Before Michelle Obama went on her extravagant vacation with Sasha, a bevy of friends, staff and Secret Service Agents to Spain this week she must have had a discussion about it with President Obama before she left.  I’ll bet it went something like this:

M: “Barack, I’m thinking about taking Sasha to Spain this summer for a vacation. Being that Malia is in camp it gives me a chance to bond with my youngest.”

B: “When are you planing to do this?”

M: “I was thinking of the week of August 2nd.”

B: “For how long?”

M: I thought we would go for about 8 days.”

B: “That’s the week of my 49th birthday.”

M: “Oh, you can bond with first dog Bo, and then go for a private night of dining with Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King and some friends in Chicago”

B: “You get to go to Spain at some posh resorts and sightseeing and I get a night in Chicago on my birthday?  You know, that’s not quite what I had in mind when I spoke of ‘wealth redistribution’.  How are you getting there?

M: “I’m planning to take Air Force 2.”

B: “Michelle do you know that plane is a 757 and costs the taxpayer $11,000 an hour to fly.”

M: “We’ll reimburse them for a round-trip first class ticket.”

B: “The difference Michelle between a first class ticket and the use of that plane, is $176,000 of taxpayer money.”

M: “Well, I worked hard to get to this place and I’m sure as hell going to take advantage of it.  How many other black women have had this opportunity?”

B:  “You have a point there, what else are you planning to do on this trip?”

M: “My staff has worked out an agenda.  We are planning to stay at the Hotel Villa Padierna in the mountains outside Marbella.  It has two golf courses, a posh spa with Turkish baths, views of the Mediterranean Sea and a superb restaurant.”

B: “How much a room?”

M: “Room rates start at $400 and elevate to $6,500 for a two-bedroom villa with a private pool and 24-hour butler service, we will probably take the latter. There is also planned a Hollywood star-studded gala the last night we are at the hotel.  We also expect the Spaniards to shut down one of their public beaches for a day so Sasha and I can take a swim.  We are planning to visit with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on Sunday at their summer residence on the island of Mallorica.  We can legitimately write this off to the taxpayer.”

B: “How much do you think the entire trip will cost?”

M: “Between $300,000 and $500,000.”

B: “Jesus Christ, Michelle how am I going to explain all of this to the public?  The numbers, the amount we pay and what the taxpayer pays?

M: “Jesus Christ?  I think you got your religions mixed up.  As for the explanation you’re good at that with your silver tongue. Get the teleprompter out.”

B: Michelle, this is just bad timing . . . I can’t believe you are going to do this, especially with the economy having high unemployment, we have a jittery stock market, I have preached sacrifice and fiscal discipline to the people and things are looking bad for the mid-term elections.  How, am I going to deal with this?”

M: “Very frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.”