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First Lady Says Americans Should Vacation on the Gulf Coast to Help Local Economy
ABCNews.com ^
| 07/12/2010
| Karen Travers and Matt Gutman
Posted on 07/12/2010 3:49:08 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
On her first trip to the Gulf Coast since the BP oil spill, First Lady Michelle Obama encouraged Americans to consider vacationing on the region’s beaches that have not been directly impacted by oil.
“It is vacation time. Folks are looking for things to do with their kids, and this would be a great opportunity to do a few things -- help this community, send a different message about the extent of the spill, and also think long term about how the rest of the country can help this economy and the folks down here,” Mrs. Obama said at the Panama City Welcome Center.
The Obama family will be taking a mini-vacation of their own this weekend, but instead of going to the Gulf Coast they are traveling to Maine’s Mount Desert Island, home of Acadia National Park.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: antiamerican; gulfcoast; hypocrites; obama; sill; transparent; vacation
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This is too rich.
To: OldDeckHand
Yeah, that’s the ticket. We all want to take baths in oil, benzine, methane, and corexit. Idiots.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:50:26 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: OldDeckHand
Near the racist Tea Party people?
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:50:27 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(OK, so what's the speed of dark?)
To: OldDeckHand
What a bunch of hypocrits!
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:50:42 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
(AZ Is DOING THE JOB The Feds Should Be Doing, ENFORCING The Southern Border! =^..^=)
To: OldDeckHand
Did she mention it’s Bush’s fault?
Hint for the clueless. Don’t take advice from a disbarred attorney.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:50:53 PM PDT
by
MIchaelTArchangel
(Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
To: OldDeckHand
...YEAH with all our spare cash....she’s just down there checking on her lobsters
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:11 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN....PLEASE donate, because it's the RIGHT thing to do)
To: OldDeckHand
Sorry, we are vacationing in Arizona.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:11 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
To: OldDeckHand
But I want to go to Maine! Besides, I only have $13.27 set aside for vacation.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:36 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
To: edcoil
And they’re going to Maine for their prevacation.
Do as I say...
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:36 PM PDT
by
benewton
To: OldDeckHand
While she vacations everywhere but the Gulf...
Perhaps the local roads are too narrow for her to traverse.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:57 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(If McCain is a Conservative, there are no Leftists. Not Teddy K., John K., George S., Russel F...)
To: OldDeckHand
OK, you first.
Cancel your Maine vacation and you and Zer0 enjoy a date night in NOLA, compliments of your BP Ripoff!
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:51:57 PM PDT
by
Noob1999
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: OldDeckHand
Did she take the kids down to the beach for a swim in a Gulf?
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:52:23 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: OldDeckHand
Yeah, just like her and doofus are going to do next week. Down there in all of the toxic gasses and stuff.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:52:44 PM PDT
by
dwg2
To: OldDeckHand
To: OldDeckHand
Was this comment made at the Summer White House on Martha’s Vineyard?
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:53:30 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
To: OldDeckHand
Hey, Aunt Esther ...
A Leader Goes FIRST!
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:53:34 PM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
To: OldDeckHand
Obama's: Do as I say, not as I do. (rinse and repeat)
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:53:47 PM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Anti-Gunners suffer from Factose Intolerance)
To: OldDeckHand
Is this to offset her hubbies destruction of jobs in the golf?
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:54:17 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: OldDeckHand
Dear Michelle and Barack,
No I think I'll vacation in Arizona to help their local economy. You know, the one you are trying to destroy.
Concerned citizen.
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posted on
07/12/2010 3:54:17 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
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