The Republican Party is criticizing President Obama for going on vacation while the country faces high unemployment!
Meanwhile, the Congress is on vacation, and many Republicans, as well as Democrats continue to go on “junkets” at taxpayer expense, but apparently they and everyone else, but not the President, are entitled to time away from the office! 🙁
One must remember that a President is NEVER truly “away from the office”! The job goes with the President everywhere he is, but the change of venue is a healthy thing for him, as well as anyone!
For the Republicans to claim that Obama does not “deserve” time away is outrageous, as Obama has spent less time in his first 19 months in office “away” than George W. Bush or Ronald Reagan! Bush had 14 so called “vacations” in his first 19 months, a total of 115 days, while Obama has had 9 “vacations” and a total of 48 days!
The stress of the job of President shows through, as evidenced by the obvious aging of every President, with even Obama at a youthful 49 graying very evidently in the past 19 months! To deny time away when the job follows you everywhere you go anyway, is just petty hypocrisy! 🙁
With Obama’s polls continuing to drop, Repbulicans are going to try and bash every little “Wrong doing” that they can make out. In my own personal opinion. I don’t think any harm of Obama taking a dip into the gulf waters with his family. He is entitled to. President or not. And like you stated before He’s not the only president to take a vacation.
I may not believe in Obama’s political agenda, but I do believe in rights of a human being.