So long, George! Thanks for the memories. [View All]

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President Bush is taking his final August vacation down on the ranch. This is a picture that was taken at a local gas station during his FIRST vacation back in 2001.

This picture was printed in the Waco Herald-Tribune on Friday, August 15, 2008. (h/t Moss-e in Waco)



You can find an article comparing Then and Now here:

Eight years of presidential summer vacations later, much has changed in Central Texas (Registration required)

For example:

Bush’s approval rating (Gallup/USA Today polls):
August 2001: Mid 50s.
August 2008: High 20s.

Dow Jones Index:
Mid-August 2001: 10,510.
Mid-August 2008: 11,616.

Waco leaders’ outlook for winning a Bush Presidential Library:
2001: Hopeful.
2008: All but vanished.

Gas prices per gallon at Coffee Station in Crawford:
August 2001: $1.23.
August 2008: $3.67.

T-Bone steak at Waco Wooded Acres HEB, per pound:
$3.99 (sale price).
$8.99.