Bush has spent 42% of his term ON VACATION

[scottxyz]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62524-2004Apr8.html

This is Bush's 33rd visit to his ranch since becoming president. He has spent all or part of 233 days on his Texas ranch since taking office, according to a tally by CBS News. Adding his 78 visits to Camp David and his five visits to Kennebunkport, Maine, Bush has spent all or part of 500 days in office at one of his three retreats, or more than 40 percent of his presidency.

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Nice work if you can get it!

[Cleita]

1. And what about the time in the WH and AF1?

I'll bet there's another forty percent pretzel and beer time there.

[Octafish]

2. The rest of the time, the Little Turd's been fund raisin'.

He's really not qualified
for any sort of work, you know.

[buycitgo]

5. somebody say "turd?"

can't help it.....I love this

[scottxyz]

10. That is hilarious!

I right-clicked on that turdshine pic and downloaded it!

[Octafish]

13. LOL! That's great! Remember what Ron Reagan Jr said 'bout Smirk?

Reagan blasts Bush

By David Talbot
Salon

"My father crapped bigger ones than George Bush," says the former president's son, in a flame-throwing conversation about the war and the Bush administration's efforts to lay claim to the Reagan legacy.

April 14, 2003  -- The Bush inner circle would like to think of George W.'s presidency as more of an extension of Ronald Reagan's than of his one-term father's. Reagan himself, who has long suffered from Alzheimer's disease, is unable to comment on those who lay claim to his political legacy. But his son, Ron Jr., is -- and he's not pleased with the association.

"The Bush people have no right to speak for my father, particularly because of the position he's in now," he said during a recent interview with Salon. "Yes, some of the current policies are an extension of the '80s. But the overall thrust of this administration is not my father's -- these people are overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive, and just plain corrupt. I don't trust these people."

CONTINUED ... FOR SALON SUBSCRIBERS, ME AND MOST EVERYBODY ELSE ''T.S.!"

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/14/ron_reagan/index_np.html

[xray s]

3. I disagree

I think he has spent 100% of his term on vacation. Some of it just happens to be at a very nice white house in Washington that costs the taxpayers a whole lot of money.

[LibertyorDeath]

4. It was 40% yesterday WTF does this shit weasel take time of in advance

[buycitgo]

ja think the kerry campaign is paying attention to stories like this?

think 8/6 memo

[LibertyorDeath]

14. I email them stuff like this all the time.

Always get the auto shit reply

[mot78]

6. We should start giving him a 40% pay cut so he quits wasting our taxes

[scottxyz]

12. Yeah, didn't he just support a ban on overtime pay?

Dock 'im!

[Redleg]

7. Hey- the war on terror really wears a person down.

Ha ha ha ha.

[Kadie]

8. Oh come on,

you know that he works just as hard at the ranch as he does at the white house. Just different scenery, that's all. :eyes:

[charlie]

9. Republican tradition

Reagan was often criticized for taking too many vacations. Poppy caught flak for tooling around on his cigarette boat during the runup to the Gulf War. Even worse, after the war he fomented the Kurd rebellions and went fishing while they were getting slaughtered.

[BattyDem]

11. Imagine the damage he would have caused ...

if he wasn't on vacation 42% of the time? :nuke::scared:

[opihimoimoi]

15. yup, maybe its a good thing he is away so much.

Don't let him make anymore decisions, his ratio sucks.