RNC slams Obama Broadway date night

RNC slams Obama Broadway date night

Published: May 30, 2009 at 7:22 PM

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- GOP officials chided U.S. President Barack Obama for attending a Broadway play Saturday but the White House said Obama was keeping a campaign promise.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama flew to New York from Washington on what a White House press pool report called a Gulfstream-type plane, rather than one of the larger craft that serve as Air Force One, Politico reported. Plans called for the couple to dine at the Blue Hill restaurant before attending a performance of the late playwright August Wilson's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone."

The production is nominated for six Tony Awards, including best revival of a play.

In a posting on its Web site, the Republican National Committee contrasted the Obamas evening out with General Motors Corp.'s fight for survival and the broader economic turndown.

"As President Obama prepares to wing into Manhattan's theater district on Air Force One to take in a Broadway show, GM is preparing to file bankruptcy and families across America continue to struggle to pay their bills," the GOP said. "Have a great Saturday evening -- even if you're not jetting off somewhere at taxpayer expense."

RNC spokeswoman Gail Gitcho said if Obama wanted to go to the theater, "isn't the Presidential box at the Kennedy Center good enough?," Politico reported.

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earth to the rnc-moonie shit bags---no one fucking cares

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At least he's taking the smaller plane, right?

I have zero problem with Obama going to see a Broadway show. The man is entitled to some downtime. And the bankruptcy of GM...which was not in anyway a surprise...is hardly equatable to going to a birthday party while people are drowning in New Orleans.

However, I would respectfully submit that if the President finds it necessary to justify his evening out as "keeping a campaign promise", then he should give serious thought to keeping some of his OTHER campaign promises, specifically those he's made to GLBT citizens*, when he gets back to work.

*not one of which have yet been addressed.

RNC: Really Not Cool

The GOP has lost all right to criticize ANYONE else for wasteful spending.