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Obama ends Hawaiian holiday, returns to Washington
AP News ^ | 1-4-2010 | PHILIP ELLIOTT

Posted on 01/04/2010 7:14:25 AM PST by Paul46360

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To: KC_Conspirator

I think it’s turning even his milder supporters off. It’s disgusting. What a hypocrite. Share the wealth indeed.


41 posted on 01/04/2010 8:01:02 AM PST by toddausauras
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To: JoanneSD

Right, no matter that is a cold winter, turn up the heat so MO can show off her arms. They aren’t paying the heating bills at the WH, we are.


42 posted on 01/04/2010 8:02:15 AM PST by Ditter
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To: NCC-1701

WTH is he carrying?


43 posted on 01/04/2010 8:10:18 AM PST by jughandle ("..we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration"-HRC)
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To: Paul46360
President Barack Obama ended a Hawaiian vacation to return Monday to the Washington he never really escaped. Could this have ever been written by the AP in, say, 2005? Let's try it out.

President Bush ended a Crawford, Texas vacation to return Monday to the Washington he never really escaped.

Hmm, makes Bush sound so dedicated and so darned busy. So no, instead it would have been written thusly.

President Bush ended an extended vacation to return Monday to the Washington amongst charges from critics that he has his priorities wrong in these times of war and economic uncertainty.

But there's no bias, no siree!

44 posted on 01/04/2010 8:15:31 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: Paul46360
being on call and ready 24/7 goes with the job. In fact the same is true for the CEO of any business, military organization or govt. entity.

As he and his minions have had no such experience, they wouldn't know.

45 posted on 01/04/2010 8:18:25 AM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Paul46360

Can anyone remember such empathetic articles for President Bush? What a bunch of scum bag liberal hypocrites.


46 posted on 01/04/2010 8:27:22 AM PST by Wpin (I do not regret my admiration for W)
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To: Wpin

My sentiments exactly. The double standard is blatant.


47 posted on 01/04/2010 8:54:53 AM PST by jdsteel (CONGRESS: Take it again in twenty ten.)
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To: TornadoAlley3

That article has a lot of interesting information that I had never heard about before about some presidents.


48 posted on 01/04/2010 9:04:35 AM PST by Albertafriend
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To: Paul46360

President Bush spent a lot of time at his ranch in Crawford, but didn’t they refer to that as “the western White House”. For starters, it was his HOME - not a vacation spot. He worked his ranch while attending to his job as President. The media hated being there in the summer.


49 posted on 01/04/2010 9:22:06 AM PST by indubitably
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To: Paul46360

” So even though Obama wore casual slacks on New Year’s Day when he took his daughters to see a 3-D version of the film “Avatar,” that BlackBerry on his belt wasn’t for fashion.
For a wartime president who dodged dealing with a terrorist attack on Christmas, “

Three hours after the attack-Barry was one of the last Americans to be informed.
Dec 25 , 2009
“ White House spokesman Bill Burton said Friday that Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, was informed of the incident about three hours after the plane landed.”

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C874339F-18FE-70B2-A893CEDA7EB41098

And he was soooo alarmed-after 15 minutes of “ briefing “ ( a White House euphemism for smoking) -he left for the gym.

“ He drew questions about his level of involvement by not getting his first briefing on the incident until two hours ( the White House said it was really 3 hours )
after it was all over -
and then only for 15 minutes,
when he departed for the gym. “

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091229/D9CT6TE80.html

And under the heading of you can’t make this up:
“ Between golf outings, he phoned his homeland security secretary and counterterrorism adviser for regular updates.”
“ Rather than restaurant recommendations, the president was handed thrice-daily updates from the White House Situation Room. “
Handed doesn’t mean he read them.
And the White House Situation Room -Axelrod ? Emanuel ? Rev Wright ? Soros ?
was calling the shots.
Not Goofy and his snorkel.


50 posted on 01/04/2010 9:28:41 AM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: Paul46360

I remember very clearly President Obama begging America to give him that job in Washington. If he didn’t want it, he shouldn’t have asked us. If he has second thought, please please resign.


51 posted on 01/04/2010 9:38:28 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Paul46360

Would this story ever be written about a Republican President? Hell no.


52 posted on 01/04/2010 9:40:54 AM PST by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: a fool in paradise

Don’t most President go on TV Christmas Day and wish America a wonderful Christmas?

I do not remember him doing this. It took him 3 days to acknowledge the Christmas bomber as well.


53 posted on 01/04/2010 9:41:05 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: toddausauras

Actually with the No-Fly zone it was nearly half the island.


54 posted on 01/04/2010 9:41:58 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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