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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK so a Fox news voyeur told me that between the President and his family
and the Bidens; they have taken 5 vacations since January.
I did find out that the President played golf with Tiger Woods down in FL. (I think it was FL)
Anyone know anything else. I would love to tell her that this is just another one of their lies.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)refute them.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)Flying by himself back-and-forth from Hawaii and losing precious family time courtesy of the Government by Crisis Party.
But why even bother to reason with a Fauxmer? The second you get through to them they've inserted a whole new wave of spew between their ears.
Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)gad.
JoeBlowToo
(253 posts)And he did NOTHING! Try to top that!
"Okay, you covered your ass..."
Rex
(65,616 posts)I am afraid Poxnews viewers are not on the path of enlightenment. Nor do they want to be.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)"Many reputable sources have compared the vacation times. The travel logs are public documents. Actually, there is no comparison. Bush spent much more time on vacation at this point in his presidency that has Obama. Factcheck.org is one source, but there are other reputable sources."
"CBS news correspondent Mark Knoller has documented the presidents holidays from the Carter administration. Search for his name and the word "vacation". IF you compare Bush and Obama it is not even close.
According to Knoller and other sources, GW Bush, nicknamed the vacation president by members of the press, spent more time on vacation than any other president (even Reagan, believe it or not!). The Washington Post had a 5 page article back in 2008 which described our hardworking commander in chief: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog
"
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/18/believe-it-or-not-obamas-dog-flies-to-maine-on-his-own-private-jet
"Calls to several Presidential libraries reveal that President Obamas predecessor, George W. Bush, was on vacation more 1,020 days than any U.S. President since Herbert Hoover and possibly more than any other President in history.
Even President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was in office 12 years from 1933 to 1945, was on vacation less days than President Bush at 958 days. Calls to several Presidential Libraries reveal that no President can come close to Bushs 1,020 days on vacation in an 8 year period. Even Lyndon Johnson, who spent 484 days at his ranch in Texas and at Camp David during his presidency, came in under Bushs vacation time. Some claim the cost of Bushs frequent trips to Crawford, Texas cost taxpayers upwards of $20 million, but the numbers are hard to confirm.
A recession started in 2001 as Bush took office after 22 million jobs were created during the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 2000. Bush began wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and presided over the loss of 4 million jobs. The debt when Bush left office was $10.6 trillion. In 2005, the Washington Post noted President Bushs frequent vacations in a piece titled Vacationing Bush Poised to Set a Record as Bush took the longest single vacation 5 weeks of any President in 36 years.
President Bush spent 32% of his presidency on vacation.
Bush passed Reagan in total vacation days in 2005 with three and a half years left in his presidency. Reagan spent all or part of 335 days in Santa Barbara over his 8 year presidency. Bush spent 487 days at Camp David during his presidency and 490 days at his Crawford, Texas ranch, a total of 977 days.
When you add the days President Bush spent at Kennebunkport, Maine, he spent a total of 1,020 days away from the White House close to 3 years. At 1,020 days, Bush was close to being on vacation more days than President John F. Kennedys total days in office (1,036). Representatives at the Nixon and Johnson Libraries indicate those two Presidents were on vacation less than 1,000 days during their terms.
President Obama has been on vacation 78 days from 2009 to 2011. At the three year mark into their first terms, George W. Bush spent 180 days at his ranch in Crawford, Texas and Ronald Reagan spent 112 vacation days at his ranch in California. Of course, staff was around all three Presidents on vacations and all White House aides argue that the commander-in-chief is never 'out of touch' with work."
Read more at http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=867_1364584060#sQY4j3kJkFFUOXqh.99
Why are they adding in the Bidens? That's a load of crap.
Maraya1969
(22,479 posts)Hissyspit
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Biden. Who gives a crap how much vacation he takes? He's the Vice President.
Initech
(100,070 posts)How the fuck did he get away with that??? Hundreds of thousands of people were killed during his reign of terror and he spent over a third of his 8 year term on vacation.
Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)Initech
(100,070 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)what they want to hear. Facts have no effect on such people.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)It's up to him/her to verify it, not for you to refute it...if he/she can't, call him/her a liar.
rurallib
(62,414 posts)IIRC the deal with Tiger was a long weekend.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Would just stammer and stutter about how FUX said so.
Initech
(100,070 posts)Obama Derangement Syndrome at work. I swear this should be classified as a disorder in the next DSM.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)its 2013....
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)From a highly intelligent person, no less.
Where do they get that crap?
spanone
(135,831 posts)dumbfucks
bhikkhu
(10,715 posts)where even a weekend off is an offence.
Of course, the war is on only when a democrat is in office. Obama has taken less vacation time than bush by a large margin.
...of course, when I told my RW co-worker this, his response was that bush went to his ranch and worked, "like clearing brush and chopping wood and stuff"