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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:08 PM
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How refreshing to have a President who actually works for a living.
Edited on Wed Jun-16-10 03:12 PM by Bluebear
I wish I had the statistics of how many days off on "working vacations" #44 has had in comparison to dry-drunk "working"-"ranch"-vacation #43 took at this point in their Presdencies. Just sayin'.
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:09 PM
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1. K & R nt
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:10 PM
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4. Yes, because he actually doesn't leave town every weekend. nt
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:11 PM
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5. Golf!!11!!
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:50 PM
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11. And how many bicycle days or hours did Bushie take?
I remember one time there was something important that needed a president and he was off biking at some federal land or park near D.C.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 11:56 PM
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20. My guess is, Obama's
"golf days" involve only slightly less work than his working days do.
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 01:43 AM
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21. Where do you get your information?
:crazy:
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:10 PM
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3. Yes, it is. nt
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:12 PM
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6. Yea, but honestly, it isn't a high bar to improve on Bush
That is setting the bar awful damn low.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:16 PM
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9. Yeah well I get the feeling he works harder the last handful of Presidents we've had.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:14 PM
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7. I often think of Bush saying that essentially his work day ended at around 5pm,
and I envision Obama generally working, reading, on the phone, researching, pretty much every waking hour.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:52 PM
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12. I was reading in Jonathan Alter's book he goes to have dinner
with Michelle and the girls then will come back to the office or be reading briefing books. He's a bit of a night owl like Clinton.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 04:02 PM
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15. How is that book? It's on my list - do you like it? nt
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 04:10 PM
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16. I'm about 2/3rds through it
Probably doesn't tell much more than a good DU'er knows but I like it. Good coverage of the first year from a inside the WH perspective.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 05:42 PM
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18. Ha! You're right, DU is a font of information! Glad you're enjoying it. I plan on getting it.
Thanks! :hi:
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:15 PM
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8. Here are some statistics:
Obama took 26 days of vacation during his first year.

Reagan took 42 days.

Dubya took 69 days.

Carter took 19 days.

Clinton took 21 days.

Once again, Democrats work, Republicans vacation. :eyes:

Source: http://factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:47 PM
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10. Merci! As I suspected!
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NotThisTime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:54 PM
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14. Of the time he's taken (Martha's Vineyard & Hawaii) how many did he work due to circumstances?
How much of a vacation was the Vineyard when he was writing a Eulogy and attending the funeral for Sen. Kennedy :( or working on the incidences of the would be Christmas bomber


So I think the 26 days is a very high number, maybe count that as the number of attempted days... Regardless, he's not taken that much time...
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 11:52 PM
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19. And Obama, unlike W, even when he's on vacation, still keeps in touch.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 03:54 PM
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13. I was pissed at all the MSM whining when he took a short
Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, and even then he had gone to the Gulf first on Friday then the Memorial Day cemetery visit in Chicago.

And all the damn RW whackos trying to paint him as unpatriotic for not being at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Geeesh!
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jtrockville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-16-10 04:36 PM
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17. Yeah yeah, but how much brush has he cleared? nt
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-17-10 08:11 AM
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22. And isn't plastered off his ass 24x7.
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