C’mon Jeralynn- this is two lame attacks in as many days:
Why on earth does President Bush need an entourage of 700 for his four day jaunt to England? That’s ridiculous. What’s even more galling is we, the American taxpayers, are footing the bill.
Ahh, the convenience of partisan memory blocks:
President Bill Clinton, accompaniedby first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and an entourage of 800 government officials and press people, made a 12-day visit to six African countries–Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana, and Senegal–in March of 1998. The visit made history. It was the first substantial visit of that length by an American president. The trip was also designed to inaugurate a new era of mutual partnership and respect for those African states that are now making steady progress in building prosperity on the basis of market economics and political democracy.
Yawn.
*** Update ***
Matt Stinson was a bit harsher on TalkLeft.