"There are times when good people disagree in good faith...this is not one of those times"

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President Obama begins vacation, takes parting shots at republicans

(AFP) – 31 minutes ago

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts —

Upon arriving at the upscale Martha's Vineyard resort for a 10-day vacation, Obama took advantage of Congress being on summer recess to make four nominations that had been stalled by Republicans.

The four, known as recess appointments, included Winslow Sargeant as senior official at the Small Business Administration, Richard Sorian as a senior public affairs official at the Department of Health and Human Services and Elisabeth Hagen as food safety undersecretary at the Department of Agriculture.

Before departing Washington, Obama slammed his Republican foes for using delay tactics in Congress to block a bill to spur job creation. He accused them of stalling for political purposes ahead of November elections.

"There are times when Democrats and Republicans have legitimate differences, rooted in different views about what's best for this country. There are times when good people disagree in good faith," he said . . .

"But this is not one of those times," said Obama, sharply criticizing Republicans for using parliamentary delaying tactics to block a vote on the legislation.


read: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmB5ipM0-330AC9mNlmbw_gpu9Tw

[quinnox]

1. Another vacation?

All I hear about Obama these days is where he is at on vacation. Is he vacationing all summer or something? I mean, I don't blame him, I'd love to do the same thing. Anyone know how much vacation he has taken this year?

[bear425]

3. You're kidding right?

http://www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/

edit: this link is a bit old, but there's no comparison in vacation time to previous presidents.

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, he's vacationing all summer. And he's having a ball

and telling the middle class to stuff it. Happy?

[bigtree]

5. yeah, the guy who is on the job 24-hr a day, 7-days a week

. . . is on vacation again. If you can call them 'vacations'.

Read the article___

"There is never a guarantee however that a US president will rest while on vacation . . ."

[SargeUNN]

7. then maybe you should pay more attention

If that is all you have heard lately you either aren't listening or just remembering what you want and disregarding the rest.

[KittyWampus]

8. Or they actually only ever listen to FOX.

[KittyWampus]

9. Quite a telling statement you made. To my knowledge, only rightwingers

use the "Another vacation" line of approach.

[DURHAM D]

2. Elizabeth Warren?????

Answer anyone ?

anyone ?

help

anyone ?

:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

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6. Obama Uses Recess Appointment To Place Openly Gay Man In HHS Position

Richard Sorian was appointed by President Barack Obama to be the assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services back in October 2009. Today, he was appointed by President Obama via a recess appointment. The temper tantrums and foot dragging from the Republican Party has meant that many positions remain empty almost a year into the Obama Presidency . . .

read more: http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/08/19/Sorian_Appointed_To_HHS/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AdvocatecomDailyNews+%28Advocate.com+Daily+News%29