The cost of Michelle Antoinette

Insensitive? Coarse? Inelegant? Huh. Over at Fox:

The unseen costs of moving around the first lady are staggering. The number of Secret Service working 3, 8 hour shifts, U.S. embassy personnel, military and White House staff is huge and costly. All these people need to be transported, fed and given per diem stipends for the time they are abroad. Advance teams travel at least week in advance of Mrs. Obama's arrival and stay throughout her stay. Many stay a few days after she departs to break down equipment.

The White House announced this past week that after Mrs. Obama returns from Spain the family in late August would vacation for 10 days on Martha's Vineyard -- a favorite haunt of the rich and famous Democrats like the Clintons. They are also expected to make a brief trip to the Gulf between vacations.