The President has taken a few days and gone to Maine with his family and some are criticizing his choice to go to Maine, or his taking time at all.
I have a question, are people really that hard up to find fault with the President that they have to criticize his taking a few days with his family? At least he is spending time with his family. After all we elected a man with a wife and two young children, and if he didn’t take some personal time with his family people would criticize him for being a poor father. Besides is the President ever really “off” while in office, don’t we have ways of communicating such as telephones, cell phones, fax, satellite communications, internet, Air Force One (a “flying White House”), etc?
Let me take a moment to say thank you to the President for not choosing to go to the Gulf Coast for a few days with the family. The manpower commitment on the local and state levels (not to mention the federal level) for Presidential visits are enormous and would have to be increased to ensure the safety of the First Family. Those resources could be put to better use right now.
With the news this week that by 2014 the federal government will be requiring healthcare providers to report a person’s BMI (body mass index) to the government I would have thought I’d hear “outrage” over the First Family stopping for ice cream, after all they are all so obese.
I did see something in the video of the First Family during a visit to a National Park that I could criticize, but that has to do with the father not the President. And if I don’t want the federal government dictating how I interact with my children I shouldn’t try to do the same to the President. I’ve been critical of some of the President’s policies this past year and a half, and I’m sure during the next two and a half years I’ll have more to criticize (like the federal government's reaction to the Arizona Immigration Law) but this isn’t one of those things.
Maybe those that are doing the criticism right now need to take some time off themselves.
THAT’S MY OPINION, WHAT’S YOURS
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- James N. Mann
- I retired after completing 38 years as a law enforcement officer in the State of Florida. I began my law enforcement career with the City of Miami, where I served for nearly 27 years before serving with a state agency for 11 1/2 years (part of that time as Interim Inspector General). During my career with Miami I worked in uniform patrol, the detective bureau, and the 911 center. I was also a member of the first law enforcement crew to respond to New York City on September 11, 2001. From January 2007 to April 2011 I also served as a commissioner on the state commission that governs the certification of law enforcement, correctional and probation officers in the state. I am a Past President of the Florida State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police (President 2004-2006); I was an employee representative with Miami FOP Lodge #20 for almost 21 years (6 years serving at the Chief Steward). I have worked on legislative issues at all levels, worked on political screening committees. I’m a past member of the Dade County Republican Executive Committee, and have been an advisor/ law enforcement liaison for a presidential candidate..
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