Obama family leased a $20 million dollar "farm" for summer '09 and '10 vacations in Martha's Vineyard.
.... Harris Lacewell said Americans shouldn’t be surprised the president wants to go to a nice place for vacation, especially a place like Martha’s Vineyard, where he has many friends. “If he wants to hang out where other presidents hang out, then he can,” she said. “America is going to have to get over the fact that the guy is an elite. He lives in the White House — he can vacation in the Vineyard.”
Nowadays you really do have to read the foreign press to know what's happening in America. The Telegraph (UK) again:
Martha's Vineyard's illegal immigrant 'secret'
It is known as the idyllic summer playground of America's wealthy liberal elite that has enchanted Democratic US presidents from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama. But the start of high season in Martha's Vineyard has this year been rocked by the unwelcome airing of what some residents admit is the island's guilty secret....
.... The island has just 16,535 permanent residents, and half of its houses are second homes. But the population rises to 100,000 in summer, when home-owners and tourists arrive for its unspoiled beaches and peaceful greenery.
Since the mid-1980s, the out-of-season population has been propped up by Brazilian immigration. Almost a third of new babies born on the Vineyard are now born to Brazilian mothers.
The local Brazilian association says there are 3,500 Brazilians living there – about four times more than recorded by official figures. Analysts say this is because many are there illegally....
Do you remember when Michelle Obama vacationed in Andalusia and just before her arrival, the State Dept. removed its warning to African Americans about the racism among Spanish police? Wait for it. There will be some government statement or action pertaining to these illegal immigrants... that is, if the Obamas intend to vacation at that same "rented farm" again this summer.
Posted by: Mannie Sherberg | Monday, 13 June 2011 at 11:24 AM