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From Eurweb.com

Some folks believe the expensive trip is in poor taste when many Americans are struggling under the bad economy. The New York Daily News called Mrs. Obama Marie Antoinette, the French queen who thought little of her poor subjects as she draped herself in extravagance.

Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus disagrees, stating: “While I’m not sure this was politically very smart, I also don’t see it as a ‘let them eat cake’ moment unless we think that the only thing that acceptable for them to do is have a kind of ‘staycation’ and clean the closets.”