>> Notice how i-node is pretending that only Smirk ever traveled with a communication infrastructure? Every president in modern history has done that.
It is a fact of presidential politics that the party not in power will raise hell about the number of vacation days, and the cost of them, that presidents take. It is part of the deal.
But vacation days aren't the measure. Bush worked hard when on vacation; Obama takes it easy. In fact, by all accounts, Obama is the biggest slacker to occupy the White House, at least in modern times.
There are two real problems with Obama's work ethic:
First, there is scant evidence the man is doing anything at all. News came out yesterday that during the Beghazi attacks, the man was playing spades because "he couldn't stand to watch it." Seriously, can you imagine GWB being that out of the loop?
As far as I can see, his only real function is to make comments that serve no one's interests: He has created more racial tension than Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson combined, denigrated and humiliated Putin (and himself), offended the Brits, and couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag.
Secondly, his vacations have been exceedingly lavish -- you have to admit that much. Wasteful spending at a time when the country is doing poorly. Even Jimmy Carter didn't do this. Big parties, expensive vacations, all of it - - contributes to a perception of elitism, which as it turns out, isn't merely perception, it is reality.
Worst. President. Ever. |
