White House is getting "touchy": DON'T CALL IT A VACATION! [View All]

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It's NOT a vacation! It's NOT a vacation! It's NOT, it's NOT, it's NOT"

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Bush says it's no vacation at his Crawford ranch
By JULIE MASON
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - President Bush has decamped to Crawford. Call it something other than a vacation, says the White House.

Just talking about what the administration calls a non-vacation makes Bush sputter like his father did.

"I have a busy couple of weeks down there, and I have a lot — going to have meetings with people who come — from my administration who come down, the economic people," Bush said last week. "(Donald) Rumsfeld and his team; Condi (Rice) will come down."...

White House officials are touchy about criticism of Bush's traditional August break, because most Americans don't get five weeks of vacation a year, nor do they have access to Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland where Bush sometimes spends weekends. So they call the ranch the Western White House and say that modern communications allow the president to stay in close contact with key aides and maintain a regular work schedule.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3298735