Posted on 08/25/2011 6:44:32 AM PDT by RobinMasters
VINEYARD HAVEN - When President Obama took his first trip to Martha’s Vineyard after taking office, the excitement among locals here was palpable, from the signs of support strung across shop windows and front porches to a full-page newspaper ad taken out by 125 Vineyard grandmothers in support of his health care plan.
This week, with the jobless rate stuck above 9 percent and the president’s nationwide approval rating at its lowest level, the Vineyard’s broad allegiance shows cracks, leaving some islanders with a more textured, even tormented feeling about the president.
“I just have to say I feel really uncomfortable, because I love loving him,’’ said Leslie Pearlson, a real estate broker on the island.
At the core of islanders’ misgivings is the shaky local economy. Although the Vineyard is sometimes depicted as a playground for the rich and famous, the numbers tell another side of the story.
Empty storefronts dot main streets in Vineyard Haven, Edgartown, and elsewhere. According to the island’s Chamber of Commerce, at least one member of nearly every Vineyard household is dependent on summer business, which softened during the recession and still has not recovered.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Obama should stand on the beach and watch the hurricane arrive.
Obama is Lady GaGa: 90% image and hype, 10% talent.
He is fluff, he is pop music, he is the flavor of the moment and there is no REAL passion.
25 years from now, there will STILL be people flipping out over the Beatles, Zep, Pink Floyd, whilst the Lady GaGa’s of the world will be a silly little footnote in history....same with obama.
They’ll vote for him anyway.
I wish someone would write a book about the neglect and contempt for the sufferers of these floods, starting with Nashville! Obama’s floods...
If necessary to evac I’d bet Obama will leave under the cover of darkness to prevent a picture of him being whisked away via helicopter while the common folk are in traffic jams below him.
In addition to the optics of "running away," there are some significant issues of timimg:
According to Bastardi, this storm is now moving very rapidly. Obama has to leave by Friday night if he wants to be able to return to the White House, because air space over Washington is going to get very ugly by Saturday morning. If he waits too long, he will have to take the family to somewhere else. Once it hits the mid-Atlantic states, Washington air space will clear, but by then, the Martha's Vineyard evacuation will be at high tide, making for worse optics, as traffic gets worse because of the President's massive entourage having priority.
Hey, Montana doesn't want him!!!
You reap what you sow, you pathetic, ignorant, liberal morons. I've never been to "the Vineyard", but it is supposed to be a beautiful place. Too bad it is infested with people whose stupidity is only eclipsed by their ignorance and hypocrisy.
Ol’ Leslie sure does get in the Obamanation news a lot.
You got what you voted for....had any of them done any of their own vetting or did they and thought he’d still be fine...even though he had NO experience whatsoever...and he is one lazy A...
i’ll bet those rich snobs couldn’t control themselves when they saw their racist icon.
He better stay out of Glacier Park...my favorite place on the planet!
[She thinks another standoff, with Obama and Republicans blaming it on each other, would so disgust her and others that they would skip voting in 2012 altogether]
One can only hope! But you can bet that the 45% that strongly disapprove of the job Obama is doing are gonna crawl over broken glass to vote against him and his Rat party! My guess is that voters such as these fall in at “somewhat approve” which is only 42%. The more of those that stay home, the better it is for the good guys.
13.2%
When the cheerleading Boston Globe prints an article about wavering faith in Obama, you know he’s in trouble.
amazing article
Maybe that's the national avg.
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