Romney:"Put golf clubs away. Do your job, Obama!"

"You got 20 million people out of work right now, Mr. President — out of work, with part-time work or they stopped looking for work. You shouldn't be on the Vineyard playing golf, you should be doing your job getting Americans back to work,"
-Mitt Romney said to thunderous applause at a town hall at the Exeter Historical Society."

Everytime a President goes on vacation, the opposite party tries to make a big deal of it by alluding that the president doesn't care about the state of the union and should be doing his job

But a president is never truly on vacation. The job follows him wherever he goes as does a sizeable contingent of aides, secret service and communications personnel as well as the military officers who carry the "football" with nuclear launch codes. In fact, Obama 10-day "vacation" to Martha's Vineyard last week included national security and intelligence briefings every single day with Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan.

Republicans have gone on full attack for Obama's little 10 day vacation, almost as if in retaliation to liberals constant critique of Bush's vacations. There's certainly a grudge.

And with good reason too. At this point in his presidency
Obama has spent 70 days on vacation. That's 23 days per year.
Bush has spent 225 days on vacation. That's 75 days per year.

Bush has spent more days on vacation during his first year alone, than Obama has all 3 years....and this is right after 9/11..

President Bush has spent a total of 1,020 days on vacation, averaging 128 days per year. Including 487 visits to Camp David and 490 trips to his ranch in Crawford. That's almost a full 3 years on "vacation."

CNN reports their vacation time after 31 months:
Obama = 61
Bush = 180
Clinton = 28
Reagan = 150

Even more appalling is that
- The Supreme Court takes 3 months off every single year
- Congress is currently taking 4 weeks recess from Washington
Well one could argue that the month Congress takes off is for them to connect with their constitutes but 60% of congressmen are reported to not schedule town hall meetings. Hypocrite much?

Romney was just pandering to the crowd. He knew what the audience wanted to hear, and delivered.

Romney was just pandering to the crowd. He knew what the audience wanted to hear, and delivered.

Oleg_Huzwog

Our president isnt a robot and needs time to get some frswh air even during tough times.

Every president has gone golfing as did Bush and every president had a troll under the bridge crying like a know it all for the people :roll:

also, the media likes to show what obama is doing constantly, when he's on vacation,etc. Never sowed up o nthe news every 5 min when bush went on vacation.....the media love's obama's face

Golf is good for the economy. Clubs, greens fees, carts and caddies all contributing to spending. What's wrong with that?

Oh man, like Obama can just magically fix all the problems.:roll:

Welcome to Politics... :P

Romney was just pandering to the crowd. He knew what the audience wanted to hear, and delivered.

Oleg_Huzwog

Yeah, that's every politician's game. Mitt Romney is particularly good at it.

Oh yeah being President is so rough with your fancy car and helicopter :|Skittles_McGee

Romney was just pandering to the crowd. He knew what the audience wanted to hear, and delivered.

Oleg_Huzwog

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Romney was just pandering to the crowd. He knew what the audience wanted to hear, and delivered.

spazzx625

To my knowledge there is nothing obligating the President to ever even set foot in the White House at any time during his tenure.

Romney being an idiot isn't news.... :|

I don't care that Obama takes that much time off. What is more scary is that he accumulated more debt in 2 years than it did Bush in 8. Talk about utter failure. Especially since this moron in the white house claims HE saved the economy from a depression. Exactly how? Obama is turning out to be worse than Bush in every possible way other than being more eloquent.DevilMightCry

I don't care that Obama takes that much time off. What is more scary is that he accumulated more debt in 2 years than it did Bush in 8. Talk about utter failure. Especially since this moron in the white house claims HE saved the economy from a depression. Exactly how? Obama is turning out to be worse than Bush in every possible way other than being more eloquent.DevilMightCry

:| Ok no he did not.. That huge leap in debt the first few months he was in office, nothing big passed.. What did happen was he included the costs of both wars that the Bush adminstration swept under the carpet to be put into the debt count.. Thats right that debt clock under the Bush adminstration did not include the costs of the Iraq or Afghanistan war before Obama.

[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]I don't care that Obama takes that much time off. What is more scary is that he accumulated more debt in 2 years than it did Bush in 8. Talk about utter failure. Especially since this moron in the white house claims HE saved the economy from a depression. Exactly how? Obama is turning out to be worse than Bush in every possible way other than being more eloquent.sSubZerOo

:| Ok no he did not.. That huge leap in debt the first few months he was in office, nothing big passed.. What did happen was he included the costs of both wars that the Bush adminstration swept under the carpet to be put into the debt count.. Thats right that debt clock under the Bush adminstration did not include the costs of the Iraq or Afghanistan war before Obama.

i see a pattern with conservative presidents being lazy

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[QUOTE="DevilMightCry"]I don't care that Obama takes that much time off. What is more scary is that he accumulated more debt in 2 years than it did Bush in 8. Talk about utter failure. Especially since this moron in the white house claims HE saved the economy from a depression. Exactly how? Obama is turning out to be worse than Bush in every possible way other than being more eloquent.Ace6301

:| Ok no he did not.. That huge leap in debt the first few months he was in office, nothing big passed.. What did happen was he included the costs of both wars that the Bush adminstration swept under the carpet to be put into the debt count.. Thats right that debt clock under the Bush adminstration did not include the costs of the Iraq or Afghanistan war before Obama.

Great posts, but if after all of this time conservatives still believe these type of statements then there isn't any saving them.

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:| Ok no he did not.. That huge leap in debt the first few months he was in office, nothing big passed.. What did happen was he included the costs of both wars that the Bush adminstration swept under the carpet to be put into the debt count.. Thats right that debt clock under the Bush adminstration did not include the costs of the Iraq or Afghanistan war before Obama.

Ultimas_Blade

Great posts, but if after all of this time conservatives still believe these type of statements then there isn't any saving them.

where's your sig from?

Zaibach

http://greenlantern.wikia.com/wiki/File:Hal_Green_and_Blue.jpg This is the originalimage.

Hal during Rage of the Red Lanterns (http://www.comicvine.com/rage-of-the-red-lanterns/39-55778/)

God knows how much vaction time congress has, I heard some hardcore right wings saying Obama needs a pay decrease, he makes somewhere around 400k a year, I want to see them try to do his job for an entire week and still say that, most stressful job in the world, he deserves the money and vaction

"those fat cats in Washington are so gonna get it when i get in there" all politicians say that bsweezyfb

Romney is a fat cat in Boston, I don't see much difference

Always brings a smile to my face when crap like this is disproven by cold hard numbers. Can't fight the facts people.

I would put every penny that I have on a bet that says if romney is elected president, he will take a vacation in august just like obama is (every president does it) Barring some major disaster of course

God knows how much vaction time congress has, I heard some hardcore right wings saying Obama needs a pay decrease, he makes somewhere around 400k a year, I want to see them try to do his job for an entire week and still say that, most stressful job in the world, he deserves the money and vaction

M4Ntan

Welcome to Campaigning. All candidates will do this. He just won himself thousands of votes. Well played Mr. Romney. ferrari2001

Pretty standard anti-incumbent rhetoric. Golfing always works.

Don't care if the Prez goes on vacation. I just wish it cost less money to transport him.

Thread needs more Clinton

Welcome to Campaigning. All candidates will do this. He just won himself thousands of votes. Well played Mr. Romney. ferrari2001

Thread needs more Clinton

October_Tide

OT: What episode if your sig from?

Do people honestly expect one person, president or not, to fix all of their problems? People love placing blame on others too much. Ghost_702

Republican presidents sure did seem to like their vacations...

Always brings a smile to my face when crap like this is disproven by cold hard numbers. Can't fight the facts people.

PatchMaster

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Thread needs more Clinton

Blue-Sky

OT: What episode if your sig from?

I have no idea. It's the one where homer teaches a course on how to have a good marriage or something. The scene is Moe teaching hip hop self defence lol.

Golf is good for the economy. Clubs, greens fees, carts and caddies all contributing to spending. What's wrong with that?

sonicare