Bush Is GONE For The Rest Of The Year?

From today's MSNBC "First Read:"

President Bush departs for Asia this morning and, except for a quick stop back in Washington early next week, is basically gone through the holiday. Bush leaves the White House at 11:15 AM, stops tonight at Elmensdorf AFB in Alaska to make remarks on the war on terror, and then proceeds to Kyoto, South Korea and Mongolia. After briefly returning to the White House to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey, he's on to Crawford.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/

Damn. From 11/24 through 1/5 or so? Shrub looks like he's planning a slide into 6 weeks of full mosey.

The article just begs the question.

:eyes:

How delightful !

Bush will ensure his All-Time Champion Vacationer Status in the Guiness Book of World Records.

And Cindy Sheenhan will remind him once again that he and his Ugly Oil War are entirely Lacking in Honor.

And right wingers have the big hairy balls to bitch about TEACHERS, who actually work hard and spent most of their vacations working even more???? I think they have their bitching priorities messed up.

Whatever. This guy vacations more than my uncle. Who is, btw, unemployed.

At least he's not scheduled to slime Maine with his presence any time soon.

*knocks on wood*

Those poor Kennebunkport-ers.

to raise money for John Kyl.

pee test in Houston for the Texas ANG
go to Alabama
Cindy outside your "ranch"
go to California
300,000 + demonstrators outside the White House
go to Colorado and pretend to manage a hurricane
afraid to go in front of the American people .....
go in front of the troops .... they can't boo

Bush knows the jig is up and he is just running scared
Abramoff, the New Mexico & Ohio votes in 04 are coming
up, Fitzmas will last all year, the lying to get us into a
war being outed, and so on.

His end is fast approaching ..... i feel it in my bones.

If indeed these are the worst of times for him in his so-called presidency, and he's suspected of drinking again, and his slurred speech last Monday while stumping for Kilgore is any indication, and the wasted, hung-over look in his recent photos are any further indication, I'd say his handlers are hoping to get him back on the ranch again so he can dry out. Evidently, if this is true, they may feel it's a bigger job this time, and will take longer at this point. Maybe his doctors need time to adjust or change or amp-up his meds? Maybe it'll give Laura time to get away from the schmuck and go have her face tightened a little more? Six weeks is a good recovery time-out, after all. Most of the bruising's all gone by then.

Or, maybe it's that PLUS his handlers realize there's not much he can do in regards to being effective while governing - the House and the Senate aren't paying his dictates (or his dickie-boy) much attention - or much homage, these days. Perhaps they feel it's best just to get him outta Dodge for awhile, and hope things cool down.

And the presstitutes will just brush this aside.

Dan Quayle misspells potato, and the presstitutes go on about it six ways from Sunday Bush spends weeks at his farm (not ranch) in Crawford....and the presstitutes will give him a free pass, AGAIN.

Wonder what the servicemen/women in Iraq think about GWB taking all these vacations when a shooting war is going on?

edited to add clause in 2nd paragraph.

By "they", I mean Cheyney, Rumsfeld and co. After all Bush might just get in the way, since they really run things anyway.

Betty Ford clinic?

:scared:

:tinfoilhat:

Katrina cut his August vacation short.

Since the shortened vacation, he visited the NO area 8 times, then had to visit Texas when Rita hit, then visited FL when Wilma hit, then he hosted the Royals, then had to go to the Summit of the Americas.

ALL THIS WITH HIS SLEEVES ROLLED UP!

Busy, busy, busy!

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOB SERVICE
Record of Denial of Unemployment Benefits

Name of terminated employee: George W. Bush
Former employer and position: Federal Government, Washington, D.C.; President of the United States of America
Status at time of separation from employer: Terminated for cause.
Reason for termination: Didn't show up for work for six straight weeks. Also, see remarks below.
Remarks: Do not refer to potential employers. Reported to be mentally incompetent, shows symptoms of mental illness, and is facing potential criminal indictment for employment-related misconduct. A real jerk.

I'm fine with him fucking off for a while.

nt

something big and it won't be good for us. Off to crawford for war strategy planning

the big guys push jr aside when its party time.

Wunder if ghoulianni is on tour ?? funny how he popped out of thin air on 7/7/05 in London.kinda like...

BTW sauron cheny just laid down bout 9 million for some palace in the state of MD . Not bad for a govt salary.

Wunder if he has installed the latest in bunker security luxuries??

the dude must spent half his life in cellars...MAYBE he is countin all that hallbutton conflict of interest dough??

He's gonna make a brief stop back in DC to pardon himself.....

Don't be silly...we can't be spared the horror of another White House Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony presided over by Spongehead Dumbass and Pickles. :puke:

Of course they'll be back to D.C. after Thanksgiving...so much to do, stockings to hang, indictments to dodge, bills to wrap up. Time enough to get back to Crawford for another binge before New Year's Eve.

Lobbyist Abramoff indicted on fraud charges -- for openers,

In Congress, Texas Rep. Tom DeLay controlled the votes like a modern-day Boss Tweed. He called himself "the hammer." His domain included a vast network of former aides and foot soldiers he installed in key positions at law firms and trade groups, a network that became called the "K Street Project." He gathered tithes in the form of campaign cash, hard and soft, and spread it out amongst the loyal. He legislated for favored donors. He punished those who disobeyed, and bought off those who could be paid.

Libby's obstruction indictment among 4 others is sure to remain on Bush's Merry lil Christmas...

It's hard work.

:eyes:

formed to take over when Bush has to leave office prematurely? This would be a good time for a coup taking over an empty White House. Or, you could make a movie about it since it's fictional. :-)

So, that's two whole months of vacation time for Chimpy. Can you imagine how bad off the country would be if he actually worked?

to pull a series of "all-nighters" if need be, in order to get his desired Christmas present of Alito's confirmation!