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    Health Care Reform Opponents' Ads Target Obama's Vineyard Vacation

    Posted:
    08/21/09
    The movement against health care reform has identified a new enemy -- Martha's Vineyard. ABC News reports that a new series of ads by Conservatives for Patients Rights is set to launch next week, criticizing President Obama's family vacation to the Massachusetts island while reform is on the table.

    "The beach is nice this time of year," the ad states, before going on to suggest that the result of the Democratic plan will be a ballooning deficit and a tax hike on everything from income to soda. The ad closes by saying that, on his return from vacation, Obama should drop the public-option from his reform plan.

    Of course, Obama is not the only president to step away from the White House for a break (though doing so doesn't necessarily mean leaving work behind). Reuters reports that over his eight years in office, George W. Bush spent a combined 977 days at either Camp David or his ranch in Crawford, Texas.



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