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04/22/2004 Archived Entry: "The Vacation President"
The Vacation President
Geez, when you do the math, Bush sure doesn't work very hard - except for fundraising and vacations.
Example 1:
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.
Example 2:
In his first three years in office, Bush took 416 trips to 46 states, compared with Clinton's 302 trips to 40 states during a similar period. Virginia was Bush's most visited state (not surprising, since presidents often take day trips across the Potomac for public events).
Replies: 4 people speak up
I read an article in a small local paper -- wish I'd cached it -- about how one fundraising drop-by gutted the town's entire homeland security budget for the year.
The Prez has a huge security detail. Local law enforcement was used for that "free speech zone" thing. No doubt this has occurred on a massive scale during his orgiastic fundraising. Anyone know anyone with the resources to calculate how much protecting his ego has cost Joe and Jane Schmuck, Ordinary Tax Payers?
Posted by Peanut @ 04/22/2004 12:33 PM NY
the less time that shitpile spends working, the better. its not like he does anything good when he is in washington
Posted by justin @ 04/22/2004 01:53 PM NY
America's Golfer-in-Chief
Posted by Eric @ 04/22/2004 08:41 PM NY
i love how robin hacker never comments on this kind of stuff. you know, the posts (95% of them) that show what a terrible prez. bush is.
Posted by mykull @ 04/24/2004 11:34 AM NY
