Obama Vacations Where the Elite Meet

NBC ^ | Sun, Aug 23, 2009 | NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON

[takbodan]

“I love the Vineyard but can’t stand the Moonbat Leftists who inhabit it.”

I’ll take Nantucket. Obama can have the Vinyard and....

[nickcarraway]

Is that still on the radio?

[originalbuckeye]

Sorry. Everyone associated with Zero seem to be pathological liars. I don’t buy it.

[freekitty]

He and Michelle just want to lord it over the elites.

[originalbuckeye]

One more comment: When the Clintons bought their Chappaqua property, it came with a guest house. They charge our Government for the Secret Service to stay in the guest house. I have read that is an equivalent amount to cover the mortgage on the big house. I did read this article. I just don't believe it.

[timetostand]

“I love the Vineyard but can’t stand the Moonbat Leftists who inhabit it.”

They are not all leftist moonbats!! believe it or not there are many conservative people on the Vineyard and a lurking freeper or two!! Alot of the liberals washed ashore in the 60’s

[originalbuckeye]

Haven't been there since I left Boston in 1984. Waaaaay Lib back then. Glad to hear it's a bit more Conservative. Might try vacationing there again.

[lionheart 247365]

Ramadan vacaton I’ll bet .

[timetostand]

Don’t get me wrong, this is moonbat central but there are America loving patriots on MV aswell.

[McLynnan]

I know, I know — I bucked the system and read the article. I don’t begrudge a sitting president a vacation. What does bother me is the “let them eat cake” attitude. They could have used this as an opportunity to set an example on wise use of taxpayer funds by choosing someplace a little less high dollar and demonstrate how a family of four can get away on a budget when money is tight. But NO, that’s not for the royal Obamas. Instead they spend the equivalent of an average family’s annual income on a week away in status symbol land. The country is not in the mood for a President who flaunts his expensive tastes while the rest of us try to pay for his irresponsible programs.

[sheana]

If I remember correctly Bush usually took vacations at his house in Texas. Once they went to a home that Daddy (I think) owns up there somewhere.
Don’t the Obamas still own their home in Chicago? They should vacation there or Camp David..........period.
Anything else shows their arrogance and elitism.

[SES1066]

You are thinking of Kennebunkport, Maine, the summer home of Sen. Prescott Bush (CT) on down, father of 41, g.father 43.

[wagglebee]

They could have used this as an opportunity to set an example on wise use of taxpayer funds by choosing someplace a little less high dollar and demonstrate how a family of four can get away on a budget when money is tight. But NO, that’s not for the royal Obamas. Instead they spend the equivalent of an average family’s annual income on a week away in status symbol land. The country is not in the mood for a President who flaunts his expensive tastes while the rest of us try to pay for his irresponsible programs.

Excellent post! When the Clintons went to Martha's Vineyard they stayed at homes owned by friends, which is far different than spending $50K for a week when most Americans are cutting back.

[SES1066]

My wry commentary on this is that he is probably getting off-the-air kudos from the Media who abhorred Bush-43's Crawford, Texas with a passion. Too much of the 'common folk' who drove pickups and actually worked for a living. Too much TEXAS and where the nearest 'descent' food was in WACO and that was by secondary roads.

Martha’s Vineyard, by comparison has civilized folk who live by the Boston Globe and NY Times and have voted Kennedy all of their lives (probably some even afterwards). What a change that is everything that they hoped and voted for. Of course, I happened to note this obligatory hit on Bush-41/43 in the WaPo which conveniently does not specify the time frames covered;

Obama is taking only a week off from his day job, far less than some of his predecessors. Former president George H. W. Bush often took several weeks at Kennybunkport, Maine. His son, George W. Bush, spent weeks at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.

My personal opinion is that with modern technology and the White House support structure, no President is ever really on vacation, he is just out from under of the regimented White House schedule. I begrudge none of these quasi-vacations of any of them from the world's toughest job.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The president is paying for his family’s portion of the rental out of his own pocket, with the government picking up Secret Service and staff costs.

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Cool. He pays his share of the $50,000. The more agents he ties up at increased taxpayer expense, the less his family’s share of the costs. I’m doubting his share will reflect the real economic value of the “big house” compared to the barracks the agents will probably be housed in. Same for actual catering costs.