Hawaii hosts most presidential holidays
Melbourne, Dec 29: Guess what is U S President Barack Obama's favourite spot for vacation? Yes, it is Hawaii. Now his aides are wondering whether his favourite spot for vacationing Hawaii will go down in history as a place to host most of his presidential holidays.
Although Franklin Roosevelt briefly ran the country during World War II from an office in the Royal Hawaiian hotel in Honolulu. Most American Presidents tended to stick to familiar locations for their vacations-Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan spent long periods in California, while Lyndon Johnson and George W Bush were devoted to their ranches in Texas.
However, Obama has spent 14 of his first 18 years in Hawaii, and has written extensively about his love for the islands and the benefits he feels from returning there. Even Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law professor and close family friend, says that one can "see the pressure released from his (Obama's) body" whenever he returns to Hawaii.
Last week, according to the Australian, Obama found that there were distinct personal and political advantages to his secluded holiday compound at the end of the two and a half mile beach at Kailua, about a 30-minute drive through the Koolau mountains from Honolulu.
The
luxury
property
is
said
to
offer
sweeping
Pacific
views
and
spacious
marble
interiors.
Telling
about
another
reason
why
Obama
may
return
often
to
Hawaii,
John
McCormick
of
the
Chicago
Tribune
said:
"It
has
been
a
very
news-free
trip,"
and
that
is
exactly
what
Obama
was
hoping
for.
ANI