At a certain point

[greeneyed_devil]

President Obama removed his class-warrior hat long enough to spend $74k on a date with the First Lady last weekend. The trip to New York to take in a Broadway show was a campaign promise the President made to his wife.

The RNC circulated an email slamming Obama for the insensitivity of his jet setting in light of GM’s pending (now academic)

Comments

[rhonan]

Well, maybe we should look at what his predecessor spent on such recreations while he was in office, and then look at the cost of this trip relative to that. I seam to remember George and Barbra being rather lavish in their choice of recreation. I checked out the menu at Blue Hill, and while those certainly are not prices I'd shell out for a just a casual dinner, they are comparable to what I've paid here in Seattle for a splurge at a better then average restaurant. They are certainly not as high as the prices at the top restaurants here in Seattle. I figure that if it's in the ball-park of what I was able to afford on tech support pay, I don't think it's extravagant for the President to pay. Now, I have to admit that I have never paid that much to see a show, but since those tickets were still only twice what I paid for Transiberian Orchestra last year, still not to extravagant. As for jet-setting, I hardly call a trip from DC to NYC, dinner, and a show to be jet-setting. Really, the only thing that made the trip expensive is

[greeneyed_devil]

Why must everything be with "yeah but Bush..."

Yawn.

BO is a hypocrite and a snob, and the world us laughing at us.

[snackdaddy]

and you know what really pissed me off? he didnt even wear a tie!!