Has Obama taken a vacation yet?

[Skink]

[Fire1]

1. Oh, heaven forbid!!! n/t

[timeforpeace]

2. I don't think so.

[katanalori]

3. Are you kidding?

A date night and an ice cream cone stop send "them" over the edge.

[ecstatic]

5. lol nt

[madokie]

11. Thats what I thought too

hell just taking our first Lady out for dinner and a play about caused the end of our democracy so I hope he stays home :-) for the next 7 plus years

[zeemike]

4. Well when he does.

I think he should go hiking naked on the Appalachian Trail.

[bluestateguy]

6. No more than a long weekend

And he's worked far more weekends than he has taken off.

There was talk that he would do a week or two on Martha's Vineyard, possibly with the Clintons (and there was another rumor that Chelsea would get married at this time, but that seems to have been misinformation).

And of course, I'm sure he'll need the Republican National Committee's permission before going on vacation, otherwise we'll hear nothing but snark every day that he is gone.

[ProgressiveSuperhawk]

7. he has not

He has had no vacation yet, cleaning up Bush's mess is a full-time job, the only days he is not at the White House working are days when he has to go overseas to meet with foreign leaders

[BlooInBloo]

8. I thought he went to Hawaii a month or two ago?

[babylonsister]

15. After he won the election, before the inauguration. nt

[BlooInBloo]

17. Gotcha. Wonder if I can quickly find a timeline of gw's vacations....

[ecstatic]

9. After the election he went to Hawaii to bury his grandmother and there was OUTRAGE

that he wasn't immediately working on fixing the country. I can only imagine the outrage that will occur if and when he goes back to HI.

[Posteritatis]

14. Ugh.. that was far worse than merely that outrage

A big chunk of the right said he'd killed his grandmother. Even for them their reaction to his going to the funeral was hideous.

[wroberts189]

10. No but I think he has already had more press conferences then bush. nt

[madokie]

12. more coherent too

[pdxmom]

13. Considering the reactions of the Pukes, I'm assuming they considering

running out for ice cream or a burger to be a vacation.

[babylonsister]

16. Hell yea. He went to New Yawk City. The nerve! nt

[Pirate Smile]

18. He was there for hours - a few of them, like 4 hours. He also spent the night in Paris after the

D-day event, went out to dinner that night and to a museum the next morning before flying back to DC that day (which was a Sunday).

He has also played golf on some weekend days - like a normal guy (at least like the guys I know).

The nerve!

edit to add - so, nope, no vacations yet.

[JerseygirlCT]

19. Yeah! He had the nerve to see a B'way show one night!

Can you believe how lazy this guy is?

[Richard D]

20. By August 6 . . .

. . . * had spent 42 percent of his time as pResident either on vacation or en route to vacations.

[Cha]

21. August 6, 2001? Somebody needs to

throw that back in the repubs face everytime they whine.

[Richard D]

23. Right

2001. Astounding figure. I figure he was getting good and rested up for Sept. 11.

[DaveinJapan]

22. latest right-winger poutrage

apparently they're pissed that he's going to the world cup tournament next year.

I hope the Obama's take some really extravagant vacations, like maybe a trip into space or something. ;)

[Cha]

25. "Obama is invited by Astronauts to take a trip

to the Moon"! :rofl: You could hear the whinyass gop screaming in outer space!

[Skittles]

24. heck, he got grief for ducking out for frozen custard