Obamas rent Republican's $20 million house on Martha's Vineyard

[red states rule]

I guess the recession really is over folks. Pres Obama is still throwing the cash (I wonder if it is taxpayer cash) around



Obamas rent Republican's $20 million house on Martha's Vineyard

Barack Obama and his family will spend their August holiday on a $20 million (£12.5 million), 28-acre farm, complete with an apple orchard, private beach and even a basketball court to satisfy the president's sporting needs.


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01452/obama1_1452186c.jpg

According to local reports, similar rental properties on the exclusive Martha's Vineyard island cost between $35,000 (£21,875) and $50,000 ($31,250) a week.

Contracts for the Blue Heron Farm show three leases for Mr Obama, the Secret Service and White House staff, with the president expected to cover his family's bill. Consisting of four buildings, the complex in Chilmark, a quieter part of the island, should have room for all.

The property is owned by William Van Devender, a Mississippi timber merchant who is a major donor to the Republican Party.

The White House had earlier confirmed that the president had settled on the Massachusetts island for his first holiday in office, but had attempted to keep the precise location secret.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5927205/Obamas-rent-Republicans-20-million-house-on-Marthas-Vineyard.html

[Jeff]

I guess the recession really is over folks. Pres Obama is still throwing the cash (I wonder if it is taxpayer cash) around



Obamas rent Republican's $20 million house on Martha's Vineyard

Barack Obama and his family will spend their August holiday on a $20 million (£12.5 million), 28-acre farm, complete with an apple orchard, private beach and even a basketball court to satisfy the president's sporting needs.


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01452/obama1_1452186c.jpg

According to local reports, similar rental properties on the exclusive Martha's Vineyard island cost between $35,000 (£21,875) and $50,000 ($31,250) a week.

Contracts for the Blue Heron Farm show three leases for Mr Obama, the Secret Service and White House staff, with the president expected to cover his family's bill. Consisting of four buildings, the complex in Chilmark, a quieter part of the island, should have room for all.

The property is owned by William Van Devender, a Mississippi timber merchant who is a major donor to the Republican Party.

The White House had earlier confirmed that the president had settled on the Massachusetts island for his first holiday in office, but had attempted to keep the precise location secret.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5927205/Obamas-rent-Republicans-20-million-house-on-Marthas-Vineyard.html

Damn he was just on Vaca 2 weeks ago, I guess this is what ya call tightening your belt

[red states rule]

Damn he was just on Vaca 2 weeks ago, I guess this is what ya call tightening your belt

If Bush was still president, the liberals would be screaming, “How DARE he lease a $20 million vacation home when the country is stuck in a deep recession. Doesn’t he know that unemployment in some parts of the country is 15%? How insensitive of him! Republicans.....party of the rich, blah, blah, blah.”

With Obama, we’ll get photo ops of him tossing a frisbee to his dog, and the media will be gushing over every outing he and his kin folk take around the Vineyard