Frugal Café Blog Zone

Vicki McClure Davidson | July 9, 2011

  I’m not a big wine drinker. When I’m being less frugal than usual, I’ll go for a cold bottle of Killian’s Red or Fat Tire every time before I’ll consider indulging in a bottle of expensive wine. But that’s me. I’m not Michelle Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Valerie Jarrett, or Paul Ryan. And if they [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 9, 2010

  Even leftist Obama cheerleader/journalist Maureen Dowd has criticized Michelle “Let Them Eat Lobster” Obama for her extravagant trip to Spain while millions of American families are struggling to keep their homes and millions are still unemployed. CBS Evening News, with another leftist Obama cheerleader/journalist, Katie Couric, expressed some disapproval at the spendthrift First Lady [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | August 7, 2010

The left-wing news media has a nasty penchant for attacking Republican First Ladies buying new china for the White House. With PRIVATE DONATIONS… not a penny of taxpayers’ money. Yet, when faced with Michelle Obama channeling her inner “Marie Antoinette/Uptown Girl” in Spain this week — of which taxpayers will foot far, far more than [...]

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