Ok, what's with all the Hitler stuff?

Also, the thing about Obama's vacations is that they're very ill-timed. They're always when major shit is going down. I expect the guy to take off for Christmas, but image-wise, it looks bad when the Korean peninsula is in turmoil & Congress is dicking around with the payroll tax thing. Just because Congress is lazy and isn't in session in August doesn't mean Obama can't get anything done.

I also mentioned the golf thing. He's constantly at the links. Bush made the wise image decision and stopped going during the wars. During the middle of an economic crisis, it just looks bad for Obama to be so into his golf game.

Syd already took my point about Camp David & Crawford. Dubya & Reagan get criticized for their vacation time, but much of that was at Camp David and their respective ranches. which were decked out so well technologically, it was as if they were at the white house. It didn't cut down reaction time to crises & they were able to work just as efficiently. They were practically working vacations. I certainly concede that Dubya took too many vacations overall. Presidents in general take too many vacations in my opinion. Syd is certainly right that relatively they don't, and they do deserve it for how they're on call all the time, but when you're working for the people in that government capacity, and especially as the leader of the entire nation, it just looks bad to take vacations during crises while regular Americans have to deal with their crappy jobs.

I just wish the media criticized the presidents' vacation time equally, regardless of party.

Klimbatize wrote:

And your explanation about why you dislike Obama's vacation sounds extremely biased, slanted, and a bit irrational. That's not the norm for your posts, I must say.

Considering your republican party application image, and your ramadan statement, I think you're forgetting about your own bias. We all have them.

There's no need for insults.

Klimbatize wrote:

You seem to really think the media not harping on Obama's 82 days off in three years and him taking off time around Christmas is a really big deal.

I just see it as ironic, compared to the coverage of Dubya, especially when the costs of everything are highlighted nowadays (Drudge Report is obsessive about that). Plus, I was really in a complaining mood yesterday, so this morning I'm stuck defending this ill-thought out comment of mine whose argument I know has holes in it, which was more of an afterthought to a post highlighting some interesting articles I read yesterday, lol.

We'll see what happens in Iowa today. Santorum's recent surge has disturbed me, as I'm not that enthused with the social conservative wing of the party. Paul still placing well in the polls troubles me as well.

Anything to make the Iowa Caucus less significant, though. The caucus system seems pretty messed up from what I can tell. No secret ballot. That kind of thing doesn't seem on the up and up.

Also, there's rumors the voting system might get hacked somehow. That would be a fiasco.