Obama Vacation Easy to Criticize, Hard to Read: Margaret Carlson
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Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- A lot of perks come with beingpresident. You’re whisked here and there so that your feetbarely touch ground. Heads of state pay their respects. There’sno such thing as a dropped call. You have parties and someoneelse cleans up.
But there’s one perk that almost everyone else gets thatyou don’t: a chance to relax. Presidents take vacations at greatpolitical peril. There’s never a good time to go, as PresidentBarack Obama learned once again as he headed off with his familyfor a 10-day break in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.