Crawford, Texas Vacation Day 319 For Bush
Today was the 319th vacation day in Crawford, Texas for President Bush. This is equal to about 20% of the roughly five years since Bush was elected, and while it is of course a "working vacation", it also represents one of the perks of the office of President.
There have been some memorable presidentail vacations over the years. Warren Harding liked to spend time at a Palm Beach Golf Club. But unfortunately failed to spend more time concentrating on the economy. FDR loved fishing in the Gulf Of Mexico. Harry Truman loved Key West. Dwight Eisenhower spent time on a yacht that was docked in Newport, R.I. Vice President Nixon liked Miami surf, but San Clemente became a favotite destination as President. President Ford got to enjoy, Martinique with the French President, as did the reporters who covered this vacation. Jimmy Carter would return to Plains, Georgia to enjoy his horse. President Reagan found Honolulu and other vacation spots enjoyable. Bill Clinton not only vacationed in Yellowstone, but got a little relaxation with Monica Lewinsky, which nearly ended his presidency.
It's one of the perks of the office for a president to vacation arouund the world while in office. But for Americans at home living in poverty or with other tough conditions, it bothers them that life is so unfair. Many people never get a day off from the tough lives they live. A poor father in Appalacia hunting for "nutri-rats" to feed his family is not the same as a presidential hunting vacation. And a poor Native American Indian family living on a reservation is not the same as a president visiting a luxury resort. Despite a declaration that "all men are created equal", the fact is they are only equal in the eyes of God as his creation, but life itself is not fair or equal.
posted by Paul Hooson @ 4:29 AM
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With this logic you are using, we should all be on the same nutritional diet of those in third world countries living on one meal a day of rice, if they are lucky enough to live near a refuge center.
Just because someone has worked to earned 4 -5 weeks of vacation doesn't make them an evil person. In Europe, everyone with a job gets at least a month of vacation every year. And they certainly aren't evil. If anyone should be complaining it should be Mrs. Bush. A working vacation indeed! If my husband chose to work on his vacation, I would be very upset, and most definately worried about his health. Taking a break from the pressures of work - any work - whether it is the Presidency or putting on roofs, working in a hobby store, or raising a family, refreshes you, puts life into perspective, and gives new energy to whatever you do.
Does the president not deserve a vacation? The legislature is away for the month of August so seems a good time for him to be away. He is "on" 24 x 7 and if there is a national emergency then he will be back in the White House within hours. He was hosting a dignitary today so was working while there. If this is all the Dems have to complain about then let them whine.
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Sounds like it is okay to get away from Washington and take work with you. We are pushing telecommuting.
I would check on the grocery deliveries and see how the alcohol content stacks up.
Does Turdblossom go too?
Wait a minute what is wrong with this picture? 319 days of "working" vaction out of 2007 days that's approximately 15% that the President is away from work.
Not too bad for a man that dod not have the intestinal fortitude to answer his coutries call to arms when he was young enough but, certainly has no reservations about sending 1800 + young women and men to their deaths.
I appreciate all that took time to comment here. I strongly invite those that disagree with my opinions to post here as a healthy exchange of opinions. Thanks so much for taking the time to express your opinions. The very best to all who commented today.
Not that there is anything wrong with getting 5 weeks or so of vacation per year. However, what President Bush (how I hate writing that!) fails to realize - as he fails to realize in most things - is that getting that much vacation is the exception for the vast majority of Americans. The average amount of vacation that people get is something like 3 weeks per year - and that is after many years of work at the same place. If you change jobs, unless you are an executive, you go right back to the bottom. So, it comes of as obnoxious to take 5 weeks of vacation when most people are lucky to scrounge a week over the summer. If there were government-mandated minimum vacation time, as there is in many Western European countries, I might feel a bit differently but there is no prospect of the government actually stepping in and doing something that would benefit ordinary citizens so greatly.
As for the "working" vacation part, given the access (or connectedness) that modern technology gives us, most of our so-called vacations are working vacations, too. There is nothing heroic in his claiming that he will be working while in Crawford.
I'm surprised a topic such as this vaction is getting so much discussion. Compared to the military issues I often favor discussion about, which have serious world peace consequences, this vacation of the President is raising far more discussion. But I strongly welcome any exchange, and thank all who participate here. I'm just as happy for views opposing mine to be posted here as any that agree. This is an open forum for all. Everyone is more than welcome and appreciated here.
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