Posted on 07/10/2010 4:21:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
BANGOR, Maine — The first family will spend next weekend vacationing on Mount Desert Island, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree.
President Barack Obama and his family are scheduled to arrive Friday, July 16, and stay through Sunday, July 18.
Information about where the family would stay and the sights they might take in while visiting Maine was not available Friday night. The visit is a personal family vacation and no public appearances are scheduled, Pingree said.
“What an honor that the Obama family has chosen Maine for vacation when they could have gone anywhere in the country,” she said. “I think the Obamas will really enjoy the quiet woods, beautiful coast, wonderful people and everything else that brings thousands of families here every year.”
While White House officials were mum about where on the island the first family would stay, Obama has political connections on MDI. George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace, owns a home in Seal Harbor. Mitchell and his wife, Heather, have two children, Andrew, 12, and Claire, 9. The Obama children, Malia and Sasha, are 12 and 9, respectively.
Last August, the first family visited Yellowstone National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. The Obamas also spent time on Martha’s Vineyard in August 2009.
Information about whether the family would arrive in Air Force One, the presidential jet, was not available. Neither the Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton nor the Portland International Jetport has runways long enough to accommodate the Boeing 747.
Air Force One could land at Bangor International Airport and the Obamas could take a helicopter to the airport in Trenton, then take a motorcade to MDI. Last summer, Air Force One landed on Cape Cod, the family took a helicopter to Martha’s Vineyard, then rode in a motorcade to the 28-acre compound where they stayed.
The oil leak must have been fixed. Zero said he wasn’t going to rest until then, and I’m assuming he is going to rest on this vacation.
Hey, someone needs to make one of those US maps that show which state you have visited, but for zero, it would show which states he’s golfed in.
She’s probably gonna get smashed on our dime too....lol.
What an embarrassment to our country.
The real purpose of this trip is to ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
George Mitchell has children 12 and 9?????????????????
Who does he think he is? Strom Thurmond ???
Or running to Dubya for help?
Man-child, Dhimmi, cretin.
Instead of just another weekend vacation, I say we let him take the rest of the year off. Even better than that, I say we just let him take off for good.
He leaves because for him, the White Hut is haunted. The ghosts of presidents past taunt him at every opportunity, reminding the One that he's nothing but a disposable usurper, a pseudopotus who has no business in their presence.
That grates on him so he is fleeing to a sanctuary of ice cream cones, lobster rolls, and puffins. May the bites of ten thousand "no-see-ums" infest the crotch of the POTUS.
And all the people shall answer and say, Ayuh.
Ayuh!
Yep and she'll get snockered on the most expensive foreign booze she can't pronounce...lol.
Yes, he's at least that, but advanced age didn't stop the old buzzard! He's just like Larry King.
LOL, and what her clothes are going to reveal? Obummer.
Liz, I'm guessing you haven't seen Redford recently....LOL.
Shudder! She needs to get a three way mirror so she can see what WE have to look at when she turns around.
The comment section is now removed. Bangor Daily News is full of lies.
Yeah, but Redford looks dried up today because of all that smoldering when he was a matinee idol (/snix).
If Zero stays with George Mitchell there’ll be two secret muzzies under the same roof...
I’ll bet he rented the most expensive place available ;-)
Go Doc!!
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