BO shares some choice words with us before hitting the links in Martha’s Vineyard

Obama released a press statement before leaving for vacation on Thursday. We are all waiting with baited breath for his return to Washington. In the mean time we can roll our eyes as we read his words of wisdom. The Bamster is complaining because the Corporations in this Country (or anyone for that matter) can now spend money on advertisements to influence elections. Wow, I am shocked! Wasn’t it something like $600 million dollars that Obama raised during his election season and the majority of the money couldn’t be documented where it came from? What about the hundreds of millions of dollars that the Unions gave to the Democrats in the past few years to try and influence the voters? I think Obama is a sore loser because the Supreme Court dumped on his parade.

ZERO’s press release:

As the political season heats up, Americans are already being inundated with the usual phone calls, mailings, and TV ads from campaigns all across the country. But this summer, they’re also seeing a flood of attack ads run by shadowy groups with harmless-sounding names. We don’t know who’s behind these ads and we don’t know who’s paying for them..

The reason this is happening is because of a decision by the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case – a decision that now allows big corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections. They can buy millions of dollars worth of TV ads – and worst of all, they don’t even have to reveal who is actually paying for them. You don’t know if it’s a foreign-controlled corporation. You don’t know if it’s BP. You don’t know if it’s a big insurance company or a Wall Street Bank. A group can hide behind a phony name like “Citizens for a Better Future,” even if a more accurate name would be “Corporations for Weaker Oversight.”
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Well, we cannot allow the corporate takeover of our democracy. So we’re going to continue to fight for reform and transparency. And I urge all of you to take up the same fight. Let’s challenge every elected official who benefits from these ads to defend this practice or join us in stopping it.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Mr. BO, I hope you are better at playing golf than you are at giving press releases — this one is surely a load of crapola!

Michelle Obama is gearing up for the next round of vacations. This time she is heading to Spain. She has has reserved about 30 rooms for herself and her daughter, their friends and bodyguards at a five-star hotel in Benahavis near Marbella, hotel sources said. ["about" could be 40 rooms.. who really knows]

By Jordan Fabian

First lady Usurper Michelle Obama will travel to Spain next week on a private “mother-daughter” visit.

According to a White House release, they will be accompanied by unspecified “long-time family friends.” President Obama will not join, and neither will their older daughter Malia, according to a report.

The first lady will make an official visit to King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain per their invitation, but all activities on the trip are closed to the press.

The trip coincides with President Obama’s birthday, which is Aug. 4. The day after, Obama will be in Michigan and his hometown of Chicago visiting auto plants.

Last June, the first lady privately vacationed with both of her daughters and mother in France and England. They visited French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla and later met with Sarah Brown, the wife of then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Comment by American Grand Jury:

Hey folks, it’s only money.. your taxpayer money.. I wonder how many $millions this time? How many jets, autos, body guards, friends, neighbors and dogs will make the trip with ol’ Fat Butt?

I finally had to give in and create a “new” category here. I labeled it “Usurper Vacations.” That says it all.