Mele Kalikimaka: Tax Payer Christmas Gift to the Obamas - $470k A DAY Hawaiian Vacation

[HenryBHough]

I hope the Obama family had a wonderful vacation

Next week is back to work

"Back to" suggests there was, at some time in the past, actual work done.

Are you certain you don't want to recant before being laughed off the board?

 

[rightwinger]

I hope the Obama family had a wonderful vacation

Next week is back to work

"Back to" suggests there was, at some time in the past, actual work done.

Are you certain you don't want to recant before being laughed off the board?

He has a big year ahead of him...good to get some R&R

Executive actions on background checks, environmental protections, immigration reform

Should be a busy year......when does the Republican Congress get back from vacation?

They have some "repeal Obamacare" bills to pass

 

[Moonglow]

I smell class envy in this thread, and like sex, it smells of shame also...

 

[Campbell]

I know it is a lot closer to Crawford, Texas and Camp David than it is to Hawaii.

Again...

Have you done a side by side comparison of Presidential vacations and their taxpayer costs? Which President spent more on vacations?

I will leave that up to the Bush haters.

Because you think Bush took more vacations and therefore likely cost "the taxpayers" more overall? Yeah, I can see why you wouldn't want to find that info for yourself.

on edit: I did look up a few things. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David where, on 19 occasions he invited foreign heads of state to join him. He also had foreign leaders visit him at his Texas ranch 19 times.
I will count the 24 times Bush played golf as vacation, where he had the common decency to stop playing golf shortly after we were engaged in war, if you will count the 220 days Obama has played.

Still can't come up with those costs for us, huh? How about total vacation days?

How often did Bush Mountain Bike?

Bush Transforms Into Avid Mountain Biker

Oh Bush was a REAL Man. They wore out an expensive camera taking pictures of him and his chainsaw:

Or Other Tools:

 

[Campbell]

I hope the Obama family had a wonderful vacation

Next week is back to work

"Back to" suggests there was, at some time in the past, actual work done.

Are you certain you don't want to recant before being laughed off the board?

How in the world can any sane person who voted for George W. Bush talk about anybody

I hope the Obama family had a wonderful vacation

Next week is back to work

"Back to" suggests there was, at some time in the past, actual work done.

Are you certain you don't want to recant before being laughed off the board?

He has a big year ahead of him...good to get some R&R

Executive actions on background checks, environmental protections, immigration reform

Should be a busy year......when does the Republican Congress get back from vacation?

They have some "repeal Obamacare" bills to pass

LOL!!! I heard that!!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

The ignorance and partisan stupidity of this comes as no surprise.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I hope the Obama family had a wonderful vacation

Next week is back to work

"Back to" suggests there was, at some time in the past, actual work done.

Are you certain you don't want to recant before being laughed off the board?

He has a big year ahead of him...good to get some R&R

Executive actions on background checks, environmental protections, immigration reform

Should be a busy year......when does the Republican Congress get back from vacation?

They have some "repeal Obamacare" bills to pass

 

[nuhuh]

Again...

Have you done a side by side comparison of Presidential vacations and their taxpayer costs? Which President spent more on vacations?

I will leave that up to the Bush haters.

Because you think Bush took more vacations and therefore likely cost "the taxpayers" more overall? Yeah, I can see why you wouldn't want to find that info for yourself.

on edit: I did look up a few things. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David where, on 19 occasions he invited foreign heads of state to join him. He also had foreign leaders visit him at his Texas ranch 19 times.
I will count the 24 times Bush played golf as vacation, where he had the common decency to stop playing golf shortly after we were engaged in war, if you will count the 220 days Obama has played.

Still can't come up with those costs for us, huh? How about total vacation days?

How often did Bush Mountain Bike?

Bush Transforms Into Avid Mountain Biker

Oh Bush was a REAL Man. They wore out an expensive camera taking pictures of him and his chainsaw:

Or Other Tools:

Damn that's a big ass bottle of Absolut.

 

[ClosedCaption]

These threads are always fun to bump up.

 

[OldLady]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

And it's a million a day to protect Trump Tower. Which will need to continue after Jan. 20, as well as protecting the President in the White House.
Obama doesn't have a huge ranch in Texas, a family compound in Kennebunkport, or wherever else past Presidents have gone to take a break from the hardest job in the world. And it is never "on vacation," the responsibility of President never leaves their shoulders and their work travels with them, which is part of why it costs so much.
Just give it a break, Easy. He deserves it. And Bush took 3 times as many vacation days. I can't link you to it because I'm not getting Google today.

 

[Syriusly]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

 

[Auld Phart]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

Is that your reason for necroing a thread that all but ended almost 3 years ago?

 

[WillMunny]

What wasteful, overindulgent pigs the Obamas are. I've been to Hawaii over a dozen times and I've been able to do it on less than $1000 per week (albeit alone and on a backpacker budget). Around $300-400 for airfare and a total of several hundred for everything else - rental car, accommodation, food, etc. Hell, I spent a week in Mo'orea, Tahiti for less than $2000!

 

[rightwinger]

What wasteful, overindulgent pigs the Obamas are. I've been to Hawaii over a dozen times and I've been able to do it on less than $1000 per week (albeit alone and on a backpacker budget). Around $300-400 for airfare and a total of several hundred for everything else - rental car, accommodation, food, etc. Hell, I spent a week in Mo'orea, Tahiti for less than $2000!

Did you bring Secret Service with you?

 

[Syriusly]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

Is that your reason for necroing a thread that all but ended almost 3 years ago?

My reason is pretty obvious- it is:
a) pointing out what a hypocrite Trump the liar was for crticisizing Obama for his vacations:and
b) what hypocrites all of you who attacked Obama for his vacations at tax payer expenses are when you are silent about Trump's vacations.

For the record- President's go on vacation- I am no more critical of Trump's vacation expenses than I was Obama's. I am not attacking Trump's vacation or his time on the golf course or those tax payer funded expenses- I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

 

[edward37]

What wasteful, overindulgent pigs the Obamas are. I've been to Hawaii over a dozen times and I've been able to do it on less than $1000 per week (albeit alone and on a backpacker budget). Around $300-400 for airfare and a total of several hundred for everything else - rental car, accommodation, food, etc. Hell, I spent a week in Mo'orea, Tahiti for less than $2000!

Did you bring Secret Service with you?

Like Ivanka and jr do every time they take a walk?

 

[Auld Phart]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

Is that your reason for necroing a thread that all but ended almost 3 years ago?

My reason is pretty obvious- it is:
a) pointing out what a hypocrite Trump the liar was for crticisizing Obama for his vacations:and
b) what hypocrites all of you who attacked Obama for his vacations at tax payer expenses are when you are silent about Trump's vacations.

For the record- President's go on vacation- I am no more critical of Trump's vacation expenses than I was Obama's. I am not attacking Trump's vacation or his time on the golf course or those tax payer funded expenses- I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

Seems to be bipartisan.


Did YOU slam Obama for his expenses?

or just say, "its no worse than Bushs?"

 

[edward37]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

Is that your reason for necroing a thread that all but ended almost 3 years ago?

My reason is pretty obvious- it is:
a) pointing out what a hypocrite Trump the liar was for crticisizing Obama for his vacations:and
b) what hypocrites all of you who attacked Obama for his vacations at tax payer expenses are when you are silent about Trump's vacations.

For the record- President's go on vacation- I am no more critical of Trump's vacation expenses than I was Obama's. I am not attacking Trump's vacation or his time on the golf course or those tax payer funded expenses- I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

Seems to be bipartisan.


Did YOU slam Obama for his expenses?

or just say, "its no worse than Bushs?"

Maybe because trump has security for all his family it's more JR Wife when shes traveling Ivanka her husband etc etc .... What slime

 

[Syriusly]

What wasteful, overindulgent pigs the Obamas are. I've been to Hawaii over a dozen times and I've been able to do it on less than $1000 per week (albeit alone and on a backpacker budget). Around $300-400 for airfare and a total of several hundred for everything else - rental car, accommodation, food, etc. Hell, I spent a week in Mo'orea, Tahiti for less than $2000!

Hell I flew to Florida for $140 dollars and stayed in Orlando for less than $1,000 per week.

Trump and his family will have cost taxpayers millions of dollars- looking forward to seeing you tell us what 'overindulgent pigs' you think Trump and Melania are.

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

I fully expect Easyt and the rest of those 'outraged' by Obama's vacations while in office to be of course just as outraged by Trump's vacation. How many millions will the 'hard working tax paying citizens of the United States many of whom don't even get vacation' have to pay?
It is nice to know that Trump's tradition of Christmas vacations in Florida comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers.
Donald Trump Planning To Start A 16-Day Vacation At Mar-A-Lago The Same Day The Government Would Shut Down

Just to be truly honest- I don't expect Easyt or any of those who attacked Obama for his vacations to give a damn about the taxpayer money spent on Trump's vacations. That would require honesty and integrity.

Is that your reason for necroing a thread that all but ended almost 3 years ago?

My reason is pretty obvious- it is:
a) pointing out what a hypocrite Trump the liar was for crticisizing Obama for his vacations:and
b) what hypocrites all of you who attacked Obama for his vacations at tax payer expenses are when you are silent about Trump's vacations.

For the record- President's go on vacation- I am no more critical of Trump's vacation expenses than I was Obama's. I am not attacking Trump's vacation or his time on the golf course or those tax payer funded expenses- I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

I am attacking the hypocrites who slammed Obama and his family for their vacations but are silent about Trump and his family vacation.

Seems to be bipartisan.


Did YOU slam Obama for his expenses?

or just say, "its no worse than Bushs?"

Neither- why would I attack a President for going on vacation?

I am fairly certain if I look at the record of those in this thread who attacked Obama and his family for the expenses of their vacation I will find few - if any who have also attacked Trump for his vacation expenses.

Of course the chief irony is that Trump attacked Obama for his presidential vacations......and has no problem spending the same kind of money for hiis hown Presidential vacations.

 

[Syriusly]

The hard-working, tax-paying citizens of the United States, many of whom don't even get to take A vacation each year just 'ponied up' approx. $70 MILLION hard-earned tax dollars for the Obama's to take yet ANOTHER multi-million dollar vacation...Merry Christmas, '1st Family'.

They're 17-Day vacation last year cost tax payers OVER $8 MILLION ($8,098,060.33)
- $91,751.78 in car rental expenses
- $224,974.05 in accommodation expenses
- $7,781,361.30 in-flight cost (36.9 hours at $210,877 an hour)
- $317,000 in Secret Service expenses (2013 figures)

The cost of their 7 total vacations to Hawaii so far could reach $50 MILLION...with 1 more potentially to go.

The known total expense to the American taxpayers thus far for all Obama travel is now $70,880,035.78.

"It is nice to know that Obama's 'tradition' of Christmas vacations in Hawaii comes courtesy of overburdened taxpayers."
-- Socialism is AWESOME for those 'ruling' at the top...as long as they don't run out of other people's money.

Mele Kalikimaka: Taxpayer's gift to Obama is $470,000 a day Hawaiian vacation

President Trump’s weekend vacations to his private club in Florida have cost taxpayers almost as much in a month ($11.3 million) as President Obama’s entire travel spending for a year ($12.1 million).

Trump's Florida Vacations Have Cost Taxpayers Almost As Much In A Month As Obama Spent In A Year