Numb and Numbers: Bush Vacation Days Equals Number of E-Mails Shredded

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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/bushbeat/archives/2008/01/numb_and_number_1.php

Posted by Harkavy at 8:49 AM, January 18, 2008
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Bush isn't checking his e-mails. Or maybe he is.


Terrier strike on America: Bush and Barney show plenty of drive while on vacation in Crawford.

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While George W. Bush has spent a record amount of time vacationing at his ranch, he hasn't been checking his e-mail. Or maybe his stooges did check it — in the sense of a hockey player checking an opponent by slamming him into the boards and destroying him — and thus prevented that flood of messages from ever seeing the light of day.

The numbers game for America's numbest president are eerie: A report released by watchdog congressman Henry Waxman — judging by his performance, Waxman works 24/7 — reveals that 473 days of White House e-mail are missing. At the same time, Bush is on pace to have spent 499 days on vacation during his two terms. Most of it has been spent hunkering down in his Crawford, Texas, bunker.

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Do the math: Bush had taken 418 days of vacation in his first 6.7 years in office. That works out to 62.4 vacation days a year — a little more than 12 work weeks, which is probably slightly more vacation time than you get. On the other hand, think how much more damage Bush could have done if he hadn't taken so much vacation.

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1. So much damage

so little time.