Not only did thousands of ordinary citizens get shut out of a public park on a hot August day, but the nearby town of Westport is expecting they’ll get stuck for all the extra overtime required to protect the fifty swanky guests coming to the fundraiser.
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the King doesn’t pay his $35,000 bill in newport beach:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/city-366237-service-secret.html
…but Romney pays his:
http://www.ocregister.com/news/city-365069-obama-invoice.html
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I would be so mad to miss a day at the beach on my vacation, no matter which big shot it was supposed to accommodate. I am so lucky to be married to a man who does not ever want to inconvenience or impose a hardship on anyone. I just can’t imagine living with someone who never gives a thought to others. I guess the Obamas must be made for each other.
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I saw a comment string on one of the many news stories I googled to graphic this. Most of the commenters were of the “whatajerk” variety, but one O’bot defended him, saying it was not that big a deal for people to get to the park, find out it was closed and go somewhere else. She got lambasted, and well deserved IMHO.
Clearly, this twit had never packed a car full of kids, all the gear they need for a day at the beach, then driven some distance to get to said beach (or whatever venue) only to find it was closed. I did a teensy weensy version of this one day, promised the kids mini golf, which was 20 or 30 minutes from home. The jerk manning the place got bored or something, had closed up a couple hours early. I had a mini RIOT on my hands that was only quelled by copious amounts of ice cream that cost more than the golf outing I’d carefully budgeted from my miniscule fun moneys.
If I’d done something similar for an entire day of a precious, low budget staycation, with lunches and drinks and diaper bags and towels and sunscreen and bug spray and spare outfits … then driven an hour or more … there would have been more than a riot. I’d have been ready to search the black market for a damn missile launcher to come back and take out that stinking asswipe’s helicopter. (Just kidding, Secret Service guys. I’d NEVER do anything even remotely similar. Just would be that angry.)
How the heck much of a day is LEFT after breakfast and packing and driving … just so you can shut up the whining bitching offspring (and spouse who is mad you didn’t know the place would be closed), so you can figure out where else you COULD go and how to get there and do you have enough gas and money for THAT trip?
Argh.
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