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Escaping the Great White Jail; Perils of a Presidential Vacation
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/ ^ | July 16, 2010 | 7:11 PM ET

Posted on 07/16/2010 4:57:53 PM PDT by Lucky9teen

Every president needs to escape what former President Harry Truman called the "great white jail" and what former President Andrew Jackson referred to as "dignified slavery." But for President Obama and some of his more recent predecessors, getting out of the White House has come at a cost.

The on-going BP oil spill and unemployment numbers that are still at 9.5%, have made Obama and his vacations a target. The crisis in the Gulf has dogged Mr. Obama during two long weekend trips away from Washington - one to Asheville, N.C., and another back to his Chicago home for Memorial Day. Nonetheless, even before the oil well was capped off Thursday, plans were being made for the first family to enjoy another mini-vacation, this time in the coastal Maine town of Bar Harbor. The decision to head north is a choice not been lost on some, especially when the president and first lady have has encouraged Americans to travel south to Florida and other tourist starved areas along the Gulf of Mexico. Scott Stanzel, former Deputy Press Secretary for President George W. Bush, told Fox News, "at a time he could be setting an example...he has chosen not to do that."

But Presidential historian Doug Wead says every president is on the clock, even during a vacation, and that time is not really personal. "There's nothing really private. So where a president takes his vacation and what scenes are shown to the public, all of that is thoroughly thought through," Wead said in an interview with Goler.

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KEYWORDS: escaping; great; greatwhitejail; jail; nowork; obama; perils; president; presidential; vacation; white; whitehouse

1 posted on 07/16/2010 4:57:58 PM PDT by Lucky9teen
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To: Lucky9teen

Sooooo, we are paying for VALERIE JARRETT”S VACATION ALSO????


2 posted on 07/16/2010 4:59:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

LOL

We’re paying for dozens, if not hundreds, of staff, servants, security, and sycophants.


3 posted on 07/16/2010 5:01:39 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Lucky9teen
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.

We can only wish!

4 posted on 07/16/2010 5:01:57 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Ann Archy

I think that is The First Mother In Law.


5 posted on 07/16/2010 5:03:40 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Lucky9teen
But Presidential historian Dill Weed says every president is on the clock, even during a vacation, and that time is not really personal. "There's nothing really private. So where a president takes his vacation and what scenes are shown to the public, all of that is thoroughly thought through,"

I'm sure that he held the same view when George Bush was taking time off to go to his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Sure.

6 posted on 07/16/2010 5:04:29 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: Red_Devil 232

No...its Valerie Jarrett. The MIL is probably there also.


7 posted on 07/16/2010 5:09:21 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Lucky9teen

Obama’s grin appears to be forced, bet he is saying “give me a moments peace...

Crackers.”


8 posted on 07/16/2010 5:12:38 PM PDT by Molon Labbie
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To: Lucky9teen

It’s tough being in that White jail, what with recreation walks every day to the Golf Course and little trips to Camp David and a personal airplane with people who are paid to treat you like a King, Travel all around the world, Yeah it’s tough

I should have it so rough.


9 posted on 07/16/2010 5:14:41 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Lucky9teen

This is a Joke .


10 posted on 07/16/2010 5:16:56 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: Cheetahcat
Venturer wrote: ...It’s tough being in that White jail, what with recreation walks every day to the Golf Course and little trips to Camp David and a personal airplane with people who are paid to treat you like a King, Travel all around the world, Yeah it’s tough

This is a Joke.


I agree with that

11 posted on 07/16/2010 5:31:46 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: Ann Archy

What about Auntie Zeituni? Did they pick her up along the way?


12 posted on 07/16/2010 5:42:53 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Obama suffers from decision-deficit disorder." Oliver North 6/25/10)
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