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madashelltoo

(1,696 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 04:09 PM Aug 2014

If the Obama's vacation at Martha's Vineyard is

high end; where did the other Presidents vacation? In an assortment low rent districts? Alleys?

They talked the same crap about Hawaii. The fact that it is the president's home was not relevant at all. Sickening.

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madashelltoo

(1,696 posts)
3. Speak crazy long enough . . .
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:18 PM
Aug 2014

It takes. Chris knows better than that. I'm sure she meant to say, "his father was Kenyan."

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
7. IMO she does not know better. That was another birther hit on the President. She had to be
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:49 PM
Aug 2014

corrected by the others after she said " IT IS A FACT that the President is from Kenya". The just keep repeating the lie, and now MSNBC is in on the lie with Fox 'news'.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Several presidents have vacationed on Martha's Vineyard. Reagan spent time at his
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:32 PM
Aug 2014

California ranch, W spent time at his Texas Ranch. Obama has spent time in Hawaii.

Hekate

(90,627 posts)
5. Reagan's black helicopters used to fly over my house on the way to his inaccessible ranch...
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:39 PM
Aug 2014

...in the mountains. (I live about 3 miles from the Santa Barbara Airport) That was a lot farther away from Washington DC than Martha's Vineyard or Chicago. What do people expect? We should chain Presidents to the desk in the Oval Office?

2naSalit

(86,515 posts)
6. Interesting how they get
Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:46 PM
Aug 2014

all fired up about the president going on vacation but so many of them don't bat an eye over Congress' permanent vacation at the rate of $740/day of our taxpayer funds whether they work or not. Not to mention the hefty retirement they have for life even after one fruitless term in office.

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