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For Obamas, a (mostly) uninterrupted vacation (Postcard from the AP)
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| August 28, 2010
| ERICA WERNER
Posted on 08/28/2010 8:03:24 PM PDT by maggief
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"At 10 days, it will bring to 48 the number of vacation days Obama has taken since taking office. Former President George W. Bush had spent more than twice as much time on vacation at this point in his presidency."
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:03:27 PM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
Yes, but as we know, Bush had working vacations, IIRC.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:04:40 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Michelle Obama: the woman who ended "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.")
To: maggief
He’s President of the strongest country in the world; he’s gonna have to deal with interruptions to his daily schedule, even if he’s on vacation.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:07:17 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: maggief
"At 10 days, it will bring to 48 the number of vacation days Obama has taken since taking office. Former President George W. Bush had spent more than twice as much time on vacation at this point in his presidency." This is a flat out lie, they know he looks bad taking all this time off so they lie about it. Bush only took vacations in August, Bozo has taken them constantly since taking office and I bet the real number of days comes closer to 100, not 48.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:08:16 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: maggief
I find it somewhat interesting that Edgartown was where Ted Kennedy partied with those young women the night he drove off the bridge and killed Mary Jo Kopeckne, IIRC.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:09:18 PM PDT
by
basil
(It's time to rid the country of "Gun Free Zones" aka "Killing Fields")
To: maggief
Well isn’t that special!
How many bottles of Grey Goose can Michelle put away in 6 hours lying on the beach?
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:09:23 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Remember Lepanto--Sink the Mosque!)
To: maggief
What a gag-fest. Unlike Bambi, W actually had a functioning “Western White House” at the ranch. Bambi flits about without any real vacation home, and rarely goes to his Chicago home for a break, so the amount of work he probably does on vaca is 10% that of W.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:10:08 PM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: maggief
"At 10 days, it will bring to 48 the number of vacation days Obama has taken since taking office. Former President George W. Bush had spent more than twice as much time on vacation at this point in his presidency." Somehow, I just don't believe this. "More than twice as much time" would equate to more than 96 days -- say 16 weeks, or eight weeks per year.
I recall the Bushes going to Crawford every August. But they essentially took the White House with them -- GWB was never very far from the job. Meanwhile, Barry doesn't appear to do a lick when he's "out of the office".
Aside from Crawford, though, when were the Bushes "on vacation"? Are they counting weekends at Camp David as "vacations"?
As they so often do, the media appear to be asserting something as fact when it is not.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:14:15 PM PDT
by
okie01
(THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignoran>ce on Parade)
To: maggief
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:16:49 PM PDT
by
rickmichaels
(Allah AkBarack!!!)
To: maggief
Yeah...and George W was either ‘vacationing’ at Crawford or camp David, where at least half or more of the time he was actually working!
Freaken’ lying media!
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:17:33 PM PDT
by
top 2 toe red
(Not supporting a corrupt, Marxist, Socialist President makes me a racist?!? Then a racist I am!!!)
To: maggief
But during his time on this lovely island,... Oh, BARF! What kind of self-respecting professional writes this nauseating pap?
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:17:51 PM PDT
by
kromike
To: maggief
Obama is a lazy bum. Without the “powers that be” bringing him to power he’d be on welfare and Moochie would be a seamstress whipping up her fashion creations for the welfare queens.
To: calex59
48 sounds low to me, unless they mean 48 in the last 3 months.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:21:24 PM PDT
by
Newton
('No arsenal is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' -Ronald Reagan)
To: kromike
"Oh, BARF! What kind of self-respecting professional writes this nauseating pap?"The boot lickers see Obama's ship sinking. They are making a vain attempt to plug the holes.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:24:49 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: maggief
Yes, IIRC, the working vacations of Bush gave rise to the nickname for his ranch as the Texas White House. He often invited heads of state there to discuss world issues while he was "vacationing."
And I find it quite funny that this article states, of Obama, that "he never once had to shed his leisure wear." They try so hard not to say Obama is lazy, don't they? Contrast Obama's leisure wear with GW's.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:25:55 PM PDT
by
CitizenM
("Do you miss me yet?" Yes, George, we do.)
To: GnuHere
What a gag-fest. Unlike Bambi, W actually had a functioning “Western White House” at the ranch. Bambi flits about without any real vacation home, and rarely goes to his Chicago home for a break, so the amount of work he probably does on vaca is 10% that of W. Are you saying that when Obama goes on vacation, he's out of touch with the world?
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:48:55 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Pardon him...he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe ... are the laws of nature)
To: maggief
"At 10 days, it will bring to 48 the number of vacation days Obama has taken since taking office. Former President George W. Bush had spent more than twice as much time on vacation at this point in his presidency."What about all the times he went out of the country? If they think those were really necessary they are full of it. He is taking all the trips he can for pleasure.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:54:11 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: Oztrich Boy
"Are you saying that when Obama goes on vacation, he's out of touch with the world?"He doesn't have to go on vacation for that. He is out of touch ALL THE TIME as he is so into himself.
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posted on
08/28/2010 8:57:30 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
To: maggief
With this guys limited intelligence he should be in the whitehouse with full staff around him 24/7.
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posted on
08/28/2010 9:10:01 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: basil
I find it somewhat interesting that Edgartown was where Ted Kennedy partied with those young women the night he drove off the bridge and killed Mary Jo Kopeckne, IIRC. Close, they partied at a house on Chappaquiddick. Then took the car with Mary Jo back to Edgartown *Wink-Wink* but instead of taking a hard left to the small ferry that would go though the harbor to Edgartown the car took a hard right and *slipped* off of the bridge...he said he swam the harbor and went to bed at a local hotel.
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posted on
08/28/2010 10:02:38 PM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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