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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 06:39 PM
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"How many vacation days has George W.
Bush taken to date as President?"

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"While the president of the United States is never completely on vacation, most commanders-in-chief manage to enjoy a respite from the daily grind during their stay the White House. George W. Bush seems to have taken this to the extreme early in his tenure as president. A humorous, fake resume for Bush suggests that he set the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history -- a bit of an exaggeration, but still cause for some teasing.'

"According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation."

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"What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August." In 2000, Clinton cut his summer vacation short to just three days, so he and his wife could concentrate on her Senate race and fundraising for Democrats. While we couldn't find the exact tally for Clinton's last year in office, it's reasonable to expect he didn't increase his vacation rate. And in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years."

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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 06:41 PM
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1. "working vacation" my ass....
that's the same terminology utilized by corporate CEOs... :eyes:
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GOPFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 07:36 PM
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2. I wonder if W's days away from Washington...
...increased dramatically after 9/11? Think he's askeered of a terrorist attack on Washington?
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ComerPerro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-11-04 07:47 PM
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3. And then add to that
All of Bush's days spent fundraising.

We don't have a president. We have a fascist dictator properly preparing the groundwork and propaganda ready for his rise to power.
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