I am old enough to remember this series and wise enough to know I shouldn't acknowledge. The basic premise was that the "guests" who landed didn't get what they wanted; they got what they needed.
Barack needs to go home. To the grandmother who helped raise him -- to the person that taught him that
Although he made his mark thousands of miles from the Honolulu apartment where she helped raise him, Obama and others credit Dunham — whose birthday is Sunday — with instilling in him an appreciation for education and hard work, and with setting an example of thrift, practicality and tolerance.
So let the friggin' wingers carry on about the cost of "da plane" (which most appear to have the plane type wrong, let alone how you accomodate the secret service and staff). Let them get their panties in a twist trying to compare a clothing shopping spree to visiting your ailing grandmother.
Let them compare "giving to charity" against whatever the Obama campaign deems appropriate in this situation.
Let them.
Hawaii is no fantasy island. Obama's ill grandmother is nothing a grandson would want. Going there is what he needs.
Let them compare. Please.