chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Apr 3, 2012 11:24:47 GMT -5
There have been plenty of snide remarks about Obama taking too many vacations. Personally I find that to be very funny. many people have a fit about any and everything he does, no matter how reasonable the behavior. There are not too many occupations that are more stressful than being President. Personally, I want all of our Presidents to take a reasonable amount of time off, knowing full well that this President and others are on call, 24/7, and spend a lot of time on business even when they are on vacation; and should be; that fits the job description. So I thought I'd check and see how Obama compares to other Presidents and how much time the average President takes on vacation and see how Barack does when compared to others. Apparently Obama fares pretty well in comparison; The first website I looked at was Yahoo and it produced this. In their first 31 months: - GW Bush - 180 days at the Crawford Ranch and Camp David
- Clinton - 28 days on vacation
- Reagan - 122 days on vacation
- Obama - 61 days
Hmmm, Maybe just statistical playing, after all Fox News has had people on claiming that Obama is on vacation every 5 minutes ...let me try some more fact sites www.factcheck.org/2010/01/president-obamas-vacation-days/FactCheck.org backs up the above claims In their first year in office - GW Bush - 69 days at the Crawford Ranch and Camp David
- GHW Bush - 40 days at the Crawford Ranch and Camp David
- Carter - 19 days on vacation
- Clinton - 21 days on vacation
- Reagan - 42 days on vacation
- Obama - 26 days
This site does not count trips to Camp David, By Comparison Obama spent 27 days at Camp David while Bush spent 78 days I think the statistics are just statistics but I doubt you will find too many harder working Presidents than Obama. While it looks like GW Bush was always on vacation, statistics say he spent 1/3 of his time at Camp David or the Crawford Ranch, I'm guessing he did a lot of business on those "vacations" Is it even fair to count Camp David as vacation?
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Post by grayfingers on Apr 3, 2012 11:40:55 GMT -5
Charlie, as you know, (though both sides complain about such) the reality is that a president never gets a vacation. Camp David, as well as Reagan's and GW's ranches were set up with all the needed resources to conduct business just the same as if they were at the White House.
Also, they are good places for the president to host heads of state to discuss important matters that sometimes are better served by a less formal setting. And, when a president has their own place they tend to spend less taxpayer money when they are not at the White House.
In times such as these when the president himself has called for people to tighten their belts, it does attract attention and disdain when the first family jets around the world mostly on the taxpayer's dime.
Bill
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Post by Toad on Apr 3, 2012 11:42:51 GMT -5
The president is never on vacation - no matter where he is.
How much it is costing tax-payers is another matter. GW spent most of his time at Camp David and his own ranch. Minimal cost (as far as presidents go).
Where has Obama gone? Hawaii, with a separate one for his daughter to Mexico...
Be interested to see how many rounds of golf Obama played compared to GW.
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Post by grayfingers on Apr 3, 2012 11:50:01 GMT -5
— While G W Bush was in office he played golf 24 times. That’s over an eight-year period. Obama played 90th round of golf in Hawaii at the end of last year. All holes-in-one according to some of the media.
"George W. Bush, our 43rd president, is also an avid player, currently sporting a 12 handicap. But in his presidency, as a sign of respect for the U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said he decided to stop playing golf while they were in harm's way."
After all, a president has to know his priorities.
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Post by chassroc on Apr 3, 2012 12:05:11 GMT -5
Obama has played much more than Bush. But he is a piker compared to Dwight D Eisenhower who played 800 rounds in 8 years...I am sure for both of them, like many businessmen, Golf is a working opportunity in some cases...but I dont think that 30 rounds of golf in a year by our President is enough to worry about.
charlie
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Post by helens on Apr 3, 2012 12:25:00 GMT -5
Obama is a lawyer with a 160 IQ. His idea of a vacation is probably to read up on every case and ruling the State courts decided on for the past year for entertainment:P.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2012 12:37:10 GMT -5
Well, lets see now. G.W.Bush, 180 days out of 8 years. All in the good old mainland U.S.A.
B.H. Obama, 61 days out of just over 3 years. Much in Hawaii at much greater transportation cost to the tax payer. Seems to me that Obummer is well on track to beat Bushes record. That is IF he gets another 4 years.
So just what were you trying to prove here Charlie ? That Obummers vacations are costing the tax payers much more money ?
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Post by parfive on Apr 3, 2012 13:14:42 GMT -5
I think he likes goin’ to Hawai’i cause he was born there.
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Post by chassroc on Apr 3, 2012 13:58:24 GMT -5
Well, lets see now. G.W.Bush, 180 days out of 8 years. All in the good old mainland U.S.A.
"B.H. Obama, 61 days out of just over 3 years. Much in Hawaii at much greater transportation cost to the tax payer. Seems to me that Obummer is well on track to beat Bushes record. That is IF he gets another 4 years.
So just what were you trying to prove here Charlie ? That Obummers vacations are costing the tax payers much more money ?"
Don ...read what I posted That was GW Bush - 180 days after 31months in office and Obama - only 61 days after 31months in Office
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2012 14:28:39 GMT -5
Yahoo couldn't produce a good crap in their first 31 months.
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 3, 2012 20:00:52 GMT -5
Sorry, Helen, but Harvard Law School added 175-200 points to the LSAT scores of minority students under Affirmative Action. That brings his score to the equivalent of about 115-120 IQ
Lee
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Post by texaswoodie on Apr 4, 2012 7:17:19 GMT -5
Bush was beat to death by the press every time he went to his ranch. Obama flies all over the world, taking his wife's family with him at my expense and gets a free pass by everyone except Fox.
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Post by chassroc on Apr 4, 2012 7:41:12 GMT -5
Curt , Curt , Curt...Obama gets a free pass!!!....Let's see, going home to Hawaii on rare occasions is worse than going home to the Crawford Ranch many times. I don't see your logic. Charlie
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Post by texaswoodie on Apr 4, 2012 8:31:46 GMT -5
Yup, a free pass. Do you see anyone but Fox reporting on his worldwide tour? Hawaii is just a drop in the bucket.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 4, 2012 8:40:19 GMT -5
The " Mainstream Media" won't report an anything that shows Obama in a negative light. The Reason ? They're in the pockets of Obamas biggest supporters. The owners of mainstream media tell them what they can and cannot report.
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Post by chassroc on Apr 4, 2012 9:50:03 GMT -5
Once again you guys are making up stories,
Obamas vacation is news in practically every news source mainstream or otherwise in the Country.
but not every newsource is as biased as Fox.
Not every news source finds fault when a President goes home on his vacation
charlie
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Post by Toad on Apr 4, 2012 10:08:04 GMT -5
Nope, they only find fault when it is a Republican.
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 4, 2012 10:40:14 GMT -5
Obummers wife comes to Oregon to visit her brother at the local college down the road about 18 miles....I hope they pay for that visit out of their own pocket too! Most of us stay away from that area when she visits,to much law enforcement! Plus she is two-faced just as bad as her husband!
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 4, 2012 11:04:16 GMT -5
Wonder how Michelle's " ORGANIC GARDEN" in the White House lawn is doing ? You know, the "organic garden" that sits in the lawn pumped full of non organic pesticides, herbicides and Fertilizers to make it look green and healthy. What a joke. Anyone who has read up on organic gardening can tell you that a field, or in this case a small plot of land, has to sit fallow for at least 6 years to allow all of the non organic garbage to leach out of the soil before it can be called organic. I'm surprised that the greenies didn't jump all over that one. But not a word. Not even a little peep about her "ORGANIC GARDEN". Could it be because the greenies need the Obama's, and the Obama's need the greenies ? Even FOX News let that one slide.
Wonder how much that "ORGANIC GARDEN" is costing the tax payers ? The grounds keepers who tend her garden. The chemicals that are being poured over her "ORGANIC GARDEN" on a daily basis.
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Post by helens on Apr 4, 2012 12:15:52 GMT -5
Jake!! WHO CARES what Michelle wants to do for her hobby? She's not a farmer, she's learning, experimenting and trying. Would you rather she did that, or have a hobby collecting $23,000 purses?
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