Needing that extra week

So the next time you go on vacation and say, oh, you missed a flight, got food poisoning, a bad sun burn and you really didn't get to enjoy that vacation to the extent you wanted. Just use your Obama school of work ethic, call your boss on Thursday and tell him you need an extra week........

The president is going to add another min-vacation to his August break next week with a a four-day weekend at Camp David. No big deal.

But the administration, ever sensitive to criticism, had to rationalize the time at the presidential retreat, with Spokesman Bill Burton saying that the vacation week has been newsier than expected considering the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy.
From Politico:

"'When you're president, you've always got that job,' Burton said.

On Monday, Burton pointed to former President George W. Bush's vacation habits to defends scattered criticism of Obama's August schedule

'As I recall, the previous president [took] quite a bit of vacation himself, and I don't think anyone bemoaned that,' Burton said.""

I guess you have to say that perhaps no one bemoaned Bush's vacations -- attacked, lamented, scourged, bashed, snarled over etc.

At the Daily Kos, even Obama getaways still provoke recriminations for Bush's time in Crawford, Texas and elsewhere -- Obama NYC Date Night Highlights Bush Vacation Record

As Bush was leaving office, CBS had tired of the standard coverage of how much time Bush had spent in Crawford and raised the question of his use of Camp David, measuring the number of days in eight years that the 43rd president spent in the Catoctin Mountain getaway with: 487 Days At Camp David For Bush

For Obama, it would be easier to count the nights he's actually in the White House. He's averaging less than one a week.

Reminder, I believe there is no such thing as a vacation for the president. However, if you were one of those douchebags who criticized Bush, I expect nothing less than a criticism of The One.

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