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Have A Nice Vacation, Mr. President
...Mr. Obama should just settle back with a cold one, turn on Fox News, and enjoy the moments.

President Obama can't seem to catch a break. He's heading to the island of Martha's Vineyard for vacation, but so is Hurricane Bill. The big storm may brush the Atlantic Coast, bringing even more wind and rain into the president's life.

It has been a rough summer for Mr. Obama. The economy continues to wobble, the Afghan war is brutal, and the health care chaos has diminished the president in the eyes of many Americans. His leadership on that vital issue has been inconsistent and, at times, downright confusing. I dare you to sit through an entire Obama health care town hall meeting and then explain what the president said. Talk about a tower of babble.

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Here are some of the highlights you can look forward to on upcoming installments* of The O'Reilly Factor:

• Mike Huckabee fills in for Bill on Friday, August 21...
• Jesse Watters and Major Garrett will be at Martha's Vineyard next week as the president and his family take their vacation...
• Are health care reform ads working? Pollster Frank Luntz puts them to the test and shares his results with you...
• We've put together our "late summer" edition of the Best of Dennis Miller...
• Vocabulary maven Marina of HotForWords.com is back in the No Spin Zone by popular demand...

* Lineups and schedules are always subject to change based on breaking news.

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Obama under siege from the far left
Tuesday, August 18: From the Talking Points Memo... "The Obama administration signaled last weekend that it might take the so-called public option on health care off the table. ...Well, as soon as the far left heard that, they went nuts, besieging the White House."
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