The Week That Was: A look back at a wild week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioQQ0nQ43HY&feature=player_detailpage

hope you have some good pizza.

I'll have to check with my delivery driver - they are announcing travel times on the news right now - in some cases a normal 1/2 hour drive is over 4 HOURS!

Here's the Etta & Al you requested;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIyQefMvl8g&feature=player_detailpage

Can you imagine President Obama crooning "Let's Stay Together to Michelle"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hDt2E8MoE&feature=player_detailpage

I'm SWOONING just thinking about it! ;o)

5 votes

#2.1 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:11 PM EST

Gingerbread Mamma

The clip from the news this morning showing him singing, had me dreamin too. I bet he has sung that to her lots of times.

3 votes

#2.2 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:41 PM EST

Steeler Fan-380417

GBM---I was hoping you'd bring some of your famous Mexican Lasagna to the Dew Drop Inn, in honor of Romney's Mexican roots! I'm buying the first round of hot chocolate with kahlua. Haven't figured out a way to have my favorite--champagne--warm!

4 votes

#2.3 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:47 PM EST

hot chocolate with kahlua.

Tell me it's topped with a ton of whipped cream SF?

Speaking of Mexican Lasagna - did I miss the recipe on the flip side?

3 votes

#2.4 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:57 PM EST

JoAnne in PA

Oh, no, Feisty - let's not start swooning again - you know how NoJoe hates it when we swoon! Now she's gonna have to go drag up all those old Tiger Beat lines of hers again!

5 votes

#2.5 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:57 PM EST

Steeler Fan-380417

Genuine home-made whipped cream with a touch of kahlua in it, too.

JoAnne---we'll keep the swooning to a minimum.

Hope everyone in the storm stays safe.

4 votes

#2.6 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:15 PM EST

Oh, no, Feisty - let's not start swooning again -

GF - I am in FULL swoon mode! lol

Genuine home-made whipped cream

Made some for Christmas dessert - nothing like it in the world (see my swooning comments above).. lol

Hope everyone in the storm stays safe.

It's really bad here - thankfully, we have the fireplace going and a little hot toddy to keep us warm!

5 votes

#2.7 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:25 PM EST

newdayDAWNING...RETURNED

Hey, wait! Am I too late for the party? Just home, all of you that are in the storm stay safe...hear?

4 votes

#2.8 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:06 PM EST

The week that was, ahhh yes....... Obama hanging out at Disney with Mickey Mouse, singing Al Green songs at fundraisers , eating ice cream cones and golfing.......

No wonder his campaign slogan was " WTF."

LOL

5 votes

#3 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:21 PM EST

Leona it's past your curfew - crawl back under your rock!

You have been spam trolling the same bull@!$%# comments all day!

It wasn't funny the first time & it's not funny the 42nd time either!

6 votes

#3.1 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:24 PM EST

Feisty,

I know you're trying to shut me up, as usual, in good liberal fashion.....lol

but what would you do with your time if you didn't have people like me to call vile names at and try to demean as if YOU are the beacon of light the world is waiting for to get enlightened by. lol

BTW, you can "ignore" me.

Please. lol

4 votes

#3.2 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:50 PM EST

BTW, you can "ignore" me.

Not a chance - sweet cheeks! ;o)

If ignorance is bliss - you are in hog heaven!

6 votes

#3.3 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:58 PM EST

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/20/carney_denies_obama_is_campaigning_a_lot.html

FEISTY,

Your kids are so proud of you (NOT)

LOL

3 votes

#3.4 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:25 AM EST

no joe, no bo, nj

Would you not think that, when a candidate or his/her representative made a totally ludicrous state,ent, the media would be all over it?

How about if it was a blatant lie? Think the Insult to the intelligence of the media and the electorate might warrant a mention?

I do- the first class "professional" journalists on this site do not.

2 votes

#3.5 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:42 AM EST

Next time you should use "the Blaze" as your supposedly unbiased source.

On another note; Thanks FR, for providing a home to the best political blog out there.

2 votes

#3.6 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:00 AM EST

hey John B,

how does it feel to have a "President" who doesn't actually work?

Obama goes from vacationing to golf to fundraising to campaigning and around and around again.

2 votes

#3.7 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:52 AM EST

You mean like Bush that spent 3 of his 8 years (35%) away from DC?

While he was there he found time to ride his mountain bike 20 hours a week and read one book every 6 days and didn’t take daily briefings on Sundays.

In 20 hours a week our President could get in 5 rounds of golf !!!!!!!

5 votes

#3.8 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:58 AM EST

hey Dennis,

Everyone, but you liberals, has heard that Bush did work at Camp David and at his own home in Texas.

Just ask all the dignataries and other politicians who went there on official business.

Too bad Obama couldn't conduct his business at Disney World. I hear that Mickey Mouse and Goffy demanded too much of his time.

LOL

2 votes

#3.9 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:05 AM EST

I never said he didn’t work while away from DC. All Presidents put in a lot of work while away from the office.

He averaged one trip to Texas every 5.5 weeks – how much did it cost me for those 77 trips?

Just how much extra taxpayer money was spent to spend all those staffers back and forth to Camp David and to his TX ranch??

4 votes

#3.10 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:32 AM EST

Dennis,

how much did it cost for Bush to go to Texas, you ask??

That's hilarious that you can't figure this out.......................it cost a he#$ of a lot LESS than trips to Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard , Disney World and Spain !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 votes

#3.11 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:38 AM EST

So our President makes 1 trip home every year and you say that his one trip cost more that 10 trips a year to Texas??????

3 votes

#3.12 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:44 AM EST

You have the patience of a Saint for debating with Leona the Loon...

how much did it cost me for those 77 trips?

Asked & answered:

During Bush’s two terms, the cost of operating Air Force One ranged from $56,800 to $68,000 an hour. Bush used Air Force One 77 times to go to his ranch in Crawford, TX. Using the low end cost of $56,800, Media Matters calculated that each trip to Crawford cost taxpayers $259,687 each time, and $20 million total for Bush’s ranch flights.

If cost of the flight was the only expense involved to taxpayers Bush’s vacations would still seem rather economical, but there is more, much more. Unlike the Obama’s $4 million Christmas vacation price tag, which includes the cost of everything from transportation to accommodations for the First Family, the White House staff, and the White House press corps, Bush’s numbers only include the cost of flying the president to Crawford. The cost of transporting and accommodating staff, media, friends and family is not included in Bush’s vacation numbers.

In response to growing criticism that the president was on vacation too much, the Bush administration adopted the Rovian tactic of scheduling, “work events,” while the president was in Crawford so that they could claim that President Bush’s vacations were working vacations. During his infamous pre-9/11 August vacation, the AP reported that, “Using the ranch as a base, he will promote White House initiatives in Rocky Mountain National Park, Denver, Albuquerque, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and San Antonio.”

Bush’s “working vacations” cost taxpayers a small fortune in travel costs because President Bush and his staff would make day trips on Air Force One all across the country in order to counter the criticism that he was on vacation too often. For eight years, Bush essentially used Air Force One as his personal vacation taxi service.

What was also not counted in Bush’s Air Force One mileage total were the vacations where Bush flew to Crawford from Camp David such as the following via Media Matters:

In a December 27, 2001, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Sun-Sentinel article (accessed via Nexis), national correspondent Jeff Zeleny reported “[a]fter spending Christmas at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, the president and first lady boarded Air Force One to travel to their ranch near the village of Crawford.”

And on December 26, 2007, The Associated Press reported that Bush took “Air Force One to fly from his Maryland mountaintop retreat to his Texas ranch here to see in the new year.”

FactCheck.org was writing about the anonymous chain emails about Obama’s travel costs and noted in July that the stories about Obama’s travel expenses are, “part of continuing pattern of false and misleading claims about the travels of the president and the first lady,” and that Obama used Air Force One less in his first two years in office than George W. Bush did.

http://www.politicususa.com/

SUCK on THAT Sweetie!

Damn those pesky FACTS!

4 votes

#3.13 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:51 AM EST

hey feisty,

First, no one believes the liberal media , except you lemmings. Their "facts" are kool aid fiction.

Second, we don't have the tallys yet on Obama's trips.

Who knows, I hear Obama liked hanging out with Mickey and Goofy so much that he plans many trips back....... Not to mention Spain, Hawaii, Martha's Vineyard, Hollywood and some new destinations too.

LOL

2 votes

#3.14 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:25 PM EST

First, no one believes the liberal media

I don't know how to say it delicately so here goes...

You are a STONE cold IDIOT!

Get out a freakin calculator and do the MATH instead on raving about Mickey!

You do know how to add & subtract don't you having all your supposed 'degrees'?

The only one who's Goofy is YOU!

4 votes

#3.15 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:31 PM EST

Feisty,

now, now, now....Pres. Obama doesn't like the name calling. lol

I know you're upset, but there's help out there for your "kool aid syndrome".

Someone has to tell the truth, dont you agree?

Obama's NOT done yet with his fanciful trips to fairy lands and golf courses .

So, how are you comparing Obama to Bush??

2 votes

#3.16 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:45 PM EST

Leona is clearly math challenged since she can’t calculate the annual average.

4 votes

#3.17 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:48 PM EST

Dennis,

I'll calculate the annual average when Obama "retires."

Until then, we don't know what the future holds for Obama's "trips."

It may be over in another year. If not, we may be in for an acceleration of Obama travels.

2 votes

#3.18 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:03 PM EST

He's gotten a lot done for a guy who never works. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

2 votes

#3.19 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:39 PM EST

hey John B,

Too bad we want to repeal everything he did ( i.e. Obamacare, etc.) so as not to overburden American tax payers.

#3.20 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:09 PM EST

It’s a funny thing how that “Senate” thing works, where you need 60 votes to override a filibuster.

Republicans might win the Senate but will be far short of having enough votes to overturn anything.

The best you can do is to defund it but you will not be able to overturn it regardless of what your Presidential candidates tell you.

3 votes

#3.21 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:25 PM EST

What Dennis said. Good luck repealing the 20th Century.

1 vote

#3.22 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:05 PM EST

Jeffrey B. Greer

Ladies have a great weekend and have a couple Margarita's for me also hahahaha!!! Even Leona should be in a good mood to see Mr. Romney get upended tomorrow.

6 votes

#4 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:24 PM EST

Ladies have a great weekend and have a couple Margarita's for me

You don't have to tell us twice! ;o)

Mr. Romney get upended tomorrow.

From the sound of her - she could use a good hard upending herself!

Might clear the cobwebs that inhabit the area between her ears!

6 votes

#4.1 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:26 PM EST

Everyone knows that when a liberal has nothing to say of any substance, they always resort to name calling.

Sad but true.

Your kids must be so Proud ( NOT).

LOL

3 votes

#4.2 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:52 PM EST

Skeptical Realist

the nuts are out of the assylum now and grasping at straws. Goodbye and good ridance barack and all you barack supporters. good ridance to you also Mitt. We have our candidate.

#5 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:37 PM EST

talkingtoyou55

Well it looks like the "we want dubya back" crowd is at it. Yes they want things the way they were in 2007-8. Lets see zero job growth...two wars fought on credit...Bin-Laden still on the loose...and Laizze-faire economics...what tired and failed plans do you have (lets do the same thing over again and see if it works this time) I'm not hearing any from the sore losers side. Didn't have any ideas in 2008 and still don't.

2 votes

#6 - Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:43 PM EST

TonyGee77

t55

You forgot a few facts: GDP about 3.5, Unemployment at 4.3%, Stock market over 14k

I'll take those numbers anytime!!

2 votes

#7 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:14 AM EST

Tony,

liberals don't like facts, just fiction.

Maybe that's why Obama is hanging out in Disney World ( the land of fiction) with Mickey Mouse. LOL

3 votes

#7.1 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:27 AM EST

Bethie from Texas

Leona, why is it not OK with you for President Obama to take a trip with his kids? I think everyone works better when they take a break now and then. This is also the time, as Sasha and Malia grow up, that memories are made. Both girls will be out of the house in a few short years. Should their childhood be put on hold while President Obama is in office? Not only has he taken less vacation time up to now as Bush had at the same time in his presidency, he has also gotten more done, including repairing our relationships with other countries. I really think he has taken a normal amount of vacations/trips compared to other presidents before Bush.

2 votes

#7.2 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:06 PM EST

Bethie,

With all due respect to your opinion, Obama is President of the U.S. ! You're worried about his "memories" !!??

If he wanted to vacation and play golf so much, there are many other jobs out there for Obama. Add to his vacation time all his fundraising time. We tax payers shouldn't be paying for him to constantly fly all over and fundraise.

One big reason Chris Christie didn't run for President is the fact that he wants to spend time with his family.

#7.3 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:15 PM EST

Ignore Leona. She didn't care how much vacationing and fundraising Reagan and Bush did, and she knows it.

Conservatism isn't about consistency of thought or principle, it's a series of messages intended to sell policies beneficial to the wealthy elites.

2 votes

#7.4 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:07 PM EST

talkingtoyou55

Yeah you'll take those numbers until the check comes...typical put it on the credit card and let somebody else pay.

That's the fact and you still don't have a clue.

#8 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:28 AM EST

John-4274116

I would vote for Obama over dirty Newt. $300,000 fine for ethics violations. Own party kicked him out as speaker. Dems have every detail.

1 vote

#9 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:55 PM EST

one of those leading the fight against Newt was Nancy " Insider trading" Pelosi.

Enough said.

#9.1 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:01 PM EST

donnay

Our country is healing, and we’re heading upward from the very deep and very wide hole the Bush Administration dug for us... it's been a slow recovery, and we're not quite there yet, but we're heading in the right direction!

Obama is working for the middle class, he's on the side of hard working Americans and those less fortunate... we need a second Obama term to ensure our country is on solid footing. We need the Affordable Health Care Law which will enable every American an opportunity to acquire affordable health care... by the way which should be a right not a privilege; we need a large infrastructure plan which will put millions back to work; we need fair tax policy, tax breaks for folks making less than $250,000 and slightly higher taxes for those making a million+; and, we need to preserve Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, however some adjustments should be made, i.e. means testing and gradually increasing the eligibility age.

Obama stands for the above and with Dems’ out there campaigning and voting we can take back the house and increase our numbers in the Senate... then we'll see real change in this country.

On the other hand... if the GOP take over the white house be prepared to see the Affordable Health Care law be repealed, and we'll be once again at the mercy of big insurance companies; be prepared to watch Medicare and Social Security privatized; and, be prepared to see the tax rate for our dwindling middle class increase while the tax rate for the top two percent decrease...

Under a GOP led administration the middle class and our seniors will lose their safety net, they'll have higher taxes and the rest of the dwindling middle class will be reduced to accepting minimum wage jobs... and the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer!

THINK TWICE BEFOR YOU PLACE YOU VOTE... do you want a GOP at the helm driving in reverse, or, do we NEED President Obama to continue navigating the ship back to prosperity for ALL Americans? I for one am voting for Obama!

Obama/Biden are for the 99% -- The GOP are for the 1%

Donna

2 votes

#10 - Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:30 PM EST