mg wrote:

On Mar 12, 5:20 am, "ODONOVAN, Himself" wrote:
New York Times questions timing of Obama family Australia/ Indonesia
trip: No real diplomatic reason to go but it is the kids' spring
break. Date night was cheap by comparison , but this?

http://preview.tinyurl.com/714zEvleths

Excerpt:

"..The trip is unusual, experts say, in that there is no economic
summit or other multinational gathering for the president to
attend..."

IOW just a taxpayer funded junket for the kids and the whole Obama
entourage?

A president can go anywhere he wants, just ask Bush and Reagan, and
that even includes a president who happens to be a Democrat, by the
way.

"Bush on track to become the vacation president

Because Bush went to his private ranch, that has something to do
with Obama taking trips to Asia with his family? And a president is
never on "vacation" so this tally is just stupid. When Bush went to
his ranch in Texas, he used that as a jumping off point to visit
farther west than would usually be easy on a day trip. This is a
good thing.