BULLETIN!  OBAMA VACATION PLANS ANNOUNCED – AT 7:33 P.M. ET:  Amidst all the gloom and heartbreak there comes a story of sunshine, fun and ice cream.  The Obamas are going on vacation.  The long-laboring first family is finally getting some time off.  I know this will unburden your hearts:

Here’s a report from U.S. News, discussing the announcement of a new 10 day trip to Martha’s Vineyard starting August 19. For those of you keeping track, that’s the fifth vacation since the start of last month:

-Three days in July in Maine, primarily tony Bar Harbor.

-Last week, the president traveled to Chicago for a birthday party with Oprah and others.

-Michelle and Sasha spent much of last week on Spain’s southern coast, ending it with a trip to Majorca to meet the king and queen of Spain.

-Florida this weekend for a night on the Gulf Coast.

-August 19-29 on Martha’s Vineyard.

And once again, the first family isn’t exactly showing any sensitivity to the fact the rest of the country is coping with some serious economic hardships. “The first family has set plans to board Air Force One for a frilly vacation, a 10-day return trip to exclusive Martha’s Vineyard where they are expected to stay at the 28-acre oceanfront Blue Heron Farm that rents for up to $50,000 a week,” reports U.S. News.

COMMENT:  Can you just imagine if this had been George W. Bush?  It is hard to believe that a man whose approval ratings hover in the low 40s, and who may want a second term, is shoving such mud in the faces of the American people.   It isn't as if he doesn't know anything about getting elected.  (Or was that just his staff?)

The amusing entry is "Florida this weekend for a night on the Gulf Coast."  The president condescends to visit the hard-hit Gulf Coast, which is being damaged further by the irrational moratorium on offshore drilling ordered by his administration to satisfy the enviro-nuts.  One night, one night only.  Mustn't give those non-Ivy-League locals too much attention.

August 12, 2010