Beaming President and Michelle are all smiles after returning from their weekend getaway at $2,500-a-night Florida resort

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President and First Lady returned from their vacation at exclusive Florida resort that costs up to $2,500 a night
President faced criticism for leaving Washington D.C. while Ukraine crisis looms large
President Obama and his family are vacationed at the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo
A White House spokesman claimed the president would be doing exactly the same thing in Florida as he would do in the White House
The White House says Obama squeezed in another round of golf Sunday before he left on Sunday morning

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[superbeets]

After vacationing at the $2,500 a night Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo this weekend, no wonder Barack and Michelle Obama look pleased with themselves as they returned to Washington on Sunday afternoon.

Appearing relaxed after his third vacation of the year, the president has been heavily criticized for his taxpayer-funded trip as the crisis in Ukraine rumbles on.

Squeezing in another round of golf on Sunday, the president's holiday coincided with his Vice President Joe Biden jetting off to the Virgin Islands for the weekend as the White House prepares to welcome Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk for critical talks after Russia's incursion into the Crimea.

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Happy: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One before their departure at Homestead Air Reserve Base, on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Homestead, Florida after their weekend vacation

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[superbeets]

The White House had previously brushed away concerns that this was not the best time for the president to jet south to play golf.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest acknowledged this earlier last week and said 'there's always a chance' Obama could cut a trip short and return to Washington, but of this was not necessary.

The fact of the matter is what the president is doing this weekend in Florida is essentially what the president would be doing if he stayed back at the White House,' Earnest told reporters traveling with Obama.
The president, he said, was looking forward to 'getting a little bit of downtime in the warm weather with his wife and daughters.'

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Relaxed: President Barack Obama waves as he walks across the tarmac with first lady Michelle Obama before their departure on Air Force One at Homestead Air Reserve Base, on Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Homestead, Florida

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Vacation: President Barack Obama arrives with first lady Michelle Obama on Marine One helicopter before their departure after spending the weekend in Florida

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[superbeets]

Obama's vacation at a private club on one of the islands off Florida's southern tip was tacked onto an afternoon visit by the president and his wife, Michelle, to a Miami high school to announce new Education Department initiatives to help more students complete the paperwork needed to qualify for federal financial aid or student loans.

Every president gets criticized for the amount of time he spends away from the White House, and Obama is no different.

Paul C. Light, who teaches public service at New York University, said Obama would have been wise to remain in Washington.

Being in Florida with a still-fluid situation in Ukraine 'makes the president look less interested in the issue than he clearly is,' Light said. 'It's just very bad optics.'

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Goodbye and thanks Florida: President Barack Obama, right, and first lady Michelle Obama wave before their departure on Air Force One

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Home: Marine One carrying US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama comes in to land on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on March 9, 2014 as they return from a weekend in Florida

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[superbeets]

Obama departed the White House one day after moving to levy financial sanctions and travel bans against those the U.S. accuses of threatening Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial borders.

Officials in Crimea, a pro-Russian area of Ukraine, plan to hold a referendum March 16 to decide whether to become part of Russia.

Obama and Biden's decision to continue with their weekend vacation plans appeared to be an indication that the White House did not expect any quick resolution to the dispute.

Nevertheless, the White House made clear that Obama is staying on top of developments in Ukraine, noting that the president called German Chancellor Angela Merkel after arriving in Key Largo. Merkel has been cautious about imposing sanctions on Russia.

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk across the South Lawn of the White House from Marine One, Sunday, March 9, 2014, in Washington, as they arrive from Florida

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The White House says Obama squeezed in another round of golf Sunday on one of the courses at the exclusive Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo, where the family was staying

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[superbeets]

The Obama family vacation comes just a few weeks after the president's long weekend at the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California.

Obama had gone to Sunnylands to meet with King Abdullah II of Jordan. He stayed behind with a gaggle of childhood friends to play golf on the desert property's nine-hole course and on a private, 19-hole course elsewhere in the city that is owned by supporter Larry Ellison, co-founder of the Oracle software company and one of the richest men in America.

Obama will have plenty of opportunities to play golf this weekend, too.

He checked his family into the Ocean Reef Club, a private, by-invitation-only membership club that is more of a gated, self-contained community sprawled across 2,500 acres on the northern edge of Key Largo.

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Exclusive: The Obamas are spending a weekend at the Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo

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Paradise: The resort has two golf courses, a lagoon and a spa

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[superbeets]

The property has two championship golf courses. There's also a swimming lagoon, tennis courts, a spa and fitness center, shopping and more than a dozen restaurants among the club's varied offerings.

Accommodation costs up to $2,500 per night.

Obama flew by helicopter from Miami over the sun-kissed, blue waters of Florida Bay to arrive at the club's private airport. Scores of people apparently had driven their golf carts over to witness the arrival.

The Republican National Committee used Obama's vacation to draw a contrast with Americans still grappling with a sluggish economy.
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Official business: President Barack Obama, the first lady Micheal Obama and school guidance counselor Amy Shapiro (standing, right) talk with students at Coral Reef High School

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Overwhlemed: A young woman cries while meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at Coral Reef High School in Miami

'While President Obama vacations in the Florida Keys and Vice President Biden is spending his weekend in the Virgin Islands, millions of middle-class Americans are hurting from their failed economic policies,' RNC chairman Reince Priebus said.

The vacation is Obama's third of the year.

Before Sunnylands, Obama and his family followed tradition and spent Christmas and New Year's in Hawaii, where he was born.

The president and his daughters returned to the White House on January 5, but Mrs Obama spent a third week on the island to begin celebrating her 50th birthday later that month.

The family will scatter in less than two weeks.

Mrs. Obama departs March 19 for a weeklong trip to China without the president, but accompanied by daughters Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12, and her mother, Marian Robinson. A few days after they leave, Obama will embark on a weeklong trip through the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Saudi Arabia.

 

[akphidelt]

The property has two championship golf courses. There's also a swimming lagoon, tennis courts, a spa and fitness center, shopping and more than a dozen restaurants among the club's varied offerings.

Accommodation costs up to $2,500 per night.

Obama flew by helicopter from Miami over the sun-kissed, blue waters of Florida Bay to arrive at the club's private airport. Scores of people apparently had driven their golf carts over to witness the arrival.

The Republican National Committee used Obama's vacation to draw a contrast with Americans still grappling with a sluggish economy.

Official business: President Barack Obama, the first lady Micheal Obama and school guidance counselor Amy Shapiro (standing, right) talk with students at Coral Reef High School

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Overwhlemed: A young woman cries while meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at Coral Reef High School in Miami

'While President Obama vacations in the Florida Keys and Vice President Biden is spending his weekend in the Virgin Islands, millions of middle-class Americans are hurting from their failed economic policies,' RNC chairman Reince Priebus said.

She must be crying because she's sad. According to this forum, everybody in the world hates him except for inner city minorities on welfare. Something is wrong here!! Where's that Iranian General festeringZit loves telling us what to think of our President?

 

[Ricboff]

C'mon beets , the leader of the free world is to stay at a Motel 6? A man has gotta relax . Ukraine crisis ? Cameron and Merkel got this one ....fuck, wait a minute ...the vacation is over , right ?

 

[hehateme82]

Michelle looks hungover.

 

[Willie99]

fucking loser, my six figure kids would be laughing at him

 

[Willie99]

Putin better be scared now, Barry's back

whoop whoop whoop

 

[Albatross]

She must be cry because she's sad. According to this forum, everybody in the world hates him except for inner city minorities on welfare. Something is wrong here!! Where's that Iranian General festeringZit loves telling us what to think of our President?

That young woman will be regretting that photo in the future. Never could figure out why kids cry when they are around famous people. She probably would do the same thing if she sat front row at a Bieber concert.

 

[Acebb]

"Overwhlemed: A young woman cries while meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at Coral Reef High School in Miami"

Reason 22,987 why America is in decline.

My goodness is that embarrassing...

 

[BleedingPurple]

"Overwhlemed: A young woman cries while meeting U.S. President Barack Obama at Coral Reef High School in Miami"

Reason 22,987 why America is in decline.

My goodness is that embarrassing...

This thread is embarrassing. Criticize the president all you want. but to be constantly digging up shit on the internet. Beats is up at 1:30 AM jacking off to whatever he can find to slam the president. Beats did you use a tissue?..... Yawn

 

[hehateme82]

This thread is embarrassing. Criticize the president all you want. but to be constantly digging up shit on the internet. Beats is up at 1:30 AM jacking off to whatever he can find to slam the president. Beats did you use a tissue?..... Yawn

I think Beets is in a different time zone..

 

[festeringZit]

fucking loser, my six figure kids would be laughing at him

My kids wouldn't bother to even be there, they have much better things to do with their time that to go see a lying crook.

 

[carlspackler]

Maybe she is crying out of pure disappointment, the moment she realizes that she is face to face with the man who ruined her future. The moment she has realized that all his promises were lies.

Or the exact moment that she realizes that her parents were right about this charlatan and the party he represents.

 

[BleedingPurple]

Maybe she is crying out of pure disappointment, the moment she realizes that she is face to face with the man who ruined her future. The moment she has realized that all his promises were lies.

Or the exact moment that she realizes that her parents were right about this charlatan and the party he represents.

Fuck man you guys are this dumb? I hate to keep blaming but nobody hurt more futures than president Bush the end of discussion. You fucking right wing nuts on here are like, "20 years from now Bush will be looked as a great president" yet they slam Obama, what if I said "20 years from now Obama will be looked as a great president." Not going to happen but he has a chance. The point is you guys can't predict the future a few years from now, too bad the previous regime couldn't either. This country was lead down the shitter by Bush and Cheney, you guys will defend them and that pisses me off. Has Obama been great, No but be handed the NY Knicks and see how long it takes to be relevant.

 

[Dave007inVegas]

She must be crying because she's sad. According to this forum, everybody in the world hates him except for inner city minorities on welfare. Something is wrong here!! Where's that Iranian General festeringZit loves telling us what to think of our President?

Nah. I think he stepped on her foot.