Barack Obama Doesn't Need a Vacation, He Needs a Better Vacation
Today Barack Obama jets off for a weeklong vacation on the fancy New England island of "Martha's Vineyard," a name derived from the Indian term for "many seersucker suit place." And what will he be doing there, you ask? Will he be listening to the voice of the people about health care reform? Will he be discussing the economy with his advisers?
Heavens, no. The president won't have time for such things! He'll be too busy snorting lobster rolls off John Kerry's chest and polishing his yacht to old Katharine Hepburn movies. Delightful amusements, to be sure, but is this the right signal to send when the rest of the country is in the grip of an econohealthcarepocalypse?
Like many, many other patriots, I think not. And so without further ado, and after the jump, suggestions for a more appropriate presidential vacation.
* If he's serious about bipartisan solutions for the economy, Obama could start by grilling burgers for Republican leaders at John McCain's house, or John McCain's other house, or John McCain's other house, or John McCain's other house.
* Perhaps the president would enjoy spending his vacation on whichever planet this lady visits for her vacations? I hear the qegprrir'hllmtwurtyl are lovely this time of year.
* To prove he's in touch with Real America, the president could use his break to hang out with a bunch of NASCAR drivers… ha, right, like that'd ever happen.
* If he's got an entire week off, I don't see why President Obama isn't traveling to Kenya to locate his birth certificate once and for all. (If he has to go all the way to Hades he may need an extra day or two.)
* How about a patriotic tour of important American landmarks, like Saint Michele Bachmann's birthplace and wherever it is the GOP's integrity is buried?
And hey, if you've taken a presidential-caliber vacation lately — camping in an abandoned GM dealership, perhaps? — go ahead and tell us about it in the comments.
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Hey I completely agree with this article. I'm sorry but it is just so rediculous that Obama is coming back from the Vineyard and going just a few days later to Camp David. Ivan, I wouldn't call the guy a right-winged prick. Nowhere did he say anything pro-Bush. I'm an independent but I generally lean conservative, but I couldn't wait for Bush's term to be up. I think you are the one who is seeing through tunnel vision, not the writer of this article. And where the hell is his birth certificate? I mean HELLO AMERICA! Everyone chooses to ignore the whole issue, including you it seems, and I'm talking to the left wing politically confused prick. We just want answers, that's all. He's the president for chrissakes… we need to know where the fuck he was born.
are you people so obsessed over someone having more money to spend than you do that you measure who's hotel bill is the highest?
So whoever gets by cheaper is a better candidate? go to work and make your own money to spend. poverty is not a virture and neither is envy
Are you fucking for real? Do you realize that the president prior to him, George Bush, took more vacation time than any other president before him in history, and you didn't even bat an eye?
You are a right-wing, politically confused prick. Understand that the problem is a global problem, not a problem that one human being (who needs his own vacation time) can save, whether you want him to or not. And if you keep being so hard on him, then he won't be able to help you. There is no one person you can scapegoat in this situation, so quit being such a small-minded, politically clueless prick. And if you really want a solution to the deteriorating (and massively complicated) global economic problem, go ahead and read Economics for Dummies.
I dunno Matt.People in Pakistan and Afghanistan might appreciate a no bombs falling from the sky policy.Maybe Obama could include it in a public option.