Posted on 12/22/2013 2:28:25 PM PST by kristinn
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The president, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, and first dogs Sunny and Bo hopped an overnight flight Friday aboard Air Force One to Honolulu, where they were whisked by motorcade to a beachside home in Kailua, a sleepy suburb with a five-mile stretch of beach popular among windsurfers and tourists.
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The president has no public events scheduled during his vacation, which is expected to last through Jan. 5. In previous years, frequent golf outings have accompanied trips to local restaurants and other island outings.
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Conditions seem ripe this year for a few weeks of interrupted family time. Obama did spend part of Saturday morning conferring with top national security aides about the situation in South Sudan, where U.S. military aircraft evacuating Americans from the violence-plagued African nation came under gunfire and had to divert to Uganda. The White House said four U.S. troops were injured in that incident.
Throughout his vacation Obama will continue to get regular briefings from advisers traveling with him, White House officials said. Obama and his supporters were hoping those routine updates wouldn't interfere with regular rounds of golf and family outings for shave ice, the Hawaii version of a snow cone.
"I don't want any interruptions. He deserves a vacation," Brian Pritchett, an assistant principal visiting from Mount Vernon, N.Y., said as he sipped a rum-infused drink dubbed the "Obama Mama" at a Honolulu hotel. "He puts in too many hours to not have his vacation with his family. I know that's what I would do."
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Did Reggie accompany the family on this vacation?
What kind of puff ball title story is this? Can anyone remember similar puff pieces written about George W?
This makes it sound like they were ALL ON ONE PLANE?
Is this a new austerity program?
I wonder where this idiot is getting this information from?
given his statement,
i believe we all, wherever we are , must be on the lookout for any false flag attack going on while he’s on vacation.
Unlike the many who face 2014 without health insurance, thanks to him.
I hope his wife nags him his whole vacation.
Eisenhower was wrong to bring in this 50th state; we would have better off with 49.
I think he'd look really good wearing this around his neck.
10:30 am - state dept briefing
1:00 pm - photo op & lunch w/ PM of Cloud CooCoo Land
2:30 - fundraiser at State Plaza Hotel
This bastard has got the easiest gig in the nation, given the perks.
Yeah, I feel for the US taxpayer—we’re the one’s paying for his vacation.
a hole-in-one or bust !!!
LOL! He and Slick Willie are the only two presidents I can remember who proudly admit that the only way they know what is going on within their regime is to watch FOX news.
Obama and his supporters were hoping those routine updates wouldn’t interfere with regular rounds of golf and family outings for shave ice, the Hawaii version of a snow cone.
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oh noez
Imagine the unfairness if some crisis were to accrue in our country that would distract him for even a moment from his regular scheduled vaca plans
This makes it sound like they were ALL ON ONE PLANE?
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silly...
Michelle’s clothes went on the other...
This makes it sound like they were ALL ON ONE PLANE?
Is this a new austerity program?
Seriously, both dogs on the same plane? And with their owners?? Rough life.
Trouble free?
Seriously?
Trouble free is not having to find a job (even part-time, which is all there is now).
Trouble free is not having to find health insurance, which he and his cronies don’t have to worry about.
Trouble free is not having to worry about keeping your job, with the cutbacks and down-sizing (due to Obamacare).
Trouble free is not having to worry about what the media is saying about you - having them all eating out of the palm of your hand is very....well, handy.
Trouble free is being able to spend all the money you want, on yourself and your entourage. Never a worry about the bill coming in.
This arrogant, pompous traitor should stay away. At least when he’s gone, America is temporarily trouble free.
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