This is Mr. Obama’s 9th vacation since taking office. As of today, he has spent all or part of 38 days on “vacation” away from the White House. He has also made 14 visits to Camp David spanning all or part of 32 days. It brings his total time away to all or part of 70 days…
As of this point in his 1st term, Mr. Bush had made 14 visits to his Texas ranch spanning all or part of 102 days. He also made 40 visits to Camp David spanning all or part of 123 days. His “vacation” total at this point in his presidency was all or part of 225 days away.
For example, Bush was on vacation on Aug. 6, 2001, when he and Condi Rice received the intel briefing titled, “Bin Laden determined to strike in US.” Bush curtly replied to his briefers, “You’ve covered your ass now,” and went back to working on his abs. He and his team ignored the warning, and, of course, bin Laden did attack four weeks later, on Sept. 11, 2001.
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