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Anonymous asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

Are neocons promoting class warfare when they say Obama shouldn't be vacationing in Hawaii while the economy..?

...is bad? Don't a lot of Americans travel to Hawaii because it's not as expensive as traveling abroad? And didn't Bush break records for taking the most vacations--even during the most inappropriate times? Why is everything that Obama does scrutinized (that don't have to do with important issues), while these same people never said anything about Bushes abuses?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    They'll try to find anything to put Obama down!

    Lately it was his 'pecs/man boobs and lack of chest hair' ... now it's his holiday destination ... next they'll probably complain that he doesn't buy his underpants at Wal-Mart like Joe the Plumber!

  • 5 years ago

    No, but the propagandists are on here 24/7 accusing the other side of "promoting class and race warfare." It is a tactic through which they hope to spread that talking point and have it believed. Any policy that they don't like, such as restoring the top tax rates to Clinton-era levels, is "class warfare." If someone objects to or points out a racist statement, that becomes "race warfare" or "playing the race card." It is a low tactic designed to obfuscate. It uses offense as a defense when there are no logical arguments to use to defend.

  • 1 decade ago

    OMG! Someone is complaining about your Lord & Master???? Stop the presses! How dare they!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Seriously...you really need to get over your case of Obama worship! He's the President-Elect...so of course his actions will be scrutinized! Quit acting like a brainless twit. Oh wait...your a Liberal.

    Never mind then. You can't help yourself!

    And in case you hadn't noticed, that's all you Liberals DO on this site. Bush bash, Palin bash, Cheney bash, Republican bash. So get over it.

    By the time The Messiah gets done with us...no one will be able to afford to travel to Mexico...let alone Hawaii!

  • 1 decade ago

    What the hell are you smoking? Bush quit playing golf with his DAD because of the BS and grief he got over it from the bubble headed bleach blonde's in the media. When Bush did take vacations, they were working vacations.

    What has a lot of people are pissed over is the fact that, while telling us that we have to sacrifice, His Highness is on a 30 million dollar vacation And you're a little confused.The right wants everyone to succeed. The left promotes class warfare to garner votes from ignorant people Once again... HYPOCRITES . And the moniker fits ya.

  • kara
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    1 decade ago

    Gee, that's funny. The only pleas I have seen here begging BO to cut down on the inauguration and feed the poor have been from the liberals. And yet, you think his vacation in Hawaii isn't just a little too lavish for the times? Come on, even with the required rooms for the secret service and, if it is a working vacation, the transition team, a little less extravagance would have gone a long way in public opinion.

  • 1 decade ago

    No. Now that I have answered your question a little observation...first of all, your saying "neocons" as a derogatory remark, would that make you a "neolib"? and could you tell me how great of a vacation spot Crawford Texas is? Could it be that the press seems to enjoy Hawaii, versus Podunk Texas?

  • 1 decade ago

    Well, apparently Obama is not doing enough about all the CRAP that Bush left, even though the man is not even inaugurated. Did you catch some of the answers, like the one who said Obama should not even be vacationing? Why not? Bush has been vacationing for the past 8 years after being inaugurated, so really, Obama deserves a bit of paradise before facing the HELL in January.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    do you call a vacation going to your home or giving the secret service agents a christmas in hawaii away from their families on christmas ...obama needs to conserve just like the rest do ..we cant help if the hut he was born in didn't have cold chicago winters

  • 1 decade ago

    Im not a liberal and I don't glorify Obama. but I am glad he will be our president. As far as I am concerned he can vacation anywhere he wants. The neocons are always complaining, but they didn't complain about their little puppet -bush - now did they.

    As far as I am concerned, the neocons are nobodies.

    They are also my enemies. Thus I have to keep an eye on them.

  • 1 decade ago

    Because Obama ran as the normal American while criticizing McCain for being wealthy. Now Obama is taking vacations that the normal person can not afford. It is not that he is in Hawaii, it is where he is staying in Hawaii, a couple/few thousand a night rented mansion.

    http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=72462

    http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/200...

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-hawai...

    EDIT:

    If you say you are a regular American, wouldn't you stay at a nice hotel not a ridiculously expensive mansion. I have nothing against a vacation, he has been busy, but the mansion, that defies what he claims to stand for.

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