Remember how the press howled about Bush vacationing at his ranch in Texas? Other than the cost of flying Air Force One and a minimal security detail to protect the isolated ranch, the taxpayers weren’t out the cost of an Obama date night in New York city. Bush at his own expense even fixed quarters at the ranch for the Secret Service agents. The Obama’s live like Louis and Marie Antoinette while the peasants cannot afford bread.
Bush a;ways stayed at Camp David for Christmas so his Secret Service Agents could spend Christmas with their families.
This guy could care less about those who have to guard him and the Wide Load.
He could care less about the cost of the trip. It isn’t coming out of his pocket. But the arrogance of the dipstick to tell the Congress what he will accept and what he won’t accept in the debt ceiling just gets to me big time.
The pressed was miffed about Crawford because there were no five-star hotels to charge their expense accounts. That and because he’s a Republican.
The press was mad at Bush for taking a vacation at Crawford because he wasn't going to a ritzy place they would be able to go to and "cover". They wanted the Hamptons, etc.
Also, Crawford and all of Texas can't be hot as all get out and the press couldn't handle the heat and humidity.
At the same time they couldn't handle the heat, Bush was working outside doing....manual work - gasp...in clearings at the ranch.
He saw no problem in sweating. The press was not happy.