Another vacation for Obama

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by joeydb

How many years have to transpire before Obama gets assigned some responsibility for this crisis?

Do you really think he can coast to the 2012 election saying "It's still George W. Bush's fault?"

Time to revise those talking points Bob. They are plaaaayed!

Joey..stay on task. You mocked how many vacations Obama took/takes..I'm just saying it's a LOT less than our previous President, that's all

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Joey..stay on task. You mocked how many vacations Obama took/takes..I'm just saying it's a LOT less than our previous President, that's all

Is it a lot less than Bush took during his first 32 months in office?

[Clip-Clop]

10% of income should not really be considered "record profits". The dollar amounts are higher because the volume is higher because the population is bigger. The actual rate of income is about the same as it has always been. At least they pay taxes (maybe not their "fair share") unlike O's boy Immelt.
Record profits should be based on percentage of income, that is how you know if someone is robbing the country. Whenever anyone discusses numbers here they use the convenient factor, be it % or $ to make their point.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Is it a lot less than Bush took during his first 32 months in office?

The Republican National Committee has taken to calling Obama “the Clark Griswold president,” a mocking reference to the Chevy Chase character in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” movies. With unemployment claims climbing again, the GOP was hoping its criticism would have a certain national resonance. And maybe it will.

One potential complication: Obama has spent far less time on vacation than his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, had at this point in his presidency.

Veteran CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, a fastidious keeper of presidential statistics, has kept count. By his tally, Obama has embarked on nine “vacations” since taking office, bringing his total days off to 48. Some of those trips lasted a day and some, like his Christmas holiday in Hawaii, more than a week.

By comparison, Bush had visited his ranch in Crawford, Tex., 14 times at this point in his administration and spent 115 days there

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/...han-bush-took/

[jms62]

Originally Posted by GBBob

The Republican National Committee has taken to calling Obama “the Clark Griswold president,” a mocking reference to the Chevy Chase character in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” movies. With unemployment claims climbing again, the GOP was hoping its criticism would have a certain national resonance. And maybe it will.

One potential complication: Obama has spent far less time on vacation than his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, had at this point in his presidency.

Veteran CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, a fastidious keeper of presidential statistics, has kept count. By his tally, Obama has embarked on nine “vacations” since taking office, bringing his total days off to 48. Some of those trips lasted a day and some, like his Christmas holiday in Hawaii, more than a week.

By comparison, Bush had visited his ranch in Crawford, Tex., 14 times at this point in his administration and spent 115 days there

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/...han-bush-took/

Facts should never get in the way of Hatred.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by jms62

Facts should never get in the way of Hatred.

Or finger pointing. Both suck.

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by GBBob

The Republican National Committee has taken to calling Obama “the Clark Griswold president,” a mocking reference to the Chevy Chase character in National Lampoon’s “Vacation” movies. With unemployment claims climbing again, the GOP was hoping its criticism would have a certain national resonance. And maybe it will.

One potential complication: Obama has spent far less time on vacation than his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, had at this point in his presidency.

Veteran CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller, a fastidious keeper of presidential statistics, has kept count. By his tally, Obama has embarked on nine “vacations” since taking office, bringing his total days off to 48. Some of those trips lasted a day and some, like his Christmas holiday in Hawaii, more than a week.

By comparison, Bush had visited his ranch in Crawford, Tex., 14 times at this point in his administration and spent 115 days there

http://blogs.ajc.com/cynthia-tucker/...han-bush-took/

OK, that's a fair answer. I really didn't know how many days GWB was on vacation. Only complication, and this would not be measurable, is how many administrative functions could be performed from Crawford as well as they could be in D.C. I mean - you may be able to exclude Camp David for both presidents because I'm sure they have full use of their office functions from there - depends on the criteria.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by joeydb

OK, that's a fair answer. I really didn't know how many days GWB was on vacation. Only complication, and this would not be measurable, is how many administrative functions could be performed from Crawford as well as they could be in D.C. I mean - you may be able to exclude Camp David for both presidents because I'm sure they have full use of their office functions from there - depends on the criteria.

Crawford ranch was basically another office. see: http://www.trumanlittlewhitehouse.co...use-museum.htm

Its so ridiculous that this vacation thing is a big deal for either Obama or Bush. Its not like they are unreachable. And I'm sorry, but every person deserves some R&R, whether you are the president or not.

[lord007]

Originally Posted by GBBob

Joey..stay on task. You mocked how many vacations Obama took/takes..I'm just saying it's a LOT less than our previous President, that's all

Barry actually surpassed W....

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by lord007

Barry actually surpassed W....

Really? Where do you see that?

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by lord007

Barry actually surpassed W....

George W. Bush was criticized for spending nearly 500 days at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, during his two terms in office. He was there in August 2001 when he received a CIA briefing paper warning of al-Qaida's intentions to strike the United States — about a month before the Sept. 11 attacks would occur. In 2005, he remained on vacation after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans and devastated the Gulf Coast. His presidency suffered from his response to the storm and his decision to not immediately return to Washington.


What's that work out to, 1 1/3 years out of 8 on vacation...something like that...

[slotdirt]

The only thing I'd say regarding this "vacation" thing is that Bush almost solely went on vacation to his home in Texas whilst Obama tends to galavant to far away lands. That being said, it's truly a stupid argument as any man with relatively small children should be able to go on a vacation here and there.