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Barack’s 17-Days Of Hawaiian Sunsets Put On Hold
December 7, 2011

Hawaii Five-O Has To Wait

Today’s Believe It Or Not from THE HILL.  Obama will DELAY his 17-day holiday vacation to stay behind in Washington and stick out the debate on extending payroll tax reduction.  Perhaps Michelle Obama could have anticipated the PR blunder of splitting for Hawaii when there was work to be done with desperate consequences for American families?  Instead Mitt Romney shamed the President into staying:

“After getting ripped by GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney over his vacation plans, Obama told Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday that he will stay in town until Congress finishes work on the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and other issues.

Obama told Democratic leaders: “Michelle and the girls are going to have a great time in Hawaii, they don’t need me there,” according to Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-Nev.).

Romney blasted Obama’s vacation plans on Monday.

“I just think it’s time to have a president those idea of being ‘hands on’ doesn’t mean getting a better grip on the golf club,” Romney told potential caucus voters in Iowa.

Romney Suggests The President Rethink His Work Ethic

Obama told leaders it would be unacceptable if House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) adjourned for Christmas next week without extending a 2-percentage point reduction of the payroll tax.

A White House official disputed the notion that Obama had altered his vacation plans because of Romney’s criticism.

       


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Filed under: Economy, Featured, Inside The KC, Politics by Sonja Eddings Brown, Dec 7, 2011

2 Responses to “Barack’s 17-Days Of Hawaiian Sunsets Put On Hold
December 7, 2011”

  1. arnold, on December 9th, 2011 at 10:25 pm Said:

    It is beyond me to understand why our President can take an expensive Hawaii vacation at tax payers expense, when the country is in such a fix.  The money that He is spending on that vacation could help to reduce the spending in government.  It seems to me that He and His Wife take alot of vacations that cost alot of money.  Why not stay in Washington and do the job and wait till after work to take all the vacations.  The cost of flying, all of his security, vehicles, planes etc could be avoided by staying at home more.  Just saying

  2. Sonja Eddings Brown, on December 10th, 2011 at 7:33 am Said:

    JUST SAYING!!!!!!!!!!