[Tom87]

Chavez' moral credibility notwithstanding, does Bush take an inappropriate amount of vacation time? I have felt sometimes that he should be spending more time in Washington, if only for perception's sake.

[nuconvert]

And this coming from King of the Psychos

[denydenydeny]

All right, what's Hugo's DU screenname?

[FinallyBackInNH]

Paging Pat Robertson...Pat Robertson to a white courtesy phone please...

[dfwgator]

He's one to talk:

With Thousands Still Homeless After Venezuela Mudslides, Government Announces Plans To Rebuild

[Tijeras_Slim]

It's not like he's in an igloo without a phone. If I had W's job I wouldn't be taking vacations, I'd be hiding under the bed!

[Doohickey]

Is it really up to you, or us, to determine how much vacation time the President gets? Is the President of the United States responsible for evacuating a city?

[Dead Dog]

Cowboy mentaility? I'd like Punta Chavez to explain wich Spanish speaking country has ever succesfully defended its self from us "Cowboys". Cuba don't count.

[ncountylee]

What will the NYT do to make up for being scooped? Something Castro/Carter perhaps?

[Beth528]

Remember Jesse Jackson just came back from there.i am sure he had a great conversation about president Bush with the low life..And I agree and did agree with Pat Robertson..This scum bag should be taken out..
At least this cowboy cares about the citizens of this country and doesn't line his pockets with cash like this scum bag with money that belongs to his people..

[dila813]

This guy watches the press/leftwing info too much. He is really hooked into the Democrats talking points.

[Brilliant]

Hugo Chavez spends an inordinate amount of time obsessing over Bush and the USA.

Now I know why the Dems love him so much.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It's hilarious how the NYT and the WaPo pay so much attention to little Commie dictators. I guess they admire and idolize them.

[thoughtomator]

Hugo Chavez, the new spokesman for the Democrat party.

[veronica]

Pat Robertson was right.

[popdonnelly]

Why is the Washington Post publishing this? Have they become the propaganda arm for Hugo Chavez?

[RichInOC]

See, I think of "vacation" as not only physically leaving my workplace for a while, but leaving work, and all its trappings, behind. Our presidents can't really do that. Dubya certainly can't right now. They can dress down, go out and ride the range or whatever between briefings, but they can't leave the job completely behind them in DC. Presidential "vacations" are not so much vacations as glorified off-site assignments.

[veronica]

Does Bush take an inappropriate amount of vacation time?

For crying out loud, a President is never really on vacation. The weight of the world follows him wherever he goes.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I wonder how many other people on vacation still have to be on call at a moments notice, still have to receive foreign leaders, still have to be briefed daily,etc. I don't exactly call what President Bush does a vacation. He was just away from D.C. It doesn't mean he got to get away from the stresses of being the leader of the free world.

[slowhandluke]

does Bush take an inappropriate amount of vacation time? I have felt sometimes that he should be spending more time in Washington, if only for perception's sake.

Did you ever notice that the Senate and House are not in session? Most of them have fled back home too. I doubt that any of the Senate or House committees are doing work by phone conferences.

It's interesting that the left argues that we all should have the 4 weeks paid vacation of the Europeans, except for Republican presidents, who deserve no vacation.

The only reason we know where Bush is and not where all the Senators are is that politically important things do happen while Bush is at Crawford, so the press has to be there and sweat it out (and complain).

[Truthsayer20]

I see that the DNC faxes have arrived in Caracas.