She can’t cool her heels at the White House?
Obama has enjoyed the trips at our expense for far too long.
Did he ever got to Hawaii for Christmas before he was President? Inquiring minds want to know.
Did he ever got to Hawaii for Christmas before he was President? Inquiring minds want to know.
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Yes, he did and he missed some important votes and pissed some people off in doing so (in Illinois).
Give me a sec and I will hunt down that story. Having my first coffee here :p
Obama paid a political price for missing an important vote on a crime package. That was during the 1999 Christmas holidays, as Obama — who describes himself as suffering from “chronic restlessness” — embarked on an ill-fated attempt to unseat Rep. Bobby Rush, a popular Chicago Democrat.
When the legislature was called into special session to vote on gun control, Obama and his family were visiting his grandmother in Hawaii. His 18-month-old daughter, Malia, was sick and unable to fly. The measure was narrowly defeated, and Rush criticized him. Obama lost by 31 points, his only electoral defeat.
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