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[Nonno]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Those awful Republicans! Even FOX News doesn't like them!

I hope this isn't indicative of how thin-skinned I've always said Obama is. Who in the world thinks a man who wants to be President gets time off from criticism when he goes on vacation? I've read long harangues about Bush going on vacation where a closer look would reveal they were "working vacations" - they may have been in Crawford, but he was at work.

I guess cleaning brush on the ranch could be considered a "working vacation".

[tiny_dancer33]

Originally Posted by This_person

Somehow I wonder if they're still on speaking terms.......

From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin (gosh, I love saying Honolulu out loud):

...[sic]Sen. Barack Obama's first stop on his Hawaii vacation was a visit to his grandmother's Makiki apartment, where he also lived during his youth."

So I guess they are. Unless he was stopping to like, egg her house or something. Which the news would probably have covered.

[vraiblonde]

Originally Posted by Nonno

I guess cleaning brush on the ranch could be considered a "working vacation".

Your ignorance should embarrass you, but I see that it doesn't. Instead of getting your talking points from the ABB/BDS chatroom, why don't you try actually reading the news for yourself?

[This_person]

Originally Posted by tiny_dancer33

From the Honolulu Star-Bulletin (gosh, I love saying Honolulu out loud):



So I guess they are. Unless he was stopping to like, egg her house or something. Which the news would probably have covered.

More likely to get a verbal whooping!

[Nonno]

Originally Posted by vraiblonde

Your ignorance should embarrass you, but I see that it doesn't. Instead of getting your talking points from the ABB/BDS chatroom, why don't you try actually reading the news for yourself?

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[SamSpade]

Clipped from a previous post of my own:

This is a distortion of the famous myth regarding Bush prior to 9/11. And it's simply not true. In fact, it's widely mentioned that the month before the attack, Bush was "vacationing" at his ranch in Texas - but even a glance at his agenda for the first two weeks shows what anyone who isn't purposefully prejudiced against him knows that like most Presidents, "vacations" are largely working ones:

August 1, 2001: Nominated six US Attorneys, two judges for affirmation by Congress. Placed phone calls to PM Blair and Ahern to discuss matters between Britain and Northern Ireland. President announces an agreement on the Patients Bill of Rights President addresses National Urban League Conference
August 2, 2001: President meets with House and Senate education leaders.
August 3, 2001: Placed six more nominations for US Attorneys. President speaks to press at meeting to discuss his first six months in office and the agenda for the future. President attends a ceremony in East Room honoring Lance Armstrong.
August 4, 2001: President.s Radio Address
August 7, 2001: Press conference in Waco, TX with pool of reporters.
August 8, 2001: President helps build a home with Habitat For Humanity, then addresses the group on faith-based and community initiatives.
August 9, 2001: Addressed the nation on stem-cell research.
August 10, 2001: Announces nomination of two US Ambassadors. August 11, 2001: President.s Radio Address
August 13, 2001: Presidential Ceremony to sign the Agriculture Supplemental Bill. President holds two press conferences with traveling White House pool.

See, now maybe on your vacations you sit around the pool or beach and sunbathe. Typically, Presidents don't get to do a lot of that.

The President was in Texas from August 7-13 and 21-25. The rest of the month was spent traveling to New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri and then back to Washington at the end of the month. A review of the White House news archive for August 2001 shows this month to be anything but a .vacation.


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You know, just go to White House on the web......

[Baja28]

Originally Posted by Pete

I love it how the DIAF hypocrites who bring to you hours of reading enjoyment linking every nasty vile post or article by jerk off bloggers about republicans fall to the floor in convulsions when Obama is not properly depicted with his halo on.

Calm down there spanky after all, they left Bush alone while he was in Chin.......... crap.


Nevermind.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by nhboy

"s Barack, Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama and 14 of their friends and family took off for Hawaii Friday morning, the RNC found a way to take a swipe at the candidate’s energy policy - even as he takes a break from the campaign trail."

RNC on Obama’s Hawaiian Vacation « FOX Embeds « FOXNews.com

Originally Posted by Fixed News

“In addition to plenty of beaches and sun, Barack Obama will see some of the highest gas prices in the country when he vacations in Hawaii,” RNC spokesman Alex Conant wrote in an email to reporters. “Obama deserves a break from the campaign trail, just like Americans deserve a break from high gas prices. Obama’s opposition to offshore drilling will only make it harder for Americans to afford their own family vacations.”

That's a valid point.

Obama goes to Hawaii, sees gas prices and is just gonna sip away at a tall mojito while enjoying his view of the hula dancers on the Pacific Ocean. Meanwhile, some of us are unable to afford to take distant vacations because of gas prices. And what do we get? "I'll consider" an up or down vote on Offshore Drilling.

#### considering. DO IT ALREADY! And if Nancy Pelosi's so concerned about "it's not gonna make a short term" difference, maybe she ought to come up with an idea to bring down gas prices now.

Right now, all I'm seeing is Bush coming up with ideas and the Democrats saying it's not going to help now.

IF YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER, MRS. PELOSI, DO IT ALREADY. OTHERWISE, PUT UP OR SHUT THE HELL UP!

I'm sick and tired of this do-nothing Congress and their mindless #####ing and endless bickering!

And if this ad upsets Obama, well, boo ####in' hoo. Like I give a damn, it's politics. If you've got feathers on your legs or butt, drop out of the election and get the hell out of politics. In the words of Dale Earnhardt, "put a kerosene rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up there and eat your candy ass!"

I don't get a month long vacation like these clowns do. And they don't deserve a frickin' vacation as far as I'm concerned. Hell, I'm a taxpayer and voter, WE ARE THEIR EMPLOYERS!

I can't even afford a week long vacation.

The RNC has a very valid point.

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Originally Posted by SamSpade

Clipped from a previous post of my own:

This is a distortion of the famous myth regarding Bush prior to 9/11. And it's simply not true. In fact, it's widely mentioned that the month before the attack, Bush was "vacationing" at his ranch in Texas - but even a glance at his agenda for the first two weeks shows what anyone who isn't purposefully prejudiced against him knows that like most Presidents, "vacations" are largely working ones:

August 1, 2001: Nominated six US Attorneys, two judges for affirmation by Congress. Placed phone calls to PM Blair and Ahern to discuss matters between Britain and Northern Ireland. President announces an agreement on the Patients Bill of Rights President addresses National Urban League Conference
August 2, 2001: President meets with House and Senate education leaders.
August 3, 2001: Placed six more nominations for US Attorneys. President speaks to press at meeting to discuss his first six months in office and the agenda for the future. President attends a ceremony in East Room honoring Lance Armstrong.
August 4, 2001: President.s Radio Address
August 7, 2001: Press conference in Waco, TX with pool of reporters.
August 8, 2001: President helps build a home with Habitat For Humanity, then addresses the group on faith-based and community initiatives.
August 9, 2001: Addressed the nation on stem-cell research.
August 10, 2001: Announces nomination of two US Ambassadors. August 11, 2001: President.s Radio Address
August 13, 2001: Presidential Ceremony to sign the Agriculture Supplemental Bill. President holds two press conferences with traveling White House pool.

See, now maybe on your vacations you sit around the pool or beach and sunbathe. Typically, Presidents don't get to do a lot of that.

The President was in Texas from August 7-13 and 21-25. The rest of the month was spent traveling to New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, Missouri and then back to Washington at the end of the month. A review of the White House news archive for August 2001 shows this month to be anything but a .vacation.


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You know, just go to White House on the web......

What date was the blackout of 2003? August 14th?

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

I think Dubya should call them back from their vacation and make them give an up or down vote on lifting the Legislative Offshore Drilling Ban. Make them do their job for once. What the hell does Bush have to lose? He's leaving office anyways.

They've had half of January, February, March, April, May, June and July to get shiat done and they haven't done a damn thing. What the hell do they do up in Congress all day? Gather to eat corn dogs, watcing "Rocko's Modern Life" while holding hands in a circle singing Kumbaya?