Posted on 03/07/2014 5:24:07 PM PST by Sub-Driver
March 07, 2014, 02:16 pm WH defends Obama's Key Largo vacation
By Justin Sink
White House spokesman Josh Earnest defended President Obama's weekend vacation in Key Largo, despite the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, arguing Obama would be able to monitor events from Florida.
What the president will be doing this weekend in Florida is essentially what the president would be doing back at the White House. It's just that the weather will be a little warmer, Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One.
The president is looking forward to spending some time with his wife and daughters, who are traveling down to Florida as well, he continued. There are some recreational amenities on the property, including workout facilities, tennis courts, a couple of golf courses.
If there is an opportunity for the president to enjoy some of those amenities, then he'll do that. What he will do, and what he is looking forward to doing, is getting a little downtime in the warm weather with his wife and daughters.
Earlier this week, there was speculation the president could scrap the trip his third vacation of the year because of the crisis. But Earnest downplayed the suggestion, saying deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken is traveling to Florida with Obama, along with the regular assortment of communication tools allowing the president to attend secure briefings.
We have complete confidence the president can handle all the responsibilities he has," Earnest said.
The White House spokesman also said it was not unusual for the president, vice president, secretary of State and national security adviser to all be out of the nation's capital. John Kerry and Susan Rice are traveling on business, while Vice President Biden is visiting the Virgin Islands for his second vacation there in three months.
Most of the people you described have as their job description traveling overseas to represent the interests of the United States. I wouldnt be surprised if this is a fairly regular occurrence," Earnest said.
Priceless........
“What he will do, and what he is looking forward to doing, is getting a little downtime in the warm weather with his wife and daughters.
To get downtime don’t you have to have had some uptime?
Not if you’re special.
Obviously, you don’t understand how hard it is being Barack Hussein Obama...the weight of his brilliance is sometimes hard even for him to bear. The Won can barely stagger from vacation to vacation.
Whatever gets the Man-Child out of the way of the Grownups screwing up America (Jarrett, Kerry, Reid, Pelosi, Schumer).
Yeah, not a damn thing worthwhile.
The most worthless president in history goes on yet another expensive vacation .....
An accidental truth uttered by an Obamabot. He will do nothing useful in either locale, or any locale.
what he is looking forward to doing, is getting a little downtime in the warm weather with his wife and daughters.
He hasn't worked 30 straight minutes in 5 years now, including during or after Benghazi, or during the Bin Laden hoax.
...except Obama
It’s the old “fight or run” survival thingy.
The stinky turd on a stick just can’t handle the beating that Putin is putting on him on the international front. He doesn’t have the gonads for “fight”, so he “runs”, as usual.
on the other hand, he may not do any damage, which we can be thankful for. And it’s another few days closer to the day when he chooms on out of the White Hut for good.
Bingo, we have winner!
On my next trip, I plan to visit Ernest Hemingway's house.
Oh! Obama? Let's send him further south; like Gitmo or something.
“To get downtime dont you have to have had some uptime?
You capitalist pig! This Man-God is above concepts such as “uptime” and “worktime.”
That is 3 vacations more than I had in the past 4 years.
And the gravy train continues to roll on...
Oddly..after all these years....five for obama... I have yet to hear anything in terms of Cease and Desist....relative to my mean spirited parodies.
I guess as long as Im not selling em on Cafe Press or elsewhere Im safe...
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