http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/obamafamily/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:06:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419311/posts KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama has taken his daughters for a Hawaiian treat of shave ice and ordered a flavor combination that is named for himself. Obama and a posse of about 20 people took a motorcade Friday to the same shave ice stand he has visited during other trips. As in past trips, he asked for a pile of ice shavings flavored with lemon-lime, cherry and passion-guava syrups. The store calls the combo the "Snowbama." Obama wore a white T-shirt, khaki shorts and sandals. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419311/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:06:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419289/posts KAILUA, HAWAII -- Before heading to a luau on Wednesday, President Obama did something much more somber, his aides said: He called CIA Director Leon Panetta to discuss the deaths of seven agency officers in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419289/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 02:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419275/posts HONOLULU -- On his first trip home as commander in chief, President Barack Obama, whom Hawaiians call a favorite "child of the land," has gone underground. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419275/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 01:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419074/posts President Barack Obama's Daughters Surfed Through The End Of 2009, Showing Off Their Skills On The Waves To Their Mother While On Holiday In Hawaii. [Pics in URL] Michelle Obama clapped as Malia and even her younger sister Sasha both managed to stand up on their boards to ride the waves in. Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419074/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:06:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418904/posts President Barack Obama's daughters surfed through the end of 2009, showing off their skills on the waves to their mother while on holiday in Hawaii. Michelle Obama clapped as Malia and even her younger sister Sasha both managed to stand up on their boards to ride the waves in. Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418904/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:17:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418558/posts <p>The Obamas visited a movie theater near their rented vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday morning for a screening of the sci-fi spectacular. Officials say the first family had the theater to themselves to watch director James Cameron's tech-heavy film.</p> ABCNews (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418558/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:46:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418272/posts President Barack Obama continued his low-key holiday vacation, spending several hours at the secluded North Shore home of a high school friend. The day-long outing yesterday to the Mokuleia beachfront home of Punahou School classmate Bobby Titcomb came on a dark day, as eight Americans and five Canadians were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. World events are likely to interrupt Obama's holiday vacation again today. Star Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418272/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416717/posts KAILUA, Hawaii — US President Barack Obama dramatically broke off a round of golf and rushed back to his rented vacation home followed by an ambulance with lights flashing. Fears that something might have happened to First Lady Michelle Obama or daughters Malia and Sasha were laid to rest later as it emerged that all the fuss was about the son of a friend of the president's with minor injuries. "The First Family is fine," White House spokesman Bill Burton said, following the drama which forced Obama to suddenly rush off the links and race home in the presidential motorcade.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416717/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:19:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416542/posts Breaking News: Obama leaves golf for 'personal matter'; ambulance goes to his family's home CBS News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416542/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:13:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415969/posts Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are staying in an 8 million dollar house that costs $4000 a night for the holidays. The Hawaii White House is located on kailua beach on the island of Oahu. This is a special place for President Barack Obama because this is where his grandfather would bring him as a child. The beach is also very popular with Hawaii royalty. Just so you know there are many more affordable places to stay in the area. The Presidential beach house is 7000 square feet and is owned by Dave Zimmel of Paradise Point Real estate. The... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415969/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:06:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415530/posts "President Obama and his family celebrated Christmas in Hawaii on Friday, but with their own twists. The president and his wife, Michelle, started their day at 6:40 a.m. by going to the gym -- a feat unimaginable to most parents of young children eager to open presents on Christmas morning -- and returned more than an hour later. The first couple did not swap presents, aides said. And the Obamas did not attend church services, instead spending the day at the oceanfront home they are renting in Kailua, on the island of Oahu......." Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415530/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:31:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415166/posts (Such a nice feel-good story here at Christmastime--aww....gee...but what about those missing kindergarten records from the Noelani Elementary School...) Retracing the footsteps of young Obama By John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent December 18, 2009 8:38 a.m. EST "Uncle Jack" Christensen takes tourists to some of the key sites in President Obama's early years. Students at school Obama attended said he inspires them to believe anything is possible Honolulu, Hawaii (CNN) -- Jack Christensen often walks away from the Baskin-Robbins with fewer followers than he had when he got there. "We lose some people in there," Christensen told us with... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415166/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:29:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415156/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415156/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:48:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415052/posts The Senate vote on final passage of health reform almost scuttled their plans, but it looks like the First Family will still make it to Hawaii for Christmas. They've had a whirlwind holiday season so far, starting with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, through hosting more than 50,000 people for 27 parties and open houses, and ending with a visit by the First Lady, Malia and Sasha, and the family's dog Bo, to deliver cookies to the Children's National Medical Center. The Obamas have also started their own holiday traditions in their new home, adding a Christmas wishing... Time via CNN.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415052/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:52:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414928/posts Imagine the outrage if any Republican President went on vacation during a recession and spent $4,000 a night on accommodations...... Newsbusters/ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414928/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:28:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415103/posts Obama not only rented this home, but the 2 next door...Inside the nearly $9 million dollar compound of the Obama's...He feels your pain...(Video) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415103/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414842/posts President Barack Obama left the cold weather and bitter politics of Washington, D.C. behind Thursday as he and the first family arrived on Oahu for a ten day Christmas vacation. The president, First Lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha boarded Air Force One in route to Oahu just a few hours after the U.S. Senate passed a healthcare overhaul bill 60-39 that failed to win a single republican vote.“The reform bill that passed the Senate this morning, like the House bill, includes the toughest measures ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable,” the president said before leaving... KHON http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414842/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:52:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414651/posts HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Now that the healthcare bill has passed both houses, president Obama and his family started their holiday vacation. The family left Andrews Air Force base this morning and they are expected to arrive at Hickam Air Force base this afternoon. But aides to the First Lady say Bo, the White House dog, is not accompanying the Obamas on their family vacation in Hawaii. The aides did not give a reason, but Hawaii has strict rules about dogs and pets entering the state and requires either a 120-day or 5-day-or-less rabies quarantine. The Obamas will be spending 11... Hawaiinewsnow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414651/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:18:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414503/posts The Senate vote on final passage of health reform almost scuttled their plans, but it looks like the First Family will still make it to Hawaii for Christmas. They've had a whirlwind holiday season so far, starting with the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, through hosting more than 50,000 people for 27 parties and open houses, and ending with a visit by the First Lady, Malia and Sasha, and the family's dog Bo, to deliver cookies to the Children's National Medical Center. The Obamas have also started their own holiday traditions in their new home, adding a Christmas wishing... Time http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414503/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414404/posts Health Care reform allowing, President Barack Obama will leave behind the detritus of legislative guerrilla warfare and a blizzard that froze the nation's capital to head for vacation. He is going home to the place he was born: Hawaii. The state remains proud of its native son, no matter how many national debates he may spark. Nevertheless, Obama will be coming home to a state struggling with the sour taste of recession. Although a forecast this month by University of Hawaii economists predicted that the new year will bring improvement, unemployment hovers at 7% and, for the all-important tourist... Time Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414404/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:14:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413591/posts US President Barack Obama is getting "sports stuff" for Christmas. But the president, an avid golfer and basketball player, will have to wait until December 25 to find out exactly what it is. First lady Michelle Obama gave the hint on Tuesday during a trip to the Children's National Medical Centre. She visited privately with young patients in the heart and kidney unit, then came downstairs to the atrium to read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas to dozens more. Daughters Malia, 11, and Sasha, 8, helped their mother deliver that dose of holiday cheer, along with family dog Bo, who... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2413591/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413555/posts With the Senate moving the Thursday Christmas Eve vote on the health care bill from the evening to 8 a.m., the White House announced Tuesday night that the First Family will depart for Honolulu on Thursday morning. President Obama had told radio host Tom Joyner on Monday that he did not want to leave Washington before the health care vote. Obama, answering Joyner's question about the Hawaii trip, said, "You know, it depends on how soon the Senate can make that last vote on health care. It may end up being Christmas Eve. But we are on the brink of... politicsdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413555/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406668/posts One of the most significant Christmas presents President Obama ever received was a basketball from the father who was largely absent from his life, the president told Oprah Winfrey. This and other Xmas revelations are part of "Christmas at the White House: An Oprah Primetime Special," set to air Sunday night on ABC at 10 p.m. ET. Asked his favorite Christmas gift as a child, the president recalled a 10 speed bike and then said, "I do remember the one time I met my father he was visiting during Christmas and he gave me a basketball and - the degree... ABC News Blogs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406668/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:16:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406273/posts Obamas Won't Celebrate Christmas A survey of adult Americans finds that an overwhelming majority prefer the seasonal expression "Merry Christmas." More than seven out of ten, in fact. Twenty-two percent, according to Rasmussen Reports, go for "Happy Holidays." However, the Obamas, who won't spend their first December holidays in the White House, apparently don't like either one. The Obamas have just mailed thousands of greeting cards that say simply, "Season's Greetings." They're cream-colored, maroon-bordered cards showing a gold wreath wrapped around the presidential coat of arms. The Obamas' card, paid for by the Democratic National Committee, makes no religious reference... THE OBAMA FILE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406273/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:26:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406164/posts KAILUA, Hawaii — Many in this upscale, oceanside suburb of Honolulu are expecting it to again serve as the holiday getaway for scores of reporters, photographers, federal agents-and one president. The White House hasn't formally announced that President Barack Obama and his family will be celebrating Christmas in Hawaii — or anywhere else — in part because the health care reform debate in Congress may delay his departure. Gov. Linda Lingle's office and Honolulu police also are remaining silent. But there are many behind-the-scenes indications that plans are being made, and Kailua is abuzz with anticipation, hoping for an economic... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406164/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:02:17 GMT