Wasteful George on his SEVENTH Photo-Op Tour of the Gulf Coast >

[Stephanie]

He's the elitists' Jimmy Carter: sweaters for his staff, limos for himself.

The White House also will be looking at ways to conserve, press secretary Scott McClellan said, although that didn't include curtailing the president's travel plans. Tuesday marked the president's seventh trip to the Gulf Coast in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes in less than a month.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as Bush headed here Tuesday, McClellan said the president has directed the White House staff to conserve energy by turning up thermostats, shutting down computers, faxes and copy machines after hours, using public transportation or carpools and reducing nonessential travel by relying more heavily on video conferencing.

Bush also has asked that his motorcade be scaled back, his spokesman said, and it was shorter upon his arrival in Texas. However, the multiple-vehicle caravan moved only a few yards from his presidential jet and dropped Bush off at an airport terminal for his meeting with Texas officials.

Bush returned Sunday from a three-day trip in which he stopped in four cities that have been a base for government response to the storm. As he has in most of his previous trips to the areas hit by the hurricanes, Bush spent most of the time in meetings with state and local officials — many of them reporting by videoconference.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050927/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_3

[buff2]

1. Everybody be sure to stay home!!!!!!!!

The Lying King needs the gas for his daily jet setting for photo ops. It's hard work. :puke:

[Skidmore]

2. He's not got a 7 day/wk job. He's workin'.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. At this point, shouldn't he spend most of his time in DC

actually doing some work, instead of flying around burning fuel and shutting down rescue operations so they can stage photo ops instead?

[Missy M]

4. In my opinion the only thing bush has been doing is....

NONESSENTIAL travel. Most of his traveling is for show and photo ops with all the pomp and circumstance. Wow, he really did a lot by scaling back his unnecessary motorcade used strictly to make him look important.