Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama Head to Europe

fact check for you big texas! My republican employer has not increased my check not one damn dime. So thank GOD for your seven dollars. That would atleast buy another $28.00 of gas for my car.

All you fools do is gripe and complain abour our President. When Dumbo was in office he got away with murder, and not one damn peep came out of your mouth.

Leave My President alone and get the Hell out of his way and allow him to do his job.

He and his family deserve a break. No one has ever campaigned as hard or worked as hard as he has ever before and never ever will.

Great great great!!!Good for the girls to see Europe!
We adore the Obamas,we couldn't care less whwt other people are saying about it but mr.President,you've got CLASS,and we are now experiencing it everyday,proud to be an American(Fil-American).

So glad to have them represent us to the rest of the world. They are a fine family and will help restore the awful image that the Bush years gave the rest of the world.

I'm glad I can hold my head high in the rest of the world now. 8 years of shame was difficult to take.

And to the 25% who do not like Obama. Why don't you use your energy to suggest some policy changes instead of just spewing your nonsense from faux news.

Talking about Bush and his unjust war as a reason for president Obama to need a vacation, why is it the media is so silent on the increase in deaths of US troops in Afghanistan as compared to last year this time?

Since we have to give our first black president a pass on most things, is it that since he is black it will make the loss of our service men/women easier so no need to highlight the war anymore?

Should we also ignore the 20 billion loss to GM, or the fact that unemployment is raising together with inflation, exactly where are all the jobs Obama said we were getting?

How many more passes should we give Obama before we all start to say its enough?

I knew this would happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As soon as a Black man becomes president, people suddenly want to know which family members get to go where, etc. It really is sad.In the past, I always thought trips together served as a good representation of the country by the first family. From my perspective, it's great that they can get some time to see some of the world together.
It also amazes me that so many out there have become experts on who pays for what. In the past, I really don't remember such scrutiny when first families traveled. I accepted it as something necessary to fulfill obligations or a well deserved respite.
Let's face it !!! Unfortunately , there are still people who can not accept the fact that there is a Black man with a wonderful intact family living in the White House. They should spend some time embracing this reality instead of trying to tear them down every time they get a chance.
I have never seen a president work so hard. He is trying to fulfill all of his promises while trying to deal with all the inherited problems. I wish him nothing but the best and look forward to each day of his administration. God bless President Obama and his beautiful family.

What is sad to read here is just how far the Right is willing to drag this country down just because they're sore losers. EVERYTHING the president does gets scrutinized and criticized and mulled over like he's SATAN himself. Meanwhile Bush got away with an unjust war; taking us into nearly unprecedented debt (with the exception of the GREAT DEPRESSION); torture; failure to respond to intel prior to 9/11; incompetence in managing the war in Iraq; hiring cronies to manage important gov't organizations like FEMA; and all kinds of madness. I mean, how many times did Bush go to Crawford TX by this point in his presidency? How many days did he miss? WHERE WERE YOU THEN? You people claim to be fiscally conservative but your presidents do nothing but spend--JUST NOT ON THE PEOPLE! do you realize Reagan spent billions of dollars we didn't have to build up a nuclear arsenal while unemployment was soaring? And now we're wondering what to do with them. HE LEAD THE MARCH TO DEREGULATION!! Father and Son Bush presided over ENRON which was an omen of what was to come. You and your fat cat entertainers Boss Limbaugh and Elisabeth hasselbeck and Hannity and Fox. You're too stupid to realize those people are paid good money to rep your side but the minute this country goes down they're off to Switzerland...WHERE ALL THEIR MONEY IS ALREADY!!

You people know nothing of history, nothing of politics nor government and you HATE this country and the principles of the CONSTITUTION and want nothing more than to see it destroyed so that your TEAM can have a comeback. You need to take a look at yourself. Leave the team rivalry for the sports arena where it belongs. This is serious stuff.

In the eyes of every suffering American the President has lost the moral authority to pronounce the words "we must practice restraint in these difficult times"

Whatever happened to "The Era of Reponsibility"? or "restraint"? "sacrifice"? "CHANGE"? I guess President Obama meant these for everyone but himself. Who said the Commander in Chief leads by example?

boogie - Why should I have to pay for them to go on vacation? They have money. They should pay for their own vacations.

Oh, and can he please stop bowing to that King? He's done it twice now. I have never in my life until now seen a US President bow to anybody. Sad...
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Well we paid for Bush to take more vacation than any other President! Don't give me the he was at his ranch, the number of times he flew AF1 back and forth also cost the taxpayers more than any other Pres.

As for the bow, Bush bowed! Once again the double standard alive and well in Repub world!

The job numbers coming out today is the worse in 25 years and here we have people coming on here trying to justify Obama lavish spending on a trip to France at a time like this.

What ever happened to the line we will all have to sacrifice to make things work? Guess Obama meant us not him.

Some of you people are getting more ridiculous as the days go by pretending that Obama is the best thing since slice bread, time to take your heads out of the sand before its too late.

Domino49
If we cant refer to his being half white then can we come to the plate with him being "half American"?

"The number of people who expect him to commit a blatantly impeachable offense fairly soon grows each and every day. That number probably exceeds 85,000,000 today."

ROFLMAO!

This is a lovely family. The girls are so precious. Michelle did not go to Cairo because the girls were still involved in school and she wanted the 4 (his uncle is coming too) of them to travel together.

Domino49, what is your obsession with the president's race? Of course he is our first black president. His race has absolutely nothing to do with any serious criticism of his leadership or decisions that I have seen on this website. There are plenty of us here who are not "fans" of the president, but I think I can speak for at least 95% of us when I say his race is a non-issue. You kept shouting that people need to "get over it." To whom are you speaking? No one on this thread made any reference to race.

Thank God for Charlie Rose. Without his in-depth reporting on the issues of today I would be forced to depend on either the ultra-biased, low brow reporting on Fox or the "headline-only", uni-pandering on CNN. Or, the zzzzzzzzzzzz..broadcast networks non-news tidbits.

It's clear that some folks just can't stand the idea of an African-American being president. The Civil War is over. The South LOST. Get over it. Re-join America. Support the President. Embrace his family as the face America presents to the world.

Oh, and save the "he's 1/2 white" comments about the President. The rest of the world doesn't see it in through the "master/slave" lens that still haunts our public discourse. Those who do only betray their racist leanings for advantage based on tribal affiliations.

The rest of the world sees him as the BLACK, brilliant, large and In-Charge. ...(wait for it)..PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Get a clue...!!!

He probably used the sign and travel option on his platinum card.. this is like paying forward with goodwill..

Because no one will fact check him.
Posted by: tanarg | Jun 5, 2009 12:43:10 AM
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May I suggest this reading right here on the ABC Blog by our very own Jake Tapper.?.?

"From the Fact Check Desk: President Obama and Muslims in America"

Oh no, On your ticker this morning you called President Obama Mr. Obama. I don't ever recall you all calling Bush anything but President Bush. I love Good Morning America, but please, please don't join the likes of FOX News.

As President Obama fullfills one campaign promise after another the 29% of Americans who make up the Conservative Wacko party call him a liar. In fact the only positions he has changed policy on should make the right happy and concern the left. This being said your complaints are simply politics as you mimic the un-American drug addict Rush, and sleezebag Hannity.

Since this would be my last comment regarding the President and all that he is trying to do.I felt the need to write and mention that for those who still can't see the wisdom of his approach to policy making that they would need to defer thier needs or views for a period - this moment in time being one of those periods and concentrate more on voluntereering and helping their neighbours - For me he has presented a clear policy on loving your neighbour as yourself, you don't have to like them put please love them.

And on Michelle and daughters visit to Paris - I have been there, lovely place would recommend that they visit Milan, Tuscany, Lido, Pompey, Capri as well. I hope they all have a marvelous and lovely time