The Republican propaganda machine is stirring up controversy over Barack Obama taking a long weekend and going to Maine with his wife and two daughters!
The idea that the President takes any time away from the White House is criticized as showing that he is not concerned about the Gulf Oil Spill, or the economic mess that this country is in, thanks primarily to the Republicans who ran the government totally for six years, and created most of the trouble that led to this Great Recession! 🙁
You would think that Republicans in Congress don’t take time off for vacation! Should not they be required to stay until those who are unemployed and running out of payments receive the extension that the Democrats have been trying to enact? Should John Boehner be playing golf when times are bad? 🙁
Why is it that all of these Republicans and other critics are entitled to time to cool down, refresh their heads, and take it easy to recharge their batteries, but the leader of the free world is not so entitled? 🙁
It is not as if the President is kept out of the loop, is not kept well informed constantly through communications and staff if any issue arises!
Why is that when George W. Bush spent nearly two and a half years of his eight in office away from the White House, that was perfectly alright? 🙁
How about all the time Richard Nixon was at San Clemente or Key Biscayne; or Dwight D. Eisenhower was golfing; or Ronald Reagan was at his ranch in California; or George H. W. Bush was at Kennebunkport, Maine? And how about all the time that John F. Kennedy was at Hyannisport, Massachusetts or Palm Beach, Florida; or Jimmy Carter was in Plains, Georgia; or Bill Clinton was at Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts?
The whole point is NO ONE should make an issue of how much time the President of the United States is away from the White House, as long as he is doing his job!
No one can say that Barack Obama has been lazy or escaping the responsibilities of his job, the greatest burden since Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression and World War II!
So how about stopping the petty criticism, and instead show willingness to HELP the President through tough times? Fat chance, of course! 🙁
The difference is Obama says “he is not that far removed from the pains everyday Americans are feeling” and that we “ALL” need to make sacrifices for our environment. It all perception. Leadership 101: Lead by example. The President is coming off as a hypocrite. Don’t’ tell the American people to do one thing and then blatantly do the opposite. Why do you think his approval rating is at its lowest level dropping further.
Okay buddy, just let it rest… seriously… and which administration just dumped more combined stimulus? Oh that’s right, your buddy Obama. Which isn’t doing anything, btw.
Do You really think the President is doing a good job?…If He worked for me and told me what He could do and didn’t, I would have fired HIM 6 MONTHS AGO…C’MON PEOPLE, FACE IT, WE GOT A HOSE JOB!!!!!
“…thanks primarily to the Republicans who ran the government totally for six years, and created most of the trouble that led to this Great Recession!”
Once I read that, it was clear that you have no idea what you are talking about.
“Should not they be required to stay until those who are unemployed and running out of payments receive the extension that the Democrats have been trying to enact?”
Here you are suggesting that the money taken from taxes from working people should be handed out to people who are unemployed. Why would you want to reward the unproductive citizens of society, while penalizing the productive?
In response to s. brule, it is interesting that when the Republicans held power in both houses and the White House for six years, you claim they are not responsible for the trouble that led to the Great Recession, but as soon as the Democrats took over, all the blame is placed on them, even though the Recession began under Bush. This is very interesting reasoning, and shows you have no idea of what you are talking about! 🙁
In regards to unemployment compensation, you seem not to be aware that all of us pay into the system for unemployment compensation, so that IF we are unfortunate enough to be unemployed, we can know that we will not be homeless and without food, clothing and medical care. One has to be very smug and cocky and arrogant to think that YOU would never under any circumstances be unemployed. NO ONE chooses to be unemployed, and they are not unproductive citizens of society. Unemployment compensation is NOT welfare, but you seem to think it is, and giving people the means to survive is NOT penalizing the productive, but keeping them in jobs, since unemployed people also need goods and services. And remember one thing, whether you are religious or not: “There for the Grace of God Go I!”