Because not even Barack Obama can sit home every night chumming it up with dictators and plunging America into Marxism with “breath taking speed” (according to Pravda, who knows a thing or two about Marxism).

So President Obama, forgetting for a moment about the “shared sacrifice” he’s asked of the rest of us during these “historic” tough times, took his wife for a date to New York City:

Yes friends, President Obama and First Lady Michelle had another of their famous “date nights” Saturday. Instead of clogging traffic in Washington, D.C. to visit a restaurant, they hopped on the Marine One helicopter to Andrews Air Force Base, jumped on Air Force One (a Gulfstream 500, not the 747) then flew up to New York City followed by TWO OTHER PLANES for staff and press (the 747 would have been cheaper).

Upon landing in New York several more helicopters, limos, vans, police, military and other staff were waiting to escort them to Blue Hill restaurant on Washington Place and later a Broadway play: ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ at the Belasco Theater.

I don’t really care all that much about the dating habits of the President and his First Lady. In addition to being the leaders of the free world (for now), they are also people who deserve to spend quality time being a married couple.

What I do care about is the hypocritical, thumb-their-noses-at-the-rest-of-us manner in which they do it.

How much did this little date night cost the American tax payer? And three jets for “staff and reporters?” Are you freak’n kidding me? How about the “staff” stay home on a date night? And aren’t there already enough reporters in New York City that could cover the President’s date night without having to fly in another plane-full of them?

The Obama’s make millions of dollars per year on their own…is it really asking too much for them to spend some of their own money and resources to go out on their private little dates?

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Stop the ACLU calls the Obama’s “The Ultimate Gulfstream Liberals“