So why is it that he came home to play a round of Golf? What is the pressing financial crisis?, Golf?

He can’t stay and talk to Merkel, can’t visit our fallen, gotta get home.

How many tax payers dollars has he lost on the links? We all know that he has squandered billions of tax payer dollars for his political power grab of this Nation.

Are we doomed yet?

A secondary part of the story about HIS Paris visit. the wife and kiddies stayed behind to do some shopping, while HE returned to Washington.
doesn’t that effectively double the tax payer paid expenses?

oldernwiser on June 8, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Maybe Michelle will buy a suit while she is there.

Josiah

Gotta love it!
Do you think he’d be a floater?

“But the funny thing is as the article reports, Barry did find the time to take [his] wife out to a nice meal.”

As I recall, didn’t the Obamas do a little sightseeing with their girls too? Probably even drove their motorcade down the Seine. Obama probably just wanted to squeeze in the Luxembourg Gardens to show that he, like, knows Paris.

Ed completely missed the real Obamateurism here. The walking on water bit is just silly.

I’d push him in the river just to see the headline, Obama In Seine.

Josiah on June 8, 2009 at 8:25 AM

Very well played. And a *rimshot* too!

As much as I like Obamateurisms, this one is kind of a stretch.

cozmo on June 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM

Agreed. It’s clear he meant along the Seine. Obama gives you plenty of real ammunition; so no need to shoot a blank like this.

He’s an idiot in a $3000 suit.

So, are we to believe that this guy who snubs the French President as being too busy to share a meal is going to be working in August? I guess the economy will be all fixed by then.

As much as I like Obamateurisms, this one is kind
of a stretch.

cozmo on June 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM

Not when one considers what would have been the reaction if President Bush had made the same type of comment. Affirmative Action President just keeps proving the reverse bigotry of the MSM. I am glad that someone is keeping track of these.

Tough schedule…I’d like to know when he’s going to get to work! He’s done nothing but play since he got in office.

ladyingray on June 8, 2009 at 8:15 AM

I think this sudden gray hair of his, isn’t due to stress, or being over worked. More like, he just quit coloring it.

He should have said “stroll by the Seine” or “stroll along the Seine”. When at the beach, would you say “I’m going to walk down the ocean”? No, you’d say, “I’m going to take a walk along (or on) the beach or “by (or along) the ocean”.

All the decades I lived in NYC, I guarantee you I never said I was going to ‘stroll down the East River’ or ‘walk down the Hudson’, but I’m sure there were times I said I was going to walk down to the river.

The only problem is, Obama never had a dog.

JiangxiDad on June 8, 2009 at 8:31 AM

He meant Michelle.

Besides, have you ever known Obama to give up an opportunity to display himself before his adoring masses? An intimate dinner with Sarkozy would never do.

Barb Dwyer on June 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM

I think you’ve hit on a truth there. Obama would have found time to attend a lavish state dinner with all the pomp, press, and protocol. But just going to dinner when he can be seen being cool at some bistro with lots of big windows so the paparazzi get clear views of the First Grifters coming and going? No contest.

It became clear from day one that the Obamas like all the trappings of the Presidency even though the filthy liar is utterly unfit for office. Why should that or a bad economy take away from blowing $500K of taxpayer money to take his wife to Broadway.

P.S. I wonder just how much those runs out to burger places are costing us.