Michelle Obama's Spanish vacation draws critics
As the president preaches frugality in lean economic times, his wife and youngest daughter are vacationing at a luxury resort outside Marbella. Officials say the Obamas will pay for personal expenses.
 First Lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha, 9, arrive at a cathedral in Granada on Thursday during their vacation in southern Spain. (Cristina Quicler / AFP/Getty Images / August 4, 2010) |
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Reporting from Washington —
As the economy endures high unemployment and a jittery stock market, President Obama has preached sacrifice and fiscal discipline. But the pictures coming out of a sun-splashed Spanish resort this week may be sending a different message.First Lady Michelle Obama is in the midst of a five-day trip to a luxury resort along with a few friends, her youngest daughter, aides and Secret Service personnel. Her office said the family will pay for personal expenses, but won't reveal the taxpayer cost for the government employees.
Elected officials — Democrats and Republicans — were reluctant to weigh in, not wanting to appear critical of the president's wife. But the trip provided plenty of fodder for television news anchors, talk-show hosts and bloggers.
Critics portrayed the foreign getaway as tone-deaf to the deep economic anxiety back home. Earlier in the week, the first lady wasMichelle Obama's Spanish vacation draws critics - latimes.com
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