Should the Obamas vacation this year on the Gulf Coast?

I think that would be a nice way to show support and that the beaches are clean/safe - but where could they go that is contained enough that they can actually vacation in peace?

I believe one of the reason's Martha's Vineyard is popular is that it is easily securable, buildings meet Secret Service requirements, and access can be easily controlled.

Somewhere on 30-A might be the best, but can't imagine the cluster a presidential motorcade on 30-A or 98 during the summer would cause. ;-)

Hail no! You think traffic is bad now? You think Publix is a nightmare now? Can you imagine what 4 people and their staff of 500 would do? Not to mention the reporters, lookie lous, and outright nuts.

I don't think he should vacation.

You are right Geo. All hands on deck.

I don't think he should vacation.

Now is the time for Barack to find his inner workaholic.

The question is not whether he should take a vacation (you need them to be effective IMO), but should he come to the Gulf Coast with his family.

Jindal wants Obama in LA as much as possible (and offered up the Governor's mansion) because when Obama is there more things get done.

Crist and others think it is a good idea because media coverage of the First Family vacationing would definitively show that the beaches are safe and open for business.

He needs to tighten tax payers belts. Times are tough.

not no, but hell no. i'm pissed.

I don't think President Obama and family vacationing at the governor's home in Louisiana is a guarantee "more things will get done". But if the guy just has to have a few days off (if there is a such thing for a President) by all means come on down. It would show tremendous goodwill and be a PR bonanza for all parties involved.

I don't think he should vacation.

I agree, he should not set a precedent since no previous presidents ever vacationed when the nation was in a time of crisis. I get the strange feeling I'm overlooking one so someone may want to factcheck this claim.

Yes, and with a non refundable deposit

His children would love 30a as mine do. We have children the same ages. This whole thing has altered the way we will plan our trips. I will no longer book a trip 6 months out. I will no longer deal with any rental companies or owners who require full payment 30 days out. I will wait until a week before and see what is available. May not be the exact condo or home I prefer, but I guarantee I can find something on 30a which is good enough!!!

He needs to get down to business. Somebody needs to send him a carton of cigarettes.

Please note that it is not the White House or the Obamas who are suggesting a Gulf Coast vacation or even a summer vacation - he has already canceled scheduled trips abroad because of the oil spill.

I agree, he should not set a precedent since no previous presidents ever vacationed when the nation was in a time of crisis. I get the strange feeling I'm overlooking one so someone may want to factcheck this claim.

Hey, Mr. Poppy. Didn't you just accuse another poster on a different thread of being too lazy to factcheck their post? ;-)

Hey, Mr. Poppy. Didn't you just accuse another poster on a different thread of being too lazy to factcheck their post? ;-)

I think poppy is making a sarcastic reference to Bush and his vacation habits in time of crisis (so obvious to all that fact checking isn't necessary, get it?) . My feeling is that so what? The current situation is unprecedented and Obama has more on his plate than any president than I can remember. Sure he needs a break now and then, but he's going to have to work harder than any president in history if he wants to be successful.

I think poppy is making a sarcastic reference to Bush. My feeling is that so what? The current situation is unprecedented and Obama has more on his plate than any president that I can remember. Sure he needs a break now and then, but he's going to have to work harder than any president in history if he wants to be successful.

Yes, he is.

New Low For Obama. Slips To 44%

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
Each result is based on a three-day rolling average

Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ?3 percentage points.

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval

I don't think he should vacation.

He should spend a little less time on the golf course as well.

Unlike Clinton, who had a reputation for shaving strokes off his score, Obama “doesn’t fudge his scores,” Van Natta said, adding: “If he shoots an 11 on a hole, he will write down 11.”

Obama shoots in the 90s on a good day, Van Natta said.

A honest hacker. I'll at least give him that.

I think poppy is making a sarcastic reference to Bush and his vacation habits in time of crisis (so obvious to all that fact checking isn't necessary, get it?) . My feeling is that so what? The current situation is unprecedented and Obama has more on his plate than any president than I can remember. Sure he needs a break now and then, but he's going to have to work harder than any president in history if he wants to be successful.

Maybe I didn't use enough of these.

And you're right Lucifer, he needs to stay on the job.

President should stay on the job and become the leader of all Americans.

From Fox News

Last Updated: 4:15 AM, June 10, 2010
Posted: 11:42 PM, June 9, 2010

Last week's jobs report tanked the stock market; the president took weeks to assert control of the oil spill that threatens doom on the Gulf Coast -- but at the White House the Gatsby-like parties roll on as if happy days were here again.
Just yesterday, President Obama held another fun-filled White House event, a picnic for Congress members, complete with hot dogs, cold beverages and a fire pit.

All told, during the last seven weeks of spewing oil and rampant unemployment, he has frolicked and danced through three major White House music parties:
* The black-tie tent bash on the White House South Lawn after the state dinner for Mexico's President Felipe Calder?n, which featured singer Beyonc?.
* The Paul McCartney hootenanny -- a night of tributes to the former Beatle, which featured the president himself scooting onto the dance floor to join the Jonas Brothers in the long "la-la-la" closing refrain of "Hey Jude." (Plus, of course, McCartney serenading the first lady with "Michelle.")

* The Ford Theater event -- in which the president, taking a break from "kicking ass" on the oil spill, kicked back and relaxed to the song stylings of one-time "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson, among other B-listers.

It was one thing when the president launched his White House days with a round of Martini Wednesdays, Stevie Wonder concerts, conga-line dancing and Super Bowl parties. That was before the gushing oil and before the employment picture defied the Obama hope-and-change cures.

Now it's different. Now the president's fascination with fun and parties in the midst of crisis has not only reinforced a feeling he's out of touch, but has migrated down the chain of command.

Last weekend, Vice President Joe Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel held a "super soaker" squirt-gun party at the veep's residence. Everybody ran around giggling and shooting squirt guns at each other. Members of the press covering Biden joined in, to their shame.

And last Sunday, presidential spokesman Tommy Vietor and Obama speechwriter extraordinaire Jon Favreau, both 29 years old, were spotted at a Georgetown bar, stripped to the waist, playing a game of beer pong with a gang of bare-chested buddies. (This game involves throwing a ping-pong ball into cups of beer -- loser drinks beer, winner drinks beer, everybody drinks beer.)

Meanwhile, MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell said on the "Morning Joe" program that she talks to White House staffers who are having nightmares about the oil spill. Evidently, Vietor and Favreau aren't O'Donnell's contacts at the White House.

Fine, folks in the White House pressure-cooker need to blow off some steam. But it seems the president and his underlings don't see any need to rein in their love of partying, even though regular Americans are facing catastrophe.

Yes, the president looks elegant and cool in his tuxedo, dancing to Jay-Z or the aging "cute Beatle" -- but there are people in the Gulf who can't pay their bills, and millions of the long-term unemployed who are on the outside, looking in on all the fun. Judging by the polls, the grumbling of the outsiders is getting louder.
The president may want to consider making good on his promise that all hands are on deck for national disasters, by passing the word that party time is now on hold -- and then leading by example.

Maybe I didn't use enough of these.

And you're right Lucifer, he needs to stay on the job.

Wouldn't help. They're conservatives, they would never understand your humor and you would never be welcome in their home. It's your loss.

President should stay on the job and become the leader of all Americans.

From Fox News

Last Updated: 4:15 AM, June 10, 2010
Posted: 11:42 PM, June 9, 2010

Last week's jobs report tanked the stock market; the president took weeks to assert control of the oil spill that threatens doom on the Gulf Coast -- but at the White House the Gatsby-like parties roll on as if happy days were here again.
Just yesterday, President Obama held another fun-filled White House event, a picnic for Congress members, complete with hot dogs, cold beverages and a fire pit.

All told, during the last seven weeks of spewing oil and rampant unemployment, he has frolicked and danced through three major White House music parties:
* The black-tie tent bash on the White House South Lawn after the state dinner for Mexico's President Felipe Calder?n, which featured singer Beyonc?.
* The Paul McCartney hootenanny -- a night of tributes to the former Beatle, which featured the president himself scooting onto the dance floor to join the Jonas Brothers in the long "la-la-la" closing refrain of "Hey Jude." (Plus, of course, McCartney serenading the first lady with "Michelle.")

* The Ford Theater event -- in which the president, taking a break from "kicking ass" on the oil spill, kicked back and relaxed to the song stylings of one-time "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson, among other B-listers.

It was one thing when the president launched his White House days with a round of Martini Wednesdays, Stevie Wonder concerts, conga-line dancing and Super Bowl parties. That was before the gushing oil and before the employment picture defied the Obama hope-and-change cures.

Now it's different. Now the president's fascination with fun and parties in the midst of crisis has not only reinforced a feeling he's out of touch, but has migrated down the chain of command.

Last weekend, Vice President Joe Biden and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel held a "super soaker" squirt-gun party at the veep's residence. Everybody ran around giggling and shooting squirt guns at each other. Members of the press covering Biden joined in, to their shame.

And last Sunday, presidential spokesman Tommy Vietor and Obama speechwriter extraordinaire Jon Favreau, both 29 years old, were spotted at a Georgetown bar, stripped to the waist, playing a game of beer pong with a gang of bare-chested buddies. (This game involves throwing a ping-pong ball into cups of beer -- loser drinks beer, winner drinks beer, everybody drinks beer.)

Meanwhile, MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell said on the "Morning Joe" program that she talks to White House staffers who are having nightmares about the oil spill. Evidently, Vietor and Favreau aren't O'Donnell's contacts at the White House.

Fine, folks in the White House pressure-cooker need to blow off some steam. But it seems the president and his underlings don't see any need to rein in their love of partying, even though regular Americans are facing catastrophe.

Yes, the president looks elegant and cool in his tuxedo, dancing to Jay-Z or the aging "cute Beatle" -- but there are people in the Gulf who can't pay their bills, and millions of the long-term unemployed who are on the outside, looking in on all the fun. Judging by the polls, the grumbling of the outsiders is getting louder.
The president may want to consider making good on his promise that all hands are on deck for national disasters, by passing the word that party time is now on hold -- and then leading by example.

Sara since you seem to be so obsessed with anti-Obama articles why don't you start your own thread of cut and paste posts. It would make it much easier for all of us to reference. I'm not trying to be a complete smartass since we are all upset with him to varying degrees. I agree with many of the negative things printed and if he goes down because of his either real or percieved disconnect to this tragedy we could have the events in chronological order to aid in future discussions.

Sara since you seem to be so obsessed with anti-Obama articles why don't you start your own thread of cut and paste posts. It would make it much easier for all of us to reference. I'm not trying to be a complete smartass since we are all upset with him to varying degrees. I agree with many of the negative things printed and if he goes down because of his either real or percieved disconnect to this tragedy we could have the events in chronological order to aid in future discussions.

This is an article about Obama's party time at the White House in these troubling times. If this is anti-Obama to you you have trouble with facts. Many people prefer to read at this site in lieu of a link. I noted the article is from Fox News. All you have to do to read it at it's source is go to Fox News.

He needs to get down to business. Somebody needs to send him a carton of cigarettes.

...I laughed so hard at this post, I thought I would croak...

He needs to get down to business. Somebody needs to send him a carton of cigarettes.

...I laughed so hard at this post, I thought I would croak...

me 2. :funn: