Let's see, unemployment is rapidly approaching 9%, gasoline is nearing $3.00 a gallon,10% of the population is behind on their mortgages, and Michelle Obama, the new Entertainment Czar and her husband, Barack Obama, the Bankrupter-in-Chief, jet off to NYC to catch a Broadway Show and have a little dinner. Did they sneak off and have crumpets with the useless Prince Harry while they were there?

A stooge from the administration read a prepared statement from these two Hollywood wannabees: "I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after the election was all finished."

It's a good thing he didn't promise to buy her a new Pontiac!

What hubris, Mr. Empathy. What a great example to set for the rest of the country. While most of us tighten our belts and STAY HOME more often, you and your lovely wife decide to blow a few hundred thousand dollars of taxpayer money on a night on the town. What, the White House movie theatre and bowling alley followed by a kobe steak isn't good enough for you? Is Camp David under construction?

At least he didn't take Air Force One for this joyride. They took an Air Force Gulfstream 12 passenger jet, which Pelosi probably wasn't using. Then again, maybe Obama should have used Air Force One -- then he could have buzzed the Statue of Liberty again and gotten some fresh pictures for his scrapbook.

I'm sorry, but President Obama just doesn't get it. He is certainly entitled to some rest and relaxation from the most demanding job in the world. But he is tone deaf and acts like a Hollywood celebrity. He loves the spotlight and the fawning media. If President Bush had pulled this stunt, he would have been villified by most of the media (and rightly so).