One thing lost in this whole flap about vacation & the Obamas...

[Drunken Irishman]

He's got two young daughters. This isn't like Bush, whose daughters were almost grown when he entered office and out on their own for a bulk of his two terms.

The Obama daughters are kids.

Shouldn't Republicans embrace Obama's family values? A father actually going out and spending time with his family should be lauded - not criticized.

[wiggs]

1. I followed a link to the FR site and to a thread about the Obama weekend. Absolutely

horrific, misguided, ignorant, offensive, and wrong. I don't recommend going over there...except maybe for those who forget what the opposition party mentality is. Anyone who is considering sitting the election out or who is saying that dems are the same at the RWrs ought to spend a few minutes actually looking at RW comments.

You will be reminded that there is a significant difference...

[niyad]

2. you went to fr? oh my word--here, quick, have a drink--the shower will be ready in a minute

[eleny]

3. I bet they loved it when he wagged his finger at irresponsible black fathers, though

Republicans embrace hypocrisy.

[BlueIdaho]

4. It's a weekend get away for god's sake...

Bush took the month of August off and ignored a warning that cost thousands of innocent lives.

[activa8tr]

21. Exactly! What's with a two-day weekend in Maine? Bush Sr. used to

do it a lot in Southern Maine, where he owns a palatial ocean-front home.

Did everyone forget that papa Bush went there a LOT in his 4 years, not to mention his 8 years as VP under RR.

Obama, by my count, has had a total of three uninterrupted weeks in 18 monts... plus a few days/weekends here and there... doesn't EVERYONE deserve a free weekend here and there???

[Warren Stupidity]

5. What flap? There's yet another republican manufactured media poutrage?

And are we here busy validating it? How unusual.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. Shocker, right?!?

[madmax]

7. My thoughts exactly

The kids deserve a break from Washington.

It's not like he can't be reached fer crying out loud!

Bush was forever in Crawford cutting brush at his 'ranch' no matter wtf was happening to the country. Ahhh, don't even get me started about that asshole. :mad:

[madmom]

10. I always wondered why the need to "cut brush" on a non working "ranch". He was

always there pretending to cut brush but why he need to? The ranch didn't produce anything, they didn't raise any animals. Just exactly why did he NEED to cut all that brush?:shrug:

[madmax]

13. And the talking heads always posed in front

of a shack, a few bales of hay and a rusted old piece of farm equipment. Wonder who's brain fart that belonged to. Ari or Karl?

Has he ever been to Crawford since he left the WH.

Idea!! That's where they should have put his pResidential Library.

[lunatica]

14. Holding that gas powered chainsaw is manly

It a good substitute for the crotch sock for the true believers.

[Enthusiast]

8. The GOP embraces family values selectively.

You knew that.

[GoCubsGo]

25. Just like everything else.

This is classic IOIYAR.

[Bitwit1234]

9. AND he is taking family style vacations.

Hiking, National Parks etc. Also he is within communicating distance of DC not way across the nation like Bush in Texas. Maybe if Obama started cutting brush he might improve his image with the CONServatives.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

11. Bush spent a third of his presidency on vacation

and they know it. They are filthy hypocrites and liars.

[timo]

12. its a two way street

it always has been and always will be thats politics, bush went to crawford the left screams and hollers, Obama goes to play golf or on date night or vacation, the right bellows and moans.....its ALWAYS been that way.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. No it's not.

Bush took week and month long vacations at a time. Pres. Obama is only going up there for the weekend.

[timo]

19. yes it is

and when he did we complained and rant and raved about it.

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Actually, it isn't...

There is a huge difference between taking off 200+ days in a year and a half and roughly less than 100 days in a similar span. That's the difference between Bush and Pres. Obama. If you can't see that, then I really truly pity you.

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[tishaLA]

27. "drunkeniriswoman"? Nice misogyny there

besides that, you're just wrong about the difference between month long vacations and playing a round of golf.

[lunatica]

15. They're going to gripe anyway, so let them have something to gripe about

If Obama and his family try to please the teabaggers and freepers he'll end up going crazy.

[AtomicKitten]

16. The GOP doesn't have a leg to stand when it comes to this particular criticism.

[Honeyporter735]

17. however,

I DO have a problem with flying the the dog and it's handler to the vacation on a separate plane!

[RamboLiberal]

23. Oh good lord - did you read the update on the story?

They had to fly in with smaller planes. The other plane was carrying presidential aides. And Bo.

Another RW media manufactured outrage.

[Enrique]

20. Obama will be ok

lots of ordinary folks out there hurting that we need to be worrying about.

[AlinPA]

24. I'm not hearing anything about the "whole flap" in the news, just normal media

coverage of the vacation in ME.

[RoadRage]

28. Screw That.. why doesn't the guy just get to do whatever on the WEEKEND??

Most American's work 40 - 50 hours a week, 5 days a week.

Why is Obama expected to work 6am - midnight 7 days a week?

If the guy was working from Chicago 6 months out of the year.. I'd see the problem. Oh. Wait. That was Bush in TX. Nevermind. :)

But, the constant bitching everytime he takes 2 days to not pass more awesome legislation then the last 6 presidents combined is getting a bit old. And, frankly the Republicans should applaud every time he takes a trip - because it means that he's not focusing on Immigration Reform, Increasing Taxes on the wealthy or whatever other "socialist" project that they don't want him to work on anyway.

Idiots.

[MadMaddie]

29. Flap?

Over vacation? They better look at their guy from the previous 8 years before they go casting stones....unbelievable.

[grillo7]

30. I'm frustrated with the media about this...

Contrast Obama's family-style vacation coverage with Bush's somewhat heralded brush-cutting and bike riding vacations. How is that the rethugs almost always uniformly have the upper hand in mainstream media coverage? Why don't we have control of the message? As much as some, and even I have felt, I don't think this and other bad press coverage has really been Obama's fault.