Obama, McCain and the Politics of a Vacation
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 08.07.08 | 1:55 PM ET
Photo by Barack Obama is headed to Hawaii on vacation. He deserves a break, right? Besides, it’s a summer tradition. Apparently not, at least according to his opponent. A spokesman for John McCain just remarked, “Americans are facing sky-high gas prices, and instead of Barack Obama taking the initiative to call his allies in Congress back from vacation to carve out real energy relief, he’s joining them at the beach.” And to think, on our 2008 U.S. Presidential Candidate Travel Scorecard, we gave McCain a whopping four-and-a-half Air Force Ones out of five. I, for one, now regret that. I know times are tough, but we Americans must stand firm in support of vacations.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
Greg Knudsen 08.08.08 | 12:33 AM ET
Barack Obama’s sister and grandmother live in Hawaii, where he was born and raised and graduated from high school. This is primarily a family visit. Is McCain saying it would be okay to visit family in Phoenix, but not in Honolulu?
Grizzly Bear Mom 08.10.08 | 10:35 AM ET
McCain is politicing, which by definition doesn’t invite in depth study. It wouldn’t matter if he were going to Hawaii to donate a kidney. McCain is trying to demonstrate that he’s is more qualified for the presidency than Obama.
Rathna 10.22.08 | 11:45 AM ET
Good enjoyable article.Good time pass..