Remember when the National Enquirer was considered a rag and the NY Times was top line journalism

When I was in college one of my professors was discussing how a friend of his had authored a paper on possible toxic elements in mouth wash and he was called by a reporter from the National Enquirer.

After the reporter identified who she worked for, the good professor immediately slammed the phone down.

The professor said if he had anything quoted in that weekly it would be “Doctor discovers mouth death” and he would immediately loose all professional credibility.

Well, how things have changed. ALGORE the sexual predator, Edwards the big daddy. At least the Enquirer goes after leftist politicians…something the Times can’t say.

Now what’s going on in Obama land, sometimes know as the White House, Mrs Obama is showing her true colors. Fresh off her trip to Spain she is spending more money…

OUT OF CONTROL MICHELLE OBAMA's SPENDING SPREE - Celebrity News Gossip - National Enquirer

After blowing nearly a half-million dollars on a Spanish shopping spree, MICHELLE OBAMA has plans to spend a whopping $2 million in the coming year – while the nation struggles with its worst recession ever.

...Worried White House advisers have told the president he quickly needs to get his wife “under control” because her reckless spending – on trips, shopping and redecorating – is sending an intensely negative mes­sage to Americans in a bad economy and could under­mine his re-election plans.

“The president’s advisers hit the roof recently when they found out Michelle was arranging other ex­otic trips in the new year with girlfriends – on top of sprucing up their White House living quarters and her plans to do some redecorating at their home back in Chicago,” dis­closed a top Washington source.

“They’ve estimated that all the spending will top more than $2 million!”

While the first family was in Martha’s Vineyard on an end-of-summer vacation, Michelle’s hush-hush makeover of her husband’s Oval Office was com­pleted. The White House had to quickly point out it was done without cost to taxpayers by the nonprofit White House Historical Association.

...“They’ll flip if she takes more exotic vaca­tions – and they won’t care if renovations to the White House liv­ing quarters and their house back in Chicago are done by benefac­tors. It still sends the wrong message.”

...On top of that, the stylish first lady “loves top-dollar designer duds and hosting fancy dinner parties,” said a Beltway insider. “The bad economy seems to have no effect on her.”

These are two people who have never really have to work for what they want...and it's showing.  I remember how many leftist screamed from their hind legs when Nancy Reagan arranged to replace the White House China at no cost to taxpayers....or her borrowing clothing from designers for formal events.  But for some reason the objective media is not outraged by this extravagance.  I wonder if there is a little bit of selective outrage on behalf of the NY Times, etc.  Enquirer, keep up the good work.