

[impeachbhb]

Obama deserves the right to squander money. He is the President and can waste taxpayer money in any way he sees fit.
Thank God for his stimulous package that has put millions of Ameicans back to work. He wrote such a wonderful plan, nobody in congress could read and understand it. This shows the magnitude of his wisdom and understanding.
And what abouth all of the savings ? He has personally found a huge chunk of the budget
$17 billion) that he considers to be wasteful spending. He had to spend many nights pouring over the federal budget line by line to accomplish this. He deserves a break, let him have it and quit complaining.
Wasting taxpayer money is no doubt one of his major talents. The little bit he spends for himself and Michelle is very very little in relation to the billions he wastes for us everyday.

[rustard]

Totus told Big Guy to go out to NYC for a date nite. He even took the little plane.

[texasbeta]

I doubt that Bush's trips to his ranch and to Maine cost nearly as much as Obama's date nights because Bush was not known to attend very many shows and he wasn't known to eat out very much either and wasn't much of a socialite in general. He prefered to eat at home with his family and isn't much of a dancer. It also doesn't cost much to pack a brown bag lunch and eat it by yourself in the quiet and solitude of a ranch. That is also something he liked to do. He would pack a lunch and take off by himself on a horse. President Bush is not a person who enjoys city life. He's really a country boy at heart. He enjoys the simpler things of life like the quiet and solitude of his ranch and a good horse. Those things don't cost much. President Obama is a city boy. He likes the excitement and the social life of the cities. His way of enjoying himself is much more expensive than eating a brown bag lunch by himself in the middle of a ranch!
Posted by ladypirate2

Look at the numbers...Bush, who had / caused more catastrophe in our country since the Great Depression and Vietnam...took more vacation days than any other President in HISTORY. Secondly, your "country boy" was born in CT, went to a boarding school in VA, and went to college at Yale. So much for your "country boy." Finally, you want to attack Obama because you think his meals cost more than Bush's meals...that is ridiculous. The same personal chef is there goofball....and how much did Bush's deregulation cost the economy, his fake war...how much did that cost in both money and lives. How much did his awarding of no-bid contracts to companies who immediately following, overcharged the country for fake services? Seriously...."brown bag lunch for Bush"...ridiculous. Bush bought the Crawford ranch by advice from Rove before he ran. That dude conned all of you..."country boy" my ass

[gmamagirl]

I think it's great that President Obama takes the time out of his busy schedule to wine and dine his greatest supporter! Also he is leading men by example.

[ladypirate2]

How many times did bush go to the ranch just cause he wanted to and to Maine just to fish come on people give the couple a break
Posted by starleo146 at 2:34 PM : May 31, 2009

I doubt that Bush's trips to his ranch and to Maine cost nearly as much as Obama's date nights because Bush was not known to attend very many shows and he wasn't known to eat out very much either and wasn't much of a socialite in general. He prefered to eat at home with his family and isn't much of a dancer. It also doesn't cost much to pack a brown bag lunch and eat it by yourself in the quiet and solitude of a ranch. That is also something he liked to do. He would pack a lunch and take off by himself on a horse. President Bush is not a person who enjoys city life. He's really a country boy at heart. He enjoys the simpler things of life like the quiet and solitude of his ranch and a good horse. Those things don't cost much. President Obama is a city boy. He likes the excitement and the social life of the cities. His way of enjoying himself is much more expensive than eating a brown bag lunch by himself in the middle of a ranch!

[USSAmerikan]

I hope our president goes out on the town more often, if that will help him clear his head and make the right decisions. Time will tell whether his approach works.
As for Republicans complaining about the trip, it goes with the territory, so just get used to it. Democrats whined just as loudly any time Bush so much as scratched the back of his head... Remember the carrier landing at the onset of the Iraq war? This is the way it is supposed to work, keeping the pressure on the folks in power to ensure they understand we are watching their every move...

[dnsallday]

I am so impressed with the example that President Obama sets for the rest of the country. He is a very caring family man and I think that quality shines through in his policy decisions..
We all certainly can't do what he does on the same scale, but I have been to New York and I have seen plays on Broadway and I had to travel to get there. The only difference is I flew commercial and he has a helicopter at his disposal.
I do feel bad for the people who have so little richness in their own lives that they see this date night as a negative thing. Some people may want to think for themselves about what family values really mean. It shouldn't just be some political slogan that the right wing uses to get people to open up their wallets and give contributions.

[hzelis]

you know what all you complaining about obama going on date with his wife , this is getting a tab bit outrages, where were you when the 43 white men ahead of him was taking trips like this, when bush was flying back and forth to texas, quit trying to find reason to down this man, the only reason you are commenting negative on everything and i mean everything he does is because he is black , look at potus financial statement this man has two top selling books, his wife had a damn good job also, he had more money from hard work , so go in the corner and rant to yourselves because common sense rules now and you morons are just a bag of hot air you will not make people with sound mind think like your little pea brains, get some education and knowledge before you make comments because you sound like ignorant ranting bigots.

[hofkurz]

Wow, so this trip supplied work for the security detail, the restaurant, the theatre people, etc. I guess if he would put those people out of work then it would satisfy the RNC?
I used to vote Republican but not any more. They can keep their "real" America and their mercenary army. They so insult my intelligence.

[creeper00]

Isn't that wonderful? We bought PBO and Meechelle a night on the town. Don't you wish someone would fly you and your wife to New York for an evening?