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Ac Active First Family Is On The Move In Maine [Did We See Headline's Like This During Bush?]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/17/AR2010071702806.html?hpid=artslot ^
| July 17th, 2010
| Felicia Sonmez
Posted on 07/17/2010 7:41:40 PM PDT by Steelfish
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:41:42 PM PDT
by
Steelfish
To: Steelfish
Well, Bush took the press to Crawford, his home. The MSM wouldn't be so happy if Obie took them to Nairobi...
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:46:03 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Sarah Palin - For such a time as this...)
To: Steelfish
My mother just told me tonight she saw Michelle Obama telling people to vacation in the south around the gulf to bring them business, and then noticed the Obama’s went and vacationed in Maine.
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:48:56 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Steelfish
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:49:33 PM PDT
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: Steelfish
In answer to the question you inserted in the headline:
No, we didn’t see headlines like this when the Bushes were on vacation. That’s because the Bushes had class and didn’t go out of their way to strut their stuff in front of the cameras.
It’s all a giant photo op, but I’m OK with it. I like it when Barry0 is distracted and out of Washington.
(Flying that unruly dog on his own plane is a bit much, the Obama version of “let them eat cake.”)
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:57:50 PM PDT
by
Jedidah
To: Steelfish
I suspect the Obana PR office issues a press release each day and the MSM rewrites it and sends it to press. They all say essentially the same thing.
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posted on
07/17/2010 7:59:44 PM PDT
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
To: Jedidah
Well, we didn’t see headlines when GWB and family vacationed, but the talking heads on tv used to crow about it. Meanwhile, I’d venture that most of his vacations involved some work. He never fully escaped his duties as President.
To: fatnotlazy
You guys are blowing this one out proportion.
Its his vacation. Let him go where he wants.
What kind of vacation would it be going to down the gulf now.
He’d be hounded like a dog.
To: Steelfish
Very crowded place in July. I’m just thinking of the people who planned their whole family vacation around this place and aren’t able to go anywhere now because of the Obamas.
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:08:17 PM PDT
by
Mercat
To: Steelfish
Who cares about that Communist?
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:08:54 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: Steelfish
Since we live on a farm and have younger children, we are active by default.
It’s kind of comical to see the Obamas making such a big deal about being SO active ... only to end every outing at an ice cream parlor. 500 calories of Cookies & Cream or whatever to make up for the 50 they worked off hiking or biking ;-)
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:09:58 PM PDT
by
Cloverfarm
(This too shall pass ...)
To: Steelfish
From a person commenting at the WaPo comments website:"WashPost and the rest of the MSM are Democrats first and Americans second."
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:11:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(Will must be the harder, courage the bolder, spirit must be the more, as our might lessens.)
To: Steelfish
Obama is praised for being such an active, family man on his vacation.
But when Bush was in office, the media trashed him for being a free loader. Double standard anyone?
“Bush on track to become the vacation president”
By JULIE MASON, Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau
Aug. 9, 2007
“At a White House press conference Thursday, Bush appeared to be already inhabiting his vacation mode, shedding the businesslike, sometimes grim demeanor he’s had of late to slouch against the podium and be avuncular.” http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/mason/5042364.html
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:13:42 PM PDT
by
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:15:07 PM PDT
by
leapfrog0202
("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discover" Sarah Palin)
To: Jedidah
I like it when Barry0 is distracted and out of Washington.
With luck, he won't be able to find his way back.
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:16:52 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(30-year smoker, E-Cigs helped me quit, and O wants me back smoking again?)
To: Beowulf9
She took the kids to see the pond those nice people named after her.
Witch hole pond.
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:21:03 PM PDT
by
bakoj
(What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.)
To: Steelfish
The president and the first lady dined on lobster, while their daughters shared a shrimp basket, according to restaurant manager Jeff Buffington.
"Weezie" and Bambi...."Movin' on up"!
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:24:04 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Steelfish
Well I spent my weekend vacation removing candy colored rocks around in my garden..it was hot sweaty work..no ice cream cones here...don’t ya know by 2014 all of us serfs have to be weighed like cattle and a BMI index put into electronic medical records...so we don’t get ice cream cones or ice cones or fancy white house pies or even popcicles now...we have to do the Michelle 0bama diet program so we will be ready to report to weight watchers.
To: gov_bean_ counter
And I don't think Barney had his own plane...
Arriving in a small jet before the Obamas was the first dog, Bo, a Portuguese water dog, and the president's personal aide, Reggie Love, who chatted with Baldacci. "We're ready, we're going to do it all," he said with a big smile.
Is this really necessary for a weekend visit???
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:25:05 PM PDT
by
They'reGone2000
(Not racist; not violent. Just not silent any more)
To: Mercat
BINGO.....I live in the area...its not only vacationers, but the small businesses and local workers that have been inconvenienced....
It's not going over well with the “locals”...but u won't see that in the press...
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posted on
07/17/2010 8:30:05 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
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