Newsmax.com is reporting that President Obama is shattering all previous presidential travel records.
In the first 171 days of his presidency, Obama spent 22 days — the equivalent of one full month of working days — out of the country. That means 13 percent of Obama’s time in office has been spent abroad.
The amount of time that Obama is spending abroad may be a bit suprising when you consider that Obama is dealing with significant domestic issues including “… the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression,” cap and trade legislation and a health care agenda. In addition, Obama still has those nagging little issues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Together, one would think that Obama has more than enough things to keep his attention at home rather than grand standing across the globe. For someone who campaigned on bringing efficiency to government, Obama’s travels would seem to be counter intuitive. Well, now that I think about it, maybe not so counter intuitive. Remember, Obama has a history of avoiding focus on the things he ought to be focused on:
From the time Barack Obama was sworn in as a United State Senator, to the time he announced he was forming a Presidential exploratory committee, he logged 143 days of experience in the Senate. That’s how many days the Senate was actually in session and working.
And before that:
In the end, Mr. Obama chose neither to vote for nor against the bill. He voted “present,” effectively sidestepping the issue, an option he invoked nearly 130 times as a state senator.
Every commercial for every investment fund or firm has a disclaimer that reads:
Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Unfortunately for President Obama, past performance, or the lack of focus on it, is exactly what we should expect in future results!
