A couple of points to be made here. It seems that about all any conservatives can manage to put up as a defense for the PLETHORA of problems with this administration is that other people are to blame, too. That's fine. Hopefully all of you realize that in your attempts to discredit anyone other than the Bush administration and his appointees, it also admits responsibility. And when you add up all of the responsibility - as hopefully Americans will do in the upcoming elections, we will see if people realize that despite the spin, this administration IS responsible. Katrina is just one of many issues we discuss daily, and this video proves he lied about knowing about the possibility that the levees could give way. This is the disturbing thing, that he outright lies to all of us, and you people will NEVER admit it.
Nice to have Charles back. Where have you been...I've been worried about you. You brought up Bush's vacations, and intimate that it's cool that he can be on vacation. I think we all agree a President needs some vacation, although they are never REALLY free from stuff. But do you really want to use the VACATION defense, for crissakes? Since I'm sure Clinton will be blamed for going on vacation soon, I found this which was published back in 2003 - and we all know Bushie has been on a few more sabbaticals since then. Note the republicans vacation time, and the democrats. Who seems to put in more time for our country? Not even close:
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Dear Yahoo!:
How many vacation days has George W. Bush taken to date as president? How does that compare with Clinton?
Vince
West Hollywood, California
Dear Vince:
While the president of the United States is never completely on vacation, most commanders-in-chief manage to enjoy a respite from the daily grind during their stay the White House. George W. Bush seems to have taken this to the extreme early in his tenure as president. A humorous, fake resume for Bush suggests that he set the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history -- a bit of an exaggeration, but still cause for some teasing.
According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation."
Bush isn't the first president to get away from his work. George Bush Sr. took all or part of 543 vacation days at Camp David and in Kennebunkport. Ronald Reagan spent 335 days at or en route to his Santa Barbara, California, ranch during his eight years in office. Of recent presidents, Jimmy Carter took the least days off -- only 79 days, which he usually spent at his home in Georgia. That's less than three weeks a year, which is closer to the average American's paid time off of 13 days per year.
What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August." In 2000, Clinton cut his summer vacation short to just three days, so he and his wife could concentrate on her Senate race and fundraising for Democrats. While we couldn't find the exact tally for Clinton's last year in office, it's reasonable to expect he didn't increase his vacation rate. And in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years.
