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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 6:57:54 PM   
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Working vacations mostly, surrounded by staff at his ranch in Texas - every moment of which he recieved extremely harsh criticism for. The way he was hated for vacationing one would have assumed that Democrats never vacation.

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Key word: TIME. He took around 1000 vacation days during his time in office. I wish I had that kind of vacation policy.

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Werent you Liberals / Leftists first in line to criticize Bush for his vacation time?



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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:00:12 PM   
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If hes gonna preach sacrifice though, hate the rich and all that socialist nonsense, you would think he would have more sense than to flaunt so much vacation bling in the worlds face.

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I'm just being sarcastic about what I see as a tempest in a teapot.

First families' vacations and lifestyles have been causing someone somewhere to take umbrage for eons, and it all strikes me as silly. Martin Van Buren's supposedly extravagant lifestyle was a key target for the partisans of (supposedly) hard-cider-drinking William Henry Harrison. More recently, I astonished my friends when I supported the Quayles' desire for a pool at the VP's residence. Knowing what it's like to live through a Washington summer, I couldn't begrudge them the chance to swim, or the Obamas their chance to get away.


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:00:17 PM   
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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:02:29 PM   
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If hes gonna preach sacrifice though, hate the rich and all that socialist nonsense, you would think he would have more sense than to flaunt so much vacation bling in the worlds face.


I see your point, but whatever he does will be criticized. In this case, it's not even what he's doing, but what his family is doing.

Eta: If the Obamas did something ostentatiously low-budget--tenting at KOA, say, assuming the Secret Service would even allow that--it would be seen as a political stunt.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:03:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Many upper middle class families can afford a vacation in Spain and spend $200/night or so for a hotel. With the Presidential income of about $400k, that is a perfectly normal trip.

Just tell me how you would provide security for such a trip in economy class. Taking a taxi from the airport to the hotel. The quality of the trip would probably be better without all that security detail around.

Or are you proposing that we declare family members of the President to be prisoners, never to leave the White House?

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ORIGINAL: Sanity
From linked article previously provided:

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Whether or not the taxpaying American will be paying for meals, they will definitely be footing the bill for the First Lady's 68-strong security detail, her personal staff - and the use of presidential jet Air Force Two.

The per diems for the secret service team runs at around £172 each, which amounts to nearly £60,000 for the length of the summer break.

Use of Air Force Two, the Air Force version of a 757, comes in at £91,900 for the round trip. This does not include time on the ground.

Mrs Obama's personal staff, of which there are an unknown amount and who might cost considerably more per day, also have to be taken into account.


The American public will also cover the cost of the only official part of the holiday, a visit to the Spanish royal family on the island of Majorca.

This will involve transport there and back for the entourage - as well as travel, accommodation, food and expenses for all while on the island.


Conservative estimates already put the total cost at £150,000. With Majorca to come, the bill will be more like £250,000.

Back in the U.S., anger was mounting - especially as it has emerged the First Lady will have enjoyed eight holidays by the end of the summer.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1301302/Michelle-Obama-lunches-Spains-royal-family-backlash-extravagant-holiday-continues-home.html#ixzz0w46bvmSY


And beside that, the "Fat Cat" businessmen that Obamas always preaching against pay their own costs as well.


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:13:03 PM   
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Thats kind of a weak argument in my opinion because theyre supposed to be a closely knit family unit, and you would think that he would have some cajones in that family.  I am sure Michelle Obama has enough brains to be fully aware that what she does reflects not only on his persona but on the nation as a whole, as well.


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:20:04 PM   
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The point is, theyre constantly living this kind of an extravagant lifestyle. Its one thing after another, just totally flaunting their wealth and power. Which I'm not against that itself, Id like the ability to do the same thing, but its hypocritical because of the ideology that he claims to represent.

And what about global warming? Hes still fighting to starve us of the energy our economy needs while he and his family are jet setting all over the planet.

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Many upper middle class families can afford a vacation in Spain and spend $200/night or so for a hotel. With the Presidential income of about $400k, that is a perfectly normal trip.

Just tell me how you would provide security for such a trip in economy class. Taking a taxi from the airport to the hotel. The quality of the trip would probably be better without all that security detail around.

Or are you proposing that we declare family members of the President to be prisoners, never to leave the White House?



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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:33:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		i find it very hard to believe if anybody was making this type of money that they wouldn't indulge themselves whenever they felt like it. that's their right to do so.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:38:26 PM   
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I did not know they even had royalty there.


PaHunk, I didn't know we had royalty here!

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 7:38:34 PM   
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Theres nothing wrong with acquiring vast wealth and enjoying it in practically any way you please, I believe that you and I can agree on that point.

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i find it very hard to believe if anybody was making this type of money that they wouldn't indulge themselves whenever they felt like it. that's their right to do so.


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:15:30 PM   
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Oh those uppidty Obamas. Have they no shame?!

In my day, Michelle and the girls would have spent the summer working in that garden of theirs.


This is a good one dc!
How dare they!
Let Sanity eat cake!

Bush was on vacation for almost 8 years.
Either he was on vacation, or certainly out to lunch.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:18:50 PM   
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That`s like a little pregnant.

That goof off was never off vacation.


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:19:18 PM   
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Cry us a river..............



Is your memory of your cries against the Bush vacations so short?

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:21:19 PM   
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Yeah no other first family has ever taken a vacation. All those years "W" spent away from the White House were free.


You too...

You constantly railed against GWB's vacations

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:24:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		She didn't steal taxpayer’s money like the scumbags did on Wall Street. This is a phony non-issue. She has the right to travel and to go on a vacation. This is nothing compared to the opulence the McCain would have exhibited if John McCain became president, not to mention Sarah Palin on the campaign trail.

And like somebody else said she is paying for her own personal expenses.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:26:43 PM   
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I think the Obama's vacations are just fine and not out of line at all.

He is the President of the United States for Budda's sake! He never STOPS being the President until he leaves office.

The only thing I am happy about is that posters like owner and domiguy will not be criticizing futer Republican Presidental vacations... oh wait... they will be I guess. After all... that's the other side.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:28:35 PM   
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Working vacations......lol

That`s like a little pregnant.






Not at all like that.

The President of the United States never stops being the President of the United States while in office. Presidents are NEVER on vacation.

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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:29:00 PM   
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Almost everybody railed because Bush took too many vacations.

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Yeah no other first family has ever taken a vacation. All those years "W" spent away from the White House were free.


You too...

You constantly railed against GWB's vacations


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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:30:28 PM   
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Cry us a river..............



Is your memory of your cries against the Bush vacations so short?


And for good fuck`n reason.



That guy was never at work,



Does anyone have bush`s work to vacation ratio?



It was pitiful.





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RE: While Obama Preaches Sacrifice & Rails Against &quo... - 8/8/2010 8:30:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've got to respond to this.  I agree with people like Sanity.  If they weren't spouting all of this bullshit about how we should be redistributing the wealth, conserving energy, etc., I would be perfectly fine with it.  I never had a problem with Bush doing it.  If you've got the funds to do something that exciting and fun, by all means, do it!  But don't turn around in the same breath and tell me I'm wrong for wanting to do it. 


Edit:  With that being said, this is kind of a trivial, superficial thing, and we need to be worrying about other, more important things.


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