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Obama’s vacations and golf outings, by the numbers
yahoo ^ | august 13, 2014 | oliver knox

Posted on 08/15/2014 1:24:33 AM PDT by lowbridge

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To: bgill

yep-

When the WORLD is burning...
Blame the Repugs- cannot blame Nixon for this...
so... let’s blame Bush-

The almost 1600 acre SECLUDED ranch is his HOME!!!
Not vacation- large enough that he had quite a
few of the world leaders there- Secluded, away from reporters- away from Demonrats- (by the way - the Demonrats then Threw Cindy Sheehan into a tent across from
his property)- think I could protest in Martha’s
Vineyard? -but the REAL reason why this is on the NEWS?

A.- pictures of the Hussein Dancing- while Missouri burns!
B.- Frisking Diners at an exclusive club! While Christians being slaughtered!
C.- Russia sending convoys into the Ukraine!- O’bummer on
the Beach.

Let’s Blame George Bush!

LOL


21 posted on 08/15/2014 5:35:40 AM PDT by mj1234
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To: Mrs. B.S. Roberts; 1010RD

As far as I know, during the time he has been President, Obama has never vacationed at his “home” in Chicago. I’m not sure he has even been there for any reason since his immaculation.


22 posted on 08/15/2014 5:57:38 AM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera

You are spot on. I think he chose Chicago for his “home” only because he chose a place where he could get “elected”.
I think there is no chance he returns “home” after leaving the White Hut.
Let’s not forget the carpet bagging Clintons moving to NY.
for the same reason. They abandoned Arkansas pretty quickly.


23 posted on 08/15/2014 6:12:38 AM PDT by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: chimera; Mrs. B.S. Roberts
"Obama has never vacationed at his home"

Security is difficult to provide in dense urban areas. Not just the location but also transportation. Camp David is a helicopter flight away. To get to the Bush Ranch you fly to the AFB in Waco then helicopter to the ranch. Providing a place for the protesters is prohibitive. Remember Code Pink marching and camping along the highway outside the Bush ranch.

And this continues on to the ex-president. If you live close to the ex-prez Clinton home in NY or Bush in Dallas you have to put up with that. Every time you come or go you have to go thru the checkpoint. And there will always be men wandering around the neighborhood.

24 posted on 08/15/2014 6:50:51 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Ben Ficklin
All that may be true, but I'm not convinced Obama cares about the cost to the taxpayer or the inconvenience to bystanders. If he wanted to go there he would, and he'd say to hell with the cost or trouble. The fact is, he doesn't want to go there. He likes the perks of going to places like Martha's Vineyard or Hawaii and to hell with the cost of security or headaches for the locals. They should just bow down and worship and be thankful that he graced them with his presence. That's how this bum thinks.
25 posted on 08/15/2014 9:51:45 AM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera

http://obamagolfcounter.com/


26 posted on 08/15/2014 10:48:06 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: bgill
The story was misrepresented--Bush was not reading to the children, he was listening to them read.

He waited about 5 minutes before leaving, partly not to upset the kids, and partly because he probably knew that it would take some minutes for the Secret Service to make arrangements for them to leave. Kerry in 2004 huffed and puffed about how he would not have stayed there five minutes in the classroom. Back in the real world, he was in the Capitol on 9/11/2001 and ran for his life along with everyone else when they thought the Capitol might be hit.

27 posted on 08/15/2014 11:06:32 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: chimera

It’s an Illinois tradition. Lincoln never went back to Springfield a single time after he became President.


28 posted on 08/15/2014 11:08:09 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Yep, I remember reading stories of old Abe out on the links while the Civil War was being fought. Was Martha’s Vineyard in business back then?


29 posted on 08/15/2014 1:28:03 PM PDT by chimera
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To: chimera

No, I think he preferred to go to White Sulphur Springs. That’s why he was determined to have West Virginia split from Virginia and become part of the Union.


30 posted on 08/15/2014 1:47:00 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Did it have a golf course back then? I know the PGA stops in Greenbrier now. Has Obama played that course yet?


31 posted on 08/15/2014 4:22:25 PM PDT by chimera
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