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48. Welcome to DU, BruceWane.

Tue Mar 28, 2017, 04:22 PM

Mar 2017

There are other posters here who've offered a correction. And they're right. The Obamas moved WITH their school-age daughters, to the White House.

Perhaps you're thinking of the Obamas NOT leaving Washington until their youngest daughter's high school years are completed? That is certainly true. But they're private citizens now, and their eight years living in OUR White House have officially been completed. Wherever they live from now on is on THEIR nickel, not that of the taxpayers.

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Article Raw Story: Melania is being asked to leave NY City [View all] bdamomma Mar 2017 OP

What irony tazkcmo Mar 2017 #1

But she is a WHITE immigrant, and that makes all the difference. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #2

A white immigrant chervilant Mar 2017 #97

Drool over? Scarsdale Mar 2017 #119

Even the most reverend chervilant Mar 2017 #123

Not every American would jump at that job. cwydro Mar 2017 #9

tRump had to get 2 immigrants to do wife job (of 3), proving immigrants do work Americans dont want. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #14

lol, that's a good one wordpix Mar 2017 #58

In all fairness . . . . ET Awful Mar 2017 #31

She's an illegal immigrant too. synergie Mar 2017 #49

Thanks, now leave. MrScorpio Mar 2017 #3

Republicans squandering taxpayer money Achilleaze Mar 2017 #4

"text payer". Tweets cost lots of money. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2017 #15

Don't they understand gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #5

And as Masters & Johnson have explained , nocalflea Mar 2017 #82

We can afford this, we can't afford the Defense Department budget. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #6

Yes, a drop in tbe bucket. Plus, it's decent PR for us...his own wife can't endure touching him. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #103

A whole bunch of very spoiled adult children acting like overindulged rotten brats. democratisphere Mar 2017 #7

They ain't acting... They're for real... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #43

Got that right Alice11111 Mar 2017 #104

Maybe she doesn't like the idea of living in government housing? WoonTars Mar 2017 #8

... jpak Mar 2017 #10

You win the Internet jbeing Mar 2017 #20

Except Lisa Douglas did go with her husband..... LisaM Mar 2017 #39

The question is jbeing Mar 2017 #62

Plus Donald Trump is no Oliver Wendell Holmes. IrishEyes Mar 2017 #71

We have Mr. Haney SCVDem Mar 2017 #91

I sang this for an auditon for a school choir at a Catholic school once gopiscrap Mar 2017 #34

You are my hero. klook Mar 2017 #37

yeah I got a weeks detention for it because the nun gopiscrap Mar 2017 #41

ROFL!!! calimary Mar 2017 #46

yup and I have lots of it gopiscrap Mar 2017 #52

Ha Ha! Another Catholic school girl here NastyRiffraff Mar 2017 #72

My mother hated parochial school so much, nocalflea Mar 2017 #85

Yeah, the whole experience is one of those "you kinda had to be there..." situations. calimary Mar 2017 #92

My husband went to Catholic schools all the... 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #95

LOL!!! Later generations at our school referred to one nun as "Sr. Mary Terminator." calimary Mar 2017 #121

Oliver Wendell Holmes, R - Hooterville, Harvard Law Marcuse Mar 2017 #45

Exactly. Move in with him or divorce him. Ilsa Mar 2017 #11

She's in New York because her son is still in school FakeNoose Mar 2017 #54

Sure. But the Obama girls moved in January to their new school in DC. Ilsa Mar 2017 #57

Not all children adjust easily to a move TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2017 #73

True, but it seems like a lot to ask everyone else to pay for Ilsa Mar 2017 #76

Didn't that just happen to a Russian? Thor_MN Mar 2017 #75

That's the story we've been told dflprincess Mar 2017 #88

Trump's daughter is now the First Lady. Melania would be relegated to a back bedroom. jalan48 Mar 2017 #12

move them to a SECURE smaller mansion. CHEAPER. fuck the turnip towers. pansypoo53219 Mar 2017 #13

How about Cheney's undisclosed bunker? Marie Marie Mar 2017 #22

Yeah, he was always at an "undisclosed location." Haven't heard that in 8 years or so. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #106

It's simple. hamsterjill Mar 2017 #16

I agree, I do think she should be in DC pretending to be first lady TNNurse Mar 2017 #19

Yeah, really. It's insane they are not doing this. Actually I thought NYC was billing Trump for Fast Walker 52 Mar 2017 #36

She should live with her husband or he should pay for her security if she lives elsewhere. The Wielding Truth Mar 2017 #44

...almost like sexual slavery, to be forced to be w him. Of course, she could divorce him, but it's Alice11111 Mar 2017 #111

No sexual slavery. They don't have to have sex or even talk to each other. Her safety The Wielding Truth Mar 2017 #124

I'd like her husband to leave DC IronLionZion Mar 2017 #17

Moscow would be a better fit. bdamomma Mar 2017 #93

Well, yeah, the petitioners will get their way......... BruceWane Mar 2017 #18

No, the Obamas did not stay in chicago Cosmocat Mar 2017 #25

Bullshit. The Obama girls immediately transfered schools and were all moved in by Jan. 6, 2009. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #26

The Obama family moved to DC a few weeks earlier crazycatlady Mar 2017 #27

$1M+ per week of unnecessary costs? JusticeForAll Mar 2017 #28

Welcome to DU, BruceWane. calimary Mar 2017 #48

Ah, sorry.... BruceWane Mar 2017 #64

Meh - there's such a whirlpool-from-Hell to keep track of, these days, that even the pros are calimary Mar 2017 #89

I don't have to watch your video -- I remember the act vividly. Ilsa Mar 2017 #90

So did Conway w 4 kids & the Kushners w 3 kids.Barron has his own penthouse. It's a BS excuse. Still Alice11111 Mar 2017 #107

Oh, would you look at that - five months of this comes out to about $20,000,000 in taxpayer dollars. Miles Archer Mar 2017 #59

Of course, I expect another excuse in June too. Even if she did, they would still have to secure the Alice11111 Mar 2017 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author ATL Ebony Mar 2017 #70

let the fucking yokels who elected him chip in. tomp Mar 2017 #84

If we can't vent about the"petty" stuff, nocalflea Mar 2017 #86

It's kind of stupid to pick on petty little things. LenaBaby61 Mar 2017 #108

They can afford to hire someone to home school their son. No reason they have to stay in NY. OregonBlue Mar 2017 #21

Exactly. They should have immediately transfered their kid to a DC school, like the Obamas did. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #29

she needs to be deported for breaking US LAWS! FrenchieCat Mar 2017 #23

It has 125,535 supporters now. herding cats Mar 2017 #24

Yay.. I'd sign that so fast if I lived in NYC! Cha Mar 2017 #100

It's kind of sneaky in its wording, honestly. herding cats Mar 2017 #114

UNREC brooklynite Mar 2017 #30

I disagree. We're talking millions in wasted money here. And it is an issue people can understand. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #33

And a feel-good online poll is neither going to inform a large share of the population... brooklynite Mar 2017 #53

It can't hurt and it might help. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #69

Wouldn't want folks feeling good. tazkcmo Mar 2017 #74

I'm a lot of fun at parties...I take politics seriously. brooklynite Mar 2017 #81

Washington Post had a piece today about the vanishing First Lady lanlady Mar 2017 #32

She's avoiding her swinish husband. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #42

want the best way to protect women and girls? crazycatlady Mar 2017 #68

I read it, late last night, I think, but I thought it was pretty vapid...maybe the subject matter. Alice11111 Mar 2017 #110

Parasites Feeding At The Public Troth! eniwetok Mar 2017 #35

Not to mention the public trough. klook Mar 2017 #38

duh! I knew it didn't look right! eniwetok Mar 2017 #79

You may enjoy this. 3catwoman3 Mar 2017 #101

An online petition and $2 will buy you a coffee at Starbucks. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #40

Well if the one weapon I have is to be a mosquito and annoy them... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #47

I disagree janterry Mar 2017 #50

Trump said he was keeping his own security force. keithbvadu2 Mar 2017 #51

That's for HIS big body though. He doesn't trust the Secret Service. They might become aggressively Alice11111 Mar 2017 #112

Make Him Pay erpowers Mar 2017 #55

Ya, fu&k Baron and his fancy school. Pres Obama's girls found excellent schools in DC. Fla Dem Mar 2017 #56

is there precedent for grown children of presidents getting Sec. Service protection? wordpix Mar 2017 #60

Always go to the source, I say... Miles Archer Mar 2017 #63

This is ridiculous. Make Trump pay for his own security for her. YOHABLO Mar 2017 #61

5th Ave in NYC is a mess because of the tRumps. Freedomofspeech Mar 2017 #65

I heard the same thing NY'ers bdamomma Mar 2017 #94

I give them a break until the end of the school year MiniMe Mar 2017 #66

ambivalent about Melania oldcynic Mar 2017 #67

She was not "used and abused most of her life" - she had an upper middle class life womanofthehills Mar 2017 #113

Boy, she got in every Trump talking point ever. Marie Marie Mar 2017 #122

Maybe she should go back to Slavenia, and take her deadbeat husband with her! putitinD Mar 2017 #77

Outer Slob-ovia is picturesque especially the shoreline. Sunny warm temps year round sprinkleeninow Mar 2017 #105

That's $40 million dollars per year, easy. Lowest possible estimate. Mc Mike Mar 2017 #78

Yes, I heard a few weks ago that Ilsa Mar 2017 #98

If 45 wants to slash & burn, he can start at home. VOX Mar 2017 #80

I'm still waiting for the press conference Donald said she was going to have in 2 weeks MrPurple Mar 2017 #83

Personally unless the city is obligated under law to provide additional long term protection cstanleytech Mar 2017 #87

So utterly ridiculous that this is even happening at all. AgadorSparticus Mar 2017 #96

Get the Fuck outta our City. Keep on signing Peeps! Cha Mar 2017 #99

Remember these tweets allegedly inside the White House (but no confirmation) sharedvalues Mar 2017 #102

Yeah, if those were true, she'd easily ID whoever it was she supposedly spoke with. 7962 Mar 2017 #117

Oh wow, Melania wants a divorce? If Trump looses Melania he'll really go psycho flamingdem Mar 2017 #115

Article Raw Story: Melania is being asked to leave NY City marne23 Mar 2017 #116

Who can blame Melania? I wouldn't want to live with him either. Vinca Mar 2017 #118

THE Trump family aren't even spending their own money most likely yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #120