Hey Maybe he can stick around long enough to get Harry to pass a budget?

How many Presidential trips delayed or cancelled? How many Vacations delayed?

All because Congress could not do their job!

Does that mean no holidays for Grover Norquist?

Teddy Obama - now a martyr too.

How's that FY2012 budget update from you coming along Teddy? The FY2013 budget is due in a couple of months, any progress on that one?

And who holds you accountable Teddy? Besides the voters.

Sniffles says she likes not having a budget. It makes her warm and tingly to think that her obstructionist heroes are stopping any progress:)

dummie

It would take more than work for Barry to delay his vacation! Maybe he's just using that as an excuse for him and Rahm to say good bye to Blago who very soon will be joining their other friend and partner, Tony Rezko who's already been sentenced to the same jail! Ahhh, Chicago politics, don't you love it?

Maybe that will shut them up!

What Obama playing golf at (St.) Andrews Air Force Base instead of Hawaii?

You don't think Obama has heard the criticism of even the liberals that say he isn't involved, that he just phones it?

He says he might forgo the obligatory photo-op of taking the girls to the bookstore / talking to an advisor for a photo-op with an advisor in DC. Big deal.

Nothing but a political calculation, just like everything else Obama.

So the Boehner and McConnel will go along with the cut, but they'll reject the tax increase ... and what pass the extension and select a super, super committee to work out how to pay for it?

@Feisty

GF, nothing, and I mean nothing can shut up the RWNJ's. They will probably say that the President is staying to purposely keep the sainted GOP congressmen away from their families.

Jojo, there you are. 4 more years of Obama and you'll be dissing all previous Republican Presidents. Will you be ready to leave the Dark Side then?

Love the caption in the picture "Obama takes a new direction in reelection campaign."

Keep throwing stuff against the wall hoping it will stick.

Cause he sure as hell knows he can't run on his record.

Ahhh. Nothing like the sound of the Rebaggers whining on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. Think I may have a cup of tea and watch them make fools of themselves.

WCA: Love the caption in the picture "Obama takes a new direction in reelection campaign."

Sure first it was this goofy "Blame Congress" attack from Obama, and that pretty much died out when it was unexpectedly revealed that half of Congress was controlled by the Democrats.

Next it will be Obama saying "See, I can hit a golf ball half way to the green". Well yeah, from the women's tee.

GF, nothing, and I mean nothing can shut up the RWNJ's

You sure got that right!

Just take a look how they manage to bring Tony Rezco & golf into a conversation about the Presidents vaca! lmao

Whoo Hoo!!!

They sure are hitting the hate-or-aide hard these days!

I wish they weren't do damn predictable!

PS: I haven't seen the 'teleprompter' comments yet - have you?

Not in the past 10 minutes, but you did bring it up. I am sure they were just waiting for someone to spell it for them so now they can use it!

I see your favorite nag is on board today. Want a cup of tea and laugh at her?

feisty and finefancy, female versions of a cup supporter for BO.

He does need the help, every day the president's 'base' is shrinking just like George Costanza's 'base' shrunk on Seinfeld. Do you think he's starting to get it?

JoAnna,

Is it just me, or does this feel like Obama has in effect tried to take Social Security, a program designed for Americans to pay for - to support their own retirement and changed it to where the rich now have to fund that too?

So now the government is mandating the rich pay other people's taxes!

And when it comes down to it, isn't this just another socialistic sleight of hand to move the bar?

'base' is shrinking

That's what Billy's wife said...

Sounds like you are all too familiar with the 'shrinkage' there pal - it's not necessary to share your 'shortage' with the rest of us!

Want a cup of tea and laugh at her?

I would love one!

Thanks!

We can throw sugar cubes at her every time she whinnies! ;o)

JoJo, I just love a female misogynist ... Cain we meet up?

Hooray, we have a "socialist" comment from one of the many Boobs, I mean Bobs, no I mean Boobs! I need to check, who won the pool today on the timing of this socialist comment?

@Feisty

Lemon? Of course, you nag is sour enough. Just don't see me ruining a good cup of tea squeezing her into it!

No Bob, it's just you and JoJo.

Out of his 2922 days in office W spent 490 days at his Texas ranch and another 470 days at Camp David. That is 32.8% of his Presidency just at those 2 places alone.

By golly, compared to Obama President Bush was only a part time CIC.

Saw this on FT in response to a comment about 'baggage':

"The bar was set very low by the Democrats patriarch and current rock star hero President Clinton. Now all politicians need to do is meet that same level of behavior as Bill.

Fair is fair, correct?"

It was posted by Smiff, and I can assume by it she is recommending Obama take a lot MORE vacation, to match what Bush did.

Fair is fair, correct?

Dennis, don't forget we also had a Veep that was always in an undisclosed location! Seems the executive branch tried to spend as much time as possible in hiding!

bob - Is it just me, or does this feel like Obama has in effect tried to take Social Security, a program designed for Americans to pay for - to support their own retirement and changed it to where the rich now have to fund that too?

I don't think so, see last statement below for more. That would be a real tangled web to manage. But I see no mention from any of the bill designers if the excise tax on the "rich" would backfill the lost revenues going into SS, or just go to the General Fund. I would expect a program like SS is running on fumes where the taxes for it come in, and they are immediately sent to the beneficiaries. From the debt ceiling deal where Obama threatened that those checks "may not go out", one would think there is less than a $20 billion float on funds for SS.

But who are we kidding, the Social Security Trust Fund and the General Fund are really the same thing. Obama will just have less paper work to fill out to put bonds in place of the SSTF funds when he steals the money for general use.

And people's payout for SS is based on what they put into the fund. By putting in less money now, they'll realize less of a benefit when they retire.That's something not mentioned by the Democrats or Obama.

So fineinfancy,

Big enough girl to explain how the government mandating the rich pay other peoples taxes isn't socialism?

Care to give a Constitutionality opinion?

Or are you just another popcorn eating embecile that has nothing but mindless snarks?

First, go look up socialism in a dictionary. Second, the rich do not pay their fair share for the benefits they receive. Third, I like snarky and popcorn.

And finally, I stand firm, you are a boob.

Smiff, No Jo and Boob....er, Bob0 sorry.

I see your posts every day, whining about Obama in some way, shape or form.

I have to ask: Just what, exactly, do you think you are going to acheive with all this constant, never-changing stream of noise and nonsense? that it's all going to somehow magically transform Newt or Mitt or someone into someone that is capable of being a succesfull president??

What??

So you couldn't do it huh.

But thanks for answering the embecile snark question.

EKE! Look at the time. Have to run to the store to buy all the GOP candidates books so I can shred them up for kitty litter! Frankie just loves to go potty on Newt'rs (since he is neutered too). Eleanor (yes, I named my cats after the Roosevelt's) just loves to go potty on Romney (she thinks it gives him some personality).

Check back in later.

Oh, and one of the many boobs, it wouldn't matter what I said. Did you find the dictionary yet?

Now THAT'S what I call BOLD leadership!!!!!

FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!

FOUR MORE YEARS!!!!!!

Although I'm not sure the country would survive four more years of this kind of leadership.

pp:. Second, the rich do not pay their fair share for the benefits they receive.

Once again, the "rich", lets define them to be the top 10%, pay 70% of the federal income taxes. Obama and the Democrats propose they pay more. If the excise tax goes through as defined by the Senate, will the "rich be paying their "fair-share" at that point?

And what benefits do the rich receive that others do not? Food stamps? Welfare checks? Unemployment checks? SS benefits (that they paid into)? Do they get better services for such things as National Defense? Do they get to cut the line when applying for a passport?

Please explain.

drive-by,

If it were just nonsense and noise, one of you guys would have been able to refute something in all this time.

Obama vowed to "transform" the country right?

Simply pointing out what an epic disaster he has been for this country.

Newt or Mitt or anyone would be an amazing improvement over a clueless radical ideologue.

Fair enough?

No, Bob, not fair enough. Because you or Smiff or anyone else saying something does NOT automatically make it reality.

Sheeesh.

Smiff- the 10% that pay the 70%- How much of the wealth do they control, in percent?

Buzzard: the 10% that pay the 70%- How much of the wealth do they control, in percent

You tell me. Then tell me why it matters.

And seeing you so fell in love (again) with Teddy's Obama's speech yesterday, what's your plan for income equity Buzzers? But to fair Buzz-Boy, that's a rhetorical question, mainly because you're too dumb to figure one out.

Is it just me, or does this feel like Obama has in effect tried to take Social Security, a program designed for Americans to pay for - to support their own retirement and changed it to where the rich now have to fund that too?

It is just you. Last time I checked, the rich were Americans as well.Since Congress has mined Social Security to balance the budget. If the rich are paying anything, it is to balance the budget, a goal most Americans, including Conservatives desire.

So now the government is mandating the rich pay other people's taxes!

The government is actually mandating the tax rate for the rich. Article 1 section of the Constitution expressly reserves the government that right.

And when it comes down to it, isn't this just another socialistic sleight of hand to move the bar?

Yes it is, if you are referring to the top-heavy complex of policies that "bar" the American people from a decent standard of living earned through work and talent, instead rewarding base-self interest.

I wonder how many people think of a vacation as being one where there's a guy who follows you around with a "football". Where there's a cadre of Secret Service agents following you everywhere. Where you are briefed about events every morning. Where you are NEVER out of touch with the "office". Where you know that a majority of lawmakers are working constantly to destroy your work and trying to sabotage your efforts while you're on "vacation". Where you know that there's a group of loudmouthed right-wing crazies who are going to whine like dogs in heat whether you go on vacation or whether you stay at home.

Oh yeah, that's some vacation.

DW: I wonder how many people think of a vacation as being one where there's a guy who follows you around with a "football". Where there's a cadre of Secret Service agents following you everywhere. Where you are briefed about events every morning. Where you are NEVER out of touch with the "office". Where you know that a majority of lawmakers are working constantly to destroy your work [yadda, yadda, yadda ] . . . .

That's kind of the description of the job Mr. Walker. Every President before him has had the same set of problems. Maybe Obama should put on his big-boy Pull-Up, get a thicker skin, and get to work rather than just give speeches and blame others.

I guess Obama should get a ranch in Crawford, then his vacations would all be ok.

I am not sure what potty-training has to do with it, unless Obama uses the Pull-ups to hold all the mud thrown his way.

JAS:

Your words: "That's kind of the description of the job Mr. Walker. Every President before him has had the same set of problems."

Your own words out you as the damned-if-he-does and damned-if-he-doesn't attitude you right-wingers have about the President. You have all the depth of Saran Wrap.

"You tell me. Then tell me why it matters."

No, you dumb-assed bovine- YOU tell ME. I asked first, remember?

Hurray, the President of Class Warfare is staying home to pass legislation to combat the spending his party has created! Not a problem. Republicans are the enemy and the Prez and the liberal media has done an excellent job of moving this agenda forward.

Republicans have no issue with helping the middle class, the unemployeed and the entitlement class. They have no agenda to end climate regulations, or anything else they are being cited on. The holdup is how they, the Democrats will pay for this. After all, didn't this President agree to a 'apy-as-you-go' programs?

Obama wants to hold the Congress accountable; who holds him accountable?

Feisty, you plant your negative seeds often. Where do you believe these funds will come from, and will the middle class also pay for this? Taxing only the upper 1% won't pay for this funding. Why don't you pony-up and send your money in to help this president pay for the programs?

Buzzy: No, you dumb-assed bovine- YOU tell ME. I asked first, remember?

It is so much fun to get under DBOs skin and watch him fly off the rails. Still waiting for an intelligent and thoughtful post from you Buzz. What's it been, two years or so now? Keep trying my little midget brained Libby. If nothing else, you certainly are entertaining, you know like a clown.

DW: Your own words out you as the damned-if-he-does and damned-if-he-doesn't attitude you right-wingers have about the President. You have all the depth of Saran Wrap

What's the matter Dave, did your feelings get hurt when someone tells the truth about your hero? You think other Presidents had the free ride you desire for Barry? Barry, and you, need to toughen up a little. Both of you are easily offended.

And didn't you have me on Ignore? Maybe you and Jack from Portsmouth should get together and figure out what that means.

Feisty,

You missed it, Gingrich wove it into the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Forum speech today. He claims if they give him the nomination he will challenge the president to 7 debates of 3 hours long each. And he'll even let him use a teleprompter.

It was comedic gold as Gingrich sat there and cried (literally) foul that they brought 84 ethics violations against him; but only one stuck (blamed his lawyer in the process for that one - yeah he'll be personally accountable, no doubt there).

I'm just trying to figure out how the front runner had to speak before Perry and Bachmann? HA HA HA

My ears are still bleeding, that was some effed up campaignin' going on for the Jew Brethren (as Perry's speech used pauses and quiet voices contrasted with soaring rhetoric). These fools ACTUALLY seem to believe their followers will swallow anything. (I will refrain from the obvious Cain joke while he is on a self imposed 'time out').

But I digress, back to Newtie's speech - he is a student of history; with the obvious exception of his OWN history. But if he continues to play his cards right, he'll make history!

Good times, fer shore! Too delish to turn away.

JAS:

You are on ignore. I just look now and again to see if you are out of dogma mode. You aren't.

It is not possible for you to hurt my feelings. There is nothing new in the dogma you so happily gulp down.

No President in my memory has ever faced a more difficult path than President Obama and if you had even a scintilla of honesty in your body, you would admit that.

For you guys on the right, it's not that truth is stranger than fiction. Truth is simply a stranger. No truth. No shame. No honesty.

Good times, fer shore! Too delish to turn away.

That's fer shore! ;o)

They have provided enough comedic gold in a few short months to last us for years!

You really can't make that @!$%# up! lol

You are on ignore. I just look now and again to see if you are out of dogma mode

Shhh David - these mental midgets haven't figured out there is this neat little invention called an on/off switch!

Sniffy - stop straddling the electric fence will ya?

Hawaii is Obama's home state and where his aging grandfather lives. The president wasn't even able to go there when his grandmother died. His grandparents raised him, so are like parents. Where do you go for the Christmas holiday? I go to my parents, so what's the friggin' problem with you friggin' "family values" Teapublicans!

Our president has worked so hard, he really needs this vacation. The pressure he is under each and every day is more than any normal man could take. The planning of vacations, the rounds of golf, the fairness speeches. OMG, this poor man should just take the next year off and let blow boy Biden guide the country. Its time to laugh at Biden as Obama is not funny any more.

This is quite a tragedy. It has been such a long time since the President has had a chance to get out of Washington. Someone needs to assure him that his staying in Washington will not matter one bit regarding this legislation. Of course the President can always communicate with people by using the Internet. They do have it in Hawaii do they not?

It would serve them right. Bunch of Lazy Pr!cks

Congress should work more than 3 days a week to justify those salaries!...Holidays included....

Let's see how long it takes to resolve these issues....

Thank you President Obama.

Obama/Biden 2012......Let's get to work!

Sorry to sound depressing, but all they will do is pass a 6 week continuance or some such nonsense so the can go home and fund raise (or worship at the feet of Grover and the Kochs - a new band)

The tricksters in the right-wing have been exposed for what they are.

President Obama is totally aware of how they operate and hopefully WILL NOT bend as he did last year. A lot was accomplished in the 'lame duck' session, but at what cost?

It's painfully obvious that the TeaPeople do not care about anything but 'no tax increases' on the wealthiest....but 'increase taxes' on the working class.....

Right Wing Nut Job

AKA, the Republican Party

RWNJ:

Roll With Newt JoAnna.

Oh, I always thought it was Relations With No Jo,...

snark off.

Love your new avatar Gingerbread!

Did Reid say what dialect Obama spoke in when he told him?

I don't think he was speaking Republicanese. Which essentially means protect the rich and and screw everyone else.

Bingo! We have a winner!

Thar ya go bob ... you tell 'em.

Hell, I voted for him, Ideology....!

(His contribution WAS an improvement, wasn't it?)

Thar ya go bob ... you tell 'em.

Yep, that's probably the most intelligent thing Bob has said this year.

... and a vote for each of you ... one more for Bob too.

The lunatic Obamabots are on in full swing and most probably jobless with the amount of time they have to post their collective crap on the internet........How did you people become so stupid and ignorant?

phine,

I imagine the President's "vacations" are a lot like most of mine - the only thing that makes it a vacation is because the HR department designated the days so. Just take the job to a different location.

Congress can't work 5 days in a row. The schedule is set by the Speaker. That, for you on the right, is the Orange Man. Mustn't keep him from his tanning bed!

It's a shame it's come to this. at least we know the President is willing to sacrifice for the good of America. What will congress do??

Gingrich/Orange 2012 ... I like a good tough rhyme.

@ideology

How about Newt'red Orange 2012?

If I could only vote for such a creamy/dreamy glass of bubbles.

Booby, you are just so very cute and predictable. Juice time!!

(NBO) Nobody But Obama, Yeah!

Bob, do you work for the health insurance industry? Are you just pissed off that soon you won't be able to make a buck off of someone's misfortune? Damn that socialism.

The above is meant for you also JoJo. xox

amen.

Obama delay vacation? The 17 days ....it must have hit his poll numbers negatively.

Either post your source of this rumor Henny-Penny or STFU!

Ps; Telling me to 'google' it isn't gonna cut - you made the claim & it is YOUR responsibility to BACK it UP!

Feisty,

you seem think I have to answer to You. LOL

YOUR CONSISTENT NASTINESS AND NAME CALLING RENDERS YOU INELIGIBLE FOR AN ANSWER.

Go attack others who care.

You kids are proud (NOT)

Feisty, lets remember who we're dealing with here. First of all Leona is a well known troll on this blog site. She laughs (LOL, LOL, LOL........) at nearly every moronic post that she makes which leads me to believe that even she thinks here posting are not serious. As far as backing up her spurious "facts", I'm betting that her digestive system is clogged with Fox News rants. I think a very large dose of a factual enema would really help her obvious discomfort about reality.

hey merry,

you have it all wrong. I am laughing at your posts. LOL

It's time for you and feisty to have me on "ignore."

I won't wait for that because you and other libs like to name call.

It doesn't phase me. I get a laugh out of the day from people like you. Opinions are not allowed and should be attacked if they disagree with yours.

LOL. I 'll keep laughing at your intolerance.

PssstLeona....I think the word you want is faze. You're right you got me ....besides religion, I'm also intolerant of ignorance and stupidity.

It's time for you and feisty to have me on "ignore."

Oh NOOO sweetie - I would never put you on ignore!

You are way too much fun to smack around! ;o)

I'm also intolerant of ignorance and stupidity.

Ditto that MerryPrankster!

I once posted a video link to debunk one of Henny-Penny's ignorant rants and her response was 'never happened'...

Thankfully, with HCR being enacted - Leona may get the medication she so desperately needs & a pair of glasses!

The most intelligent comment I have seen on this site.

Yep congress shouldn't get a vacation. Isn't budgeting the responsibility of the legislative branch?