[kj] Re: Any thoughts on this, from Americans on the list

[fluw]

/*Tuesday was the 319th day that Bush has spent, entirely or partially, 
in Crawford -- nearly 20 percent of his presidency to date */

Clinton's tally was 152 days in eight years...
and how much time did he spend fighting attacks from the ultra 
right,,even before he was in office..much less later

while with loads of impeachable offenses hardly brushed upon, bush has 
had to endure maybe a couple hours of vapid questions?
 
if the shoe where on the other foot, we might have seen the first public 
lynching of a sitting pres
 
no worries, he can't retreat from his karma





Alexander Smith wrote:

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> /Bush taking nearly five weeks vacation at ranch
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> The Washington Post
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> WACO - President Bush is getting the kind of break most Americans can 
> only dream of: nearly five weeks away from the office, loaded with 
> vacation time.
>
> The president departed Tuesday for his longest stretch yet away from 
> the White House, arriving at his Crawford ranch in the evening for a 
> spell of clearing brush, visiting with family and friends, and tending 
> to some outside-the-Beltway politics. It is the longest presidential 
> retreat in at least 36 years.
>
> The August getaway is Bush's 49th trip to his cherished ranch since he 
> took office. *Tuesday was the 319th day that Bush has spent, entirely 
> or partially, in Crawford -- nearly 20 percent of his presidency to 
> date *, according to Mark Knoller, a CBS Radio reporter known for 
> keeping better records of the president's travel than the White House 
> itself.
>
> Until now, probably no modern president was a more famous vacationer 
> than Ronald Reagan, who loved spending time at his ranch in Santa 
> Barbara, Calif. According to an Associated Press count, Reagan spent 
> all or part of 335 days in Santa Barbara over his eight-year 
> presidency -- a total that Bush will surpass this month in Crawford 
> with 3 1/2 years left in his second term.
>
> /Clinton's tally was 152 days in eight years...
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> On Wednesday, August 3, 2005, at 05:10 PM, The Exorcist wrote:
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>     Googlebombs are soooooooooooo funny.
>     *clapping hands together like a retard*
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>     NOT
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>     Used to be France then Michael Moore now GWB.
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>     It's funny for about all of 3 seconds
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>     Google is your friend, Google is not a final or higher authority.
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>     At 05:21 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
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>         interesting wee thing...
>         type in 'failure' into google and see the first thing that
>         comes up . . .
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