Picture of the Day - 2 - Bush's Vacation
Bush's August vacation is scheduled to begin tomorrow afternoon. What does he do?It looks extremely unlikely that Israel/Lebanon will be settled in the next two days, despite Condi Rice's hope to get a Security Council Resolution passed "by the end of the week."
So, does Bush stay in Washington, giving the appearance of engagement, but also conveying a message to 2006 voters of the gravity of the crisis?
Or does he go to Crawford reinforcing the opinions of presidential detachment from Katrina last year?
Bush has made his vacations an issue. In his first five years, he spent one full year on vacation. So, what he does here will carry a message. But what message?
posted by mikevotes at
8:52 AM
5 Comments:
The page loaded. The photo scrolled into view....
My immediate and visceral reaction... "What a boob!"
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-epm, at 2:04 PM
Yeah.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 3:31 PM
The Middle East is in flames. What's he going to do? He'll be in Crawford brush if he can get away with it, or else he'll decamp to Camp David and pretend to be engaged. No way is he going to stay in the city in August.
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Anonymous, at 4:53 PM
That should be hogging brush....
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Anonymous, at 4:54 PM
It's weird because he's made his vacations an issue. I just find it hard to believe that in the middle of this, he would give off that image to the world. At the same time, news of him delaying his vacation would make newscasts here and point out just how seriously bad things are.
I think he loses either way, and I agree, I think he goes. It's just an interesting problem.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 5:16 PM
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