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Originally Posted by Dion
I get that he made his wife a promise. He could have also posponed that trip when the economy was better.
It's the timing of it that makes him look bad. Countless Americans are struggling to make ends meet and here he is going on a one night pleasure trip to NYC. I always thought politicians are supposed to lead by example when it comes to economic matters. My brother who is an American citizen doesn't think highly of what Obama did and he's unemployed right now also.
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My problem is there is always going to be something the money could have been spent on that is better for the Nation than a night out in NYC. However, then what? Is the President and any other official going to have stay locked up in their houses because of it?
You can't expect that from any human being and I can almost guarantee you that Obama and Michelle would be making the same trip regardless of him winning or not.
Of course it sucks it cost him (or the taxpayers) a $1M just to go to a Broadway show but that is just the world we live in. He has to protect himself and his family and luckily his job allows him to do that.