Nile Gardiner Says "The Obama Presidency Increasingly Resembles a Modern-Day Ancien Régime"

UK Telegraph's Nile Gardiner says the Obama presidency increasingly resembles a mdern-day Ancien Régime as First Lady Michelle Obama's lavish vacation in Marbella sparks outrage.

According to the UK Telegraph's Nile Gardiner, the Obama presidency is very similar to a modern-day Ancien Régime, with its extravagance and being out of touch with the American people. Wow as if the Brits have a bone in this dogfight, considering the opulent lifestyle of the Royal Family, who is living high off the horse while many Britons are struggling to eke out a living. I will concede the point that the elitist label smacked on the back of then-candidate Barack Obama has stuck. I was taken aback by the recent vacation First Lady Michelle Obama took, along with some of her friends. Considering that there are many people in the United States still losing their jobs and their homes, that vacation was just too much and too costly, from a transportation and security perspective. It should also be noted that President Obama's poll numbers are in a free-fall and this trip adds more fuel to the fire for more scathing criticism.

Here's an excerpt from Nile Gardiner's column:

It is the kind of impunity that has been highlighted on the world stage this week by Michelle Obama’s hugely costly trip to Spain, which has prompted a New York Post columnist Andrea Tantaros to dub the First Lady a contemporary Marie Antoinette. As The Telegraph reports, while the Obamas are covering their own vacation expenses such as accommodation, the trip may cost US taxpayers as much as $375,000 in terms of secret service security and flight costs on Air Force Two.

The timing of this lavish European vacation could not have come at a worse moment, when unemployment in America stands at 10 percent, and large numbers of Americans are fighting to survive financially in the wake of the global economic downturn. It sends a message of indifference, even contempt, for the millions of Americans who are struggling just to feed their families on a daily basis and pay the mortgage, while the size of the national debt balloons to Greek-style proportions.

While the liberal-dominated US mainstream media have largely ignored the story, it is all over the blogosphere and talk radio, and will undoubtedly add to the President’s free falling poll ratings. As much as the media establishment turn a blind eye to stories like this, which are major news in the international media, the American public is increasingly turning to alternative news sources, including the British press, which has a far less deferential approach towards the White House.

The First Lady’s ill-conceived trip to Marbella and the complete disregard for public opinion and concerns over excessive government spending is symbolic of a far wider problem with the Obama presidency – the overarching disdain for the principles of limited government, individual liberty and free enterprise that have built the United States over the course of nearly two and a half centuries into the most powerful and free nation on earth.

There is however a political revolution fast approaching Washington that is driven not by mob rule but by the power of ideas and principles, based upon the ideals of the Founding Fathers and the US Constitution. It is a distinctly conservative revolution that is sweeping America and is reflected in almost every poll ahead of this November’s mid-terms. It is based on a belief in individual liberty, limited government, and above all, political accountability from the ruling elites. The Obama administration’s mantra may well be “let them eat cake”, as it continues to gorge itself on taxpayers’ money, but it will be looking nervously over its shoulder as public unease mounts. Source: UK Telegraph

I can't understand how then presidential candidate Barack Obama ran such an impeccable campaign, only to leave me wondering after nearly two years in office, where is that person we voted for? The president and his handlers have made one blunder after another. The continued disregard of the White House and the Congress for Americans like me is a disgrace. A final word, Mr. President, you are out of touch with the American people on so many levels. The elitist moniker is sticking to you like glue! Somewhere Bill and Hillary Clinton are laughing at this White House.