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Thread about Obama, immediately deflect to Bush. This is like when threads upstairs get deflected to Parker
The problem is that Bush wasn’t thrifty. He was the most expensive vacation president in U.S. history. Not only did Bush spend more days on vacation than any other president, but he used Air Force One more often while on vacation than any other president. In response to growing criticism that the president was on vacation too much, the Bush administration adopted the Rovian tactic of scheduling, “work events” while the president was in Crawford so that they could claim that President Bush’s vacations were working vacations.
During Bush’s two terms, the cost of operating Air Force One ranged from $56,800 to $68,000 an hour.
Bush used Air Force One 77 times to go to his ranch in Crawford,
Texas. Using the low end cost of $56,800, Media Matters calculated that each trip to Crawford cost taxpayers $259,687, and $20 million total for Bush’s ranch flights.
http://www.ourmidland.com/opinion/le...933cf9e74.html
that's just for the flights. then there is the cost of staff, security, etc.
Our compensation is that dubya said he worked real "hard" at faking President, and cleary busted his butt in Crawford's 77 visits.
Thread about Obama, immediately deflect to Bush. This is like when threads upstairs get deflected to Parker
I guess. In this case there has to be some comparison to be sure OUTRAGE is in order. Bushy is the closest President to be used for comparison -- seems natural.
I think "vacation" time and the related expenses are probably justified for both.
the truth hurts, doesn't it.
.. because Repugs, Fox, and you rightwingnuts are stupidly whining and ing about Obama's travel/vacation expenses, which are best understood in the context of St Ronnie's and dubya's EXCESSIVE vacationing.
Bush is one of the worst presidents in recent memory. If that's the standard you hold Obama to, you must be pretty low on him tbh
bull , as always
we're talking only about number of vacations and expenses.
nobody's but you, strawman, is comparing the overall disaster of dubya with the presidency of Obama.
Not necessarily their entire presidencies. You posted about bush having the record for vacations. And you're using him as a barometer for Barry
so why not? Useful Idiot St Ronnie was also famous for his long and frequent vacations to his western WH.
I do not agree with waste on vacation money on any president
Pretty much on a mental vacation his whole second term IMO
So what do you consider wasteful? I suggest you go back through the entire last century of Presidents, add up all the spending on them, adjust for inflation and tell us which ones should spur OUTRAGE in us.
Thank you in advance. I look forward to your detailed and thoroughly sourced results.
Keep in mind, in the Obama era, the deficit has shrunk by $1 trillion. That’s “trillion,” with a “t.” As a percentage of the economy, the deficit is now down to just 2.5%, which is below the average of the past half-century, and down from 9.8% when the president took office.
Revisiting our coverage from several months ago, I looked for press releases from the “Obama is turning us into Greece!” crowd, eager to see them celebrate President Obama’s striking record on deficit reduction, but so far, nothing has turned up. Maybe they’re busy.
And in practical terms, that’s a shame. The vast majority of Americans are absolutely certain—thanks to deceptive Republican rhetoric and unfortunate news coverage—that the deficit has soared in the Obama era. Late last year, a Bloomberg Politics poll found that 73% of the public believes the deficit has gotten bigger over the last six years.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/1...-at-8-year-low
No.
I said my piece, it's old news, and have better things to do than satisfy a got like you.
Don't be about it. You made something up you can't back up and you got called on it.
You should really be used to this humiliation by now.
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