While President Obama Arrives in Hawaii Amidst Security and Fanfare, Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Slips Quietly into Big Island Resort

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi with Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie (file photo)
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BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN – News that President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii this weekend to join his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha in time for a Christmas holiday has been covered by news media worldwide.

The first family and their friends have been enjoying a reclusive 17-day holiday vacation in beach front homes in Kailua, Oahu.

But another powerful politician is here for the holidays as well, albeit on another island and with less media attention.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, who served as Speaker of the House and is now head of the House minority, is once again spending her Christmas at the exotic Four Seasons Resort Hualalai at Historic Ka’upulehu in Kona on the island of Hawaii.

Pelosi attended 9 p.m. mass in St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Kailua-Kona.

According to West Hawaii Today, she spent previous Christmas holidays in Kona at the same hotel in an elaborate suite that rents for $10,000.

The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai’s details its luxurious setting and amenities on its web site: “Gloriously revitalised, this natural tropical paradise offers more than ever to explore – with a newly expanded Spa, beachfront dining, fashion boutiques and new Deluxe Suites, in addition to Jack Nicklaus signature golf. Set on the Big Island’s exclusive Kona-Kohala Coast, this showpiece resort captures the essence of Hawaiian design, culture and tradition.”

Pelosi has her share of allies in Hawaii, including Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who she defended during his successful campaign for governor in 2010. When Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mufi Hannemann claimed during the primary that Abercrombie was not effective in Congress, Pelosi issued a statement calling Abercrombie “outstanding, effective and courageous.”

Pelosi has been escorted by local police during her last two holiday visits to Hawaii Island at a cost of $34,000 to local taxpayers.

Obama’s trip to the island of Oahu has proved much pricier to state and federal taxpayers.

In a Hawaii Reporter story published last week, the total cost (based on what is known) for a 17-day round trip vacation to Hawaii for the President and his family and staff and security is an estimated $4,113,038.

That includes $3,629,622 for separate travel for the president and his family, $151,200 for housing for security, $72,216 for staff to stay in one of Hawaii’s most luxurious resorts, the Moana Surfrider in Waikiki, and local police protection and ambulance detail for $260,000.

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  7. She can afford it, or should I say “we,” what with her insider trading deals and her “freebies,” she would only have the cost of her clothes to provide and we paid for those too, so why wouldn’t she check into a $10,000 a night hotel…..doesn’t this remind you of France and their, “Let them eat cake,” moment? According to Obama, Gore and Pelosi, we should all decrease the size of our carbon footprint yet the “in charge” crowd is growing their carbon footprint by leaps and bounds every minute of every day while somebody else pays for it…just like cap and trade…they will be reaping millions as they are invested in green which is just like insider “trading,” because they are passing laws which will make them even more wealthy than they already are…….which is what the trade part of cap and trade means, trading carbon credits on Wall Street, while the hard working schmucks (American taxpayers) takes it in the shorts every time. Get ready for your shorts to be pulled around your ankles…then try to run……..when you become a unit, then you’ll believe “the feeling” and the “good intentioned” were idiots that you backed with your shorts…..aka your country….and believe me, this is the election that will go down in American history, the election that will change our country for all time or remain as it has been, a free republic.

  8. Interesting…..Pelosi, who wants us to “tighten our belts and do with less” is in a $10,000 per night hotel in Hawaii. Nothing says “skrew you” to us littler than nothing peons than having Pelosi live high on the hog in Hawaii during the holidays. She gets Hawaii….know what I got? A bar of soap and slippers….because that’s all that we could afford! Did she even offer to send ANY downtrodden family to Hawaii because she “cares so much” for the “little people”? Nope, that would make her have to look at someone who is below her……
    Pelosi makes me want to puke…..hmmmm….that’s a good thing….since I have very little food, it will help me lose weight……and wouldn’t Pelosi and the Wookie in Chief be so happy that I’m not having ANY trans-fats! That way, THEY can have all the $100/pound Kobi beef and lobster that they want! Wow…..what thoughtful people!

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