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Originally posted by whatukno
reply to post by FlyersFan
I can see domestic trips to visit problem areas, etc. (although I'm sure less expensive underlings can be sent to gather info) Sometimes it is needed. But I'd bet not that often.
Oh yea right, then you would be complaining that he didn't go himself and how disconnected he was to the American people and how he doesn't care about whatever catastrophe plaguing the nation at the moment.
Basically to you, this guy can do no good.
Originally posted by whatukno
No matter what he does, you are sure as the sun shines going to find some fault in it and find a way to put some stank on it. Take it as a flame if you want, but it's the truth, from day 1 of this guys presidency you have been on here freaking out about anything you can.
Here's a question for you, does it say anywhere in the United States Constitution that the president has to be in Washington DC in order to do his job?
I'll use the excuse the conservatives used during Bush's years. The POTUS doesn't actually ever get a day off, they are working every day, even while on vacation, every single day they receive things like the President's daily briefing.
Originally posted by whatukno
reply to post by FlyersFan
I can see domestic trips to visit problem areas, etc. (although I'm sure less expensive underlings can be sent to gather info) Sometimes it is needed. But I'd bet not that often.
Oh yea right, then you would be complaining that he didn't go himself and how disconnected he was to the American people and how he doesn't care about whatever catastrophe plaguing the nation at the moment.
Basically to you, this guy can do no good. No matter what he does, you are sure as the sun shines going to find some fault in it and find a way to put some stank on it. Take it as a flame if you want, but it's the truth, from day 1 of this guys presidency you have been on here freaking out about anything you can.
Here's a question for you, does it say anywhere in the United States Constitution that the president has to be in Washington DC in order to do his job?
Originally posted by whatukno
I'll use the excuse the conservatives used during Bush's years. The POTUS doesn't actually ever get a day off, they are working every day, even while on vacation, every single day they receive things like the President's daily briefing.
The White House says President Barack Obama has not made a decision on where to locate his re-election headquarters for 2012, but observers expect the campaign to return to its 2008 base: Chicago.
Such a decision would buck recent history. Every two-term president in the last 30 years -- George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan -- set up re-election campaign offices near the White House or in suburban Virginia.
A key factor favoring Chicago's selection is the anti-Washington climate that has swept the country. Another is the insurgency candidacy anticipated from Obama's rivals, who are expected to make the case that the times are bad, the nation's capital is broken, Obama has been captured by Washington -- and they offer voters an alternative.
Running the re-election effort out of Chicago wouldn't stop those arguments, but it could blunt them.
One sign that the campaign may be based in Chicago is the planned return to the city of David Axelrod, the top strategist behind Obama's win in '08 and a White House senior adviser since. After the State of the Union address in late January, Axelrod is expected to come back to Chicago, possibly in February, and begin ratcheting up what's known as "the re-elect."
Originally posted by jibeho
I love how people insist on bringing up Bush.
Obama checks in to the office by 10 am on a good day and punches out at 5pm.
Do you have a source that states he 'punches out at 5'? Because everything I've read says he works well into the night.
Bush famously arrives at the Oval Office by dawn, leaves by 6 p.m. and goes to bed by 10 p.m. Dinners out are as rare as a lunar eclipse.
Obama, by contrast, stays up late. He holds conference calls with senior staff as late as 11 p.m., and often reads and writes past midnight. Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, he spent consecutive nights holed up in a Chicago hotel room, working on his speech until 2 a.m.
And in the 10 days alone, Obama stopped by a Senate cocktail party, dined out with foreign policy types, and made a visit Saturday to Ben’s Chili Bowl, a Washington institution and pillar in the African-American community. He stayed out until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at a dinner with conservative columnists.
Originally posted by saltheart foamfollower
reply to post by maybereal11
She asked if separation of church and state was in the Constitution.
Originally posted by tiger5
[Well given the powerful modern telecommunications at his disposal there is no problem with him being away from DC.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Of course he's being held to higher standards than any other president in history. That goes without saying.
Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
Originally posted by jibeho
I love how people insist on bringing up Bush.
Bush was a big part of the OP. What do you mean, people "bringing up Bush"?
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Every penny counts .. it all adds up ... many drops in a bucket fill a bucket ... that kind of thing.
Originally posted by nixie_nox
Obama visited more countries in his first year of office then any other president.
Still can't find valid things to bash about other then trips and teleprompters, huh?