Dem Analyst Kirsten Powers Calls
Michelle Obama's Spain Trip "Absolutely Tone Deaf"By Frances Martel | 3:44 pm, August 8th, 2010
It's August, typically a buzzing vacation season for many Americans that has been hampered by
the recent economic downturn. For
many who find their holiday time diminished due to the recession,
Michelle Obama's vacation to southern Spain has seemed inappropriate, and on last night's Geraldo
at Large, Democratic Fox News political analyst Kirsten Powers condemned the trip as "absolutely tone-deaf,"
and noted that she couldn't "believe that she has done it."
Opening the segment, Geraldo Rivera gave some stats on the kind of money the First Lady is dropping in Andalucia
and noted that, while he was a fan of the Michelle Obama's, he was uncomfortable with the trip. Republican strategist
Noelle Nikpour weighed in, noting that, while she is a Republican and, thus, expected to take the position, she still wondered
what Obama's "
carbon footprint going over there" was and criticized her for not visiting the Gulf of Mexico, instead. But it
was Powers who gave the more surprising comment, noting that, while she doesn't think it's anybody's business whether
they spend his birthday together or not, the Spain trip was just all-around bad optics:
"
Most Americans are just not going to relate to going to Spain with however many friends she has with her.
staying at this exclusive hotel, spending all this money, and it is extremely tone-deaf. Politically, it is absolutely
tone-deaf. I can't even believe that she has done it, frankly. It is not what people do in their first term."
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