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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/23/obama-vacation-days-entire-presidency-congress-year.htmlObama Has Had Fewer Vacation Days In His Entire Presidency Than Congress Has This Year
By: Jason Easley
Saturday, August, 23rd, 2014, 4:39 pm
Here is a reality check for Republicans who keep complaining over President Obamas vacations. President Obama has had fewer vacation days in the last six years than Congress will have in 2014.
According to CBS News Correspondent Mark Knoller, President Obama has spent 129 days of presidency on vacation. The Republican led House of Representatives was scheduled to be in session for only 124 days in all of 2014. This means that John Boehner and company will spend fewer days at work this year than President Obama has spent on vacation in his entire presidency. The numbers are actually worse when one considers that the House is only scheduled to work for 97 days between January and Election day in November. Members of the Senate, like Ted Cruz, have had nearly as many days off this year as the president has had since taking office.
This is the point in any story about Republican hysterics about Obamas vacations that George W. Bush needs to be used as a point of reference. During Bushs presidency, he took four vacations that were longer than Obamas longest vacation. Former President Bush took virtually the entire month of August 2001 off. Bushs vacation was almost twice as long (27 days) as Obamas current break (15 days). Ronald Reagan took a 25 day vacation in August 1983. Republicans never demanded that Bush and Reagan return to work, so why is it different for President Obama?
George W. Bush spent the month before the 9/11 terror attacks away from the White House. President Obama came back to the White House in the middle of his current vacation for meetings. Congressional Republicans dont have a leg to stand on when they criticize the vacations of President Obama. Presidents from their own party took longer and more numerous vacations, while their own work schedule has become noticeably lighter in the last few years.
The reason why the Republican criticism of Obamas vacations rings hollow is because they deliver their remarks, not on the House or Senate floor, but while they themselves are on vacation. When these Republicans throw vacation stones, they are shattering their own glass houses.
Botany
(70,447 posts)If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." J. Goebbels
Obama is off golfing and not working or John Kerry wounded himself in Vietnam or Bill Clinton
had Vince Foster killed or Ohio 2004 was a clean election or .....
Cad Bane
(68 posts)/ media & GOP
Just like how every President in modern history has used a teleprompter to give speeches.
Doesn't matter, this President is black so it's an issue that needs to be criticized and ridiculed.
Not only that, but we'll pretend that it is unique and strange / mysterious.
babylonsister
(171,035 posts)Cha
(296,848 posts)please regarding President Obama and see what sticks and how many brainwashed zombies eat it up.
Welcome to DU, Cad.
lpbk2713
(42,736 posts)It finally sunk in it hasn't gotten them anywhere.
So their next non-issue is Obama's vacation time.
That will get them about the same mileage.
Cha
(296,848 posts)grab.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)K and R
xocet
(3,871 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)malaise
(268,698 posts)is anybody's guess.
babylonsister
(171,035 posts)malaise
(268,698 posts)black man is entitled to any vacation. The Admin doesn't do enough to expose this lazy Congress
LloydS of New London
(355 posts)libodem
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ReRe
(10,597 posts)We need to see things clearly. So much of the truth is right in front of our eyes.
This is a prime example. Remember, stay calm, cool and collected. And think.
Thanks for this article, babylonsister.