Lost jobs during George's excellent vacations

ramapo

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 04:07 PM
Original message

Lost jobs during George's excellent vacations

Bush's strategy seems to be laying blame anywhere and everywhere for just about everything that has taken place since his selection.

I'd like to figure out how many vacation days he's taken since January 2001. Take that and divide it into the number of jobs lost and you get the average number of people who lost their job each day Bush was resting.

The other telling statistic would be the amount of time he spent fundraising, the amount raised, and the cost to the taxpayer.

Any ideas on how to document his time on the job?

You can probably search news stories to track much of his vacation time but the fund raising time is likely buried.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

dryan

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 04:10 PM
Response to Original message

1. Great Idea!

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Birthmark

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 04:27 PM
Response to Original message

2. Well, if we're not working, why should he?

</sarcasm>

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

sandnsea

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 05:09 PM
Response to Original message

3. A couple figures

I've got 250 vacation days until August 2003. I don't know if that includes the 28 in August which was the second longest vacation, Nixon took the longest. I've also got 100 fundraisers by Bush or Cheney in 2003.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0120-01.htm

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Jack from Charlotte

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 05:24 PM
Response to Original message

4. Here's a figure...............

albeit dated.............

From the WaPo:

A CBS News tally shows this is Bush's 26th presidential trip to Crawford. He has spent all or part of 166 days at the ranch or en route -- the equivalent of 51/2 months. When Bush's trips to Camp David and Kennebunkport, Maine, are added, according to the CBS figures, Bush has spent 250 full or partial days at his getaway spots -- 27 percent of his presidency so far

Posted by: SFL on August 3, 2003 11:54 PM

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Jack from Charlotte

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Mar-10-04 05:26 PM
Response to Original message

5. Also, here's an article about AWOL's lengthy vacation in Aug '01

Check out Leon Paneta's comments......

http://www.maebrussell.com/Articles%20and%20Notes/Bush%20Break%20Longest%20in%20a%20Generation.html

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Thu May 16th 2024, 08:38 PM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.