{"id":17018,"date":"2011-12-21T17:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-21T17:22:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:22:00","slug":"obama_grapples_with_vacation_decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2011\/12\/21\/obama_grapples_with_vacation_decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Grapples with Vacation Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Obama\u2019s vacation. TheHill.com, I swear when I went to the website and read the story and I swear my computer screen started crying.  The story is a tear-soaked article out this morning about what they say is one of the toughest decisions Obama has ever faced in his presidency.  I\u2019m not making that up.  That is how they characterized this.  One of the toughest decisions he\u2019s ever faced in his presidency, and the decision is &#8212; dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut dadelut &#8212; whether to go to Hawaii for his Christmas vacation or not.  You see, Moochelle (My Belle) and the kids are already occupying Hawaii while Obama remains in Washington to occupy the White House. <\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/ObamaHawaiiDecisionPoints.jpg\"\/><BR\/>The sad thing is that The Hill in their tear-soaked piece might actually be right here, this could be one of Obama\u2019s toughest calls ever.  But in the end, Obama, like Clinton, like everybody else, is gonna do what the focus groups and the polls say will be the best optics.  His reelection comes first even before vacationing in Hawaii.  But I mean, folks, look, I mean passing up spending 17 days alone on a tropical island with Michelle Obama, what could he be thinking?  Who could pass that up?  Ahem.  But you have to wonder, at least I do, as a married guy, I have to wonder here why Michelle and the girls couldn\u2019t have simply waited a few days.  Why?  I mean it\u2019s just today, it\u2019s December the 21st, and she\u2019s been gone four days.  She split the scene on the 17th. <\/line><\/p>\n<p>The  kids are still in school.  A lot of people\u2019s kids are still in school.  Why couldn\u2019t they have all just gone to Camp David?  It\u2019s a Christmasy destination.  But think of how this indecision is inconveniencing his Secret Service detail.  You may not know this.  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\u2019s not a concern, and he probably might be saying, &#8220;Secret Service, why, hell, family or Hawaii, who cares when, I\u2019ll opt for Hawaii.&#8221;  Who knows. <\/p>\n<p>But Michelle (My Belle) and the kids couldn\u2019t wait, just like they couldn\u2019t wait four hours to accompany Obama to Martha\u2019s Vineyard back in August.  They left four hours early.  And we had the story out of Oahu about how much this is costing.  What is it, $4 million this whole thing is gonna cost, a hundred thousand dollars minimum a day, and that did not factor Michelle (My Belle) and the kids going early on their own plane before Obama takes his two 747s out there. <\/p>\n<p>BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: They are really saying that one of the toughest decisions poor Barack will have to make is whether or not to stay in town or to go on his vacation.  I\u2019m looking for it. It\u2019s in the Stack somewhere.  Now, my question about this, I\u2019ll make the point while I\u2019m looking for it, why would Obama\u2019s decision whether to go to Hawaii or not be difficult? <\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_57604\" class=\"alignright\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Obama-arm.jpg\"\/><BR\/>Harry Reid has shut down the Senate, folks, and he\u2019s not going to reopen it.  Nancy Pelosi has said that she wouldn\u2019t send any Democrats to a conference committee to work out a compromise on this.  The Democrats have iced any activity in the House.  There\u2019s nothing more that will be done on it unless the Republicans cave.  So if this is such a slam-dunk winner for Obama, and if you\u2019ve got the Wall Street Journal and the establishment Republicans wetting their pants over this, why even think about not going to Hawaii?  As some news reports have it, he could leave early. If this is such a slam-dunk win, why doesn\u2019t he get on that plane and go? <\/line><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the story, and when I read this my computer monitor started tearing up.  That\u2019s what a tearjerker of a story it is, and it\u2019s by a chick, Amie Parnes.  &#8220;President Obama faces a most difficult decision with the payroll tax extension up in the air, and it isn\u2019t whether to compromise with Republicans. The toughest call for the president this holiday season could be whether to join his family for Christmas in Hawaii or stay in lonely Washington. The White House won\u2019t say whether the president is heading west for the holidays &#8212; or even if he\u00c2\u2019s making an abbreviated appearance.&#8221; This is what it actually says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even if there\u00c2\u2019s no ideal time for a presidential vacation, this one comes at a particularly inopportune moment. For weeks, Obama has insisted that lawmakers stay in town.&#8221; I\u2019ll tell you, I burst out crying when I read this.  I kid you not.  That\u2019s exactly what it says.  Toughest decision of the year.  But again, Harry Reid shut down the Senate, said he\u2019s not gonna reopen it.  Pelosi has said she\u2019s not gonna send any Democrats to a conference committee to work out a compromise.  So the Democrats have iced any activity in the House. There\u2019s nothing more to be done in this unless the Republicans cave. So why not fly off?  It\u2019s over except, again, if this is such a slam-dunk winner, what\u2019s so hard about the decision?  It\u2019s over with, the Democrats have iced all activity, go, go to Hawaii, claim victory.  Claim victory.  Our side says it is one.  What\u2019s Obama doing taking the dog shopping?  He could be on the plane to Hawaii right now. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Obama\u2019s vacation. TheHill.com, I swear when I went to the website and read the story and I swear my computer screen started crying. The story is a tear-soaked article out this morning about what they say is one of the toughest decisions Obama has ever faced in his presidency. I\u2019m not making that up. 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