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Presidential Vacationing
Yahoo has compiled the most asked questions for 2003.
The most asked question?
"How many vacation days has George W. Bush taken to date as President?"
The answer?
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."
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.
And people say Clinton was horrible and Bush is a savior of sorts to our
country.... Nice entry.
Yah, I'd have to agree. Clinton was not the best president we've ever had,
however, he was far better for us than Bush I or Bush II ever was or will
be for us.
When Clinton was in charge, America had a positive world image. People respected us and the flag, and what we stood for on the world scene. The economy was up, unemployment was down, and mainly we were doing very very well. Hell, yeah there were things going wrong, but on the whole things were looking up. Clinton certainly did more to combat terrorism than Bush ever did prior to September 11th, and for a while afterwards.
-Lumin
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Haha I find this so funny. I agree with everything Lumin said. Clinton was
not an angel, but he didn't mess up nearly as much as Bush. Oh, it sends
shivers down my spine to think of another four years with him.
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