"bb" wrote in message
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On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 06:46:53 -0500, "Stu Peid"
wrote:

He has been missing from the senate and his elected responsibilities for
more than 70 percent of the time since announcing his bid for the
presidency.


Where was Bush just before 9/11? On a 30 day vacation.

The president can't really go on vacation, he just does his job from another
location.