President Barack ObamaBarack Obama played basketball with Dwayne Wade, Bill Russell and Magic Johnson over the weekend, according to our friends at With Leather.

The only spectators for this fanciest of pick up games, which took place in a gym at Washington DC's Fort McNair, were a group of wounded soldiers. So it wasn't like the president was summoning a bunch of basketball legends just so he could play a little full court.

Nevertheless, with Michelle Obama cavorting with the royal family in Spain, and President Obama shooting hoops with basketball royalty back home, there is increasing criticism that the first couple is creating bad "optics" by having such a good time. Meanwhile, the country may be teetering on a double-dip recession.

Criticizing a politician's leisure activities is nothing new. George W. Bush was regularly skewered for his Crawford, Tex., brush clearing and his golf habit (which he eventually quit.) In fact, just this week, a group aligned with Democrats put out an ad attacking oddly-tanned House Minority Leader John Boehner for playing too much golf. (So that's how he got that shading!)

Is this latest line of attack on the Obamas simply politics as usual? Or should they tone down their summer of fun, especially given the state of country.

Are the Obamas having too much fun this August?
Yup -- Shared sacrifice also applies to the first family1018 (70.3%)
Nope -- That's just a typical talking point of the party that isn't in power431 (29.7%)