A Little Housekeeping at FR!
This is DAY 41 of the FReepathon! Please End it!
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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 ...
No one can credibly make the argument that Obama is loafing. He puts in the hours. [/hurl]
I say let him go, before he does even more damage to the economy.
Hell yes we can!
0bama has said we should not pay attention to the daily gyrations of the stock market. So he’s not concerned.
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.
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?
You little people just keep working so you can pay your fair share. We need to infiltrate the mainstream media.
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.
“He puts in the hours”
I guess-—if you call constant campaigning “putting in hours”.
Barack and Michell hangin’ out with Biff and Buffy at “The Vineyard”. What a sight!!!
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.
Heaven forbid, anything interfere with Obama’s real job and that is vacationing.
They certainly do stick out there don’t they...at Martha’s Vineyard?
He certainly looks gay in those photos.
WTF? Lost golf ball, or lost goof ball? And why is he picking his nose?
...the president will soon begin a nine-day vacation in Martha's Vineyardapropos of nothing...
A nine-day vacation? Can he make it nine years? Please?
Do they serve peas in Massachusetts?
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