Bush breaks the record for the most vacations days
By on Aug 19th, 2005 at 1:58 pm
Bush breaks the record for the most vacations days
over an 8-year term. 336 days. He accomplished the feat in an amazing four-and-a-half years.
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It’s just exhausting doing nothing. The poor widdle thing.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:09 pmOf course, that’s not counting the days he has spent wasting away in the Oval Office picking his nose.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:27 pmRome burned while Nero fiddled…
August 19th, 2005 at 2:29 pmWell that’s caus for celebration! I think I’ll go out and have me a WEEKEND!
I wish my job would give me August off with pay, they won’t.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:31 pmSomething tells me that even when he is not on vacation, he is on vacation.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:31 pm#5 – Amen, Fred. It’s hard work…
August 19th, 2005 at 2:33 pmWell at least he has secured a foot-note in history that doesn’t involve someone dieing or something being destroyed….kudos to the Prez.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:33 pmmy last comment was deleted for no apparent reason. thanks TP.quality stuff.
August 19th, 2005 at 2:37 pmConnie Monkey Boys
Follow dear leader’s example and go back into your closets for 336 days!
August 19th, 2005 at 2:42 pmtalk about HARD WORK…
August 19th, 2005 at 2:51 pmIs he really on vacation or has he just moved the White House to Texas for a month?
August 19th, 2005 at 3:00 pmBeing President is “hard work.”
August 19th, 2005 at 3:06 pmFighting terrorism is “hard work.”
Having to answer questions is “hard work.” (particularly when I don’t have a scripted answer).
Lying through my teeth is “hard work.” (do you think it’s easy to explain my cockamamie plan for Soc. Sec.)
Smirking before the cameras is “hard work.”
Trying to pronounce those foreign names is “hard work.”
Putting on that flight suit after all these years was “hard work.”
Not to mention the golfing, fishing, brush-cutting and real tough stuff I do here on the ranch.
It’s “hard work.”
Hell, that’s one of the rewards of bein’ the prez — I get to take some time off for “balance in my life” and I am the president — I don’t have to answer to anyone”
August 19th, 2005 at 3:07 pmHe did have to answer to the American people, and the American people elected him to be President. He even met with the mother in Crawford once already.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:12 pmHe did have to answer to the American people, and the American people elected him to be President.
Nope. That would be the Supreme Court, and Diebold.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:16 pmits Hard work! Its Hard world. what i do is hard work.
Someone please tell bush to get Clipps for that nice bike.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:25 pmHell, he’s got the power to do what he wants and he’s doing it. This guy has never worked a day in his life…what did we think he was going to do? Geeze, give him a break…. his reputation isn’t that of a hardworking, intelligent, thoughtful person. He’s the the party boy with a daddy and mommy to bail him out when he screws up. He’s never explained his actions to anyone before, so it’s not about to begin now. His mission is to set the bar soooo low that any repub will look good to voters in 2008. At least he will finally be successful at something.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:27 pmIt’s hard work vacationing too. So Bush has to take even more vacation days than any President before him, so that he can take vacations from his “vacations”.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:38 pmI would think TPers would be glad he takes lots of vacations gives him less time to screw up the country.
August 19th, 2005 at 3:57 pmHow many PAID vacation days do these pathetic trolls get?
August 19th, 2005 at 4:05 pmMy bet is 5 max per year. The suckers.
Including SICK days, of course.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:06 pmWhat I don’t get is why he wants vacation in some parched, 100 degree, tumbleweed town in Texas.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:11 pm#19 … this prez is so good at screwing up the country he can even do it when he’s in Crawford…. I actually don’t think he ever takes a vacation, he just relocates his dog and pony show to texas from time to time and keeps screwing up from there.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:13 pmMaybe we are safer when he’s on vaca… nah. We will be safer when he’s nowhere near the nuclear trigger ever again.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:41 pmScrewing up the country was accomplished by a majority of right wing extremists (and a minority of spineless DINOs in the Congress). Bush didn’t do it all alone. There is plenty of blame to go around.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:44 pmThis should send the left into convulsions.
I am going to shock everyone here, but I actually agree that this is a disgrace. The President getting pounded in the media and he’s too lazy to fight back. Hopefully, this will change after Labor Day.
August 19th, 2005 at 4:50 pmNED – you’re right — I am shocked.
August 19th, 2005 at 5:01 pmMarie – it’s bad politics. Personally, while I think it’s wonderful the President wants to stay in shape and set a good example, I am not sure this is the time to go biking with Lance Armstrong.
Contrary to popular, I am not a robot for this Administration.
August 19th, 2005 at 5:05 pmToo bad he can’t stay in Crawford until his term is over.
August 19th, 2005 at 5:19 pmIts called arrogance, Dil. Pure, unbridled arrogance.
August 19th, 2005 at 5:53 pmEven on vacation Bush never stops thinking of ways to harm our country. He said so himself, and he is a man of his word who says what he means and does what he says. You can’t lead if you send mexed missages. Mission accomplished. Bring ‘em on. Go to Disney World.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:12 pmTrue! CE-X.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:16 pmI don’t know Skid, he’s arrogant. But I think this is a combination of cowardice and socio-pathology.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:18 pm“I would think TPers would be glad he takes lots of vacations gives him less time to screw up the country.”
CC,
This one ranks right up there with your hybrid comment. Just plain dumb.
Bush is screwing us from Texas, rather than Washington D.C.
Nothing Bush does makes us happy. He needs to be impeached to make us happy.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:42 pmYes, he must be impeached before we will begin to feel satisfied.
August 19th, 2005 at 6:49 pmBush could come to my house and apologize for everything he has done and then give me a check for a million dollars and I wouldn’t be happy with him. He is a dispicable human being that needs to do be removed from office.
August 19th, 2005 at 7:11 pmComment by awestruck Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) in “Jaws”:
“WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT.”
Comment on “Camp Casey” by awestruck RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman:
“WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER SMEAR MACHINE.”
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CHICKENHAWKS: “Who would Jesus Bomb?”
August 19th, 2005 at 10:07 pmCINDY SHEEHAN: “Whose vacation would Jesus ruin?”
KEN MEHLMAN: “Which patriot would Jesus smear?”
LARRY NORTHERN: “Whose crosses would Jesus mow down?”
ROBERT NOVAK: “What ethics would Jesus trash?”
KARL ROVE: “Which CIA agent would Jesus reveal?”
PAT ROBERTSON: “Which religion would Jesus blasphemy?”
JERRY FALWELL: (same)
FAUX NEWS: “Which news would Jesus distort?”
RUSH LIMBAUGH: “What microphone would Jesus fart into?”
PAUL WOLFOWITZ: “Which ‘Ira_’ country would Jesus invade?”
DICK CHENEY: “Which ‘liberators’ would Jesus welcome?”
GEORGE BUSH: “Which election would Jesus steal?”
So, how many days has Cheney been in an “undisclosed location.”
August 23rd, 2005 at 11:58 am