Posted on 12/03/2011 4:36:12 AM PST by sunmars
While most Americans are lucky to get a few weeks of holiday every year, it seems the country’s leader gets a little more freedom in the matter.
President Barack Obama has announced his Christmas vacation to Hawaii – for a staggering 17-day trip.
Obama, who visited the island just two weeks ago for an economic summit, will head to Honolulu on Saturday December 17 until Monday January 2.
The president, who was raised in Hawaii until he was six, will be joined by his wife Michelle and their daughters, Malia, 13, and Sasha, 10.
The White House travel office announced the president has no public events scheduled for the trip.
The President's family covers the cost of a private beach front residence in Kailua, Oahu, for their vacation - a ‘Winter White House’ that costs up to $3,500 a day, or $75,000 a month.
But the local and federal taxpayers help pay the bill for travel and security.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“What are we paying you for,?” Gov Christy asks.
What a slacker putz!
ever notice he never hangs around to celebrate the normal traditional american christmas or any other christian holiday, its always in hot hawaii or somewhere else he doesnt have to do it. They never want to be in the WH for any christian celebration.
My daughter with be angry. Security tightens when zero is around and she cannot order pizza to be delivered
” It must be nice being President... “
Maybe...
But, “It’s good to be King!!”
How often did the Obama family travel to HI prior to his immaculation?
It’ a “working vacation”, he’ll be hunting for his birth certificate.
Arrogant little metrosexual snot. On the other hand, it gives Newt that much more ammo in the debates! (as if they didn’t have enough to work with already)
The 17th is awfully early to be heading out for Christmas.
Is it possible he has set it up so he can go through the histrionics of delaying his holiday (while Shelly and the girls do indeed jet ahead) in order to heroically fight the do-nothing congress and do the people’s business?
“This way” protects Holder for a little while longer.
Can’t fire him—I’m on vacation.
I remember the days when the US media would go bonkers if Bush would spend more than 3 days at his home in Crawford TX chopping wood. They hounded him constantly that he should be in DC working instead of vacationing at his own home. Now isn’t it funny that only the DailyMailUK reports this stuff? OBowMao wasting more taxpayer money on transportation and security for himself and family who always travel separately.
"I will not rest until....blah, blah, blah"
Really.
When is this clown NOT on vacation? Remember when the media threw a collective hissy fit, counting up the days GWB wasn’t in the White House?
Seriously, I wish someone would add up the number of days our historic young President actually does his JOB... and how much money he and Moochelle have spent of OUR money to slack off and go on vacations around the world.
Geeez they’re idiots. And I mean everyone around him.
They NEVER THINK about how something might LOOK. Or maybe they do, and just don’t care... I guess that’s more accurate.
...and the MSM in this country will provide him cover. Note that the story is from a UK paper.
OK folks ... anybody got a “total” of vacation days for this do-nothing “not-present”? We really need to keep a count and put it on a graph beside the vacation days a typical union worker gets for 3 years of service (or anybody else). People need to see he’s slacking. Bet somebody at FR is keeping track.
How often did the Obama family travel to HI prior to his immaculation?
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It’s different now. HE doesn’t have to pay for it.
His Secret Service Agents get to spend 17 days away from their family’s at Christmas.
What an ass.
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