while Bush spent more time outside of Washington than Obama, it is also worth nothing that nearly all of Bush's vacations were trips back to his Texas ranch or family vacation homes in Maine.
The Post, in 2005, conceded that Bush's vacations--unlike Obama's--were not lavish and he did not "make time for fun."
It is astounding the lengths that some will go to attack Obama. Once again, I thought there were several other scandals sure to result in impeachment...or are those losing traction too?
The numbers - and pictures - are what they are. Obama has done nothing different here with regard to vacation or military-umbrella holding than any of his white predecessors.
And yes, I'm starting to think that has something to do with it, at least on this issue...
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1 2024-08-31 Wrigley 2 2024-09-15 Fenway 1 2024-09-27 Ohana 1 2024-09-29 Ohana 2
I read the first dozen or so posts... then the last dozen or so posts (surprised the thread still had life)... so this may have already been said:
OP... the creation of this thread and the spirit of it clearly reflect two things:
1. Obama must be pretty damn good if this is something you have to grasp at to try and discredit him. With this said, be thankful you have him then.
2. Your source of frustration for the man is puzzling. I mean, didn't Bush lower the bar to a point where afterwards, Charles Manson would have seemed like a godsend? The deep rooted and profound problems spawned by Bush's administration at a very minimum appear to be correcting themselves. This cannot have been easy; yet, I listen to Obama bashers slam him at every moment they can to voice their frustration over his inability to snap his fingers and simply erase the aftermath of disastrous economical and foreign polices so they disappear like an etch-a-sketch might with a child's bad drawing. Seriously? An umbrella for gawd's sakes?
Snap his finger?
He is on his 5th year and hasn't done anything for this country yet.....How can anyone expect him to when he is always on "Tour" golfing, vacationing, has no account on about anything.....he feels he has no responsibilities....he never know whats going on, he says so himself when ever he is asked a question....he is a joke
Well...
Your 'president on a holiday' babble has been shot to Hell.
Your country is on the path to recovery. Are you so daft that you think a 2 year turnaround from the meltdown your country experienced is more appropriate than 5-10 years?
The rest of this post is just junk and hatred. You say he doesn't know what's going on... well, then... one would think that this would be a guy you could really admire: you would have so much in common!
Are you even going to try and dispel the subtle notions that have suggested your hatred for the man has much to do with the color of his skin versus his politics? Or... have these subtle allegations flown right over your head?
I read the first dozen or so posts... then the last dozen or so posts (surprised the thread still had life)... so this may have already been said:
OP... the creation of this thread and the spirit of it clearly reflect two things:
1. Obama must be pretty damn good if this is something you have to grasp at to try and discredit him. With this said, be thankful you have him then.
2. Your source of frustration for the man is puzzling. I mean, didn't Bush lower the bar to a point where afterwards, Charles Manson would have seemed like a godsend? The deep rooted and profound problems spawned by Bush's administration at a very minimum appear to be correcting themselves. This cannot have been easy; yet, I listen to Obama bashers slam him at every moment they can to voice their frustration over his inability to snap his fingers and simply erase the aftermath of disastrous economical and foreign polices so they disappear like an etch-a-sketch might with a child's bad drawing. Seriously? An umbrella for gawd's sakes?
Snap his finger?
He is on his 5th year and hasn't done anything for this country yet.....How can anyone expect him to when he is always on "Tour" golfing, vacationing, has no account on about anything.....he feels he has no responsibilities....he never know whats going on, he says so himself when ever he is asked a question....he is a joke
Well...
Your 'president on a holiday' babble has been shot to Hell.
Your country is on the path to recovery. Are you so daft that you think a 2 year turnaround from the meltdown your country experienced is more appropriate than 5-10 years?
The rest of this post is just junk and hatred. You say he doesn't know what's going on... well, then... one would think that this would be a guy you could really admire: you would have so much in common!
Are you even going to try and dispel the subtle notions that have suggested your hatred for the man has much to do with the color of his skin versus his politics? Or... have these subtle allegations flown right over your head?
He is on his 5th year and hasn't done anything for this country yet.....How can anyone expect him to when he is always on "Tour" golfing, vacationing, has no account on about anything.....he feels he has no responsibilities....he never know whats going on, he says so himself when ever he is asked a question....he is a joke
well, I don't like his politics but this isn't true. It is the kind of blanket statement that makes people dismiss actual criticisms that exist.
He has done things for the country, things that many democrats celebrate. Ideology doesn't mean those things don't exist.
Your 'president on a holiday' babble has been shot to Hell.
Your country is on the path to recovery. Are you so daft that you think a 2 year turnaround from the meltdown your country experienced is more appropriate than 5-10 years?
The rest of this post is just junk and hatred. You say he doesn't know what's going on... well, then... one would think that this would be a guy you could really admire: you would have so much in common!
Are you even going to try and dispel the subtle notions that have suggested your hatred for the man has much to do with the color of his skin versus his politics? Or... have these subtle allegations flown right over your head?
it can be debated that we simply hopped back onto the same path that brought us the housing bubble. Recovery in the short term has been slow but certainly has been there, I would say though that the country being on this particular path to recovery, and the policies that are in place at the time of the recovery may add to a large long term problem, which is why some are not happy with the speed, cost, and policy direction of the "recovery"...but some are just going to hate him no matter what.
but let's be realistic, does President Obama really come across as a person who is ordering someone to hold an umbrella for him? People may want to view him that way, but I highly doubt it. How about this, purchasing an outdoor podium that has its own rain shield...I know it would probably add 7 million dollars to the cost of the podium but it might be worth it if you are going to have outdoor press conferences.
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
Recovery in the short term has been slow but certainly has been there, I would say though that the country being on this particular path to recovery, and the policies that are in place at the time of the recovery may add to a large long term problem, which is why some are not happy with the speed, cost, and policy direction of the "recovery"...but some are just going to hate him no matter what.
I agree with most of your post, and whether or not you're correct in your statement that "the policies that are in place...may add to a large long term problem," I don't think that many of his critics are leveling those same objections to him. I don't think many of his critics have really any desire to actually critique him fairly or reasonably (as you have done) or on issues of merit. (See: "Umbrella-gate").
1998-06-30 Minneapolis
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2 2018-06-18 London 1 2018-08-18 Wrigley 1 2018-08-20 Wrigley 2 2022-09-16 Nashville 2023-08-31 St. Paul 2023-09-02 St. Paul 2023-09-05 Chicago 1 2024-08-31 Wrigley 2 2024-09-15 Fenway 1 2024-09-27 Ohana 1 2024-09-29 Ohana 2
Thanks 81. And sorry, I didn't mean to repost your Reagan pic. There were several with umbrellas for he and Nancy, and I couldn't remember which you posted and was too lazy to look.
And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
I read the first dozen or so posts... then the last dozen or so posts (surprised the thread still had life)... so this may have already been said:
OP... the creation of this thread and the spirit of it clearly reflect two things:
1. Obama must be pretty damn good if this is something you have to grasp at to try and discredit him. With this said, be thankful you have him then.
2. Your source of frustration for the man is puzzling. I mean, didn't Bush lower the bar to a point where afterwards, Charles Manson would have seemed like a godsend? The deep rooted and profound problems spawned by Bush's administration at a very minimum appear to be correcting themselves. This cannot have been easy; yet, I listen to Obama bashers slam him at every moment they can to voice their frustration over his inability to snap his fingers and simply erase the aftermath of disastrous economical and foreign polices so they disappear like an etch-a-sketch might with a child's bad drawing. Seriously? An umbrella for gawd's sakes?
Snap his finger?
He is on his 5th year and hasn't done anything for this country yet.....How can anyone expect him to when he is always on "Tour" golfing, vacationing, has no account on about anything.....he feels he has no responsibilities....he never know whats going on, he says so himself when ever he is asked a question....he is a joke
Well...
Your 'president on a holiday' babble has been shot to Hell.
Your country is on the path to recovery. Are you so daft that you think a 2 year turnaround from the meltdown your country experienced is more appropriate than 5-10 years?
The rest of this post is just junk and hatred. You say he doesn't know what's going on... well, then... one would think that this would be a guy you could really admire: you would have so much in common!
Are you even going to try and dispel the subtle notions that have suggested your hatred for the man has much to do with the color of his skin versus his politics? Or... have these subtle allegations flown right over your head?
I am not a racist, everyone that knows me knows I am not a racist.......I have stated this numerous times....I will never address the accusations again on the MT......By the way, he has as much causation in him as I do...
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
On my 28 mile bicycle ride i listened to this song repeatedly as I got caught in a rain down pour I thought of you. It's an aggressive song similar to some of posts on the President which is absolutely your right......
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
he was never in the military ,I agree, hold your damn umbrella.
Godfather.
you are the godfather you hold your own damn umbrella. if you are the president you run fucking shit & ppl jump when you say so. Obama the fucking man. he hold zero umbrella but maybe for michelle
don't like it? tough shit
I am man enough to hold my own umbrella..shit I'd hold a umbrella for you my friend but it would be a cold day in hell before I asked an American Hero to hold the door,elevator or a friggin umberlla for me(I would gladly hold the umberlla for any American Hero) but then again I'm a man and can't say the same for that lieing piece of shit in the white house...ahhhh don't I just feel like a Million (debt ceeling)bucks now.
Maybe it was done to avoid another one of these happening:
At least he held his own.
:roll:
no offense, but anybody that is making anything out of a marine holding an umbrella should pack up their shit and head to their underground shelter....or at least stick their head back in the sand
that is what I am getting at. People love to throw around "hero".
Most of them are not my definition.
According to Mark Borchardt you don't have to be a saint to wash a man's handkerchiefs and socks.
God I hope someone gets that reference, it would restore my faith in mankind...someone...anyone?
This has got to be the most ridiculous "controversy" discussed on this board .... and that is saying something
that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
Comments
It is astounding the lengths that some will go to attack Obama. Once again, I thought there were several other scandals sure to result in impeachment...or are those losing traction too?
The numbers - and pictures - are what they are. Obama has done nothing different here with regard to vacation or military-umbrella holding than any of his white predecessors.
And yes, I'm starting to think that has something to do with it, at least on this issue...
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
2024-08-31 Wrigley 2
2024-09-15 Fenway 1
2024-09-27 Ohana 1
2024-09-29 Ohana 2
Well...
Your 'president on a holiday' babble has been shot to Hell.
Your country is on the path to recovery. Are you so daft that you think a 2 year turnaround from the meltdown your country experienced is more appropriate than 5-10 years?
The rest of this post is just junk and hatred. You say he doesn't know what's going on... well, then... one would think that this would be a guy you could really admire: you would have so much in common!
Are you even going to try and dispel the subtle notions that have suggested your hatred for the man has much to do with the color of his skin versus his politics? Or... have these subtle allegations flown right over your head?
bingo
Do you realize that when you say silly things like this, it REALLY sounds like you just have a personal problem with the man? :?
well, I don't like his politics but this isn't true. It is the kind of blanket statement that makes people dismiss actual criticisms that exist.
He has done things for the country, things that many democrats celebrate. Ideology doesn't mean those things don't exist.
it can be debated that we simply hopped back onto the same path that brought us the housing bubble. Recovery in the short term has been slow but certainly has been there, I would say though that the country being on this particular path to recovery, and the policies that are in place at the time of the recovery may add to a large long term problem, which is why some are not happy with the speed, cost, and policy direction of the "recovery"...but some are just going to hate him no matter what.
but let's be realistic, does President Obama really come across as a person who is ordering someone to hold an umbrella for him? People may want to view him that way, but I highly doubt it. How about this, purchasing an outdoor podium that has its own rain shield...I know it would probably add 7 million dollars to the cost of the podium but it might be worth it if you are going to have outdoor press conferences.
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
I agree with most of your post, and whether or not you're correct in your statement that "the policies that are in place...may add to a large long term problem," I don't think that many of his critics are leveling those same objections to him. I don't think many of his critics have really any desire to actually critique him fairly or reasonably (as you have done) or on issues of merit. (See: "Umbrella-gate").
2003-06-16 St. Paul
2006-06-26 St. Paul
2007-08-05 Chicago
2009-08-23 Chicago
2009-08-28 San Francisco
2010-05-01 NOLA (Jazz Fest)
2011-07-02 EV Minneapolis
2011-09-03 PJ20
2011-09-04 PJ20
2011-09-17 Winnipeg
2012-06-26 Amsterdam
2012-06-27 Amsterdam
2013-07-19 Wrigley
2013-11-21 San Diego
2013-11-23 Los Angeles
2013-11-24 Los Angeles
2014-07-08 Leeds, UK
2014-07-11 Milton Keynes, UK
2014-10-09 Lincoln
2014-10-19 St. Paul
2014-10-20 Milwaukee
2016-08-20 Wrigley 1
2016-08-22 Wrigley 2
2018-06-18 London 1
2018-08-18 Wrigley 1
2018-08-20 Wrigley 2
2022-09-16 Nashville
2023-08-31 St. Paul
2023-09-02 St. Paul
2023-09-05 Chicago 1
2024-08-31 Wrigley 2
2024-09-15 Fenway 1
2024-09-27 Ohana 1
2024-09-29 Ohana 2
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
somebody is a better googler than I.
well done
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2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
"He ain't royalty...he's my brother"
Damn now you got that song stuck in my head
I am not a racist, everyone that knows me knows I am not a racist.......I have stated this numerous times....I will never address the accusations again on the MT......By the way, he has as much causation in him as I do...
thanx for the laughs.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
At least he held his own.
On my 28 mile bicycle ride i listened to this song repeatedly as I got caught in a rain down pour I thought of you. It's an aggressive song similar to some of posts on the President which is absolutely your right......
The song is Kill The King ....Megadeth
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vMZSYVf2YvY&feature=fvwrel
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
:roll:
no offense, but anybody that is making anything out of a marine holding an umbrella should pack up their shit and head to their underground shelter....or at least stick their head back in the sand
http://www.bushcenter.org/military-serv ... tive/w100k
wait...
"RABBLE. RABBLE. GRUNT, ANGER, SCANDAL, IMPEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...."
-actual quote from (insert name of any right wing mouthbreather radio host here)
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
but is the laundry being done by an American hero?
everybody's gotta serve somebody.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I'm man enough to do my own laundry.
- Grandfather
that is what I am getting at. People love to throw around "hero".
Most of them are not my definition.
According to Mark Borchardt you don't have to be a saint to wash a man's handkerchiefs and socks.
God I hope someone gets that reference, it would restore my faith in mankind...someone...anyone?
This has got to be the most ridiculous "controversy" discussed on this board .... and that is saying something
It is terrifying when you are too stupid to know who is dumb
- Joe Rogan
true that.
there are couple of posters whose topics are always ridiculous so it is tough to judge