Comments on: Barack Obama Joins 2.5 Million Fellow Americans In Vacation Elitism

By: McCain’s Limp Response To His Housing Gaffe » Oliver Willis

McCain’s Limp Response To His Housing Gaffe » Oliver Willis — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:03:35 +0000

[...] of accusing Obama of being elitist for going on vacation in Hawaii. As we here at OliverWillis.com noted previously. That’s not a playground for the elite, it’s a normal family vacation that’s as [...]

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:17:16 +0000

I’m sure that the pineapple is meant to be playing a ukulele, not a guitar. If you weren’t such an uppity elitist you would know that.

By: The Editors

The Editors — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:13:58 +0000

Guitar-playing pineapples in Bermuda shorts are notoriously elitist.

By: Jibreel Riley

Jibreel Riley — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:07:12 +0000

how many of you have a “family compound”

I have some friends with cottages thought Western New York. Yea I know its not on some Bush Family level however its a cool place to just unplug. I know you DC dwellers think WV is uber-hick land however you should visit the place sometime even if Obama and friends wont give you a break on your gas taxes!

By: Jibreel Riley

Jibreel Riley — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:03:02 +0000

I was going to take a road trip until gas prices just about price me out of that idea… then I was going to fly but that whole gas thing bit me in the ass again. I wonder dose Paris Hilton knows that her cocaine is flown in from Jets fueled by gasoline?

Either way I pay no gas tax thanks to my friends the Seneca Nation. Less money that Albany, NY and the Feds get to take from my pocket. Oh before I go I wonder whats everybody is going to say when the Feds raise the gas tax thanks to everybody not driving?

By: Syco

Syco — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:28:30 +0000

God I hope they are because if they aren’t this country is f*cking screwed.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:07:52 +0000

Aloha from Hawaii… unfortunately, from one of the anti-elitist islands Obama won’t be visiting (c’mon, Barry, your kids need to see active volcanoes too, don’t they?).

Yeah, Cokie’s just a noisemaker. We have them here too, but we spell it Coqui.

Just wanted to make the point that the 2.5 million visitors who come here without family ties are probably more the “elite” than anyone who actually lives here (or has lived here). I’ve got neighbors who’ve never gone anywhere further afield than the next island on a family vacation.

When it’s $4.50 for a gallon of gas, $6 for a box of cereal, and you work 6 part-time jobs (with no insurance) to make ends meet because full-time jobs are too hard to come by, “elitist” isn’t the word for it.

By: Randy Brown

Randy Brown — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:12:29 +0000

Scratch, you ARE being sarcastic…right?

By: Tyro

Tyro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:38:55 +0000

I’ve seen a distinct lack of right-winger support of Cokie Roberts in various blog comments. That means that the RNC decided not to incorporate her stupid statement into their talking points.

Impressive: Cokie Roberts’ statement was too stupid for right wing trolls.

By: KXB

KXB — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:30:41 +0000

I never thought much about Roberts – she was neither an airhead nor an aggravating personality. She seemed to spout what passed for conventional wisdom in the Beltway – but the idea that Hawaii “looks” foreign and exotic is something new.

My grandmother lives in India, I have not seen her in 10 years, and chances are, I will not see her again before she dies. Since I have family spread out throughout the U.S., I can’t save up enough vacation days in any one year to spend enough time in India. For Roberts to suggest that Obama should spend more time campaigning in Myrtle Beach instead of with his family is not really a sign of family values.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:19:06 +0000

Silvia Pena:
Not only was her father once House Majority Leader(meaning he was once on Steny Hoyer’s spot), but he was a Democrat to boot. Also, her father was killed in the same plane crashed that claimed the father of Mark Begich(the guy running against Ted “Toobez!!” Stevens).

By: Jaim

Jaim — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:43:42 +0000

I lurve it when MSM talking heads lecture the rest of us as to what constitutes “elitist” behavior.

I can assure you these are the types of fuckers who’ve never had to change their own flat tire, and probably haven’t done their own laundry for decades.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:48:06 +0000

Don’t forget that Obama’s grandmother, who is unable to travel, still lives in Hawaii.

On a terrorist no-fly list, no doubt.

By: SpiderJ

SpiderJ — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:02:28 +0000

It’s incredibly elitist of Barack Obama’s grandmother to live in Hawaii. No doubt he shares her elitism.

By: JLW

JLW — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:50:37 +0000

Don’t forget that Obama’s grandmother, who is unable to travel, still lives in Hawaii. The Obama’s visit is her only chance to see her grandson and great-grand daughters.

By: ed

ed — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:20:04 +0000

Cokie Roberts, like David Brooks, is an elitist fuckhead.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:01:16 +0000

Seriously, is this the best the media can do?

The guy grew up there, he has family there, it is a frikkin’ state after all. Nothing “elite” about it.

By: Tyro

Tyro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:46:54 +0000

The definition of “down to earth” in political terms is “spending your money on stuff that middle-America would spend their money on if they had it.” And since, as we all know, vacationing in Hawai’i is one the most proletarian of the “nice vacation destinations” one can go, we can see that Obama made the right political move here.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:37:36 +0000

What if he eats some arugula while he’s there. And drinks some OJ. Hubris, thy name is Barack.

Overpaid by a factor of 100, thy name is Cokie.

By: Scratch

Scratch — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:30:31 +0000

Until Hawaii and the other territories actually get the right to vote in presidential elections, Obama has no right spending two weeks there during an election.