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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
It's a well known and ongoing issue for world leaders who go on vacation, or do not return to the centres of power, during crises.
It's not a case of "I can do anything from my ranch", but more of a "I take things seriously, and as leader of the nation, my place is in the capital being seen to lead".
History, even recent history, is replete with examples of leaders being criticized (rightly in my opinion) for not being where their public wants and expects them to be during crises.
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I suppose that is where I differ from so many, I like substance over style and am not swayed into some sort of false sense of security because someone is at a desk in one location over another. Also this has nothing to do with the criticism the left throws around, they want to paint the image that Bush is off playing golf and drinking beer all day while this is going on. We don't want facts to get in the way now do we.
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Erm... I don't really understand this comment. Whilst I am a fan of much of American culture, I'm not familiar with all your idioms.
Are you insulting me again?
Mr Mephisto
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Never insulted you in the first place, but sometimes the left gets rather touchy when people point out the substance of what they accomplish over the style of what they want to say they are doing. If you read the rest of my post you know I was not off the mark based on the polling data.