I am amazed that anyone would second-guess a sitting President's decision (whichever party...they did this to Mr. Bush too) to travel abroad to conduct foreign policy. This second-guessing and President-bashing is based on economic data that is at best a flaky guess, and at worst, an outright lie. The fact is costs of Presidential trips are never released for public scrutiny. No one in the public really knows (and I, for one, don't care to know).
Security procedures are not decided by the President...they are decided by the Secret Service and cost the same regardless who is in office.
Recession or no, the foreign policy of this nation must be conducted. I'm certainly no expert on whether the President should go. I've not been privy to the daily briefings, the advice of counsel, the content of intelligence, or the communications of ambassadors, heads of state, and our own state department. Are you privy to that?
There have been scads of misinformation about the financial aspects of this trip. I'm tired of the lies and deceit from both sides. Is there anyone in the media who conducts his/her life with honor and dignity? Makes me want to go live under a bridge somewhere and "tune out".
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