Golfing Boehner? Hasn't Obama been golfing a lot too, if not more than Boehner?

So explain how Social Security is going away again? Medical coverage, you mean starting tomorrow the Medical will be cut. Look up "Doc Fix". Give an example of you individual rights to freedom will be taken away? Seems to me the you want to spread fear without any proof.

On golfing Paul: actually the comparison should be between Boehner and Pelosi. I know the uber-Obama, see Obama in every situation, focus distorts this logic. Now on Obama compared to his peers:

Presidential Vacations at the end of One year:

Obama - 26 days

Bush Jr - 77 days

Clinton - 21 days

Bush Sr - 40 days

Reagan - 46 days

Carter - 19 days

Source: http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days

So no! Obama has not vacationed or probably golfed close to any recent Republican President.

But more importantly about Boehner (which our angry, anti-Obama focus obscures or totally obliterates from our memory):

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a64ZIkmVPv_w

In 1995, Boehner handed out campaign checks from the tobacco industry to members on the House floor at a time when lawmakers were considering eliminating a tobacco subsidy.
The top donor to Boehner's leadership PAC in 2003-2004 was SLM Corp., the Reston, Virginia-based student-loan company better known as Sallie Mae. SLM contributed $65,170 to Boehner's Freedom Project, more than twice as much as the second-biggest donor, New York-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The money came as the House Education and Workforce Committee, which Boehner chairs, prepared to write new legislation governing student loans.
DeLay's Jan. 7 decision to permanently relinquish his leadership post came after former aides were mentioned in a plea-bargain agreement with Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. House Republicans, who will hold a new vote the week of Jan. 30, have pledged to address ethics issues, including a possible overhaul of lobbying rules.
Blunt, who was tapped by then-House Republican Whip DeLay in 1999 to be his chief deputy, has been acting majority leader since Texan DeLay stepped down after being indicted in September on unrelated money-laundering charges in Austin.
Both men's political action committees employ Jim Ellis, who was indicted along with DeLay. DeLay's PAC gave Blunt's committee a $150,000 donation in 2000, and Blunt's PAC gave $10,000 to DeLay's non-profit foundation that same year. Both lawmakers' PACs have employed Alexander Strategy Group, a Georgetown-based firm whose partners include former Abramoff and DeLay associates.

HOW QUICKLY MANY FORGET. THIS IS WHAT THE TEABAGGERS HAVE DELIVERED US!!! NO WONDER THE COUNTRY WENT DOWN THE TOILET WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO DIG OUT OF AND GIVING HELL THE THE UNFORTUNATE FOLKS AT THE HELM OF THE DISASTER THEY ALL CREATED - BUT MOSTLY THE MORONS WHO TURNED A SURPLUS TO DEFICIT AND GAVE AWAY TO THE TOP THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMY.

J.

hmmmmmmmm...........Well this is from April 2010

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/golf/04/20/golf.obama.bush/index.html

didn't say anything about vacations did I? Golfing yes, so if you want to spin it, cool, spin away, still change the facts though.

Correction- "Didn't" change the facts

Hey Paul/Everybody--

See, people, Paul's logic above is what passes in Bagger land for reason, sanity! Guess we shouldn't expect more from FL--a third world banana republic, dunce and red neck paradise everywhere except South Beach, Miami. Good luck with your chief ignoramus Rubio!

Firstly, again the logic should be Pelosi compared to Boehner.

Secondly, Obama has vacationed nearly one quarter that of Bush (http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days), regardless if he chooses to spend that on karate, basketball, or golfing. By your jumping on logic, if a President takes ten days vacationing and plays golf each of them, and the speaker takes hundred days and doesn't play golf a single day, your brilliant comparison would place the speaker at greater credit for minding the country's business (thats if one would be silly enough to compare speaker and president times applied)? The amount of time taken away from their job should be what affects the country or you (which makes your CNN link extremely useless without the context clearly provided it in the factcheck link that shows actual time spent away from their jobs, no?)

Meanwhile, Pelosi has not come close to Boehner is looking after the interest of the powerful instead of that of the people. We got this in 2000-2007 and the country obviously came out better starting from surpluses. So how about we try it again?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a64ZIkmVPv_w

In 1995, Boehner handed out campaign checks from the tobacco industry to members on the House floor at a time when lawmakers were considering eliminating a tobacco subsidy.
The top donor to Boehner's leadership PAC in 2003-2004 was SLM Corp., the Reston, Virginia-based student-loan company better known as Sallie Mae. SLM contributed $65,170 to Boehner's Freedom Project, more than twice as much as the second-biggest donor, New York-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The money came as the House Education and Workforce Committee, which Boehner chairs, prepared to write new legislation governing student loans.
DeLay's Jan. 7 decision to permanently relinquish his leadership post came after former aides were mentioned in a plea-bargain agreement with Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. House Republicans, who will hold a new vote the week of Jan. 30, have pledged to address ethics issues, including a possible overhaul of lobbying rules.
Blunt, who was tapped by then-House Republican Whip DeLay in 1999 to be his chief deputy, has been acting majority leader since Texan DeLay stepped down after being indicted in September on unrelated money-laundering charges in Austin.
Both men's political action committees employ Jim Ellis, who was indicted along with DeLay. DeLay's PAC gave Blunt's committee a $150,000 donation in 2000, and Blunt's PAC gave $10,000 to DeLay's non-profit foundation that same year. Both lawmakers' PACs have employed Alexander Strategy Group, a Georgetown-based firm whose partners include former Abramoff and DeLay associates.

Boehner plays golf three days a week every week at Burning Tree CC when he's in town. Obama plays once a week on Sundays at Andrews Airforce base.

Both of them can get their duties done in the middle of a round. The next time I see Mark Knoller, he'll wake up wondering what happened. What a stupid issue to keep bringing up. Bush is out running a chainsaw for half his presidency, meaning he's not talking or listening to anybody for hours at a time, and Knoller's got no problem with that. Maybe if he had shut the damn thing down he wouldn't have gotten 2655 of us killed on 9/11. Obama's golf hasn't cost us even one.

Mad,

LOL, Really? My logic? Would that be asking how SS, Medical, and freedoms will be taken away? OK, maybe you can answer the question.

"A Third World Banana Republic"? LOL you're not the sharpest tool in the shed eh? You really hate Florida that much or the United States? Yeah, it's pretty rough down here not having an income tax. You think Connecticut do that? I'm thinking probably not....

J Richter, your quotation of 77 days vacation for Bush Jr is a lie. That is 2.5 months. This includes the time Bush spent in his TX ranch which was his work place and camp david included. There is no way in hell that is true.

This is a pathetic smear campaign attempt that has no merits. How does it change the fact of 3.6 tr debt in 21 months and 7.1 million additional jobs lost since Jan 2009 when Obama took over despite Stimulus, Tarp, bailouts, shovel ready projects, Bush bashing, reconciliations, backroom deals and lies?

You want to be in your own world of fabricated reality go ahead!

Hey Pablo (Paul)--

Your response alone speaks volumes about the sheer idiocy that exists in FL. I've been to FL many times. To think that the biggest medicare fraud abuser can become your governor, or that an idiot Rubio can be senator or that signs of redneck style, third world country charm and banana republic governance exists everywhere outside South Beach, Miami layered on an already piss poor education system are clear indicators of a dunce's paradise. No wonder the Tea Baggers seem to flourish there. I'll take New England any day of the week and twice on Sunday, thank you!

Ah, been to Florida many times? What do you know about Florida's education system? Well doing a little research Connecticut ranks #1 and Florida is #11. When it comes to Magnet Schools, which my kids attends, Florida ranks pretty high, I believe higher than Connecticut.

Where else had you visited in Florida besides Maimi?

But back to my first post that you keep failing to answer. How is our SS, Medical and Freedom being taken away?

Rubio is better than Meeks and Crist. Like I mentioned before both Sink and Scott are idiots. So who's going to be your next Senator? A fake War Vet or the WWE Chairwoman?

Ana, you've been listening to the fear mongers in Washington way too much. If the democrats are returned to office then we know for a fact that Medicare will be sliced and diced as part of the Obamacare and health care insurance reform.

I would like to know what it is about the policies of this administration that you think "moved us forward", and to what purpose?

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J Ritcher, instead of counting the days of vacation each president has taken, why not focus on the days that they worked for the people of the United States of America, after all that is what they are paid for, and the cold hard facts is that Obama spent very little time in the Oval Office. Time spent on AF1 does not count. Only count productive time!

AF1 is the Oval Office with wings. He can contact anyone in the world from that plane. Unless he chooses to sleep the whole trip, he can get lots of things accomplished while in transit.

Hey Pablo--

Not so fast. See the link below from your own "Florida Center For Fiscal & Economic Policy" that analyzes that so-called 11th ranking and suggests that, at best, you rank 45th.

www.fcfep.org/images/20100122-Florida's%20Education%20Rank%20Needs%20Another%20Look.pdf

Maybe Social Security, Medicare or one's Constitutional freedoms aren't going away but the oft-repeated Republican diatribe to "privatize" SS and Medicare is one sure pathway to eventual elimination. As far as freedoms are concerned, you cannot seriously argue against the increased potential for erosion of our electoral process, and by extension some of our constitutional ideals/freedoms, by non-American entities and governments wielding influence through use of vast, undisclosed sums in the wake of Citizens United. Maybe the wacky tea has begun affecting synapses that were already compromised by FL's educational system. Either way, Republicans' claim that things will be better given their history of underperformance is about the most ridiculous thing this cycle. But, like I said, Bagger logic is, and will always remain, undecipherable. Come to think of it, I can't find my Bagger decoder ring. Had it here somewhere...

Yeah....you bash Fox and read the Huffington Puffington Post?

My, my...

Huffington Post, you actually consider that a source! No wonder your views are warped.

Change won't happen until January. Watch out for the lame-duck session.

Paul-Florida

So you believe Huffingtonpost but not Fox polls?

Paul that is not a huff po poll. Read it again it's a Washington Post poll. I do not believe anything from Fox-mussen polls. Fox is not news; it is infotaintment. Don't get me started!!! On second thought I will.

It is the republican campaign Headquarters and has been since President raised his hand to take the oath of Office...

Fox News has transformed from simply the mouthpiece and oppo research shop of the Republican Party into its headquarters. For the GOP, Fox fundraises, campaigns, gives strategic advice, picks candidates (and then provides them a comfortable platform to reach millions of voters, free of charge), throws and promotes rallies, gets out the vote, and, perhaps most importantly, sets the narrative.

http://mediamatters.org/columns/201010290036

FYI:

If you Couldn't get to a tea party Fox Nation hosted a virtual tea party.

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200904130006

And Media MattersNot is a credible source?

Thats one the funniest things I've heard all day!

You beat me to it Bob. Beverly, Washington Post/Huffington Post is pretty much the same. As for Mediamatters, that has to be one of the most Left-Wing pile of BS. You slam the Right, but yet believe the Left? Really? Had you ever try looking at the Middle? I'm thinking you might not like what you see. Wednesday morning is going to be a good example. People that are in the Middle are sick of the policies being crammed down our throats. When you have a politcal party passing bills that 70-80% of the American people are against you're going to have people angry. What this Government has forgotten, yes both Republican and Democrat, is that THEY work for US. I don't work for them. If they go against my views, they lose my vote.

Nana: Yellowcake from NIGER please! People who voted for Obama don't parrot the FAUX News talking points number by number as you just did.

How was anything that you misquoted racist?

Hey Nana-

Quit your lying. You never voted for Obama. Any sane person voting for Obama knows that it would take more than two years to get us out of the sh*thole Dumbya and Republicans left us in. So go back to your Bagger Klan rally and stop trying to feign support for the change message. I guess you and the Republicans will be blowing sunshine out your a$$es in 6 months, right? NOT!

Its racist to Nana because the Republican party to her Fox scrambled mind means "white" and the Democratic party "black". Dont bother to point out that the Democratic party is indeed majority white as is any party in the country and they will be the ones at the front of said metaphoric bus. Don't point out that the current Administration is mostly white folks, the Senate has 99 of 100 white folks and 56 of 57 of them are democrats who would be at the frontmost of that bus.

Don't also point out that there are black Republicans like Allen West and Michael Steele that will be at the back too, deservedly, and that the analogy was a follow on from the driving the bus out of the ditch metaphor that had no racial context in its actual wording or delivery.

This country is made of jokers easily manipulated into actually helping to further corporate interests against their own, looking for a quick fix to the problems that were delivered on Jan 2009 after nearly a decade, or else return back to the folks who mostly brought down the debacle:

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/381680_bailout04.html
WASHINGTON -- With the economy on the brink and elections looming, Congress approved an unprecedented $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday and sent it to President Bush who quickly signed it.
"We have acted boldly to help prevent the crisis on Wall Street from becoming a crisis in communities across our country," Bush said shortly after the vote, although he conceded, "our economy continues to face serious challenges."
...
"We all know that we are in the midst of a financial crisis," House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said shortly before casting his vote for a massive government intervention in private capital markets that was unthinkable only a month ago.
"And we know that if we do nothing, this crisis is likely to worsen and to put us into an economic slump like most of us have never seen," he said.
...
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pledged to begin using his new authority quickly

WOW, Nana as an opinion and she's called a racist???? Paul are you stoned?

Mad, Those sane people that voted for Obama won't be voting for his policies on Tuesday. But hey this person born in Michigan and lives in Florida is just a Redneck eh? Only people from Connecticut are the smart ones. You have a pretend combat Vet that lies about his service running against a person that runs the WWE or WWF, whatever it is called today. Yup, you guys are the smart ones...........

Remember Nana, if you don't vote for Obama's policies your a racist. That's the flavor of the week.

I didn't call Nana a racist, I implied that Nana is a liar.

Paul-I didn't say you did, Mad and JR took care of that.

Mad In Ct, you do realize that Obama voted to put us in that sh_thole you referenced in you post. He was a sitting Senator at the time, remember? So don't pull this nonsense. He knew what he did, he knew he had to deal with it when he entered the oval office. He's got people thinking he was a Washington newbie when he walked in and didn't know anything.

Obama voted for what "sh!thole"? Please be specific.

TJM--

Such inane logic to suggest that all this crap we are facing began, originated, commenced, had its origins on or after 1/21/09! I presume that you crawled out from under that rock you call home sometime prior to 1/20/09. Or maybe like most Baggers you remained in the dark then chose to venture out as soon as a non-white president was elected! You are the one spewing nonsensical drivel suggesting that Republicans like Angle, Miller, Tancredo, Paladino, and the other Tea loons are good for America. Bagga' Puh-lease!

Dream on....

I think you could be correct, Sam :)

I will be voting Tuesday.

Everytime I see a Tea Bagger spewing Republican nonsense I am repulsed by their blinding idiocy, limited education and the fact that these lummoxes with no plan even think they can govern. Que tanta mierda tu dices, Juancito!

Mad in CT......Comments like you just made are why you left wing liberal's are going to be voted out come Tuesday...and Obama will be a one term President.....and you really think Obama has a plan.....he doesn't have a clue....duh....LOL

Agreed Dixie, wait for the insults come flying...........

Elected officials are not controllers, dixie. They are supposed to be leaders their constituents elect to govern.

Appears you can put thought to writing.

Now maybe you should try picking up a non-fox book and try reading something educational?