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How much vacation time does Bush take?

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Jassi

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Seems like whenever something happens, Bush is vacationing back in Crawford, Texas. How much vacation time does he take off in a year? How does that compare to past presidents?

Don't turn this in to a bash thread, there are enough of those here.
 
Old (2003), but statistical.

While the president of the United States is never completely on vacation, most commanders-in-chief manage to enjoy a respite from the daily grind during their stay the White House. George W. Bush seems to have taken this to the extreme early in his tenure as president. A humorous, fake resume for Bush suggests that he set the record for most days on vacation by any president in U.S. history -- a bit of an exaggeration, but still cause for some teasing.
According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation."

Bush isn't the first president to get away from his work. George Bush Sr. took all or part of 543 vacation days at Camp David and in Kennebunkport. Ronald Reagan spent 335 days at or en route to his Santa Barbara, California, ranch during his eight years in office. Of recent presidents, Jimmy Carter took the least days off -- only 79 days, which he usually spent at his home in Georgia. That's less than three weeks a year, which is closer to the average American's paid time off of 13 days per year.

What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August." In 2000, Clinton cut his summer vacation short to just three days, so he and his wife could concentrate on her Senate race and fundraising for Democrats. While we couldn't find the exact tally for Clinton's last year in office, it's reasonable to expect he didn't increase his vacation rate. And in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years.
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Originally posted by: Jassi
Seems like whenever something happens, Bush is vacationing back in Crawford, Texas. How much vacation time does he take off in a year? How does that compare to past presidents?

Don't turn this in to a bash thread, there are enough of those here.
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The President is never actually on vacation. To do that, he would have to put the VP in charge. His communications system travels with him and so does the black box. It is sort of like he works at home and home is where ever he is.

 
it took Bush 4 days to find a phone after that Tsunami and call other world leaders. Thank god we didn't get nuked.
 
Originally posted by: rickn
it took Bush 4 days to find a phone after that Tsunami and call other world leaders. Thank god we didn't get nuked.
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i think they just didn't expect the entire world to be so concerned with it
 
Originally posted by: KidViciou$
Originally posted by: rickn
it took Bush 4 days to find a phone after that Tsunami and call other world leaders. Thank god we didn't get nuked.
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i think they just didn't expect the entire world to be so concerned with it
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seems to be the common denominator. either that, or it took that long for him to sober up
 
Bush does go on vacation, but so did every US president. Just because hes at his ranch doesnt mean hes lost all contact with DC. He can do most of the things he does at DC at his ranch
 
Originally posted by: Engineer
A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August"... in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years.
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hmmm... wonder what to make of that?

 
Originally posted by: Jassi
Seems like whenever something happens, Bush is vacationing back in Crawford, Texas. How much vacation time does he take off in a year? How does that compare to past presidents?

Don't turn this in to a bash thread, there are enough of those here.
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The time he takes on actual vacation time away from his job is irrelevant. His mind is quite evidently on permenant vacation, doubtful it will ever turn up, as it hasn't up till now.

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From the 2003 stats:

Bush: 250 days (3 years in at the time)
Clinton: 152 (2 terms)
Bush I: 543 (1 term)
Reagan: 335 (2 terms)
Carter: 79 (1 term)


Sorta looks like the yearly deficit numbers from those same people.
 
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