The Nerve

OBAMA KEEPS HIS BIG APPLE PLEDGE
WOWS FIRST LADY WITH DINNER & B'WAY SHOW

Taxpayers footed the bill for the big night on the town, which included a total of at least $24,000 for the three aircraft used to ferry the Obamas, aides and reporters to New York and back. Dinner costs and orchestra seat tickets -- at $96.50 apiece -- were paid by the Obamas.

Obama's jet, a Gulfstream 500, served as a more modest Air Force One for the day in place of the customary presidential Boeing 747.

The White House declined to say how much the trip was costing taxpayers.

There's a recession. GM is in bankruptcy. People are losing their jobs. The dollar is plummeting. And this guy has the AUDACITY to fly to NYC and take in dinner and a play on taxpayer money? There are people who would love to have a JOB that PAYS 24,000 a YEAR. I guess taking a junket will help you think?

I also want to know why, aside from security, why AIDES and Reporters get to fly along as well. Let the news services pay. Oh... wait... they can't. They're going broke because the populace is tired of hearing their bias and distortions so circulation is way way way down. Mark my words, they'll get the next bail out... Obama needs someone to hide the truth.

I also seem to remember OUTRAGE from the Dem Congress scolding the Big-Three Auto makers for flying their personal jets to Washington for hearings. And that was THEIR OWN MONEY. The hypocricy is unbelievable in this administration. Hey Obama! Gasoline is up 50 cents in 2 weeks! What are you going to do about that? It was Bush's fault last year, isn't it yours now? What's the carbon footprint of flying 3 jets from Washington to NYC and back within a 6 hour period? It's OK for you, though. Sorry, buddy... when you accept the mantle of the presidency you really have to cut back on the frivolity. Broadway will still be there in 4 years. And I mean 4 years.

Complete, sickly-sweet reporting of the date here.