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Obama's vacations and golf outings, by the numbers

Just how many vacation has Obama taken since January 2009?

How does he compare to his two-term predecessor, George W. Bush?

Read the article here: http://news.yahoo.com/obama-s-vacation-and-golf-outings--by-the-numbers-211532262.html

It's not the vacations...it's the timing. Same with the golf course. Obama talks about the ISIS beheading of an American and then off to the golf course and smiling broadly within the hour. The perception is a disconnected president. Every president golfs, even those who did not know how....like Clinton(aka mulligan Clinton). Obama just can't work out when it's a bad time to head for the links.
 
It's not the vacations...it's the timing. Same with the golf course. Obama talks about the ISIS beheading of an American and then off to the golf course and smiling broadly within the hour. The perception is a disconnected president. Every president golfs, even those who did not know how....like Clinton(aka mulligan Clinton). Obama just can't work out when it's a bad time to head for the links.

What do you think he should have done?
 
It's not the vacations...it's the timing.
Same with the golf course. Obama talks about the ISIS beheading of an American and then off to the golf course and smiling broadly within the hour. The perception is a disconnected president. Every president golfs, even those who did not know how....like Clinton(aka mulligan Clinton). Obama just can't work out when it's a bad time to head for the links.



The big problem that some people on the right have with Obama is that he beat them twice and he's still in the White House.

Guess what? He'll be there until another Democrat takes his place in 2017.




"Better days are coming." ~ But not for today's out of touch, running out of ti
me GOP.
 
I think he should have used common sense.

that doesn't really answer the question.

What you might think is common sense may not be considered common sense to another person.

So I ask again. What do you think he should have done. Would sitting in the Oval Office have stopped this guy from getting his head cut off.
 
The big problem that some people on the right have with Obama is that he beat them twice and he's still in the White House.

We can't win them all. Neither can you. As for Obama beating the right twice....you must keep in mind who he beat. Two tired old has been "it's my turn" establishment politicians from a previous generation.

Guess what? He'll be there until another Democrat takes his place in 2017.

Uh huh.....I recall similar rants that Carter would be re-elected. Mondale would replace Reagan in January 1985, Gore would replace Clinton in January 2001, and Kerry would replace Bush in January 2005. I agree that "Hussein" will be in office until January 2017. However it's a bit early to make predictions considering no candidate has even declared yet. Overconfidence in politics is a foolish trait. I'd bet that you were sure the democrats were going to hold onto control of the House of Representatives in 2010.
 
that doesn't really answer the question.

What you might think is common sense may not be considered common sense to another person.

So I ask again. What do you think he should have done. Would sitting in the Oval Office have stopped this guy from getting his head cut off.

A good start would have been avoiding going to the golf course right after he gave a speech on the beheadings. Then he could have sent a message letting the ISIS goons know that any future beheadings would increase the tempo of the air strikes.
 
So what do you think of Congress taking a vacation now? Don't you think there are pressing matters at hand?

Son....Congress is the legislative branch. They are not the commander in chief.
 
It's not the vacations...it's the timing.
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"When is the world not in a crisis?" The only people who get a bad impression from the Obama vacations is the far right....Cognitive bias.
 
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"When is the world not in a crisis?" The only people who get a bad impression from the Obama vacations is the far right....Cognitive bias.

Democrats are complaining as well, so there goes that theory.
 
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"When is the world not in a crisis?" The only people who get a bad impression from the Obama vacations is the far right....Cognitive bias.

Even democrats were criticizing Obama's timing. Nice try though.
 

" But as the Times reports, “Privately, many Democrats shook their heads at what they considered a judgment error.”

James Manley, a former aide to both Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. Harry Reid told the Times that “a lot of Democrats flinched” at Obama’s decision.

“[T]he idea that he was going to immediately run to the golf course was just a little too much for folks; it was tone-deaf,” he added. "


Even Obama's Defenders Can't Explain Obama's Golfing Decision
 
Son if they really cared they can offer up solutions.

Once again....the vacations are not the issue. It's Obama's decision to head for the links straight from a press conference mourning Foley's beheading. Do you get it now?
 
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