Oh, its the first week of January, 2014 and the New Year in politicking is already in full swing. The president and daughters Sasha and Malia returned to the White House from their seventeen-day vacation in sunny Hawaii. Mrs. Obama remains on the island another week where she will be celebrating her 50th birthday. Already, the haters are remarking. Fox News' Greta Van Sustern made disparaging remarks about the First Lady remaining in Hawaii for her birthday. We'll just paraphrase what Greta Van Sustern said on her show on Fox News on Monday evening: "With Mrs. Obama staying an extra week in Hawaii, that means Air Force One will have to fly from Washington to Hawaii and back to Washington for one person, on the tax payer's dime. Van Sustern went on to say that just because someone else did it, doesn't mean you have to do it too." Hey Greta, just because your male colleagues wear suits to work everyday, doesn't mean yo...
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