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Originally posted by queedo
Can you imagin the stress of being the President of the U.S.?
Even Clinton messed around during crisis, he just did it with interns.
But seriously, I can't think of a job that needs to have stress relief more than the President of the U.S. or any other country. Let me ask you this did his golfing change the situation in any way shape or form? No it didn't!
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Stress relief is one thing. Becoming a virtual telecommuter is another thing.
from the rebuttal piece:
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"President Bush is accused of taking too many lazy vacations. (What is that about, by the way? Isn't he supposed to be an unceasing planner for future aggressive wars?) But the shot of him "relaxing at Camp David" shows him side by side with Tony Blair. I say "shows," even though this photograph is on-screen so briefly that if you sneeze or blink, you won't recognize the other figure. A meeting with the prime minister of the United Kingdom, or at least with this prime minister, is not a goof-off."
Now, I just don't get this at all. According to figures compiled by the Washington Post, to August 2003 from the time he took office, Bush had taken 250 days off. That's 27% of his presidency to that point spent on vacation. In his father's entire term of office (four big years), he took 543 vacation days at Camp David and in Kennebunkport. Ronald Reagan? He went off the clock for 335 days during his eight years in office. Jimmy Carter only took 79 days off during his Presidency, while Bill Clinton spent only 152 days kicking back during his two terms in the top job.
Think about that for a second - in barely 2/3 of one Presidential term, George Bush Jr took more days off than Clinton and Jimmy Carter did in a combined TWELVE YEARS!
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As far as this "Hollywood Truth" stuff is concerned, name a talk show host that doesn't try to distort the issue to show his arguement. Maybe the Right is just pissed because someone is finally beating them at their own games.