On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:37:58 GMT, Jim Elbrecht opined:

escapee wrote:

On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:58:05 -0400, Ann opined:

escapee expounded:

No, not a conspiracy, just pretty dumb. What a president does during war time
is very telling. Why is he mountain biking while soldiers are dying? Why is he
constantly on vacation somewhere?

Oh, for chrissake, give it a rest. People live lives outside of their
professional life. Any president is entitled to some down time. As
for constantly on vacation, are we really going to go tit for tat over
presidents taking vacation? They all do. Clinton took plenty. Find
something else to beat on about, bike riding isn't worth the effort.

Ann, you are most uninformed. Bush has taken more vacation time away from the
duties of a president than any other president in history. We are in a war. He
should be over there supporting the troops, not riding a friggin bike having
recreational time. Sorry, don't fly. Why don't YOU give it up. Didn't think
so.


You're both wrong-- Here's the stats [according to a Yahoo article
April 24, 2004- but I note that the Washington Post had GWB at 250 in
August of 2003 & it looks like the Yahoo article was using those
numbers as they only accounted for 7 of Clinton's years]

1. 79 days - Jimmy Carter (1 term)
2. 152 days - Bill Clinton (2 terms - only counting 7 years though)
3. 250 days - George W. Bush (3/4 term thus far- probably Aug 2003)
4. 335 days - Ronald Reagan (2 terms)
5. 543 days - George Bush Sr. (1 term)

Jim

I see, so the only person he didn't beat for more vacation time as the sitting
president is his daddy. Interesting. I rescind my accusation. Here's the new
one: Bush 43 has only taken the second amount of vacation time in the history of
the presidency, second only to his father. I base this on the X years added to
the current numbers and any way you cut it, only 43 beats him.


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