What, you expect the Secret-freaking-Service to pay their own way, Subs?

As a far-right person who doesn't care for many of Obama's policies, I don't give a damn. Obama is the current holder of possibly the most difficult and thankless job in the world. If it costs extra for him to take a vacation because of all the security protocols and because the President is always on a working vacation, so be it.

It's hard out there for a pimp.

ArkAngel: As a far-right person who doesn't care for many of Obama's policies, I don't give a damn. Obama is the current holder of possibly the most difficult and thankless job in the world. If it costs extra for him to take a vacation because of all the security protocols and because the President is always on a working vacation, so be it.

it is funny how this identical story runs every time every president goes anywhere, including vacation. who cares? how is this news in any way shape or form??

from august 2011 article
"So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.

Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days."

this shiat bothers me MUCH MORE
clinton took 9 days off a year - 2 weeks vacation a year, pretty average
obama took 20 days off a year - 4 weeks vacation a year, pretty average for an exce/vp level at a good-sized company
bush 2 took 60 days off a year - 12 farking weeks a year? really? LOL

seriously ???
and yes, they all WORK while they are on vacation. they are available and on call 24x7x365.

Elect Newt. He'll never go on vacation and never cost taxpayers a cent.

If your entire staff, security detail, and your frickin' flying office comes with you on "vacation," then it really doesn't count as time off.

Everything's more expensive in Alaska and Hawaii. That's why sales pitches and ads always tell you that their sales aren't valid in those areas. But Hawaiians are Americans too, and it stands to reason that a President would want to get back to his birth home for some R and R, wherever in the U.S. he was naturally-born.

namatad: "So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch...Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days."

Well what do you expect? Republicans are notoriously lazy. Everyone knows that.

That's a vast improvement from his usual $200,000,000 a day.

/seriously, subby - that's not much

MeinRS6: It's hard out there for a pimp.

Yeah, he's black - we know you farking racist

So, my memory is kinda bad. I've noticed they run these stories any time Obama goes on vacation, visits a foreign country, and occasionally when he flys to another state.

I don't remember this ever being a story for any previous president. Am I wrong? Or did they run stories like this, but I somehow missed/overlooked them?

Yeah, he's black - we know you farking racist

He's not really a racist. His dad didn't hug him and this is his attention seeking mechanism.

Obama is a clown.

Big deal, he's the farking President. And no, I didn't complain when Bush went to Crawford. There was plenty of other stuff to hate about that guy.

Somacandra: Everything's more expensive in Alaska and Hawaii. That's why sales pitches and ads always tell you that their sales aren't valid in those areas.

I thought it was because Hawaii and Alaska weren't part of America. Stupid birthers.

He's the President, Subby. Deal with it.

bulldg4life: From the looks of it, the writer wants Obama to fly commercial and rent a mid-sized sedan like the rest of us when he goes to Hawaii.

Sounds perfectly reasonable for the President. I remember when people were crying about the costs of going to Texas every other weekend. die.

ShawnDoc: So, my memory is kinda bad. I've noticed they run these stories any time Obama goes on vacation, visits a foreign country, and occasionally when he flys to another state.

I don't remember this ever being a story for any previous president. Am I wrong? Or did they run stories like this, but I somehow missed/overlooked them?

In all fairness, we've never had a Communist Nazi Muslim Socialist Peacenik Elitist Dhimmicrat Man-Child Egghead Celebrity Jihadist Appeaser Usurper Dictator Manchurian-Candidate Community-Organizer Cult-Leader Empty-Suit Tyrant Bureaucrat Hypocrite Non-Citizen America-Hater Arugula-Muncher Marxist Terrorist Liberal Leftist Stalinist Welfare-Statist Narcissist Plagiarist Pottymouth Murderer Islamofascist Sleeper-Cell Ghetto-Trash Blame-America-Firster Fearmonger Racist Atheist Kenyan Keynesian Militant Flag-Burner Child-Molester Drug-Lord Gun-Grabber Gun-Runner Lightbulb-Outlawer Union-Thug Anti-Semite Media-Darling Fifth-Columnist Ponzi-Schemer Vacation-Abuser Lazy-Ass Flip-Flopper Black-Liberationist Abortionist Antichrist Coward Traitor Liar Trickster Death-Panelist Affirmative-Action-Case Evolutionist Fraudster Pothead Coke-Dealer Alinskyite Taxaholic Spendthrift Job-Killer Puppetmaster Soros-Minion Subhuman Illegal-Alien Silver-Spoon Monarchist Teleprompter-Addict Hip-Hop-Barbecuer Stutterer Non-Tipper Binder-Clipper Pizza-Cheese-Eater Face-Blocker Malware-Propagator Greenie-Weenie State-Miscounter Grey-Poupon-Supremacist Long-Legged Mackdaddy in the White House before.

EZ1923: And how much does it cost for him to simply be president at the White House? This attractive is useless for many reasons, but mostly because out only addresses absolute cost, not marginal.

/also, he's black.

EZ1923: Weird word to autocorrect. Should be article.

/yup, on my phone, farking from the toilet.

I was just about to applaud you for the creative use of "attractive" as a noun.