Barack Obama is on vacation! Yes, that's right, the guy who is running for president is actually human and taking a short rest and is on a mini vacation. He is right now vacationing in the U.S. Virgin Islands, specifically in St. Thomas. This short stop is probably nothing more then him resting up a little bit before a grueling last few weeks of the campaign in states like Pennsylvania and North Carolina. While Obama and all the rest of the candidates running for president are human (although there may be some doubt from an Obama official who called Clinton a monster, but that's another story), they need to rest up and take a vacation during a long campaign.
However, during the early presidential campaigns in the early 1800's, most of the presidential candidates did not campaign once they received the nomination of their party. This is most known with John Adams. He did not campaign at all, feeling that if the people wanted him to be president, then they would elect him (much of this view has to do with the Greek concept of aristeia). So by not campaigning at all for the presidency in public, it could be said that Adams and a lot of the early presidential candidates were on vacation until the election, but unlike Obama, they were on a really long vacation, not just a few days in the Virgin Islands.
Sites and articles from:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/24/obama-hits-st-thomas-meets-with-governor-unofficially/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/03/barack-obama-si.html
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