All in all, it hasn't been the best few months of Barack Obama's life. The moment he had been looking forward to for at least three-and-a-half yearsgetting the hell out of Washingtonwas kind of ruined by that whole election thing in November. Nonetheless, the 44th president made a promise to the American people that he was going to chill extremely hard after January 20, and he's keeping itin the British Virgin Islands, on Richard Branson's private island, with his hat backwards:

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Finally, Obama can enjoy his vacation with at least a 60-percent certainty that Fox News isn't bashing him for it at the top of every hour. (His disgusting habit of "playing golf" was a frequent feature, as was the general notion that he took a huge amount of vacation timeimplying that the first black president didn't want to work and/or was lazy. In reality, he took far fewer vacation days than George W. Bush: By August 2014, Obama had taken 125 full or partial days off during his presidency. At the same point in his tenure, Bush had taken 407.)

Look, we might be tumbling over the edge of reason into the chaotic nihilism of a post-truth existence, but Obama has earned the right to put 'em up for a bit. (In truth, his political interventions didn't move the needle much over the last year.) He has released one statement on his successor's behavior, criticizingin rather mild termsPresident Trump's definitely-not-a-Muslim-Ban, but otherwise there's been nary a peep. You've got to think that won't last forever thoughanother promise he made. Don't sleep on Barry O.

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