President Obama Returns to Hawaii Vacation Post-Cliff Deal

Wow…what a pathetic loser. It’s sad how much Obama hates Americans…and even sadden how oblivious they are to this fact.

Posted by: Francis | January 2, 2013, 1:54 am 1:54 am

Every other president takes Christmas holidays. George Bush flew Air Force Once back and forth to his ranch month after month through his entire presidency. The difference now – you’re a bigot and a hypocrite.

Obama is utterly despicable with no conscience and no shame. Also, there is something very wrong with someone like you, DEAL, who sees nothing wrong with what Obama is doing. Cut the trolling!

Mr Obama hater, stick to the same name. It’s very transparent you are the same person

Thank you President Obama. We the people who voted for him twice trust him.

“Every other president takes Christmas holidays. George Bush flew Air Force Once back and forth to his ranch month after month through his entire presidency. The difference now – you’re a bigot and a hypocrite.”
Posted by: Deal | January 2, 2013, 2:44 am

George W. Bush spent Christmas in the White House. You know why? He got out of there after Christmas, went down to Crawford, but he spent Christmas in the White House so his Secret Service detail could stay at home in Washington and spend some time with their families. Now, he mighta hightailed it for Crawford on the 26th, but he spent Christmas in the White House.

Obama, of course that’s not a concern, and he probably might be saying, “Secret Service, why, hell, family or Hawaii, who cares when, I’ll opt for Hawaii.”

Liberal sheep! Obama just spent a cool 500k to fly back to Hawaii. Wouldn’t it made more sense to have stayed in Washington till after the deal was made. He must be the most PUXXY Whip President in History!

- According to the USAF, in 2010 Air Force One cost American taxpayers $181,757 per flight hour. According to the Royal Canadian Air Force, in 2011 the CC-150 Polaris military transport that flew William and Kate from Vancouver to Los Angeles cost Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects $15,505 per hour – or about 8/100ths of the cost.

- The cost to taxpayers of flying one man, his wife, two daughters and a dog to Hawaii is estimated at $3,639,622.

- In 2011, the U.S. presidency cost American taxpayers $1.4 billion. Over the same period, the entire Royal Family cost British taxpayers about $57 million.

- The presidential dog-walker is one of 226 White House staff earning over $100,000 a year.

- When the President of the United States wishes to watch a film, there are two full-time movie projectionists who live at the White House and are on call round the clock.

- The Obama family costs taxpayers more than every European royal house put together.

This is so beyond disgusting! I hope all you Obama voters are happy. You had a chance to vote for a business savvy person, but re-elected the snarky, hateful, unbelievably ignorant person in the White House now. Well, not in the White House now – he’s taking another million-dollar trip to Hawaii. He thinks nothing about how much he costs Americans. This country is SO over.

“Obama is utterly despicable with no conscience and no shame.”

POSTED BY: FRANCIS | JANUARY 2, 2013, 2:59 AM 2:59 AM____________For giving tax cut to working men and women of America, providing certainty to the markets, and averting another economic calamity? I am beginning to shudder at your thinking process.

For giving tax cut to working men and women of America, providing certainty to the markets, and averting another economic calamity? I am beginning to shudder at your thinking process.

POSTED BY: ROMNEYWILLLOSE | JANUARY 2, 2013, 12:22 PM 12:22 PM

Taxes just went up on 77% of Americans. What certainty? We hit the debt ceiling in two months. Nobody knows the fallout of that.

- According to the USAF, in 2010 Air Force One cost American taxpayers $181,757 per flight hour. According to the Royal Canadian Air Force, in 2011 the CC-150 Polaris military transport that flew William and Kate from Vancouver to Los Angeles cost Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects $15,505 per hour – or about 8/100ths of the cost.
- The cost to taxpayers of flying one man, his wife, two daughters and a dog to Hawaii is estimated at $3,639,622.
- In 2011, the U.S. presidency cost American taxpayers $1.4 billion. Over the same period, the entire Royal Family cost British taxpayers about $57 million.
- The presidential dog-walker is one of 226 White House staff earning over $100,000 a year.
- When the President of the United States wishes to watch a film, there are two full-time movie projectionists who live at the White House and are on call round the clock.
- The Obama family costs taxpayers more than every European royal house put together.

POSTED BY: DALMATION | JANUARY 2, 2013, 9:45 AM 9:45 AM__________________Besides comparing the president of the United States to William and Kate, do you mind giving us cost estimates of flying previous presidents before Obama? On a more important note, you should consider applying as a dog walker for the white house. Picking up a dog poop for a $100,000 seems a good deal.

Air Force One is known to cost about $180,000 an hour to fly. Based on an estimated 18 hours roundtrip flying time for the jet between Washington and Honolulu, the travel cost alone of Obama’s decision to return to Hawaii amounts to around $3.24 million. And that doesn’t include the price tag for the massive security operation required to move the president or the cost of the cargo plane that follows Air Force One around.

Posted by: Norm | January 2, 2013, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

George Bush flew back and forth to his ranch month after month through his entire presidency. Certain people make up special rules for Obama for obvious reasons – they’re ignorant of past presidents and they’re biased.

The situation during the Bush years was totally different. We weren’t $16 trillion in the hole and 7.8% unemployment. Plus Crawford,TX is not 10 hours from Washington DC.

Everyone here complaining about the Presidents use of Air Force one should remember one important fact. Barrack Obama tried to handle this “So Called” Fiscal Cliff problem weeks ago. It was dysfunction in the Republican Party that required his return trip to DC for last minute negotiations.

Posted by: ERIC | January 2, 2013, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

The ramifications of the “fiscal cliff” were known about for at least a year, dufus.

Also, all of you that continue to blame GWB entirely for blowing up the economy, could you please cite which of his policies caused our dimise and explain how because I always hear how Obama inherited this huge mess and has to dig us out. While your at it, tell us what exactly Obama has done to fix the economy.

Posted by: Jake | January 2, 2013, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

George Bush flew back and forth to his ranch month after month through his entire presidency. Certain people make up special rules for Obama for obvious reasons – they’re ignorant of past presidents and they’re biased.

Not unusual traits for the bigots on the Republican right.

RANDY, Crawford is 3 hours from DC, so at the present rate that President Obama uses AIRFORCE ONE, with 10 hour flights back and forth and back and forth

Posted by: Lizzie | January 2, 2013, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

Every heard of mathematics? Ten flights a year back and forth to the ranch vs. one (or in this case two) flight a year to Hawaii?

Let’s use your figures. Ten flights back and forth to your private Texas ranch is 6 hours x 10 = 60 hours of Air Force One time. Two flights to Hawaii and back is 20 hours x 2 = 40 hours of Air Force One time. And usually it’s only one flight = 20 hours.

That means Bush wasted 20 hours (or 40 hours) more flying time of taxpayers money EACH year. Over 8 years, that’s going to be 160 to 320 more flying hours for Bush. At $180,000 per hour, you figure it out.

Posted by: Doug | January 2, 2013, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm

The right wingers cost Air Force One at $180,000 per hour to estimate Obama expense. The Daily Kos costed Air Force One at only $56,500 per hour.

So you can immediately triple the Bush estimates to bring the costs per hour in line. That means Bush spent $52 million of the tax payers money on his flights back and forth to his private ranch.

Yes, I can do math – and research – very well thank you.

So again, that makes it ok? Plus I am only counting the Hawaii vacations, which btw he never did when he had to foot the bill. Not, counting the vacations to Vail, South Africa, Spain, Spring break in Mexico, etc. But again, since Bush did it, it is ok for this president to do it. You are an idiot if that is the way you think. We are completely bankrupt as a country and your argument is we should continue doing this because that is what we have done in the past.

Except that the Spring break trip included Michelle and a group of friends on their own Gov’t provided 757. Plus you can’t adjust Bush’s cost up for inflation, he spent what he spent and that number is 17mil. That is like me paying $200k for my house and since it is worth $500k today and saying I paid $500k. Truth is I wouldn’t buy the house for $500k and you don’t know what decisions are made differently because of cost. Bush had many faults but he often considered other factors when traveling. He always spent Christmas in the White House so SService could be with family and who can forget him not landing in New O to prevent using up local resources on Presidential security and logistics that were needed for Katrina. But I have already said and really shouldn’t have to explain that alot of people who are judging BO harshly also judged Bush harshly. But problem is BO is actually worse, if that is even possible. What makes this even more egregious is that he flew back without signing and now we find out that he signed the bill with an autopen. He didn’t need to fly back and forth to Washington at all. It was all optics!! For $3 million of our money!

Jevon, the people “throwing hate” as you call it are the ones arguing your point. If you think no one noticed that Bush took alot of vacation, you must not have been paying attention. As far as being a hyprocrite, why don’t you tell us the reason you voted for Obama, and if had voted the way I did for the same reasons what you would call me.