Your taxpayer money just ferried the first dog to Martha’s Vineyards on state-of-the-art aircraft

by The Right Scoop

I don’t even want to know how much it cost the taxpayer to ferry the first dog to Martha’s Vineyards on his own MV-22 Osprey:

TELEGRAPH – Rooms have to be found for dozens of Secret Service agents, someone has to carry a selection of presidential basketballs, and of course the family dog needs his own state-of-the-art aircraft.

Arriving in the idyllic coastal retreat of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, Mr Obama left behind him in Washington DC high profile debates over the budget, government surveillance and his health care reforms. Instead, he will spend the next eight days playing golf, going to the beach, and buying books from the Bunch of Grapes bookstore. …

Bo, the president’s Portuguese Water Dog, arrived separately on one of two MV-22 Ospreys, a hybrid aircraft which takes off like a helicopter but flies like a plane.

Here’s a few tweets to help put it in perspective:


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