Poor Obama, he never gets a day off.

[Upchurch]

OMG, did anyone see Obama's tie?!? What was he thinking? How could anyone have voted that guy to be president? He's clearly has poor judgement.

 

[Tricky]

OMG, did anyone see Obama's tie?!? What was he thinking? How could anyone have voted that guy to be president? He's clearly has poor judgement.

Yeah, well that's Michelle's fault. Couple of losers, both of 'em.

 

[cwalner]

I just find this whole topic to be utter nonsense.

Even when my fellow libs whould whine about the amount of vacation that GWB took, I could never get on board. The fact is that the POTUS does not truly get a day off. Never has. Never Will.

When I take a vacation, I don't have to think about the office, or anything work related. When the POTUS takes a vacation, he still receives briefings and often even makes media appearances. I recall many such interviews that GWB made from his Crawford ranch while on 'vacation'.

So, Michelle was neither exagerating or lying when she says that her husband never gets a day off. It's part of the job.

And btw, if anybody wants to get an idea of what kind of toll being POTUS takes on somebody, just look at pictures of any modern president from the day he took office and compare it to the pictures of the day he left office. Its quite striking to see side by side like that.

 

[Travis]

Exactly. If the President was to actually take a "day off" it would set in motion all those continuation of government plans with the Vice-President taking temporary command.

 

[Biscuit]

http://www.politico.com/politico44/...oll_6bfcebd2-e892-4ad5-b54d-f766729807a3.html



LOL! Does she think ANYONE will believe that?

Why I think she just told a whopper and the picture of her on that website (courtesy of the AP) is therefore quite appropriate.

Maybe she didn't intend it to be a factual statement?

hyperbole

 

[uk_dave]

Exactly. If the President was to actually take a "day off" it would set in motion all those continuation of government plans with the Vice-President taking temporary command.

Oh Hell!!

 

[kmortis]

Keep on topic and keep it civil. This thread is not about other posters or what happened in the past in other threads. If you care to discuss Forum Management, we have an entire area in which that can be discussed.

Thank you and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Replying to this modbox in thread will be off topic  Posted By: kmortis

 

[cwalner]

Oh Hell!!

C'mon. Biden's not THAT bad.

 

[easycruise]

I assume you have some sort of irrefutable evidence that the recovery would be much stronger had some other policy been enacted.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646994256446822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

You are ignoring the fact the situation could have been 5 times worse under a GOP President

Using the words "fact" and "could have" in the same sentence is not conducive to a persuasive argument. At any rate, it is very hard to imagine that anything could be worse, let alone 5 times worse, than Keynesian economics.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...litical-failure-of-keynesian-economics/71363/

If Einstein's definition of insanity is ""doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", then Barack Obama is definitely insane.

 

[Spindrift]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646994256446822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj



Using the words "fact" and "could have" in the same sentence is not conducive to a persuasive argument. At any rate, it is very hard to imagine that anything could be worse, let alone 5 times worse, than Keynesian economics.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...litical-failure-of-keynesian-economics/71363/

If Einstein's definition of insanity is ""doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", then Barack Obama is definitely insane.

Citing an opinion piece as irrefutable evidence is not conducive to a persuasive argument.

 

[AlBell]

Politics is nothing but selecting opinion pieces that bolster one's existing viewpoints.

 

[cwalner]

Politics is nothing but selecting opinion pieces that bolster one's existing viewpoints.

That's just your opinion.

 

[Seismosaurus]

The topic of the OP is very clearly whether Michelle is truthful in claiming Obama never takes a day off. Nothing else.

Okay. So... was she being truthful?

Because so far you've shown that she made the claim, but you haven't shown it to be untruthful. Haven't even tried to, actually.

So since that's the point of this thread, I assume evidence will be forthcoming that Obama has had at least one day on which he has done no work whatsoever.

Anytime now...

 

[I Am The Scum]

Using the words "fact" and "could have" in the same sentence is not conducive to a persuasive argument.

Yeah, man. Modal logic is for chumps. I mean, who analyzes possibilities for a living? Scientists? Pffff. Bunch of dorks, if you ask me.

 

[eeyore1954]

Well, let's have a look at factcheck.org:

"President Reagan, in 1981, spent all or part of 42 days away from the White House "on vacation""

"President George W. Bush spent even more time away from the presidential mansion in the nation’s capital than Reagan. Of the 77 total "vacation" trips the former president made to his Texas ranch while in office, nine of them — all or part of 69 days — came during his first year as president in 2001"

"Bush’s father, President George H.W. Bush, spent less time "on vacation" during his first year than his son, but spent more days than President Obama."

"But at least two recent presidents — took less "vacation" time during their first year than President Obama — Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton."

So Obama is a slacker, by comparison to recent Democratic presidents, but a workaholic compared to recent Republican presidents.

Thanks for pointing that out, BAC.

I don't think most Presidents today ever get a chance to have a real vacation. But there is a reason vacation is surrounded by quotes in the fact check article. For the most part Reagan or Bush going to their ranches were not really vacations. Just working from a different location. Do you believe a PResident has to be in Washington to be working?

 

[Travis]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704679204575646994256446822.html?mod=googlenews_wsj



Using the words "fact" and "could have" in the same sentence is not conducive to a persuasive argument. At any rate, it is very hard to imagine that anything could be worse, let alone 5 times worse, than Keynesian economics.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx

http://www.theatlantic.com/business...litical-failure-of-keynesian-economics/71363/

If Einstein's definition of insanity is ""doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results", then Barack Obama is definitely insane.

And then we have the conservative idea for recovery (ironic since it was "conservative economics" that created the recession) that has never worked in the history of everything. But it would work this time for some reason.

 

[Dorian Gray]

I agree with the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.

Not off topic - why, the OP links to an article that mentions this very thing.

 

[Tricky]

Politics is nothing but selecting opinion pieces that bolster one's existing viewpoints.

Where do those "existing viewpoints" come from? Are you born with them?

 

[dc1971]

That doesn't stop her from having an influence on her husband or revealing his inner thoughts.

Why she could even be a "co-President". I seem to recall a democrat named Bill Clinton introducing that concept.



She gave a speech. Ten to one that speech was prepared in advance (she has a large staff). In which case this comment wasn't likely "off-hand".



LOL! Aren't you the folks who scrutinize every little comment (and email) that Palin makes, while insisting there's not a chance in the world she could ever be President and she's too dumb to even matter? Talk about being a "little deranged".

I love these diatribes you post, BAC! They're very entertaining to me!

 

[BenBurch]

Politics is nothing but selecting opinion pieces that bolster one's existing viewpoints.

No, that is typical GOP politics.

The problem with Democrats is that more often they don't seek to re-enforce what they already believe, and so you cannot keep them on the same page. It's like herding cats.