Freepers piss & moan as "Obama enjoys his sixth vacation of the year in the shadow of nuclear Iran"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Freeper thread:

Obama vacations in the shadow of a nuclear Iran: The massive failure of Obama’s foreign policy
The London Telegraph ^ | August 22, 2010 | Nile Gardiner

Posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:52:50 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

While President Obama enjoys his sixth vacation of the year, at the exclusive playground of America’s liberal elites at Martha’s Vineyard, the United States’ most dangerous state-based adversary on the world stage is celebrating the opening of its first nuclear reactor, the Russian-built power plant at Bushehr. Although purportedly for civilian purposes, there can be no doubt that this is a huge leap forward for Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, with US officials acknowledging Iran is just “12 months from a nuclear weapon.” Earlier this week, Tehran announced it was building 10 uranium enrichment plants in protected mountain strongholds, and on Friday the Iranian regime ominously test-fired a new surface to surface missile, with an undisclosed range.

The responses:

To: 2ndDivisionVet

It isn’t a failure to the radical Black Muslim groups like the Black Panthers, Reverend Wright, Nation of Islam and the insane far left. Its part of the plan.

Obama is VERY effective.

3 posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:56:20 PM by whitedog57

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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I hope to read that he has been afflicted with flesh eating bacteria.

22 posted on Saturday, August 21, 2010 5:08:51 PM by NoLibZone (I am currently under federal investigation by the DNC for my opposition to the Ground Zero mosque.)

Dear Yahoo!:

How many vacation days has George W. Bush taken to date as president? How does that compare with Clinton?
Vince

West Hollywood, California

Dear Vince:

While the president of the United States is never completely on vacation, most commanders-in-chief manage to enjoy a respite from the daily grind during their stay the White House. George W. Bush seems to have taken this to the extreme early in his tenure as president. A humorous, fake resume for Bush suggests that he set the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history -- a bit of an exaggeration, but still cause for some teasing.

According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation."

http://ask.yahoo.com/20031001.html

[RoseMead]

1. I hear the shadow of nuclear Iran

is very cool and comfortable this time of year. :eyes:

[Luciferous]

5. Ha ha ha :)

[malaise]

2. Hey Freepers, Teabaggers and ReTHUGS

Bush was on vacation for the entire month of August 2001 and then 9/11 happened under his watch. There's no changing them there facts.

Fugg you very much - that is all.

[CBR]

3. That is so nutty... they are terrified people. Living in constant fear...

I pity them.

[dkf]

4. Someone noted that he took his top 2 military advisors with him.

I'm not sure if that is normal but he seems to be prepared if something happens.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Depends on the admnistration

but all Presidents, yes that includes george, take some staff with them.

[dkf]

9. Yes some staff but specifically the top 2 military advisors?

Did he leave the economic advisors at home?

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Depends

Carter liked to take one of each... Clinton tended for the same balance.

Bush Jr was the one who took the least number of staffers... and it showed. Though after 9.11 he took the whole cabinet. And Reagan took so many that it WAS the WH West.

Now if a real emergency arises, they have so much comms that they can run the country from anywhere. Why I called BS on Bush not doing his job on 9.11. I doubt, honestly, he knew the true capacity of AF 1... and I doubt he cared either.

[dkf]

14. Well the people who are concerned about Israel vs Iran were very interested

In that piece of info. It looks like instead of that we are getting Israeli Palestinian talks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Well that imminent attack on Iran

has had the WORST OPSEC in Military History... four years and still waiting!

:-)

Of course the people spreading that lovely one are relying on Davka who's been right, I think, once... the old adage about broken clocks applies.

Nah if I had to give a good reason why he took both, apart of the I\P problem is quite brutally honest they knew we are pulling out of Iraq, so that one will get ahem... a flare up... and there is an offensive right now in Afghanistan... and of course Kim has gotten a little too loud, and given the speed bump is down to 25K troops...

[jwirr]

6. This is a working vacation - to promote tourism in the Gulf area - they

are idiots.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. That was last week

this week they are at Martha's Vineyard.

Oh and still that pumps money into the local area, between the staff he drags along and the press... I guess finding a room at Martha's will be hard.

[jwirr]

19. Oops, here I am preaching education and I am behind the times

myself.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

11. What's a vacation? Must be something rich people get cause

I can't afford one.

[TheKentuckian]

12. All their guys are ALWAYS on vacation...ALWAYS

Shrub was on vacation almost half his term at this point and was only slowed down by 9/11. If I recall, Ronnie Rayguns had the record but Junie ran him down.

All their guys are straight chillin, probably even Ike, I got like a thousand images in my mind of him playing golf and I wasn't a thought. I bet Nixon put in time, he had a lot of direct hand in his dirt.

[Forkboy]

13. I have cysts smarter than the Freepers.

[Supply Side Jesus]

15. "ok, you covered your ass....."

Bush after being read the Presidential daily briefing "Bin Laden determined to attack U.S."

I believe he was on vacation...

[donco]

16. He probably took his laptop with him so he could

check in with DU to make sure he was doing everything right.

[struggle4progress]

17. "We have to invade Iraq to save ourselves from mushroom clouds.

Wait! Should I type Iraq or Iran? Does anybody know if there's any difference? Aren't they the same country? ... Anybody? ... Nobody knows? ... Well, the hell with it then! I'll just type Iraq. We can always invade Iran later"

[Motown_Johnny]

20. If Reagan didn't (illegally) arm the Iranian hostage takers then none of this

would have ever happened and it wouldn't be an issue





Where are the freepers on the cause of the problem?