He will likely miss the place: According to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller, today's trip marks Mr. Bush's 149th visit to the presidential retreat. The planned three-day stay, during which the president is being joined by family and former and current aides, will bring his total time spent at Camp David to all or part of 487 days.
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The Lazy Frat Boy finally shipped out.
What a bunch of crap! You have to be AT the white house to work? No phones in Camp David, no internet at the ranch? Give me a break!
Think of what a mess we'd be in if he haad spent anothr 33% of his presidency at the helm!
Dear God.
Let's put this into perspective:
8 years as President = 2,920 days in office.
Time spent at Crawford & Camp David = 977 days
That means he was on vacation for 33% or 1/3 of the time.
The ironic part is I wish he was on vacation more because that way there would have been less damage done to our Country.
PRESIDENTS work 24/7
time off is unmentionable............
vacations, etc are mere distractions
Come on, were talking about Bush here. 24/7? lol funny.
What I want to hear is how much time he is going to spend in a Federal Prison!
Imagine anyone in ANY other job taking that much time off, or time away from the office. They'd be fired before the first year was out.
Bush really was something. History will not be kind to him.
Assuming we don't count seasonal
Surgeons, maybe plastic even more so
Clergy
Lawyers
It is possible to be off four months a year.
WTF?
I'd like to say more but it would not make it onto the Comments board for I would need to use language not permitted.
This means that Bush has spent about one third of his presidency away from the White House. Is it any wonder the country is in its current state? If other Federal employees had spent one third of their time away from their duties they would have been gone long ago!!
Ya gotta look at it his way - The country might have been in worse shape had he been around more - The government, as a whole, is no friend of the citizens. Here is Texas we have to hide our wallets when the Texas Legislator is in session. We are all glad it is not in session full time. Remember, government officials are working full time, 8 hours a day, to seperate you from you hard earned tax dollars - AND we pay for their theft. Only in America
He needed all of those days off, cuz workin' is hard, and thinkin' is even harder.
A true Washington outsider. And when he was there he was absent-minded.
Could you imagine him going down to a D.C. deli, diner, chili shop, etc.?
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CBS News | Brian Montopoli | January 18, 2009 01:42 PM