Can't a Brother Take a Break?!

I remember, while growing up, constantly being told that, as a black boy, I was going to have to work twice as hard to be considered half as good. While this dictum no longer holds true in NFL coaching (or else Herm Edwards would've never gotten a second job), it is definitely still true in the world of politics.

You remember how Dubya would go off to Crawford for long stretches at a time, chop wood, choke on a pretzel, and pass out with visions of Condinatrix dancing in his head. While he was allowed to do that, apparently The Big Brother ain't even allowed a week at Martha's Vineyard.

Oh no! According to Conservatives for Patients' Rights, Obama needs to be back in Washington, screwing the pooch on health care 24/7!

To prove their point, they will be spending $150,000 in the Boston area TV market all next week, hounding the President with this ad: