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On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:20:43 GMT, slim
<pickin's@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

Gee...  Better solar heat than political heat, huh?


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>Bolwerk wrote:
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>> moorehead wrote:
>> > slim wrote:
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>> >>Mike Smith wrote:
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>> >>>On 5 Sep 2005 09:04:56 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
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>> >>>>And when Bush made the declaration FEMA trucks should have rolled from
>> >>>>all over the country to get there just after the storm passed. Below
>> >>>>is the text from the DHS web sites describing the proactive steps
>> >>>>the president s to take.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Bush failed us before the hurricane, during the hurricane and after the hurricane.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Where is AWOL Bush?
>> >>>
>> >>>No one really needs go any further with this mindless and idiotic
>> >>>rant. However I do love pointing out the stupidity of journalists...
>> >>
>> >>Hurrican on Saturday, BU$H is STILL on vacation
>> >>SUNDAY, MONDAY, TURSDAY....oh, Wednedsay
>> >>he decided to cut his long vacation short
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>> > Presidents NEVER take "vacation" you simpering, mewling little nutless
>> > fuck.  Yes, Crawford may be a small town, but believe it or not, tney
>> > have phones, they have computers, they even have running water and
>> > toilets at the president's ranch!  Peddle your pathetic exploitation of
>> > a national tragedy for political gain on alt.liberal.kooks next time,
>> > moron.
>> 
>> Bush takes vacations (so do othe presidents, BTW) --- quite a lot of
>> them --- and you don't feel stupid saying presidents never take vacations?
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>"The Vacation President" Sets a New Record for Vacation Days
>DURING HIS FIVE WEEK VACATION!
>
>Vacationing Bush Poised to Set a Record
>With Long Sojourn at Ranch, President on His Way to Surpassing Reagan's Total
>
>By Jim VandeHei and Peter Baker
>Washington Post Staff Writers
>Wednesday, August 3, 2005; A04
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>WACO, Tex., Aug. 2 -- President Bush is getting the kind of break most
>Americans can only dream of -- nearly five weeks away from the office,
>loaded with vacation time.
>
>The president departed Tuesday for his longest stretch yet away from the
>White House, arriving at his Crawford ranch in the evening for a stretch
>of clearing brush, visiting with family and friends, and tending to some
>outside-the-Beltway politics. By historical standards, it is the longest
>presidential retreat in at least 36 years.
>
>The August getaway is Bush's 49th trip to his cherished ranch since
>taking office and the 319th day that Bush has spent, entirely or
>partially, in Crawford -- nearly 20 percent of his presidency to date,
>according to Mark Knoller, a CBS Radio reporter known for keeping better
>records of the president's travel than the White House itself. Weekends
>and holidays at Camp David or at his parents' compound in Kennebunkport,
>Maine, bump up the proportion of Bush's time away from Washington even further.
>
>Bush's long vacations are more than a curiosity: They play into
>diametrically opposite arguments about this leadership style. To critics
>and late-night comics, they symbolize a lackadaisical approach to the
>world's most important day job, an impression bolstered by Bush's
>two-hour midday exercise sessions and his disinclination to work nights
>or weekends. The more vociferous among Bush's foes have noted that he
>spent a month at the ranch shortly before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks,
>when critics assert he should have been more attentive to warning signs.
>
>To Bush and his advisers, that criticism fundamentally misunderstands
>his Texas sojourns. Those who think he does not remain in command, aides
>say, do not understand the modern presidency or Bush's own work habits.
>At the ranch, White House officials say, Bush continues to receive daily
>national security briefings, sign documents, hold teleconferences with
>aides and military commanders, and even meet with foreign leaders. And
>from the president's point of view, the long Texas stints are the best
>way to clear his mind and reconnect with everyday America.
>
>"I'm looking forward to getting down there and just kind of settling
>in," Bush told reporters from Texas newspapers during a roundtable
>interview at the White House on Monday. "I'll be doing a lot of work. On
>the other hand, I'll also be kind of making sure my Texas roots run deep."
>
>"Spending time outside of Washington always gives the president a fresh
>perspective of what's on the minds of the American people," White House
>press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters Friday. "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."
>
>Just as Bush has made these August trips a regular feature of his
>presidency, so, too, have Democrats made a tradition of needling him
>about them. This year, opposition politicians are tying his departure
>from Washington to the CIA leak case that has swept up his top adviser,
>Karl Rove.
>
>"The White House stonewalling operation is moving to Crawford for the
>dog days of summer, but they can't hide from the legitimate questions
>dogging the president and his refusal to keep his promise and fire Karl
>Rove," said Josh Earnest, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee.
>
>Presidents have often sought refuge from the pressures of Washington and
>from life in the White House, which Harry S. Truman called the crown
>jewel of the American prison system. Richard M. Nixon favored Key
>Biscayne, Fla. Bush's father preferred Maine. Bill Clinton, lacking a
>home of his own, borrowed a house on Martha's Vineyard, except for two
>years when political adviser Dick Morris nudged him into going to
>Jackson, Wyo., before his reelection because it polled better.
>
>Until now, probably no modern president was a more famous vacationer
>than Ronald Reagan, who loved spending time at his ranch in Santa
>Barbara, Calif. According to an Associated Press count, Reagan spent all
>or part of 335 days in Santa Barbara over his eight-year presidency -- a
>total that Bush will surpass this month in Crawford with 3 1/2 years
>left in his second term.
>
>"The Oval Office is wherever the president of the United States is,"
>said Kenneth M. Duberstein, who was Reagan's last White House chief of
>staff. "With the communications being what they are, the president can
>communicate instantly with whomever he wants anywhere in the world."
>
>Bush will not return to the White House until after Labor Day, but his
>staff has peppered his schedule with events to dispel any impression
>that he is not on duty. He will visit at least seven states, mostly with
>quick day trips, including New Mexico, where he plans to sign energy
>legislation into law. He gets off to a quick start this week, with a
>speech Wednesday in nearby Grapevine, Tex., then he plays host to
>President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia at the ranch Thursday. His schedule
>is clear Friday through Sunday.
>
>At some point, Bush told reporters Monday, Secretary of State
>Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld will visit for
>consultations. "I have a busy couple of weeks down there," Bush said.
>
>But he will make time for fun, or at least his idea of it. Bush rarely
>takes the type of vacation one would consider exotic -- or, to some,
>even appealing. His notion of relaxation is chopping cedar on his ranch
>or mountain biking through rough terrain, all in 100-degree-plus
>temperatures in dusty Texas where crickets are known to roast on the
>summer pavement. He seems to relish the idea of exposing aides and
>reporters to the hothouse environment.
>
>"I just checked in with the house -- it's about 100 degrees," he told
>reporters Monday. "But no matter how hot it gets, I enjoy spending time
>in Texas."
>
>Baker reported from Washington.

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