Limbaugh: Media Thinks Michelle Obama ‘Deserves’ Vacation Due To Our ‘Slave Past’

 

First Lady Michelle Obama is currently on a family vacation in Spain, taking with her a fleet of secret service officers there to keep her out of harms way. The relatively large entourage isn’t cheap though — some reports have estimated a $375,000 cost to taxpayers ; a cost which has been rather predictably vilified by some right-of-center media outlets. But according to Rush Limbaugh, the mainstream media has given her a pass. Why? Because of our “slave past.” Hmmm.

Yes – its a Friday afternoon and there is very little to write and talk about, except the very obvious rants made by Rush Limbaugh, explicitly designed to get attention.

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