Dec 25, 2009 7:28am

The Presidential Planner

From ABC’s Jon Garcia: The Obama’s have arrived in Hawaii for their Christmas vacation and White House officials say that, aside from his daily briefings, President Obama’s schedule is private and unplanned.


Last year President-elect Obama took his family to the beach, to local stores and restaurants and Obama himself spent some time on the golf course. White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton wouldn’t commit POTUS and his family to any of those activities this year–nor did Mr. Burton obtain the traditional presidential reading list–but he did note that Obama had a stack of DVDs on Air Force One on the flight over. What will he be watching? Burton had no comment on the titles of those movies.


In case you missed it, here is ABC’s Yunji de Nies and Karen Travers report on the multi-million dollar property the Obama’s are renting for their vacation. 

– Jon Garcia

User Comments

Oh, thank God he can get away and
relax. As far as I am concerned you
can keep him out of the news for the
week too. I don’t think people give
a damn if he is out buying ice cream
or golfing.

Posted by: wis134 | December 25, 2009, 8:02 am 8:02 am

Also on the planner….release Fannie
Mae,Freddie Mac news on Christmas Eve
when few people are reading and
watching the news. Raise the debt ceiling too. Yes its all transparent
what a bunch of crooks and hypocrites are
running this country.

Posted by: wis134 | December 25, 2009, 8:33 am 8:33 am

wis134, I give a damn if he’s not only spending $4,000 per day of my money for his rental house but similar amounts to rent two more houses for his family – and then charging the taxpayer to fly them to Hawaii and feed them. Let them eat cake, eh, Barry Antoinette?

Posted by: Ferd | December 25, 2009, 10:21 am 10:21 am

Ferd you are right on the money. No
pun intended. Have a Merry Christmas!

Posted by: wis134 | December 25, 2009, 11:05 am 11:05 am

Are the taxpayers paying for the President’s vacation? $4,000 per night.

Posted by: countryjack61 | December 25, 2009, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

How can he say it is his home? What a Prez! Hope all of them eat and drink well it is really cold in Detroit and getting colder.

Posted by: Grace | December 25, 2009, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm

Regime change without 9/11! WoKasa!OBAMA
SAY!OBAMA!SA!

Posted by: Arsalan | December 25, 2009, 6:48 pm 6:48 pm

Regime change without 9/11!WoKasa!OBAMA!SAY!OBAMA!Sa!

Posted by: Arsalan | December 25, 2009, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm

Regime Change without 9/11! Wokasa!Obama Say!Obama! Sa!

Posted by: Arsalan Tayyab | December 25, 2009, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm

Our tax dollars hard at work with a larger tax hike and pockets getting fatter.

Posted by: Sam | December 26, 2009, 11:48 pm 11:48 pm

Our tax dollars hard at work with a larger tax hike
_______________________________
There are tax breaks totally $288 Billion in the Recovery and Reinvestment Act for approx. 95% of Americans

Posted by: tierra | December 27, 2009, 4:20 am 4:20 am

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