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By on Mar 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 am
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Number of days President Bush has spent at his ranch in Crawford, TX. His stay there this past weekend with the the Danish prime minister marked Bush’s 70th visit as president. President Ronald Reagan, one of the modern presidency’s most “famous vacationer[s],” spent just 335 days at his ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.
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it’s a redecorated pig farm; not a ranch.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:51 ambased on the photo it looks like he’s got most of the brush cleared. Mission accomplished.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 amI’m really torn about his vacation habits.
He should be working harder, but I wonder how much more he could have screwed up working full time.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:52 amCould you imagine the greater damage Pres. Bush could/would have caused had he spent less time on “vacation” and more time screwing our nation?
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 amMethinks, nay ’tis known, there is something rotten in America.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 amstupid AND lazy! What a combo.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 amit’s a redecorated pig farm; not a ranch.
Comment by linda — March 3, 2008 @ 10:51 am
when Bush is there, it’s not so redecorated.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 amasleep at the wheel…..wait for the next terrorist attack ignored while Bush pursues his greatest life accomplishment
fishing
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 amOhhhh, so that’s how you fight terrorism and defend the country… you stay on your ranch and take vacations
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 amIt’s not like he was ever going to “work” at the job. “His type” of people never do.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:59 amI’d be fine with him spending the rest of his term at Crawford, except for the havoc that President Cheney would wreak.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:00 amComment by rastaman — March 3, 2008 @ 10:59 am
All them seven pound perch better watch their asses!
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 amcaption:
“The perch was this long! Heh heh, after we ran over it a few times…“
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 ampsychic, RUC………
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 amSo Bush is at least “Reaganesque” at something.
Oh, and there’s the deficits, too.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 amWell, when yer’ fightin’ on the front lahn, like I am, yew knead a break from Washington.
In other words, ewe kneed a brake.
And so I took one…
Cause we’re safer … but not yet safe.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:04 amYa know, whenever the antagonists retort to their It’s Clinton’s fault… regarding 9/11, or the recession, or for any other failure of these last horrific 7 years, I will now have a link to justify my response when I offer “Worst President Ever”!
Can’t be productive when you ain’t workin’!!!
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:08 amThere is nothing in the Constitution that says the President can only work when in Washington D.C.
Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Since when did you start caring what the Constitution says, goon?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 amWe didn’t mean to imply that he does any work in D.C.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 amThere’s nothing in the Constitution stating the president can issue signing statements either gg.
Theres’ also nothing in the Constitution that says the american people have to sit quietly by while the dumbest president of all times butchers the Constitution.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 amThere is nothing in the Constitution that says the President can only work when in Washington D.C.
Comment by good_golly
so give us an example of bush working somewhere, anywhere?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:10 amHe’s looking for Bin Laden by chopping down one Crawford brush pile at a time.
-GSD
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 amIt’s hard work…
…hard work.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:14 amThere is nothing in the Constitution that says the President can only work when in Washington D.C.
Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Did it look to you like Bush was “working” during that conference call about Katrina?
It there nothing about Bush you won’t defend?
Oh yeah, I forgot: you are paid to defend him.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:14 amcaption:
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:19 amGeorge: “I was only this far away from Cheney and he missed!”
Prime Minister Fogh: “I stayed in the truck…”
GWB on his perpetual lifelong vacation, pointing @ a vehicle that is no doubt driven by chauffeur for him. Meanwhile other members of BushCo do the heavy lifting of the US toward its ruination via their self-serving, self-absorbed policy decisions, & top to bottom corruption.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 amGee whiz TP - do you HAVE to put that moron’s photo up? I can’t stand to look at the dink.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 am$103.95 a barrel of oil
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 amThats the Danish PM finished
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 amPer #27- should have added “driven by chauffeur for him when the cameras stop rolling.” Wonder who really clears all that brush on the back 40 when the “it’s haaarrrd work” show clearing for the MSM ends…?
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:29 amCould you imagine the greater damage Pres. Bush could/would have caused had he spent less time on “vacation†and more time screwing our nation?
Comment by Democrat Soldier — March 3, 2008 @ 10:53 am
Recommend (454545887)
Or congress passing every one of his FY Budget proposals w/o modification.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 am$103.95 a barrel of oil
Comment by Anjuna Laguna — March 3, 2008 @ 11:29 am
Shhh! Let the free markets work.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 amWhat about the Danish Minister’s speech on global warming?
C’mon, TP, give us some meat to chew on; not Bush’s vacation news.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 am#17 - “There is nothing in the Constitution that says the President can only work when in Washington D.C.” Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 11:06 am
There is nothing in the Constitution that says a President can only tell the truth when sending soldiers to die for oil.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 amthe ranch ain’t such a safe place:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ 2008/ 03/ 03/ gun-incident-near-president-bushs-ranch/
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 am323
The number of days left of this complete and utter failure of an administration.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 amGiGi must not have had her first cup of Triple Mocha Latte yet; she forgot to mention Clinton.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 amyeah, but he does important stuff whilst at the ranch.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 amstuff of national interest like clearing brush and riding his mountain bike a couple times a day.
I’m looking forward to his more permanent vacation in..323 days
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:42 am“323
The number of days left of this complete and utter failure of an administration.”
Comment by Dr. Matt — March 3, 2008 @ 11:38 am
Dr. Matt, must’ve been hitting “post” while I was still typing! ;)
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am“Well ya see they got all this newfangeled technology and stuff, like the Google. I can work from the farm now”
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 amThat’s pretty disgusting. He has spent more than one year of his 7 years in office on vacation. Sweet deal.
Actually, I would be fine with his going on vacation until January 2009.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 am323. That’s the number of days left for George W. Bush to deliver on his January pledge of a signed Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. But what seemed like Bush’s cockeyed optimism just weeks ago now verges on fantasy.
For the details, see:
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm“Gaza Violence Puts Bush Peace Promise in Peril.”
caption contest: Bush says Cheney’s dick is this big.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm“It’s a time, really, for him to shed the coat and tie and meet with folks out in the heartland and hear what’s on their minds.” — Scott McClellan
Um…you mean to tell me that Bush REALLY goes out and meets with folks out in the heartland and listens to what’s on their minds when he goes to Crawford?
I have a hard time believing that he ventures off the ranch, and that he stays pretty isolated. Remember that even when Cindy Sheehan went to Crawford, Bush wouldn’t see her.
Granted, the very nature of the office of President means that whoever is holding it pretty much surrenders a lot of freedom of movement for security reasons (one just doesn’t go into town and hang out at the diner on a whim). But Scott McClellan is just spewing PR crapola when he suggests that Bush comes into any more contact with “folks out in the heartland” when he’s at his ranch than he does while in the Oval Office.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:05 pmComment by missmolly — March 3, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
missmolly, I remember the images of Bush in some lessor European country (Albania?) when Bush was in a big crowd and someone supposedly stole his watch. His handlers wouldn’t let him get that close to anyone in the USA unless it was a handpicked audience. As you say “PR crapola”.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:11 pmDipshit Ranchero.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 pmStay there, Chimpie.
Just clear some more brush, and walk around in your cowboy boots — we’ll all be safer that way.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:13 pmCaption - The Raaaanch is aliiiiive with the sound of musssiiiicccc…..
Does he have a secret torture chamber there?
Bush/Cheney
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:16 pmHague Trials ‘09
Caption:
“I’ve committed this many crimes & trampled on the Constitution and The Bill of Rights this much!”
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pmThe more time DUHbya spends at the ranch, the better.
I can’t wait until he’s on a permanent vacation. (At the ranch, I mean.)
http://newsprism.wordpress.com
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pmat least he does something well. i was thinking he just sucked at everything.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 pmi’ll always refer to this administration as the one that turned me into a democrat.
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pmW needs time at the ranch to “research” the $4 a gallon gas price the reporter told him about. It’s hard work scratching your head while the housekeeper tells you why gas is projected to go up in price.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:06 pmi’ll always refer to this administration as the one that turned me into a democrat.
Comment by kipmartin — March 3, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
Well you’re doing better than those of us who have started thinking about which country we might want to escape to.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pm.
Slacker in Chief…?
.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pmThat’s a lot of brush clearing. I’m sure he could find a little Agent Orange laying around somewhere.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:12 pmIt’s a sad state of affairs when the President of Iran has more respect than the President of the USA. Bush has to sneak into Iraq, hand picks his audience, lies to his countrymen and shits on the country’s honor.
Worst and most hated pResident of all time. May he rot in hell, the hell of his own making.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pmHow many days did Lincoln spend on his ranch?
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 pmThere is nothing in the Constitution that says the President can only work when in Washington D.C.
Comment by good_golly — March 3, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Was he working feverishly clearing brush to finally find those non-existent WMD’s he and his whole godawful administration lied about ?
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pmBush’s mind resembles the landscape at his ranch. Flat, arid. and featureless.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:38 pmBush enjoys doing what other people hire “Guest Workers” to do. On 1/20/09 if not sooner, let’s put him to work clearing brush full time. Preferably while wearing an orange jumpsuit. Codpiece optional.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 pmIt won’t be long and he can spend lots of time at the ranch acting like a cowboy and we won’t have to see the photos every day. You know, he’s actually made the job of president pretty simple and I guess we should thank him for that. He deserves to retire and all of us, Iraqis, Americans, shit, the entire world needs a rest after this dope, so we should all retire too.
March 3rd, 2008 at 2:35 pmWonder if George invites Dick pheasant hunting with him ?
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pmAnd the Repugnants used to attack Truman as ‘vacationing Harry. ‘ Of course the Great Ronald Reagan slept an extra 100 days or so in the White House
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:30 pmI think he’s getting a bit pudgy. He should ride his bike more.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 pmVacation
All I ever wanted
Vacation
Had to get away
Vacation
Meant to be spent alone
Yup, the Vacation-in-Chief let this country go to pot yet 452 days of it were spent very well for George.
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pmNow if an employee (whether govt or private company) tried telling their boss that by playing cowboy they were getting business done, I assume the boss would have something to say about that ?
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:06 pmIt won’t be long and he can spend lots of time at the ranch acting like a cowboy and we won’t have to see the photos every day.
Comment by williamf — March 3, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
You’re under the impression that the ranch is actually Bush’s home. It’s merely a public relations prop — much like Fred Thompson’s campaign red pickup truck.
Think about it. When have you ever heard of a ranch that produced absolutely nothing except brush to clear? And this seems to be the only thing that Bush does when he goes there. Other presidents have ridden horses, sailed boats, gone skiing, etc. on their vacations — Dubya clears brush.
The Bush machine would like you to believe that this is an old homestead, but in reality he bought it in 1999 — just before his presidential run.
I predict that once he leaves the White House and no longer has to put on a folksy “good ole boy” image, the ranch will be sold.
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:14 pmThe frat boy turned president still likes to have his party time.
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmLet him tell us again how he works hard.
May he cut brush for the rest of his life - perhaps there is a federal prison where a chain gang could use a practiced hand.
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pm“merely a public relations prop” as williamf points out.
Its also a foreign relations prop where he takes leaders to establish relationships with as part of his foreign policy tactics. He does work while he is there.
I don’t like Bush’s policies any more than the next guy but chastising him for working at the ranch has no merit.
March 4th, 2008 at 12:52 pmIf he were an employee of a company he would be so fired…
This a time of war enashmi, he should be poring over battle plans and hunkering down with four star generals working on ways to get out of Iraq and winning the war on terror elsewhere.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:03 pmWhat foreign policy enashmi? I have yet anyone to tell me what that course really is.
March 4th, 2008 at 8:04 pmCaption Contest;
George; “Why, look, see, you can take a whizz anywhere.”
Rasmussen: “I think I’d rather pee on this here bumper.”
March 4th, 2008 at 8:06 pmEntered office on January 20th, 2001.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:38 amToday is March 5th 2008.
2600 days by my count.
452/2600 = 17.4% vacation time on his ranch. Even if my math is wrong it can’t be _too_ wrong. Who else in the WORLD takes that much vacation time?