| 6. At Christmas time ALL presidentes take a vacation. Congress does also. |
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President Obama and his family go to Hawaii every year for Christmas/NewYears.
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| -Mr. Obama to take off on 17 day Hawaiian vacation. This is a joke, right? |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-05-11 06:48 PM |
#0 |
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Leave the country? |
ecstatic |
Dec-05-11 06:48 PM |
#1 |
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Obama is a Hawiaan anti-Colonialist - heard it on fucknutz.com |
banned from Kos |
Dec-05-11 06:50 PM |
#4 |
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ha ha! |
Liberal_in_LA |
Dec-05-11 07:03 PM |
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When did Hawaii secede? n/t |
tammywammy |
Dec-05-11 06:49 PM |
#2 |
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Good point. He won't be leaving the country.. he just wont be in the office.... |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-05-11 06:53 PM |
#14 |
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The President is always at work. |
ellisonz |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
#21 |
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Always at work, except maybe when chopping brush |
indepat |
Dec-05-11 07:07 PM |
#46 |
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"The President is always at work." ... they reminded us of that when it was pointed out |
zbdent |
Dec-05-11 08:19 PM |
#90 |
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Too bad there is no way of communicating while he's so far away. |
Swede |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
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Maybe someday someone will invent phones, or computers, or the internets |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 06:58 PM |
#27 |
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His office is where he is. Or are you imagining he's hanging up the presidency for 17 days? |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
#22 |
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I tried to tell my boss that exact point. He didn't buy it. I still have to go to work. |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-05-11 07:02 PM |
#37 |
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Is your work mobile, can you take it with you, wherever you go? Pres Obama's is |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 07:05 PM |
#43 |
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Dec-05-11 07:08 PM |
#47 |
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It sucks that you have a job that's not as mobile |
tammywammy |
Dec-05-11 07:12 PM |
#52 |
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"telecommuting" |
ellisonz |
Dec-05-11 07:13 PM |
#53 |
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WOW! So now you think you should enjoy the same perks as POTUS? |
Kahuna |
Dec-05-11 07:54 PM |
#70 |
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Ah yes... the peasants should stop trying to compare themselves to the royalty |
Marrah_G |
Dec-05-11 10:04 PM |
#131 |
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What the hell does that even mean? |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:33 AM |
#170 |
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Of course anarchists have no respect for authority. Silly me. nt |
Kahuna |
Dec-06-11 10:29 AM |
#184 |
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Speaking for myself, no. |
AngryOldDem |
Dec-06-11 04:39 AM |
#152 |
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Well you might be angry... |
Kahuna |
Dec-06-11 10:31 AM |
#185 |
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you don't get any days off, no matter what? |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 07:58 PM |
#75 |
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I can't. |
AngryOldDem |
Dec-06-11 05:08 AM |
#154 |
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What do you do for a living? |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:34 AM |
#173 |
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Dec-05-11 08:00 PM |
#76 |
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You sound bitter. |
Pisces |
Dec-05-11 08:44 PM |
#103 |
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Right. It's not like he's put Biden in charge for 2 1/2 weeks... |
SidDithers |
Dec-06-11 08:26 AM |
#166 |
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There's a thing called Air Force One |
Indianademocrat91 |
Dec-05-11 07:49 PM |
#68 |
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did you actually think Hawaii was not in country? |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 07:57 PM |
#72 |
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you had almost an hour to correct your OP to say Hawaii was not "out of the country" |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 08:32 PM |
#97 |
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I work away from the office all the time, there are these cool things these days |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:31 AM |
#168 |
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Bush spent |
Mz Pip |
Dec-05-11 06:50 PM |
#3 |
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bwahahahaha.. that's funny!!! |
spanone |
Dec-05-11 06:50 PM |
#5 |
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i wish it was, but reading the subsequent posts |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 08:01 PM |
#77 |
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At Christmas time ALL presidentes take a vacation. Congress does also. |
Tx4obama |
Dec-05-11 06:51 PM |
#6 |
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But the 99% don't |
MannyGoldstein |
Dec-05-11 06:52 PM |
#10 |
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That's not true. People take 2 week vacations all the time nt |
ecstatic |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
#19 |
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The only people I know who do that are in my union; vacation time is a negotiated benefit |
Occulus |
Dec-05-11 08:48 PM |
#104 |
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That's odd. Every place I've worked, except in self employment, had paid vacation days. |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 08:58 PM |
#109 |
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I work a shitty call center job and get over a month of PTO annually |
sweetloukillbot |
Dec-05-11 10:44 PM |
#139 |
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Paid Vacation Around the World |
dflprincess |
Dec-05-11 09:27 PM |
#121 |
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Actually, for the US, that stat should be "ZERO". |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-06-11 08:24 AM |
#165 |
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You are not tied to the White House almost 24 hours per day either. |
Tx4obama |
Dec-05-11 06:56 PM |
#20 |
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No pity here. He asked for the job, quite strenuously as I recall. nt |
Obamanaut |
Dec-05-11 07:04 PM |
#41 |
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And he got the job, along with the ability to change his surroundings. n/t |
BzaDem |
Dec-06-11 04:23 AM |
#151 |
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I take 4 weeks vacation...every year |
HipChick |
Dec-05-11 06:58 PM |
#29 |
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Is that so? Most of us aren't required to be on duty 24/7 as POTUS is.. |
Kahuna |
Dec-05-11 07:58 PM |
#74 |
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My sister and BIL get 2-4 wks a year of paid vacation and have for 20 years. |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-11 08:03 PM |
#78 |
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Manny , |
Vanje |
Dec-05-11 08:05 PM |
#80 |
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I think that''s two weeks plus 2 weekends over two major holidays - |
hedgehog |
Dec-05-11 08:16 PM |
#88 |
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not out of the ordinary for Politicians |
Marrah_G |
Dec-06-11 06:21 AM |
#157 |
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when you're in charge of the world's only superpower, you can have 17 days off too |
spanone |
Dec-05-11 08:23 PM |
#94 |
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Dec-05-11 08:50 PM |
#105 |
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Dec-05-11 09:21 PM |
#115 |
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+1 |
dionysus |
Dec-05-11 09:33 PM |
#124 |
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yup |
Marrah_G |
Dec-05-11 10:01 PM |
#130 |
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According to a gaggle of other posters, you're either fibbing or |
MannyGoldstein |
Dec-05-11 10:57 PM |
#142 |
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lol yup |
Marrah_G |
Dec-06-11 06:17 AM |
#156 |
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What do you do for a living? |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:37 AM |
#175 |
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This is a ridiculous post... |
SidDithers |
Dec-05-11 10:53 PM |
#141 |
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My husband took a 2 week vacation this summer... |
a la izquierda |
Dec-06-11 06:30 AM |
#159 |
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Until very recently, vacations in December at MY workplace were forbidden as a matter of policy. |
Occulus |
Dec-05-11 07:15 PM |
#55 |
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You work for a company that delivers packages, of course they want workers |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 07:20 PM |
#61 |
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I know precisely what the word means. THAT'S WHY I USED IT. |
Occulus |
Dec-05-11 07:35 PM |
#67 |
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Dec-05-11 08:06 PM |
#82 |
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Way the fuck over the top, kestrel. |
Occulus |
Dec-05-11 08:26 PM |
#95 |
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He could stay there full time for all the good he has been doing. |
Hardrada |
Dec-05-11 06:51 PM |
#7 |
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Dec-05-11 06:52 PM |
#11 |
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My only thought is.. with the post office crisis and Iran and Pakistan and the Euro Dollar .... |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-05-11 06:58 PM |
#28 |
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I bet he has access to phones and the internets, even in Hawaii. |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 07:00 PM |
#31 |
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Oh, good grief. |
tabatha |
Dec-05-11 07:18 PM |
#57 |
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I'm getting a strong odor of "what could possibly go wrong?" here. |
Occulus |
Dec-05-11 09:01 PM |
#110 |
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The post office crisis? |
eShirl |
Dec-06-11 04:44 AM |
#153 |
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your other thought is that Hawaii is "out of the country". people should not listen to you for that |
CreekDog |
Dec-06-11 10:12 AM |
#183 |
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Okay. now I need to clean my screen |
Autumn |
Dec-05-11 08:53 PM |
#107 |
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Awww... |
SidDithers |
Dec-05-11 09:23 PM |
#118 |
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Your Hawaii Privileges are Revoked! |
ellisonz |
Dec-05-11 06:52 PM |
#8 |
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How, may I ask, is he leaving the country. |
MineralMan |
Dec-05-11 06:52 PM |
#9 |
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Maybe that poster meant the time over international waters.... LOL |
Hassin Bin Sober |
Dec-05-11 06:55 PM |
#18 |
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Doesn't count. This is the United States, we own the oceans. |
RC |
Dec-05-11 07:03 PM |
#40 |
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How many planes fly from the mainland to Hawaii every day? |
MineralMan |
Dec-05-11 07:09 PM |
#49 |
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Ya Ya.. I know.. bad headline. Point made. |
lib2DaBone |
Dec-05-11 06:59 PM |
#30 |
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uh huh |
ecstatic |
Dec-05-11 07:03 PM |
#39 |
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why didn't you fix it? did you want people to think Obama was leaving the country? |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 09:15 PM |
#113 |
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This is either very dry or wtf? |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 06:53 PM |
#12 |
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The only foreign nation a President is allowed to spend half his year at is |
MADem |
Dec-05-11 06:53 PM |
#13 |
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heh! |
northoftheborder |
Dec-05-11 07:02 PM |
#38 |
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Why not.. |
butterfly77 |
Dec-05-11 06:53 PM |
#15 |
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The House's recess target is 8 Dec. They don't resume until well after the New Year. |
MADem |
Dec-06-11 02:46 AM |
#146 |
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UNLESS they don't pass the payroll tax extension. President Obama said they will all stay and work |
piratefish08 |
Dec-06-11 08:30 AM |
#167 |
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Not a joke. And it's giving Republicans once again a lot of political ammunition. |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 06:54 PM |
#16 |
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He has young children that deserve quality time and attention, IMO nt |
ecstatic |
Dec-05-11 06:57 PM |
#24 |
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The kids probably get a wee bit more "quality time and attention" than 99% of Washington, D.C. kids. |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 07:21 PM |
#62 |
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When is "his work is done"? Are you assuming he goes to Hawaii, does NO Pres stuff for |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 07:24 PM |
#63 |
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You know exactly what I mean. Top priority stuff, like jobs. Like leaning on Republicans/Congress |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 08:21 PM |
#92 |
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He can pick up the phone and talk to Boehner any time he'd like. |
MADem |
Dec-06-11 02:48 AM |
#147 |
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He's President of the United States. His work is literally NEVER "done". |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-11 08:11 PM |
#83 |
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When is his "work done"?...nt |
SidDithers |
Dec-05-11 09:26 PM |
#120 |
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You are a little late to this thread, but got to give you credit for staying on target |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:41 AM |
#176 |
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That must be why all former Presidents took far more time off than |
monmouth |
Dec-05-11 06:57 PM |
#25 |
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And according some a 17 day Presidential vacation is not really a vacation ..... |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 08:34 PM |
#98 |
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Duplicate Deleted |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 08:34 PM |
#99 |
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Yeah, the really dumb Republicans |
Mojeoux |
Dec-05-11 07:02 PM |
#34 |
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you're in good company |
bigtree |
Dec-05-11 07:02 PM |
#36 |
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It's not that big, really. The house is huge, but the private areas |
MADem |
Dec-05-11 07:10 PM |
#51 |
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You're right. It's not much of a vacation at all. Obama should find a way to use this |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 09:10 PM |
#111 |
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You object because he's not taking the vacation you'd like him to, to snow. |
uppityperson |
Dec-05-11 09:21 PM |
#117 |
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He can helicopter into Camp David every day if he wants after his workday in Washington |
Better Believe It |
Dec-05-11 09:29 PM |
#123 |
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you know there is technology these days where you can do stuff from different places |
JI7 |
Dec-05-11 10:18 PM |
#136 |
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Dumb fuckin post...nt |
SidDithers |
Dec-05-11 09:28 PM |
#122 |
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That's not what the weather will be like during his holiday, though. |
MADem |
Dec-06-11 02:32 AM |
#144 |
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We'll have to quickly grant US statehood to Hawaii... after that, |
Mira |
Dec-05-11 06:55 PM |
#17 |
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Hey! |
ellisonz |
Dec-05-11 06:58 PM |
# |
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OK - year 4 starts after 1-20-2012 - SHORTLY |
Mira |
Dec-06-11 08:45 AM |
#178 |
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CNN can't even find Hawaii on the damn map |
Brother Buzz |
Dec-05-11 06:57 PM |
#23 |
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As I've posted before, I absolutely cringe whenever I see him on vacation. |
BlueIris |
Dec-05-11 06:58 PM |
#26 |
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uhhhh tele-commute? Hawaii is not a remote outpost like Antartica. |
banned from Kos |
Dec-05-11 07:02 PM |
#35 |
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Wanta bet? |
RC |
Dec-05-11 07:09 PM |
#48 |
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He carries the best communications team in the world. It doesn't matter where he is, he |
MADem |
Dec-05-11 07:16 PM |
#56 |
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Like everybody else, are you serious???? What kind of job do YOU |
Kahuna |
Dec-05-11 08:04 PM |
#79 |
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you think he doesn't? really? |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 08:13 AM |
#163 |
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Does anyone believe the President really takes a vacation? His office is pretty much mobile.. |
HipChick |
Dec-05-11 07:00 PM |
#32 |
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NOT quite what we said about Dubya. |
WinkyDink |
Dec-05-11 07:57 PM |
#71 |
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I didn't. |
tammywammy |
Dec-05-11 08:05 PM |
#81 |
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We weren't exactly convinced dubya was working when he was in the White House, either |
Hippo_Tron |
Dec-05-11 09:40 PM |
#126 |
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+1,000,000. Specificity AND nuance! Exactly. nt |
MADem |
Dec-06-11 02:39 AM |
#145 |
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Bush took way more vacation than Obama... |
ellisonz |
Dec-06-11 03:21 AM |
#149 |
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The difference is "W" was never fucking working... |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:43 AM |
#177 |
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leaving the country ? |
JI7 |
Dec-05-11 07:01 PM |
#33 |
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Why not? |
bluerum |
Dec-05-11 07:05 PM |
#42 |
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What country is he going to? |
virgogal |
Dec-05-11 07:06 PM |
#44 |
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I think he is going to |
polmaven |
Dec-05-11 08:38 PM |
#101 |
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Aaaah,sounds nice. |
virgogal |
Dec-05-11 10:36 PM |
#138 |
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Mr. Obama? |
Scurrilous |
Dec-05-11 07:07 PM |
#45 |
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Holy crap |
ProSense |
Dec-05-11 07:10 PM |
#50 |
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I get 6 weeks a year. |
sibelian |
Dec-05-11 07:15 PM |
#54 |
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None, because he's never off the clock |
tammywammy |
Dec-05-11 07:18 PM |
#59 |
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ZERO. He is ALWAYS on call. Unless he is physically or mentally incapacitated, |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-11 08:16 PM |
#87 |
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But Newt takes vacations! I think his wife makes him though. |
Glimmer of Hope |
Dec-05-11 07:18 PM |
#58 |
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Nuh-uh |
Brother Buzz |
Dec-05-11 07:24 PM |
#64 |
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Not sure most Americans will notice |
quinnox |
Dec-05-11 07:19 PM |
#60 |
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CISCO is not just for Maddow BTW n/t |
Sheepshank |
Dec-05-11 07:25 PM |
#65 |
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Good lord - even the M$M conceded that Bush & Reagan took more time off - |
TBF |
Dec-05-11 07:32 PM |
#66 |
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See comment #86 for totals n/t |
Tx4obama |
Dec-05-11 08:12 PM |
#84 |
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Oh, whatever. Drama much? |
Kahuna |
Dec-05-11 07:52 PM |
#69 |
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In the electronic age he needs to sit at his personal desk in the Oval Office |
kestrel91316 |
Dec-05-11 07:58 PM |
#73 |
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Because the stupid people need to be fed stupid reasons to hate him. |
JoePhilly |
Dec-05-11 08:52 PM |
#106 |
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I've decided to alert on this because you are saying Hawaii is out of the country |
CreekDog |
Dec-05-11 08:13 PM |
#85 |
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Or twice . . . or a third time . . . |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-06-11 08:33 AM |
#172 |
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Here are the total numbers for Carter, Bush 1, Bush 2, Reagan, Clinton |
Tx4obama |
Dec-05-11 08:15 PM |
#86 |
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What is "at a time like this" supposed to mean, exactly? |
gkhouston |
Dec-05-11 08:18 PM |
#89 |
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Obama has still taken under half the vacation days as Bush had at the same point... |
MilesColtrane |
Dec-05-11 08:20 PM |
#91 |
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LOL! |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-05-11 08:21 PM |
#93 |
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We oughta chain him to his desk. Who the fuck does he think he is anyway? |
DevonRex |
Dec-05-11 08:29 PM |
#96 |
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he's a terrible, terrible man!1!1 ain't this thread a hoot. care for a truffle? |
dionysus |
Dec-06-11 08:13 AM |
#162 |
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So few presidents will there ever be. I'll never understand why the select few |
Raine |
Dec-05-11 08:36 PM |
#100 |
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The Obamas are there everyday with all the WH X-mas decorations, and ..... |
Tx4obama |
Dec-05-11 09:16 PM |
#114 |
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Speaking of WH Xmas decorations ... Home & Garden Network is having a behind |
Raine |
Dec-06-11 03:01 AM |
#148 |
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A well deserved vacation. Believe it fool, peddle your bullshit somewhere else. |
Pisces |
Dec-05-11 08:43 PM |
#102 |
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really? this is your outrage? well, no phones "outside" the country, ya know. nt |
seabeyond |
Dec-05-11 08:55 PM |
#108 |
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As an African American, I find this thread disgusting |
Johnny99percent |
Dec-05-11 09:13 PM |
#112 |
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I have never seem such intentionally unintelligent responses... |
HipChick |
Dec-05-11 09:24 PM |
#119 |
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Really, you think this OP has ANYTHING to do with race? Give it a fucking rest! |
Logical |
Dec-05-11 09:43 PM |
#127 |
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Oh fuck that bullshit |
Marrah_G |
Dec-05-11 10:06 PM |
#132 |
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Welcome to DU! |
ellisonz |
Dec-06-11 03:22 AM |
#150 |
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Horrors! |
ohheckyeah |
Dec-05-11 09:21 PM |
#116 |
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Deleted sub-thread |
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Dec-05-11 09:34 PM |
#125 |
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I initially thought this thread was mocking Fox News for their usual idiocy |
Proud Liberal Dem |
Dec-05-11 09:53 PM |
#128 |
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I'm glad he can take one |
Marrah_G |
Dec-05-11 09:56 PM |
#129 |
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"leave the country" |
devilgrrl |
Dec-05-11 10:11 PM |
#133 |
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What a lazy shiftless president. |
Swede |
Dec-05-11 10:12 PM |
#134 |
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+1...nt |
SidDithers |
Dec-06-11 08:24 AM |
#164 |
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Leave the country? Hawaii? |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Dec-05-11 10:13 PM |
#135 |
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Unrec with extreme fucking pleasure... |
SidDithers |
Dec-05-11 10:23 PM |
#137 |
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Somebody should warn them about the clouds!! |
thelordofhell |
Dec-05-11 10:47 PM |
#140 |
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My neighbor just got an $8/hr job. Five years of work will get him one week of paid vacation. |
Karmadillo |
Dec-05-11 11:22 PM |
#143 |
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A word with you, Mr. Obama... |
T S Justly |
Dec-06-11 05:13 AM |
#155 |
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Good freakin grief! |
HappyMe |
Dec-06-11 06:30 AM |
#158 |
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Call Congress...right fucking now! |
deutsey |
Dec-06-11 07:30 AM |
#160 |
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FTW. |
HughBeaumont |
Dec-06-11 08:36 AM |
#174 |
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Returning to his homeland for the holidays |
Motown_Johnny |
Dec-06-11 07:59 AM |
#161 |
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his homeland? he's leaving the US to go to the US. |
piratefish08 |
Dec-06-11 08:32 AM |
#169 |
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People in my industry refer to it as the lower 48 |
snooper2 |
Dec-06-11 08:45 AM |
#179 |
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Bush took off every weekend for that pig farm in Texas |
LynneSin |
Dec-06-11 08:33 AM |
#171 |
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Does he have every right to take a vacation? Of course. |
Nye Bevan |
Dec-06-11 08:46 AM |
#180 |
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It took a whole 12 months for the dumbest OP of the year to pop up. |
trumad |
Dec-06-11 08:49 AM |
#181 |
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This thread is like an hour of hate radio |
Doctor_J |
Dec-06-11 08:51 AM |
#182 |
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Locking |
NRaleighLiberal |
Dec-06-11 10:34 AM |
#186 |
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