Hawaii Congressman Calls Out Tourism Board in a Political Fashion

A travel blog generally isn't the ideal place to talk politics ... so we're not going to. However, it is kind of interesting to see the latest news that the good U.S. Representative from Hawaii, Mr. Neil Abercrombie, is none too pleased with his home state's [in]ability to promote themselves in the wake of a native Hawaiian, Barack Obama, landing a gig in the Oval Office.

Abercrombie said Obama is an instantly recognizable world celebrity and being from Hawaii should be enough reason for the state and the tourism authority to promote Hawaii during the inaugural week. "It will be amazing, and we are missing out on it," he said.

Naturally, the tourism board is greatly appreciative of this; after all, they've had their hands pretty full lately, having to pay their former president $290k for forwarding offensive emails to friends from his work account and then trying to counter a poor economy by stepping up their advertising dollars and drawing more visitors. But hey, at least it's comfortable under those bus wheels.