Exclusive - Study: Obama Most Well-Traveled, Expensive President In History Through Five Years

Breitbart ^ | 3/23/14 | Matthew Boyle

[Nachum]

President Barack Obama has spent more time traveling abroad than other U.S. president in history at this point in their presidencies, according to a forthcoming study from the National Taxpayer Union Foundation (NTUF) provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of its public release.

“The most internationally well-traveled President, through five years, is also flying the most expensive-to-operate Air Force One to date,” NTUF wrote.

After five years in the White House, Obama has taken 31 trips for a total of 119 days abroad. At that point in George W. Bush’s presidency, Bush had taken 28 trips for 116 days, while Bill Clinton had taken 27 trips for 113 days. Ronald Reagan, after five years, had taken 14 trips for 73 days while Richard Nixon had taken 12 trips for 60 days after five years in the White House and Lyndon Johnson took 10 trips for 34 days at the half-decade mark. Dwight Eisenhower took 8 trips for 31 days after five years in the White House.

Citing a recent report in the Washington Examiner that found through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that taxpayers are on the hook for about $228,288 per Air Force One flight hour in 2013, a 27 percent increase from the previously confirmed cost of $179,750 per fight hour that NTUF used in its last study, the taxpayer watchdog concludes that Obama’s flights have cost taxpayers more than any other president.

[Chode]

whoa... the OTHER redhead, i guess i never looked at the fag long enough to notice what color it's hair was

[dfwgator]

Their original guitarist died of AIDS.

[mountn man]

Kate Pierson swings the other way also.

[dfwgator]

Was everyone in a band from Athens gay? Michael Stipe, too.

[lee martell]

Remarkable. All that travel, and he’s perfectly safe.

[Chode]

she might have a partner but from what i've read she's bisexual

[Chode]

yup, depends on her mood

[WilliamofCarmichael]

I've read MSM employees acknowledging the claim that Bush spent several hundred days on vacation is true;

but, they added, it needs to be noted that the majority of those days were spent at Bush's "vacation home." So yes Bush was on vacation far more than Obama could ever hope to match.

Oh.. and Obama has to travel all over because he does not have a vacation home, the MSM employees stressed. (At least then didn't say that Obama lacked a vacation home because he is victim of racism.)

[Chode]

i went out with a barmaid one summer that was bi

i ask her what her trigger was and she said she was only interested in girls much better looking than she was and she was hot as hell... needless to say she didn't have that many girl hookups and only one while we were dating and that one was a tourist

[Noob1999]

..........After five years in the White House, Obama has taken 31 trips for a total of 119 days abroad. At that point in George W. Bush’s presidency, Bush had taken 28 trips for 116 days, while Bill Clinton had taken 27 trips for 113 days..............................

Wait a minute! Lets put these stats through the parsimeter

Whhhhirrr!

The parsimeter indicates that this bull sh!t press release does not include trips within the 57 states. No trips to Florida, none to Hawaii, California, even Chicago; or double trips to Martha’s Vineyard, or triple trips, with dog, to Maine.

And maybe even the trips that Zer0 was not on the plane: Vail; Aspen; Spain; China; Cancun; Florida; Africa.

And many others.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Well, he’s not going to be accused of being niggardly.

[octex]

And if Bush had spent that much time overseas the “news” media would have complained that he wasn’t at home “taking care of the people’s business”.
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Exactly. They even complained (and still do) that Bush 43 spent his vacations at his own ranch in Texas, where he was in constant communication with D.C. and elsewhere.

He and Laura were not at lavish resorts or renting houses at inflated rates in Martha’s Vinyard or Hawaii; plus all of the staff and secret service personnel housing, etc.

Bush had housing for the SS on his ranch and often furnished the BBQ dinners. ...At Christmas, the Bushes often went to Camp David (not Hawaii) so the majority of their staff and SS could spend time with their own families.

[Bob]

Awesome contrast. Any idea where and when it was taken? I’m guessing at some sort of memorial service.

[bert]

Oval Office = work
AF1 = not work

The Obama’s have always had those jobs where you show up and get paid

[DaveA37]

And then we have the rest of his family ilk who live “N7777R Rich” on our money. SPEND, SPEND, SPEND, who the hell cares, it’s not THEIR MONEY they’re spending.

[bert]

There is a cultural expression that describes the condition but if I mentioned it I would be banned for a racial slur

[IamConservative]

Actually, he’s not doing the work of a President. He’s a salesman selling crappy health insurance policies.

[Jim Noble]

OK, so "taxpayers are on the hook".

Who put them there? Who writes the appropriations bills for the White House operation? What House committee passes these appropriations, and who is the chairman of that committee?

[A'elian' nation]

In Dear Leader’s head he is merely personally recouping all those black slavery reparations in behalf of his people for leading them through the struggle.