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On Tue, 03 May 2011 21:29:31 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 03 May 2011 17:20:37 -0700, wrote:

He was on vacation for 1/3 of his presidency.

Does any president ever really get a vacation? The presidency follows
them wherever they go or I would really be worried about them walking
around natural disaster sites in Fumbuck kicking rubble.

He was sitting on his ranch enjoying himself. I'm sure he had lots of
interaction with all his policy makers and Congress in DC, at least in
between riding around his ranch and watching TV.

Feel free to defend him, but the fact is that he was AWOL and I'm not
talking about his "service" in the Texas Air National Guard.

It is just clear you do not understand how the president, any
president, travels. The White House comes with them.

It's clear that you're going to defend Bush no matter what. The "White
House" doesn't "come with them." They can do a bunch of stuff, but
it's not like you're on sight, talking to and meeting with all the
people.

What can't they do?

See previous. Sorry if you're having reading comprehension problems.

"meeting all the people"? Is that what you mean?
You can have a meeting without being in the same room.

Sure. Feel free to defend Bush's 1/3 term vacation. I guess you must
not understand how important it is to meet face-to-face with people.
Do you think he imported all the people to Crawford for an hour
meeting.

FDR ran most of WWII from a sanitarium in Arkansas.

I think that was a few years ago. I'm sure it's applicable somehow.

I do have some intimate information about exactly how the president
travels. My brother in law was the White House telephone support rep
pretty much living in EOB unless the president traveled, then he was
in the support plane. They took the whole White House switchboard with
them (a duplicate #5 crossbar, then later an ESS.) . He worked for
LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan.
My neighbor did the same thing in the Air Force side, setting up the
secure data links for the phones, radios, computers and the
"football".
If they are at Camp David or their residence, all of that is already
there.
The president does not have to "see" anyone to get his job done.

Which has nothing to do with what I said previously.

What did you say that makes that wrong?

See previous. I don't need to spend my time typing the same thing over
and over.