From The Road
August 12, 2008 6:56 AM

Anatomy of a Presidential Candidate's Vacation, Part III

(CBS)
From CBS News' Maria Gavrilovic:

(HONOLULU) After briefly interrupting his vacation to talk about the conflict in Georgia, Barack Obama slipped back into vacation mode.

He played with his daughters Sasha and Malia at his vacation rental overlooking the ocean in Kailua. Later in the afternoon, he changed into khakis and a short sleeve beige shirt and headed to his grandmother’s apartment with his wife Michelle. The apartment building was swarming with local media, so the Obamas slipped in through an underground driveway.

After visiting for about a half hour, they headed to the Ward Movie Theater, where they again dodged cameras who chased the motorcade by foot into the theater’s underground parking lot. The Obamas watched the “The Dark Knight” with another couple, before heading to dinner at the posh Mariposa Restaurant. The restaurant is located on the third floor of the Neiman Marcus department store and has a view of the ocean.

On Tuesday evening, Obama will attend a fundraiser - this will be his first campaign event in Oahu since he held a welcome rally upon his arrival on Friday.
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by debwin55 August 14, 2008 12:15 AM EDT
I am so saddened by the anti Obama comments here. Are you folks really stuck in stupid and want to see MiCain get us into WW3? Yes. Obama has a thin resume, but he will get good folks around him and listen to them, unlike the current resident.
A vote for McSame dooms this country.
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by nyfootball32 August 13, 2008 3:17 AM EDT
Wow. The comments on this page about Obama scare me.

The funny thing is that McCain knows far less of foreign affairs than Obama. Ask former congressman Jim Leach, a moderate Republican who is one of the most respectable men I have ever met. He just endorsed Obama, and I doubt he likes crazy radical Muslim socialists.

A socialist can''t pass bipartisan legislation with Tom Coburn, the most conservative man in the senate. So shut up already.

And voting present? Please. John McCain isn''t any better. He''s skipped tough votes on the GI Bill and Medicare simply because he didn''t want to anger the old demographic he depends on and because he doesn''t want to be seen as not voting against the troops. As for flip flopping, Obama would do well to learn from Master McCain, who has managed to flip-flop on everything from Roe vs. Wade to the Bush tax cuts.

As for raising taxes, Obama''s tax cuts for people making under 112,000 a year are more generous than McCain''s. This is according to a non-partisan study. I imagine most of you bozos don''t make that much money, unless you are professional athletes or performers.

But don''t mind me, I''m just an elitist left-wing socialist promoting the Hollywood homosexual agenda. Of course, I am also a follower of Jeremiah Wright and a Muslim at the exact time. And of course, I am also a Jewish conspirator as well.
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by scissorscoup August 13, 2008 2:01 AM EDT
Well Maria, I hope you are sniffing the dirty laundry and carefully picking through the trash. Seems appropriate for such a disagreeable assignment...
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by scissorscoup August 13, 2008 2:00 AM EDT
Well Maria, I hope you are sniffing the dirty laundry and carefully picking through the trash. Seems appropriate for such a disagreeable assignment...
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by usais11 August 12, 2008 7:50 PM EDT
How can anyone keep supporting a man who knows very little about government, foreign affairs, history, people, and politics? It is a shame that so many are so determined to vote " D" when they don''''t even know how pathetic their choice really is. Shameful, really. It''s nice to keep wanting "change" but your choice for "Change" is a disaster. Clinton just won''t get it and Obama never will
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by kazoodan August 12, 2008 5:36 PM EDT
Obama who will raise your taxes- develop a socialistic society based on discriminating the whites! Are you white? Doesn''''t that matter to you? It d--- well should. Voting for a "D" ( just because you think it is time for ''''change'''' is just plain DUMB.

Posted by usais11 at 10:20 AM : Aug 12, 2008

Your racism precedes you.

Now run along Grasshoppah, you have much to learn.
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by bigwhtpony August 12, 2008 4:31 PM EDT
Ubama vacation update: The ''chosen one'' has just walked ON the water hazard at hole 15. Other golfers have simply put down their clubs and surrendered to his majesty.

Stay tuned for further developments.
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by aj4321-2009 August 12, 2008 3:44 PM EDT
Hopefully, the voters will treat the new Kerry just as did for the original.

Posted by VastR-WCon

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You are right - voters should keep in mind that McBush has 7 mansions and wears $520 Italian shoes and drives Italian cars. Not to mention the millions of dollars in the bank by selling american jobs to InBev. I hope the voters remember the scores.
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by realpatriot1 August 12, 2008 3:43 PM EDT
Vast-R-Wcon,

What has Bush been doing for 7 years and what was McCain doing from February til July other than acatining? McCain secured his nomination in February and still hasn''t voted in the Senate this year while cntinuing to draw his salary.
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by wiccantexan August 12, 2008 3:42 PM EDT
Janice Okubo, Director of Communications of the State of Hawaii Department of Health confirms all earlier suspicions of a forgery.


Posted by terrorislamx
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Bull. In fact, Janice Okubo confirmed that the Hawaii birth certificate is genuine.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/
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by vastr-wcon August 12, 2008 3:34 PM EDT

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Remember Kerry''s wind-surfing vacation in lieu of campaigning? (Kerry could power the sail just by reciting one of his speeches. Reportedly, hussein can do the same for a 50-foot schooner.)

I guess all shallow, arrogant, platitude-spouting, elitist, inexperienced, narcissistic, flip-flopping gas-bags would rather vacation than work hard.

Hopefully, the voters will treat the new Kerry just as did for the original.

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by dnsallday August 12, 2008 2:17 PM EDT
Qulaifications to be President:

Ability to lead.
Inspire Americans.
Set reasoned, well-thought out policy.

Sure sounds like Obama to me. Posted by awmahn
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Real men don''t think things through, just ask any Republican!
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by dnsallday August 12, 2008 2:15 PM EDT
terrorislamx ......
Do you get the same amount of McCain campaign points even if you cut and paste the same thing over and over or are you supposed to make them at least look like some form of original and coherent thought?
Or are you one of the ''lucky'' submissive tools who get 10 cents per post for regurgitating garbage for the Republican National Committee?
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by bvandam1 August 12, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
Good grief. Is there a psychotherapist in the house?
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by usais11 August 12, 2008 2:12 PM EDT
In the case of Barack Obama, disheartening aspects emerge when one pulls off the rose-colored glasses.
. The depth of knowledge on display in Barry Obama''''s undergraduate thesis is of particular interest because he was wrong about a crucial Kennedy-Khrushchev conference, and about the diplomatic history between America and the Soviets.
How likely is it that someone would lose his senior thesis -- particularly someone who thought his life was compelling enough that he would write an autobiography just a few years later?
Indeed, he has left little in the way of a record for Americans to judge his legal abilities. No written records, no signed legal papers, no research papers authored or co-authored by him. Nothing
Senator Obama often invokes his expertise on constitutional law. Does he actually have any? You can''''t tell from his publications, and he even lacks a record of intellectual engagement as a legal scholar.
One should not have to remind the former President of the Harvard Law review that a President of the United States cannot overturn a law. Only the Supreme Court can overturn a law; Congress can change laws. A President -- even one consumed by his own grandiosity -- cannot "overturn" a law. That is Constitutional Law 101.
He has certainly been wrong about the law and terrorism, and was wrong about the applicability of the Nuremberg trial in terrorism related legal matters

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by terrorislamx August 12, 2008 2:10 PM EDT
HUSSEIN IS STILL LOOKING FOR HIS REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE,,, lol

Is Obama%u2019s %u201CFight The Smears%u201D Passing Off A Fraudulent Document As His %u201CCertificate of Live Birth%u201D?
Barack Obama%u2019s Achilles heel?
This may be the most damning evidence to date. Obama may be over the barrel now, once and for all.
Janice Okubo, Director of Communications of the State of Hawaii Department of Health confirms all earlier suspicions of a forgery.
The million dollar question remains. What is Obama hiding?
Faked certificate suggests that Obama may not be %u201Cnatural born%u201D US citizen
It is now a certainty that the %u201Cbirth certificate%u201D claimed by the Barack Obama campaign as authentic is a photoshopped fake.
The image, purporting to come from the Hawaii Department of Health, has been the subject of intense skepticism in the blogosphere in the past two weeks. But now the senior spokesman of that Department has confirmed to Israel Insider what are the required features of a certified birth document %u2014 features that Obama%u2019s purported %u201Cbirth certificate%u201D clearly lack.
http://conservablogs.com/velvethammer/2008/06/25/obamas-fight-the-smears-daily-kos-are-passing-off-a-fraudulent-document-as-his-certificate-of-live-birth/
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by terrorislamx August 12, 2008 2:09 PM EDT
FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM IS THE PROBLEM,,,

DEMONIC-RAT HUSSEIN IS NOT THE SOLUTION,,,

EXPOSE HUSSEIN
http://www.exposeobama.com/obamaislam.html

www.obamatruth.org

www.stop-obama.org

A Video Portrait Of Barack Hussein Obama
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036

The Barack Obama Test
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/02/the_barack_obama_test.html

Obama-Odinga-Rezko-Ayers-Auchi-Saddam Hussein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIe4d9Nmg9k

Raila Odinga was also financially backed by Muammar al-Gaddafi. Raila Odinga is Obama''s cousin:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/717...

Why does Raila Odinga use Obama''s exact same campaign slogan: CHANGE....Vote for CHANGE: Look at his website:
http://www.raila07.com/


IMPEACH HUSSEIN NOW,,,

SIGN THE PETITION

Impeach, expel Barack Obama
http://obamaimpeachment.org

HUSSEIN IS NO COMMANDER IN CHIEF,,, lol

McCain Tops Obama in Commander-in-Chief Test; Stays Competitive on Iraq

Poll Finds 72 Percent of Americans Say McCain Would be Good Commander-in-Chief
http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Politics/Story?id=5370538&page=1

Obama: Commander-in-(mis)chief?
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/imperium/2008/07/200872011345855233.html
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by bigwhtpony August 12, 2008 2:06 PM EDT
Ubama vacation update: Hussain flew all the wway to Hawaii and spent half an hour with his ''typical white'' grandmother. What a big hearted guy.

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by bigwhtpony August 12, 2008 1:59 PM EDT
An Ubama vacation update: The chosen one just had a hot dog and a Kool cigarette. Stay tuned for further updates.
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by bvandam1 August 12, 2008 1:58 PM EDT
Do your history on McCain, folks:

Meanwhile McCain moved to Arizona with his new bride immediately after their 1980 marriage. There, his new father-in-law gave him a job and introduced him to local businessmen and political powerbrokers who would smooth his passage to Washington via the House of Representatives and Senate.

And yet despite his popularity as a politician, there are those who won%u2019t forget his treatment of his first wife.

Ted Sampley, who fought with US Special Forces in Vietnam and is now a leading campaigner for veterans%u2019 rights, said: %u2018I have been following John McCain%u2019s career for nearly 20 years. I know him personally. There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is %u2013 deceit.

%u2018When he came home and saw that Carol was not the beauty he left behind, he started running around on her almost right away. Everybody around him knew it.

%u2018Eventually he met Cindy and she was young and beautiful and very wealthy. At that point McCain just dumped Carol for something he thought was better.

%u2018This is a guy who makes such a big deal about his character. He has no character. He is a fake. If there was any character in that first marriage, it all belonged to Carol.%u2019
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