Obama's trip to Denmark, with Michelle and Oprah in tow, cost more than $10mm in security and travel costs. It occurred the same day that the US unemployment rate his 9.8%. Not a smart day to take a boondoggle. It should also be mentioned that the President, who favors taxing American families heavily for using energy, under the ridiculous assumption that we can control the weather by doing so, just needed both Air Force One jets to fly nine hours each way for a three hour visit. Hypocrisy? You decide. More than anything, however, it was a colossal diplomatic error by a President that is in over his head.
One other thing. Obama has spent the entirety of his administration apologizing for the United States, for how much carbon we emit, for our foreign policy, for our alleged racism, etc. Then, he goes abroad and tells the International Olympic Committee that his hometown of Chicago deserves the Olympics more than an emerging nation like Brazil, which has never hosted an Olympics. Hypocrisy? You decide.
A PR Nightmare for the Obamas - Victor Davis Hanson - The Corner on National Review Online
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