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| Obama family taking solidarity vacation to Gulf coast |
| 2010-08-15 |
| U.S. President Barack Obama is to travel to Florida's Gulf Coast this weekend for a family trip intended to show solidarity with a region struggling in the wake of a massive oil spill. Way too little and way too late ... Obama, his wife Michelle, and their two daughters are to leave Washington Saturday for Panama City, a popular seaside tourist spot that saw its beaches fouled by tar balls from the oil spill. During the height of the spill, unleashed by an explosion aboard a BP-leased oil rig April 20, Obama urged his fellow Americans not to abandon the Gulf Coast, and to continue taking vacations in the region, which is heavily dependent on visitor revenue. His weekend getaway is intended to highlight the region's tourist attractions, but will leave him with little time for relaxation. In addition to making public remarks on the region's recovery, his schedule includes a roundtable meeting with local business leaders and entrepreneurs to discuss the effects of the spill. He is scheduled to return to Washington on Sunday, the White House said. He spent a day there but he did manage to swim in the Gulf for a few minutes. Apparently he didn't walk on it ... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 #7 Just exactly HOW MANY vacations does this idiot need? Redneck Jim He can take AS MANY AS he likes, stay gone as long as he and Michelle can handle! In fact, he can take the REMAINDER OF HIS TERM OFF and spend it in bloody Fiji or Zimbabwe! Anywhere, but HERE, the lazy, mooslim bugger. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-15 14:44 |
| #9 Solidarity? Where have I heard that word before? Now if they start shouting, "Join us, join us, join us." we'll know. Days of Waves it'll be called, no doubt. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-15 11:18 |
| #8 Mod: Pretty good photo at http://weaselzippers.us/ at story: Man Drowns 8 Miles From Where Obama Swam Today in GulfÂ… I don't know how to import photos into R-burg comments.... |
| Posted by: Glomons Greling9830 2010-08-15 10:54 |
| #7 Just exactly HOW MANY vacations does this idiot need? As long as he keeps out of his office and away I'm willing to have him "Vacation" for all remaining time in office. Begone Obankrupt, and never darken our doorway again. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-08-15 10:52 |
| #6 Just exactly HOW MANY vacations does this idiot need? just one... as long as it is permanent. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-08-15 03:20 |
| #5 We get them up here next week. 10 days on the Vineyard. Maybe Senator Jawnny will bring up his famous big new boat and they can cruise the sound and talk about what ungrateful bastards the Great Unwashed are... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-15 02:52 |
| #4 Just exactly HOW MANY vacations does this idiot need? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2010-08-15 02:41 |
| #3 And if he can swim in it, then so can his daughters. And so can the fish. And there isn't a disaster. And he can call off his radical energy policy legislation. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-15 02:09 |
| #2 Way too little and way too late ... Way too contrived. Who goes to the gulf to swim in it? Not I. Maybe he could go to the Pacific and swim there, too. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-08-15 02:07 |
| #1 did he leave a sheen of corruption on the water? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-15 01:36 |