I don’t begrudge Barry his time on the Vineyard, but I did find the segment BILLO did on how the reaction of those who live there has changed over the past 3 years.  iit’s decidedly more negative this year. Much like the sentiment of the rest of the country. 

Mail Online, By Tamara Abraham
24th August 2011

“White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.

The First Lady is believed to have taken 42 days of holiday in the past year, including a $375,000 break in Spain and a four-day ski trip to Vail, Colorado, where she spent $2,000 a night on a suite at the Sebastian hotel.

And the first family’s nine-day stay in Martha’s Vineyard is also proving costly, with rental of the Blue Heron Farm property alone costing an estimated $50,000 a week.

The source continued: ‘Michelle also enjoys drinking expensive booze during her trips. She favours martinis with top-shelf vodka and has a taste for rich sparking wines.

‘The vacations are totally Michelle’s idea. She’s like a junkie. She can’t schedule enough getaways, and she lives from one to the next – all the while sticking it to hardworking Americans.’”

Let’s hope Obama remains on vacation for the rest of his term. How much harm can he do on a golf course?

Mrs. Obama has the next six vacations all lined up , anyway :

The Obamas’ summer break in Martha’s Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.
But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.
White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S.
taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html#ixzz1VyIEbh6o

I’m more interested in seeing what happens early next week after Irene causes massive problems in the northeast.That could be very telling from a standpoint of how connected he is and how functional his administration really is.Irene could be Katrina like and that will test this President as well as bring comparisons to past Presidents and events.

Will we get another “Heckuva job Brownie” moment?

let him have his vacation. The less he is at the white house the less he will mess up the country! I rather have him just have his parties,play golf maybe he could go back to being a community organizer and maybe call his old buddies up that he stated shaped his life… like the American hating minister.

Maybe now, Michelle is proud to be an American.

I don’t care about Obama’s vacation but man o manischewitz this new jobs plan of his better be spectacular after all this waiting and buildup.

The last thing that President Downgrade needs is to disappoint the public again.

Exactly! Republicans are stupid for criticizing Obama taking a vacation. What would they rather have him do? Give a speech every day attacking businessmen, job creators and the economy at large? Damn, Republicans don’t think much these days.

Hey Tommy,
Next briefing, can you ask them to respond to this statement Barry made back in 2009:

“The problem is, is that the way Bush has done it over the last eight
years is to take out a credit card from the Bank of China in the name
of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion dollars
for the first 42 presidents — number 43 added $4 trillion dollars by his
lonesome, so that we now have over $9 trillion dollars of debt that we
are going to have to pay back — $30,000 for every man, woman and child,”
Obama said on July 3, 2008, at a campaign event in Fargo, N.D.

“That’s irresponsible. It’s unpatriotic,” said candidate Obama.
 

I’d love their thoughts.

10 MILLION!!?!!

Blowback for BHO continues. The MSM always lampooned W for his vacations at the ranch, so hard for the other media not to apply the same standard to BHO for his time spent with them “poor folk”  in Kennedyland”.
The optics to suck….but that is not obvious to our “dear leader” and his gaggle of  sychopants.   

There’s really nothing a President can do about an earthquake.

I’m a Republican and I know that at this point in George W. Bush’s presidency he had taken far more working vacations than Obama.

The current President, whom I will never call names because it’d be disrespectful, has aides with him and he has phones with him. Let him take this vacation to recharge his batteries.

We should encourage our incompetent community organizer to take a permanent vacation!!

To be fair, the President, the Democrats, the Republicans and the Tea Party all deserve the blame for the downgrade, but, nonetheless, Obama’s “new” job plan has already started to leak as the same ol’ garbage: Keep as many Americans on unemployment checks as possible, more spending to pay off State Government debt, more stimulus for schools, teachers, postal workers, etc. It’s going to be the same problem as last time: Too much “Government” spending and nothing really targeted at the private sector. 

Obama’s policies have the same problem as Bush’s “Tax Cuts”: They might have helped, but the uncertainly attached didn’t help in the long-term. Remember, when Bush passed his tax-cuts, the tax-code, regulatory field and business climate as a whole was still pretty liberal compared to other countries. On top of that, Bush’s tax-cuts did not force job creators to create the jobs specifically in America, which is why we didn’t see as much job growth as we did during the Reagan years. Bush didn’t implement his policies properly, and without reassuring the markets and the private sector, Obama’s economic policies won’t have much success, either.

To be fair, the President, the Democrats, the Republicans and the Tea Party all deserve the blame for the downgrade, but, nonetheless, Obama’s “new” job plan has already started to leak as the same ol’ garbage: Keep as many Americans on unemployment checks as possible, more spending to pay off State Government debt, more stimulus for schools, teachers, postal workers, etc. It’s going to be the same problem as last time: Too much “Government” spending and nothing really targeted at the private sector. 

Obama’s policies have the same problem as Bush’s “Tax Cuts”: They might have helped, but the uncertainly attached didn’t help in the long-term. Remember, when Bush passed his tax-cuts, the tax-code, regulatory field and business climate as a whole was still pretty liberal compared to other countries. On top of that, Bush’s tax-cuts did not force job creators to create the jobs specifically in America, which is why we didn’t see as much job growth as we did during the Reagan years. Bush didn’t implement his policies properly, and without reassuring the markets and the private sector, Obama’s economic policies won’t have much success, either.

Thank you. One sensible Republican/Conservative on this site. If people on our side focused as much energy on policy as they do on personal attacks, Obama’s support would probably be lower. Everyone knows Bush vacationed every chance he got, and that was with two wars going on, even though unemployment was fairly low.

Good.  He should stay on the golf course, especially during electrical storms.

Obama doesn’t feel anything that is happening in America.

So on the one hand you are praising Josh, but on the other hand taking a swipe at Bush.  I suppose you don’t see the irony in that.

“President Did Not Feel Earthquake”

Does he feel his polls numbers about to dip into the 30′s?

“President Did Not Feel Earthquake”

Does he feel his polls numbers about to dip into the 30′s?

as a wartime Commander in Chief, Bush needed rest. There were some heavy fighting going on in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

I’m sorry if it sounded like I was taking a swipe at Bush, but I didn’t criticize President Bush personally for taking many vacations; I was just pointing out that as bad as it looks for Obama to take a vacation, it looked bad for Bush, as well, during the middle of two wars. I don’t care if the President, whoever it is, takes a vacation every once and a while, since being the President is the worst job in the world. 

Maybe that sounds ironic to you, Michelle, but the real irony is how the President of the United States is often referred to as the “Leader of the Free World” yet, the President has the least amount of freedom among the entire American population.

I’m sorry if it sounded like I was taking a swipe at Bush, but I didn’t criticize President Bush personally for taking many vacations; I was just pointing out that as bad as it looks for Obama to take a vacation, it looked bad for Bush, as well, during the middle of two wars. I don’t care if the President, whoever it is, takes a vacation every once and a while, since being the President is the worst job in the world. 

Maybe that sounds ironic to you, Michelle, but the real irony is how the President of the United States is often referred to as the “Leader of the Free World” yet, the President has the least amount of freedom among the entire American population.

I also thank you. There are so many hysterics on this site who simply bash Obama without even thinking that it’s nice to read a comment from someone who may disagree with the president but doesn’t have to rip him apart for effect. I was equally supportive of Bush’s right to take vacations and I would hope others would extend Obama the same courtesy.

I’ll bet Irene won’t be nearly as harmless as the media loves to hope it would. They always do this with natural disasters, whether they’re wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. Actually, Joplin, MO was really hit badly and the media just packed up and left after a few days.

That’s the first time you’ve ever passed up an opportunity to take a nasty swipe at Obama. You’re maturing, Michelle. You may yet grow up to be a decent, well-adjusted human being.

I wonder if Tommy will do a story on Michelle and her spending habits.   It’s on drudge and it’s interesting.  “Let them eat baloney” while Michelle nibbles on kobe beef and the finest wines and vodka.  This woman truly feels that she is “to the manor born”.  lol

Who knew?

yah but he’s probably waving a one iron and as Trevino said “even God can’t hit a 1 iron”.  lol (sorry – just reminded me of that silly saying)

Lets face it libs Barack & Michelle know in their heart of hearts it’s over, finite. So their going to enjoy it the best they can while both suffering  the effects of the constant diarrhea and projectile vomiting Barack’s latest poll numbers have brought on.

Not to mention these two losers want to rub it in us ” real ” American’s faces that their not giving into our demands…..translation…..the needs and vital security of our nation including national treasures ( buildings ) damaged, as well as the possibility of nuclear power plants in the area sustaining damage.

You can bet your last dollar ( that Obama hasn’t stolen yet ) that this ‘ oh so insignificant earthquake will be front & center when this jackazs gets back as being the reason for wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars, while at the same time his regime does everything in it’s ( criminal enterprise ) powers to stop or severely impede oil, gas, coal and nuclear projects. 

You’ll see libs….this quake is an Obama wet dream come true.

“So what, a President is never off” – Sean Hannity May 18, 2009

That quote was a response to Jesse Ventura making a comment that George W Bush took over 900 vacation days. but I get it, when a Republican President goes on vacation every other week its ok, its all part of the job, but god forbid a Democrat President goes on vacation..

I have a hunch Tommy is already working on Obama’s alibi, lol.

Why do I get a visual of her eating kobe beef cheeseburgers? lol!

She sure has come a long way since her college days in Princeton, hasn’t she?

Yes, and I’m glad he took his rest, as is Obama taking his. I’m just saying the “optics” were bad for both Presidents.

Mr. President:

Save a country – Have a Vacation.

Ed Henry asked about that quote today. Transcript should be up at WhiteHouse.gov in an hour or so.

It’s funny to see the Republicans try to out do each other on making up fake news stories.  

“The focus, this time, has been on the affluent surroundings, but such
complaints ignore the fact that the logistical requirements of a
presidential vacation would make any destination pricey. I shudder to
think about the modifications that would be necessary for the First
Family to inhabit the Jersey Shore apartment in Seaside.”

I normally agree with your logic, but in this case I do not, Tommy.  Don’t worry, I’m just as upset by this as I’m sure you are.  *sarcasm*

Anywho, yes, for all the accoutrements needed for his vacay, it is always pricey regardless, yes – highfalutin and affluent, not necessarily.  That’s what a Martha’s Vineyard vacation is, and it is not something that is attainable by many, certainly not the middle class.  Secondly, I challenge your Jersey Shore analogy, and say that 1) Seaside is not the definitive Jersey Shore, no matter what MTV tells you.  2) Seaside could be, despite all needed modifications, a heck of a lot more cost effective and ‘attainable’ a vacation.  And 3) LBI would be a much better alternative, and most certainly attainable, affordable, safe and welcoming.  It’s hard to look like you’re cracking down on the rich boys, insider club, when you go to hang at blue blood central.

Obama is so disconnected with the people of this country he doesn’t even feel the same earthquake that everyone else on the east coast did.  Probably lining up a long tee shot and couldn’t bother noticing.

Interesting points.  Too bad our leaders don’t have your degree of economic intelligence.  Same thing with TARP.  No requirement that the dough gets loaned out.  The media continually report low interest rates, but fail to add how difficult it is to get approved for a loan.  The movie “Too Big to Fail” made the point a lot more clearly than the media.

I’m not into micro-managing lenders, but when they’re given public money, that’s another matter.  These low paper interest rates just provide a good excuse not to lend when  banks are able to borrow at zero and then collect 3% on federal funds investments.  Nice gig.

And of course Democrats never complained at all when Bush was on vacation. lol

Well, Barry felt everything “shaking” but as always just assumed Moochie was coming down the stairs in search of a snack again.

Don’t forget thou, they feel for the middle class!

Obama and his wife took this job only to take from the American tax payers. Someone here post one thing that Obama has done to make this nation better. He even made race relations worse. So he probably knows that he’s a one term president so hey, go for it. Live it up on tax payers money. Michelle is so arrogant she could care less what we think.

Obama can’t AFFORD to cut short his vacation. He’s too busy fundraising.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-hobnobs-friends-marthas-vineyard/story?id=14371354“President Obama has spent part of his family vacation on Martha’s Vineyard away from his wife and daughters, schmoozing with friends on the golf course and at their private oceanfront homes.”
“His island entourage includes a mix of familiar faces and longtime confidantes, many of whom have ties to his native Chicago, and some deep-pocket donors eager to help him win another term.”"The presidential foursome on Saturday also included UBS Americas CEO Robert Wolf, a member of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and a major campaign donor. Wolf gave the maximum legal contribution to Obama in 2008 and again for 2012, Federal Election Commission records show.”"Off the course, Obama has spent time rubbing elbows with some of his most elite supporters, attending what the White House has described as two “informal receptions” hosted by his friends.”

“Ogletree one day earlier co-hosted a Democratic fundraiser – billed as “Voices for Obama” – at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs, where Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz gave the keynote address.”"On Saturday, Obama visited the home of Harvard University law professor Charles Ogletree, who taught both the President and First Lady in law school and regularly summers on the island, according to local press reports.”"Then on Sunday, Obama traveled to the West Tisbury mansion of Comcast CEO Brian and Aileen Roberts, where he spent more than an hour mingling at an intimate gathering.”
“Roberts, who oversees the nation’s largest video and internet company, serves on the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. While FEC records indicate Roberts has not yet contributed to the president’s reelection campaign, one of his Comcast colleagues – executive vice president David Cohen – is a top Obama fundraiser, bundling more than $500,000 for the 2012 campaign so far this year.”
“Cohen and his wife Rhonda also attended the Roberts reception, according to local media reports. The White House would not confirm the names of attendees, saying the event was private.”
“The president was not joined by the first lady or his daughters at either event.”The White House has dismissed the suggestion that the receptions involved fundraising.”I can state for you unequivocally that the events that the President attended over the last couple of evenings were purely social occasions,” White House deputy press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Monday.”

Funnier to see the Obots trying to defend the incompetent community organizer. They just can’t come to the realization that he is a complete failure!!

So he’s not allowed to fundraise? What’s your point? 

I think the Obamas are trying to cram as many expensive trips and trinkets into the next year and a half as they possibly can- they know the jig is up! When they leave the WH, Michelle will “purchase” as many UNDERVALUED foreign gifts as possible- like the pearls and diamonds from the Saudis, etc.

These people are nothing if not avaricious.

And, in actual fact, I don’t think either Michelle or Barack Obama would mind his losing the election, since his fortune is set for the future! He can sashay around pretending that he ISN’T the worst President in U.S. history and that he was “historic” in being the first half black President and a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He’ll start a foundation and build a library to himself at the University of Chicago and will do what’s REALLY important to the Obamas- MAKE A TON OF MONEY. 

I really don’t think either Obama will be unhappy to leave the White House- they’ll make MILLIONS and they won’t have constant scrutiny. They’ll just be unhappy at having to pay for things themselves, but they can run it all thought their Obama Foundation. Spending other people’s money is just so much more fun for them.

Some brave reporter has got to ask about Mrs. Obama ‘s vacations costing taxpayers $10 million just in the last year alone . This is serious . This must stop . Someone put the brakes her Moochiness and her 28 assistants and crazy spending . She’s not the Queen .

Libya DOES need a new tyrant!

I haven’t changed, you just make assumptions that aren’t accurate.  Believe it or not, most people find me absolutely delightful.  I can’t help it if the truth I’m compelled to tell about you libs is nasty. 

Great, I’ll check it out.  Bob Beckel just tried to spin it on The Five.  Funny stuff.

I thought these two sentences were perfectly clear.
“Obama can’t AFFORD to cut short his vacation. He’s too busy fundraising.”

I don’t begrudge any President taking time off.  With technology the way it is today, they can be anywhere and still be “plugged in”.  I feel that some of the issues with Obama is that we are “renting” his cottage in a very high priced area.  At least with both Bushes, they owned the properties they vacationed on . 

Still , Obama does need time away from Washington, you can see it in his hair, as it is getting grayer by the day, much like it did to George W. Bush. 

I don’t mind Obama taking time off, but I do think his wife has found her a “free ride” for a while and she is going to take advantage of it every chance she gets.  I’d bet that she is thinking her “free ride” is fixing to come to a screeching halt in 2012, so she is going to get as much as she can.

I lost all respect for her during the campaign of 2008, with her “I’m finally proud of my country” comment.  I thought then she needed to get her butt out of this country then because it helped her get where she was.

I think the main problem with this admin is that they are completely blind to perception.  Either they don’t get it or they just don’t care.

He blamed Bush, what a shocker!!  Come on TC, why do you jounOlists let him get away with that?  If you want to be taken serious, challenge him on his blatant hypocrisy.

With just a little over a year remaining in this clowns administration, him being anywhere but Washington would be great. Maybe Kenya is looking for a community organizer? And if we’re really lucky, he’ll take his Auntie’s welfare sucking ass with him!

With just a little over a year remaining in this clowns administration, him being anywhere but Washington would be great. Maybe Kenya is looking for a community organizer? And if we’re really lucky, he’ll take his Auntie’s welfare sucking ass with him!

Okay, Michelle, which picture is worse:

President sitting reading in front of kids, blank stare after being told something — planes crashing into WTC in a terrorist attack.

President on golf course during Earthquake that harmed no one.

I’m still amazed at the pansiness of the East Coasters from a wee little earthquake.  Heck, we had a 3.6 in the Bay Area last night.  Colorado had a few 5ers.

This should, however, prompt East Coasters to learn how many of their buildings are retrofit for future events.

Bush was always on vacation, BTW.  And the Crawford Cowboy has now retired into exclusive Dallas area.  And, no matter how you spin it, the President who took the most days off is GWB. 

What a relief.  I was worried the President wasn’t going to be able to get in his 87 rounds of golf this week.

Thank God The Emperor’s New Clothes is staying on vacation.

The less we see of him the better.

I would pay to keep him on vacation until he is forced to leave office in January 2013.

Thank God The Emperor’s New Clothes is staying on vacation.

The less we see of him the better.

I would pay to keep him on vacation until he is forced to leave office in January 2013.

Yep – it’s all fake.

It is a fake that he is busy playing golf while millions have no job, no food, no money.

It is fake that he spends most of his time blaming everyone for everything but somehow takes credit for things that don’t exist.

It is fake that he spends time flying around the country raising money from dimwitted sycophants like you.

Yep, it’s all fake.

I only wish it were fake.

I only wish Obama hadn’t been elected to the US Senate in 2004, which started the ball rolling on getting this cancer inserted into our White House.

I think it is a mixture of both.  Obama is an “elitist” in my opinion and he just doesn’t think about the common man unless he is giving a campaign speech.  The large majority of Obama’s cabinet are the same way, they attended “Ivy League” schools, so to them the “common American” is nothing at all. 

I didn’t vote for Obama, I preferred Hillary to McCain, but voted for McCain as the “lessor of two evils”, because I thought Obama’s track record was dismal at best.  I do hope though for a Republican candidate who can unite the people like Obama did in 2008.  I’m just not sure any of the current crop is cabable of that.

Yeah, he should’ve stood up and started screaming.  He was portraying calm for the children, moron.

Oh, allow me: Obambi, our Slappy In Chief, most certainly will fee the American voter earthquake a year from this November.

There: how’s that, Foxy?

Reagan spent 349 days on vacation during his presidency.  Nearly all at his Santa Monica ranch.

BushDrunk spent an amazing 490 days on vacation.  All at Crawford ranch.   Tis all history/fact.

Heaven for-bid.

Apparently Allah sent Barack to Martha’s Vineyard to keep him safe when he brought on the earthquake. Way to go Allah.

I hear Bali is nice in November.

Looks like Michelle is planning her next vacation.

“A White House spokesperson said it was ‘possible’ the president would stop in Australia ahead of a trip to Bali, but the schedule was yet to be confirmed.”

US president planning to visit Australia
http://www.skynews.com.au/politics/article.aspx?id=654385&vId=2658694&cId=Politics

I bet this will go over well right about now.