as the talking heads were discussing obama's reaction to his grandmother's death, one of them made

[niyad]

the comment that it was good that he had been able to take time from the campaign to go see her because, if this had happened after he became president, he wouldn't have the luxury of being able to take time off. all I could think about was how many days of vacation the shrub takes, and yet, nobody brought that up.

[BOSSHOG]

1. So its better she died sooner rather than later??

Obama would have no problem multitasking. After bush wasted god knows how many millions of gallons of fuel dispatching Air Force One for ray-gun's funeral, a visit to Grandma was certainly in order.

[niyad]

2. I found the whole conversation bizarre--but then, having to listen to cnn this last week has been

bizarre all the way around.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. I simply do not understand

why anyone watches CNN. It's far too stupid and rightwing for me.

[niyad]

4. I have only been watching it this last week or so. most of the time, I don't bother, but I have

wanted to see exactly how bad they are--it is beyond depressing. my neighbors will appreciate it when I return to NOT watching it, since I tend to yell at the idiots a lot.

[damntexdem]

5. Yeah, but Dubya doesn't have to clean up the mess he made.

Obama does.

[Rob H.]

6. WRT Shrub, IOKIYAR applies

Der Chimpenführer shattered Raygun's old record for most vacation days taken by any US President in history.

[Kurovski]

7. Do they intend to criticize him for every day he takes off?

He's already being held to a higher standard than President Cornstool.

We're in for a heap of nagging from the RW chatterboxes, you betcha.