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As some call for bold strokes, Obama sticks with vacation plans
The Los Angeles Times ^ | August 10, 2011, 2:40 p.m. | Peter Nicholas

Posted on 08/10/2011 4:34:06 PM PDT by keat

When it comes to curbing unemployment, President Obama "will not rest" until everyone looking for a job can find one, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday.

A couple of hours later, the White House put out an announcement that the president will soon begin a nine-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard.

No one can credibly make the argument that Obama is loafing. He puts in the hours. But the trip is coming at a queasy moment for the economy and the markets. Stocks recorded another huge drop Wednesday, the third straight day of convulsive swings following Standard & Poor's announcement that it was downgrading America's credit rating. Unemployment remains high and the Federal Reserve on Tuesday presented a bleak picture of the overall economy.

So is this a good time for Obama to hole up on a tony Massachusetts island, playing golf with friends?

Some of his supporters believe the economic slowdown has reached a level of urgency that he should at least abbreviate the family trip, if not cancel it altogether.

"I think he can shorten his vacation and focus on this issue," said Peter Buttenwieser, a major Democratic donor who counts himself as an admirer of Obama. "If there were a real jobs summit and a jobs push, I would feel much better. We're not paying enough attention to jobs."

In recent days, some Democrats have also called upon Obama to take dramatic action: perhaps summoning congressional leaders back from their recess to develop a jobs package.

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Obama has resisted such steps. And he's not willing to give up his Martha's Vineyard trip, which has become an August ritual for the Obama family.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhofascism; bhoparty; bhovacation; bhovavation; democrats; nobama2012; obama; obamadepression; youpayforthis
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No one can credibly make the argument that Obama is loafing. He puts in the hours. [/hurl]

1 posted on 08/10/2011 4:34:12 PM PDT by keat
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To: keat

I say let him go, before he does even more damage to the economy.


2 posted on 08/10/2011 4:36:47 PM PDT by corlorde (NH)
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To: keat

Hell yes we can!


3 posted on 08/10/2011 4:39:45 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl

0bama has said we should not pay attention to the daily gyrations of the stock market. So he’s not concerned.


4 posted on 08/10/2011 4:41:41 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: keat

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! The liberals on nPR this morning were betting he would take a vacation but thought it would look horrible if he went to this elite place.


5 posted on 08/10/2011 4:45:40 PM PDT by therut
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To: therut

As astute as ever over there on NPR! I still want to know why he can’t just go to Camp David. Are’nt we already paying for that?


6 posted on 08/10/2011 4:47:41 PM PDT by madameguinot (Our Father's God to Thee, Author of Liberty)
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To: keat

You little people just keep working so you can pay your fair share. We need to infiltrate the mainstream media.


7 posted on 08/10/2011 4:47:47 PM PDT by No Socialist
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To: keat
A couple of hours later, the White House put out an announcement that the president will soon begin a nine-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard.

Where he will receive further instructions on what to do to damage this great Republic even more from Soros' messenger boys and his SEIU puppet masters.

8 posted on 08/10/2011 4:53:20 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: keat

“He puts in the hours”

I guess-—if you call constant campaigning “putting in hours”.


9 posted on 08/10/2011 5:06:40 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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10 posted on 08/10/2011 5:08:06 PM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: keat

Barack and Michell hangin’ out with Biff and Buffy at “The Vineyard”. What a sight!!!


11 posted on 08/10/2011 5:14:13 PM PDT by radioone (Capitalism does More with Less, Government does Less with MORE...)
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To: keat

He’s been partying and vacationing ever since he got elected. As President, he’s never seriously submitted a plan or budget for anything. He’s basically been a bystander and rubber stamp to the Pelosi/Reid rape of America. His speeches are campaign speeches laced with vague promises he never intends to honor. Without a teleprompter, he is lost. He has poisened relationships with our friends around the world and has encouraged our enemies to greater hostility. He has no moral compass. He has no respect for our Constitution, Democracy, or Capitalism. He is an unappologetic spender.


12 posted on 08/10/2011 5:18:07 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15.)
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To: keat

Heaven forbid, anything interfere with Obama’s real job and that is vacationing.


13 posted on 08/10/2011 5:21:41 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: radioone

They certainly do stick out there don’t they...at Martha’s Vineyard?


14 posted on 08/10/2011 5:29:36 PM PDT by jackieh
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To: keat

15 posted on 08/10/2011 5:44:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

He certainly looks gay in those photos.


16 posted on 08/10/2011 5:59:10 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: kcvl
WTF? Lost golf ball, or lost goof ball?

And why is he picking his nose?

17 posted on 08/10/2011 6:11:50 PM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy's not what it used to be.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks keat.
...the president will soon begin a nine-day vacation in Martha's Vineyard
apropos of nothing...
18 posted on 08/10/2011 7:33:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

A nine-day vacation? Can he make it nine years? Please?


19 posted on 08/11/2011 5:23:59 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: keat

Do they serve peas in Massachusetts?


20 posted on 08/11/2011 8:35:20 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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