Question: How can Obama rein in deficit spending when he can't rein in Michelle's? Bitter half spent $10 million of taxpayer money on vacations in 2011alone (so far!)

It's good to be the king. And queen. In this case the latter. As usual, this has to be read over at an overseas publication because The New York Times and Washington Post are far too busy dumpster diving through Sarah Palin's trash. From the UK Daily Mail: Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels

The Obamas' summer break on Martha's Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.

Something I covered here:Tax diva: Michelle Obama takes separate jet to Martha's Vineyard because she didn't want to wait 4 hours for Barack

But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.

White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers' money on vacations alone in the past year.

Branding her 'disgusting' and 'a vacation junkie', they say the 47-year-old mother-of-two has been indulging in five-star hotels, where she splashes out on expensive massages and alcohol.

The 'top source' told the National Enquirer: 'It's disgusting. Michelle is taking advantage of her privileged position while the most hardworking Americans can barely afford a week or two off work.

...The First Lady is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel.

And the first family's nine-day stay in Martha's Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.

...'The vacations are totally Michelle's idea. She's like a junkie. She can't schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next - all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans.'

Here's the kicker IMO:

...The magazine also reported that Mrs Obama, whose fashion choices are widely followed, had been going on 'wild shopping sprees', much to the distress of her husband, who, its sources reveal, is 'absolutely furious' at his wife's 'out-of-control spending'.

Good grief. If only he would overspend like she does we would be in awesome shape. The bitter half overspends by millions. Our community organizer-in-chief by trillions. I'll take the bitter half hands down. More from Power Line, Pajamas Media, Proof Positive, The Lonely Conservative, Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and UrbanGrounds. Also, via Instapundit:  The $350 bottle of wine vs the $400 haircut vs the $10m vacation.

The problem with the great unwashed is that they don’t know how to live. Real men about town should know how to order the $350 bottle of wine and get the $400 haircut. And as to holidays, there is little to beat the $10m publicly funded vacation. But that is for hard working public servants.  

Um - is the bitter half a pubic servant? When was she elected? And for what position?