#Letters to the Editor — Aug. 10, 2021

The Issue: Former President Barack Obama’s birthday party in Martha’s Vineyard over the weekend.

Former President Barack Obama’s birthday party was a hat trick of hypocrisy (“O, no, he didn’t!” Aug. 9).

First, there were no COVID protocols, even as the Democrats push for more restrictions on individuals and businesses.

Second, the pollution. Guests were flying in on private jets from across the globe — climate change be damned.

Third, think of the millions of dollars wasted just to stroke the former president’s ego. Millions of dollars that could have been used to build a park or buy laptops for underprivileged students or help the unemployed put food on their table. Totally disgraceful.

Peter Boeko, Manorville

Congratulations to Obama on his 60th birthday.

Only those in the Democratic Party are allowed to throw a virus-superspreader party and not be condemned. And if any of the guests later tests positive, I’m sure that information will not be forthcoming.

The 2022 and 2024 elections cannot come fast enough — and hopefully the voters will make sure that we once again have a two-party leadership. S. Kane

Brooklyn

We peasants wait daily to hear whether schools will open, whether and where we’ll again be forced to wear masks and whether we’ll be forced out of stores, restaurants and entertainment venues unless we show vax passports.

But the so-called “elites” attend an ex-president’s birthday party, which would be described, if one of us were able to host it, as a superspreader event.

Wake up: Write, phone, and e-mail the people who represent you in local, state and federal government.

When two sets of rules are so blatantly flaunted in our faces, one set for the privileged few and another for the teeming masses, it’s un-American and unacceptable. Tell them. Michelle Graham

Oceanside

Former President Obama celebrated his birthday at a Martha’s Vineyard estate with A-list guests, including many from the Hollywood elite.

So much for egalitarian and humbling demonstrations of sentiment to reflect the traumatic medical and economic disasters we’ve all suffered over this last year and a half.

Maybe some of the party favors at Obama’s celebration can be donated to others who are less fortunate, so they, too, can celebrate our retired president’s birthday.

Ray Starman

Albany

The Post recently pointed out the hypocrisy of Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard event.

I think the list of Obama perks — such as a large gathering during the pandemic, a $12 million mansion and a deal with Netflix — while we hear nothing from his camp as to what he is actually doing for the Afro-American community shows that his hypocrisy runs much deeper than just one celebratory birthday party.

Jackie Biaggi

The Bronx

Come on, man. Did anyone really think elitist Obama and his crew of elitist friends would really scale down a party?

It’s more proof that our elected officials and their wealthy friends are above us common Americans.

Joann Mirone

Old Greenwich, Conn.

One of the reasons COVID is spreading is because there are so many mixed messages.

On one hand, officials tell us that the virus is spreading. Yet Obama threw a big birthday party. Even if everyone who attended was vaccinated, many people who read about the party will think that the crisis is behind us.

Gov. Cuomo issued an executive order requiring all local governments to meet live in their municipal buildings. If the virus is spreading, shouldn’t elected officials hold remote meetings again — rather than create the impression that everything is safe?

I went to a function last week. A few hundred people attended; only three wore masks. If we want to win the war against COVID, we all need to be more careful.

Paul Feiner

Greenburgh

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