Obama Has Had Fewer Vacation Days In His Entire Presidency Than Congress Has This Year

[babylonsister]

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/08/23/obama-vacation-days-entire-presidency-congress-year.html

Obama Has Had Fewer Vacation Days In His Entire Presidency Than Congress Has This Year
By: Jason Easley
Saturday, August, 23rd, 2014, 4:39 pm


Here is a reality check for Republicans who keep complaining over President Obama’s vacations. President Obama has had fewer vacation days in the last six years than Congress will have in 2014.

According to CBS News Correspondent Mark Knoller, President Obama has spent 129 days of presidency on vacation. The Republican led House of Representatives was scheduled to be in session for only 124 days in all of 2014. This means that John Boehner and company will spend fewer days at work this year than President Obama has spent on vacation in his entire presidency. The numbers are actually worse when one considers that the House is only scheduled to work for 97 days between January and Election day in November. Members of the Senate, like Ted Cruz, have had nearly as many days off this year as the president has had since taking office.

This is the point in any story about Republican hysterics about Obama’s vacations that George W. Bush needs to be used as a point of reference. During Bush’s presidency, he took four vacations that were longer than Obama’s longest vacation. Former President Bush took virtually the entire month of August 2001 off. Bush’s vacation was almost twice as long (27 days) as Obama’s current break (15 days). Ronald Reagan took a 25 day vacation in August 1983. Republicans never demanded that Bush and Reagan return to work, so why is it different for President Obama?

George W. Bush spent the month before the 9/11 terror attacks away from the White House. President Obama came back to the White House in the middle of his current vacation for meetings. Congressional Republicans don’t have a leg to stand on when they criticize the vacations of President Obama. Presidents from their own party took longer and more numerous vacations, while their own work schedule has become noticeably lighter in the last few years.

The reason why the Republican criticism of Obama’s vacations rings hollow is because they deliver their remarks, not on the House or Senate floor, but while they themselves are on vacation. When these Republicans throw vacation stones, they are shattering their own glass houses.

[Botany]

1. Republicans live for "the big lie"

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." J. Goebbels

Obama is off golfing and not working or John Kerry wounded himself in Vietnam or Bill Clinton
had Vince Foster killed or Ohio 2004 was a clean election or .....

[Cad Bane]

2. Obama's black so it doesn't matter

/ media & GOP

Just like how every President in modern history has used a teleprompter to give speeches.

Doesn't matter, this President is black so it's an issue that needs to be criticized and ridiculed.

Not only that, but we'll pretend that it is unique and strange / mysterious.

[babylonsister]

12. Pretty much, and welcome to DU!

[Cha]

14. Right.. the GOPropaganda/USmediawhore machine will feed anything into it they damn well

please regarding President Obama and see what sticks and how many brainwashed zombies eat it up.

Welcome to DU, Cad.

[lpbk2713]

3. Goppers have gotten tired of flogging the Benghazi horse.

It finally sunk in it hasn't gotten them anywhere.

So their next non-issue is Obama's vacation time.

That will get them about the same mileage.

[Cha]

15. Exactly, Ipbk.. their fake scandals aren't working so they'll whine and rage on anything they can

grab.

[bigwillq]

4. Impeach Congress

K and R

[xocet]

9. If only that were possible... n/t

[bigwillq]

10. Then let's give them pink slips in November (nt)

[xocet]

13. May that indeed occur.... n/t

[malaise]

5. Why anyone pays attention to these morons

is anybody's guess.

[babylonsister]

11. Do we have a choice? nt

[malaise]

16. Not really - sadly they know the facts but don't think the

black man is entitled to any vacation. The Admin doesn't do enough to expose this lazy Congress

[LloydS of New London]

6. I only regret that I have but one rec to give to this thread

[libodem]

7. So petty, so hypocritical

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[ReRe]

8. K&R for EXPOSURE!

We need to see things clearly. So much of the truth is right in front of our eyes.
This is a prime example. Remember, stay calm, cool and collected. And think.
Thanks for this article, babylonsister.