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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (295361)	9/10/2002 11:00:20 PM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Your post "keep poking Emile, post and speak your peace, let those who hate freedom attempt to stop you" sure makes it seem like you agree with what he says.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (295361)	9/10/2002 11:55:03 PM
From: Doug R	Respond to of 769670

WE NEED GEORGE'S LEADERSHIP 8/29/02 Good godamighty! Have the media and the Democrats gone crazy? There's been all this criticism flying around that George W has been vacationing at his Texas ranchette for the whole month of August, rather than being at his desk in the White House working away on all the problems that our Nation faces. Worse, the criticism stung Bush so much that his aides now say that he really only took a "working vacation," rather than kicking back and doing nothing. This is not good for America. Think about it. When W works, he tends to do bad things, such as gutting existing environmental laws so his polluting campaign contributors can put more of their toxic gunk into our air and water. When he works, he's trouble. Remember June and July when Bush was very focused on work? That's when we got the new Homeland Security Department, complete with its TIPS snitch squad to encourage Americans to spy on each other. That idea was so rotten that it even gagged right-wing Republican leader Dick Armey, who personally stepped in to try to kill it. No, no, people, we do not want this guy working. Let him relax, loaf, fish, look at picture books. He's been good at goofing-off all of his life, and we ought to encourage this core characteristic in his make-up. Besides, what's so great about working, especially in the summer? Farmers used to enjoy this period as "laying by time"––the crops were planted and hoed, and there wasn't much to do but wait for harvest, so it was time to enjoy, sleep late, go swimming, eat watermelon. Likewise, Europeans today take from a month to six weeks off –– yet we Americans average only a miserly 13 days of vacation a year. Here's an area where Bush is qualified to provide some real and needed presidential leadership. He should say, yeah, I'm taking all of August off . . . and so should you. In fact, he should declare August "National Take Off Month." This is Jim Hightower saying . . . Come on, George, have the courage of your convictions! jimhightower.com Bush has spent a whopping total of 250 days of his presidency at Camp David (123 days), Kennebunkport (12) and his Texas ranch (115). That means Bush has spent 42 percent of his term so far at one of his three leisure destinations.