[Sub-Driver]

Sniff...........

[airborne]

Boo freaking hoo ! ! !

[DeaconRed]

If he doesn't go will it save us the $4M price tag?
Can MOO SHELL spend it without ZERO?
Inquiring minds need to know. . . . .

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile, how much the vacation will cost US taxpayers....

With More Vacation Days and Separate Travel, Price of Obama’s Annual Hawaiian Holiday Rises

.....around $4,000,000.

[ETL]

Obama's Hawaii vacation home:

9 million to buy, $2,500-3,500 to rent (per day)...

"Located on fabulous Castle Point at Kailua Beach. This 5 bedroom, 5 1/2 bath private estate is located at the end of a private road. An enclosed yard protected on one side by the ocean and the other by the beach add to the magical seclusion of this home. This estate is an original historic Castle family home that was completely remodeled in 2005 with everything from the basics to quality furnishings, gourmet kitchen, granite, and more. The uniquely wonderful appeal of this estate is everything is done in an open air design for the ultimate island paradise. Weight Room with TV/DVD, Wireless Internet"

http://www.hawaiisbestrentals.com/detail.lasso?SKU=685

More photos here:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1222081obama2.html

And here:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1222081obama3.html

Also see:
http://www.exposeobama.com/tag/hawaii-vacation/

[silverleaf]

barry brought this on himself, by pontificating how he planned to stay in Washington until the tax bill was passed and so should Congress.

No one forced his family to jet 5,000 miles away to spend millions of dollars playing on a beach and leaving him at home. Being waited on hand and foot at Camp David would be a dream Christmas for all the rest of us. Lots of military families experience Christmas without Dad (or Mom) at home.

I hope Boehner sends over a fruitcake.

[Matt Hatter]

“The toughest call for the president this holiday season may be whether to join his family for Christmas in Hawaii or stay in lonely Washington.”

Toughest call? Tell it to our brave military personnel...they would answer: “I don’t have a ‘call’. I follow orders.”
Remember our troops this Christmas, try to put this man-child out of your minds, and have a wonderful Christmas, FRiends.

[EmilyGeiger]

And yet Ronald Reagan always spent Christmas in D C so more of the secret service could spend the holiday with their families. I am so tired of hearing the imagined sacrifices the media wants to pretend this man child makes.

[9YearLurker]

Oh, that Shelly’s high living could be the last nail in his presidential coffin.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

I like what Krauthamer suggested and that is that the Rep. House should just change the dates on the Senate Bill to Expire on Dec 31 2012. Pass that and send it back to the Senate and then leave town.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I keep wondering why the House of Crooks doesn’t defund these vacations and other useless fun trips which are billed to the taxpayers. Can someone educate me please?

Thank you.

[OrioleFan]

He’s signed stuff electronically before. If he goes to Hawaii, he should be chained to a desk so he can work the phones constantly.

[rarestia]

First lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters are already in Hawaii, and staying in Washington would deprive the president of Christmas with his family.

This would be a problem if the Muslim-in-Chief actually celebrated the birth of the Savior. He bows to Mecca, kowtows to despots, and probably wipes his ass with his left hand like the rest of those animals.

*spit*

He can burn in self-righteous Hell this Christmas for all I care.

[fatima]

I think I remember Hussein saying they didn’t celebrate Christmas-exchange gifts.

[HotKat]

Couldn’t Michelle and the girls go back to the White House for Christmas? Everybody’s a winner: the Obama family and secret service staff families are united for the holiday!

[HotKat]

Couldn’t Michelle and the girls go back to the White House for Christmas? Everybody’s a winner: the Obama family and secret service staff families are united for the holiday!

[Hot Tabasco]

“If he stays, he could be seen as the only adult in the room,”

No, the janitor holds that title.....

[I_be_tc]

So the tradition of going to Hawaii only started when taxpayers had to fund it. Otherwise they kept their butts in windy old Chicago over the holidays.

[Le Chien Rouge]

What Obama could learn from Americans by staying in the DC area for Christmas:

1) Dumpster diving lessons from the homeless

2) Working Americans actually enjoy shopping at Walmart

3) The poor who can’t afford a jacuzzi, fart in the bathtub to create the same effect

4) fresh deer meat from a Christmas morning hunt tastes awfully good.

5) Every family has a crazy cousin Eddie who just appears out of nowhere on Christmas eve

6) Those of us who get cash Christmas Bonuses sure as hell do not tell the IRS

7) The rest of us who do not get a cash Christmas bonus probably get the gift that keeps giving throughout the year...a jelly of the month club certificate!!

8) Most of us Americans go to church services rather than a Mosque

9) Just because we spread the Christmas presents evenly among our family does not mean we wish to spread our wealth among society as well.

10) Many of service employees actually WORK on Christmas at serving drinks,waiting table or restocking shelves. Someone has to pay taxes to fund the Hawaii vacations!!

[CPOSharky]

“If he stays home alone, he could be seen as the only adult in the room,” said Susan MacManus, a professor of political science at the University of South Florida.

There, fixed it.

[JoeProBono]