Friday, August 21, 2009

Obama: Vacation to be Spoiled by Bill??

President Obama plans to visit the tony Massachusetts Island of Martha's Vineyard next week. That is, if Hurricane Bill doesn't ruin it for him.

Wouldn't that be great if Hurricane Bill -- as in Bill Clinton -- ruined Obama's first presidential vacation. A delicious irony.

One would think that the president would stay in some fancy digs while on holiday. But, apparently, that is not the case, suggested White House spokeman PC Guy (aka Robert Gibbs):
But "there will be a certain point in which the president will largely be down enjoying his vacation, as well as I think the vacation that millions and millions of Americans hopefully will," the spokesman added.
Somehow, PC Guy, I don't think "millions and millions of Americans" will get to vacation at "a private 28-acre estate that rents for $35,000 a week."

Does anyone else find it odd that the same guy who bemoans "fat-cat" Wall Street tycoons decides to stay in a vacation home whose weekly rent is only slightly less than the average American makes in a year?

While on the Vineyard, rumor has it that Obama will visit the ailing Senator Ted Kennedy at the Kennedy Compound in near-by Hyannis, MA.

I wonder if -- in honor of good friend Kennedy -- Obama will pay a visit to Chappaquiddick, a mere 14 miles away.

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