In another odd twist left unexamined by the media, the White House on Monday said it simply would not release the cost of President Obama's weekend jaunt to New York City, where the First Couple had dinner and caught a Broadway show.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs, keeping the White House press corps in stiches, as he always does, said the Obamas would have preferred using a commercial airline shuttle to New York and back, but the Secret Service would not allow such unprotected travel (ba da bing).
And that was that. No further probing; asked and answered; time to move on.
I know I have a tendency to rant about media bias. But you have to admit it is all over the place. Had this been George W. Bush taking this trip, the media would still be all over this, demanding to know every penny that was spent. But because this was Mr. and Mrs. Messiah, we don't need to know. Double standard? I think so.
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