President Obama will be off to vacation in his home state of Hawaii after signing the Tax Cut legislation that the Republicans finally agreed to in the House by unanimous consent this morning.
Of course, whenever Obama takes ANY vacation time, it is a hot dispute to Fox News Channel and the GOP!
But the facts are that Obama has only taken 61 days vacation in nearly three years in office.
Compare that to George W. Bush who took 180 days up to this point of his Presidency, and Ronald Reagan who took MUCH more time off, enough to make one wonder if he was really on the job!
But, of course, really, no President is ever off the job, as the job goes with him.
So it is all petty stuff when a President is told he may not get away, particularly when Congress takes inordinate amounts of time away on vacation EVERY year!
From the time Bush got elected up until 9/11, he was on vacation.
Wow, God forbid a president goes on vacation during the general holiday season. They were giving him hell for buying Christmas presents for his daughters the other day.
These are the sorts of things that nearly convince me of the blatant racism against President Obama, because no previous president would have gotten this much grief for such trivial things.