Politico: Our ‘Exhausted Chief Executive’ Is Too Busy Being Awesome to Vacation

[Geee]

Big Journalism:


You have to figure that after they turned that nothingburger of a story about age-old sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain into a firestorm of a narrative, Politico has pretty much decided that it’s just too much work to keep up the false pretense that they’re not in the tank for the left, most especially Obama.

This sappy love letter written yesterday to Their Precious One probably taught the DNC a thing or two about how to create propaganda:
Every vacation Barack Obama has taken since becoming president seems to coincide with some kind of national crisis – and every trip he’s taken to his home state of Hawaii prompts an attack by Republicans who says he’s a private beach bum with a taste for elitist destinations.

This year’s Hawaiian punch was delivered even before the impasse with House Republicans over the expiring payroll tax cut when Mitt Romney mocked the idea that Obama would be in Hawaii for “17 days for golf and the sun.”
But this Christmas is much different. Obama, riding a crest of public approval of his payroll-tax stance, is voluntarily opting for an abbreviated vacation, eager to capitalize on the most advantageous political environment he’s seen since the earliest days of his administration.

The challenge now is balancing the personal needs of an exhausted chief executive against the political imperative of saving his presidency. It simply makes no sense to squander the most critical period of his term – the time between now and Jan. 1 which Democrats say could redefine the 2012 race.

The rest of the article quotes Democrats who go on to explain just how awesome Obama is and how stupid and evil Republicans are. Then Politico takes over again to explain in great detail just how gosh-darned hard the President has worked during previous vacations.
Politico and Obama really need to get a room.

[righteousmomma]

Big Journalism ought to warn "BARF ALERT" on this one.

 

Noticed yesterday even the radio news plays up the president's declarations on this more positively. Yet the powers that be say that a 2 month extension can't be done in time and ALL have agreed that a year's extension is better.

[righteousmomma]

Big Journalism ought to warn "BARF ALERT" on this one.

 

Noticed yesterday even the radio news plays up the president's declarations on this more positively. Yet the powers that be say that a 2 month extension can't be done in time and ALL have agreed that a year's extension is better.

 

 

Short term has been approved. Now to find money to pay the payroll taxes (ie social security) because.