Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for access to all records pertaining to an August 2010 vacation taken by First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters. That’s including cost estimates and passenger manifests. I have no beef with them asking for the records, but did they hold Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush to the same standards? If they did and filed various lawsuits to gain access to their travel records then I have no bone in this dog fight and the suits are justified.

I will say that the economic quagmire we have found ourselves in have made it virtually impossible for anyone to justify the president and his family taking lavish vacations at the expense of taxpayers like you and I. But is the Judicial Watch just on a witch hunt? What will gaining access to the records accomplish? The president didn’t break any laws nor did the First Lady, so what? To show them as elitists or snobs? Wasteful and oblivious to the plight of the American people? What? It’s smells a little since this lawsuit was filed by a conservative group, who most likely want to embarrass the president.

“Evidently, American taxpayers were stuck with a sizable bill so Mrs. Obama could tour around Spain with her family and friends,  This administration, as a supposed steward of taxpayer dollars, has an obligation to disclose the full costs of the Obama family’s luxury trip,” said Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton in a statement.

Well, Nancy Reagan was a heck of a lot more lavish in her actions than Michelle Obama, but I guess since she’s a Republican that’s just A-OK. Terrible double standard. Personally, I am for the president and his family traveling together for vacation, not just a day or two apart. That’s whether all is well or not. It’s just plain wasteful to spend so much money.