RIP , photojournalist James Foley

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swampy wrote:
Reagan's ranch was his HOME. Same for GWB's ranch.

I don't quite get the point here. Home or not, it required the same sort of precautions and security as anyplace else the President lives. Also the same abilities to communicate with the military and the people back in D.C. Or do you think that when they were at home, it is just like when you and I are at home? Do you think that the taxpayers didn't have to pay for the secret service and the expense of flying them there, etc. Do you REALLY? Obama pays for his own lodging, food and other incidentals, so the expenses are basically the same.

Or is the problem that Obama has not bought his own vacation home like the Bushes and the Reagans did? Do you think he should buy a ranch, would you feel better then? Or would you let FOX convince you that taxpayers bought the ranch for him?

In the end, just be honest enough to admit that when the Obamas do the exact same thing that white presidents have done, you guys try to turn it into some sort of "those Black people are living on welfare down there in that big old house which belongs to us, not them".