"Well I think we know that just within a day or so the President of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day," Bachmann said. "He's taking two thousand people with him. He'll be renting out over 870 rooms in India. And these are 5-star hotel rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. This is the kind of over-the-top spending, it's a very small example, Anderson."
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Obama made a bad estimate about the unemployment and he hasn't caused this nation trillions.
I'd 'really' like to know how much this trip is costing... how many people are going... how many warships really are going into the area... etc.
Does ANYONE have real verifiable numbers?
Michelle Bachmann is either dumb as a rock or she is lying maybe a little of both.
Bachmann Outraged Over Made Up Cost Of Obama's India Trip (VIDEO) | TPMDC
I'd 'really' like to know how much this trip is costing... how many people are going... how many warships really are going into the area... etc.
Does ANYONE have real verifiable numbers?
I can't tell you anything about the costs or how many warships are going there, but the ships were likely already in the general area, and would be costing about the same amount of money regardless of where they sailed to or were parked
Just for the ships to be able to make it there in time they have to be deployed so there is zero dollar cost for them to be in the area.
That's funny! :lamo:lamoI'd 'really' like to know how much this trip is costing... how many people are going... how many warships really are going into the area... etc.
Does ANYONE have real verifiable numbers?
That's funny! :lamo:lamo
That's funny! :lamo:lamo
Dude.. I'm serious. The $200 million a day crap is nuts... I'd like to know what IS actually being spent. With the economy the way it is, money is money. Maybe this money could be better spent elsewhere... maybe not.
Matt Lehrich, White House Office of Media Affairs: The numbers reported in this article have no basis in reality. Due to security concerns, we are unable to outline details associated with security procedures and costs, but it’s safe to say these numbers are wildly inflated.
Gibbs, Nov 4: Well, we have set the record straight with you guys. I’m not going to go into how much it costs to protect the president. Costs are comparable to when President Clinton and when President Bush traveled abroad.
So how much did those trips cost? In the case of some Clinton trips, we have figures from a 1999 report by the U.S. General Accounting Office — now called the Government Accountability Office. The GAO said that Clinton’s trips to Africa, Chile and China in 1998 cost at least $42.8 million, $10.5 million and $18.8 million, respectively — not counting the still-classified cost of providing Secret Service protection.
And? Obama lied about unemployment and cost this nation trillions. If you read your own link they only rely on a snopes article that says the $200 million number was "probably" false. This doesn't even match with Alan Grayson's lie.
If someone is saying something that is to the best of their knowledge, it cannot be reasonably called a lie.
Also, back to the issue in the OP.
Whats sad about this is that this 200 million figure is probably going become a fact in some people's minds. Its amazing and sad how easily a lie is believe by those who want to believe it.
sad to say, but bachman makes palin look like a frickin' genius....Making fun of Bachman is akin of making fun of he mentally handicapped. In fact, it is making fun of the mentally handicapped. Just not cool and too easy a target. Better to go for slightly harder targets like, say, Palin.
sad to say, but bachman makes palin look like a frickin' genius....
lol...i noticed that to....msnbc was interviewing her election night , and i believe it was olberman that asked her the republican agenda now that they had control of the house, if it would include going after the President and other democrats...she wouldnt answer, instead rambling on about the repubs having a mandate, lowering taxes, creating jobs...olberman asked her 3 times, and all three times, she repeated herself...avoid avoid avoid..lolFar too Generous to Bachmann.
It pretty much makes Palin and O'Donnel Co-Chair Heads of NASA
Bachmann just has these eyes that just say "I am Bat**** crazy and I know it!"
lol...i noticed that to....msnbc was interviewing her election night , and i believe it was olberman that asked her the republican agenda now that they had control of the house, if it would include going after the President and other democrats...she wouldnt answer, instead rambling on about the repubs having a mandate, lowering taxes, creating jobs...olberman asked her 3 times, and all three times, she repeated herself...avoid avoid avoid..lol
**** this crazy district I live in.
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