White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Confronted about Extravagant Plans for Obama’s 17-Day Hawaiian Christmas Vacation – Video 12/16/11

Here is raw video of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney being put on the spot today at the Daily Briefing by a question about First Lady Michelle Obama’s decision to fly separate from the President to Hawaii for their 17-day vacation there over the Christmas Holidays:

Question: The First Lady is going to be leaving in a few hours for Hawaii, obviously she isn’t able to go with the President. But I wanted to ask you, isn’t it quite an extravagence? Four people to go in two jets to Hawaii, particularly given, the state of the economy the state of the budget, and also given the directive that was just put out about limiting air travel by the adminstration?

As you see, Carney fumbled for a written statement which he read in answer to the question, essentially refusing to answer why she can’t just wait and the family all go together in a few days – thus saving taxpayers a huge amount of money. The reporter pointed out it costs “$185,000 an hour” to operate Air Force One – “and that’s a long flight” to Hawaii.

The short answer is that the Obamas don’t care. They believe they are entitled to do as they please – after all, Barack is the President. They want everyone else to cut back, but not them. They could not be more arrogant in the face of what so many Americans are facing this Christmas because of his failed leadership. Believe it or not – most Americans would consider it an honor and a vacation to spend Christmas at the White House – or at Camp David! They put up 37 Christmas Trees in the White House this year, and won’t be there to use a single one of them.

Via Fox Nation