Another vacation for Obama

[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.

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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.