[altura]

I kinda disagree with you, null.

He needs some time off and he needs the emotional refreshing he always gets from time on the ranch.

I don't really remember what Clinton did when Congress was in recess in the way of vacation because I always tried to avoid anything about him. He was kind of mentally ill and had to have stimulation at all times; like calling people up in the middle of the night, so time off may just not have appealed to him.

But Bush is a normal guy, thank goodness, I think we need him rested and relaxed. If the press doesn't like it, too bad.

[nullsumme]

He needs some time off and he needs the emotional refreshing he always gets from time on the ranch.

I've absolutely no problem with him going to Crawford in August, it's people's perception of him that worries me. The markets are tanking badly, trillions of dollars are being wiped out, people are losing their savings, I just don't think it's a good idea to leave town for a month, the market won't go up just because he's DC, but it sure wouldn't hurt.

[speekinout]

I don't really remember what Clinton did when Congress was in recess in the way of vacation because I always tried to avoid anything about him.

He always went to his rich friends' houses in Nantucket, except for one year when the polls told him that he would get more "points" for going to another rich friend's house in Wyoming.
That cost us a lot, because each house had to be secured. W has one house (well, two, if you count Kennebunkport) that have alreay been secured.

[Mo1]

I don't really remember what Clinton did when Congress was in recess in the way of vacation

Clinton use to spend a few weeks up with the Kennedy's ..

Then there was that dancing on the beach photo op

or then there was that time he took Chelsea sight seeing .. which the one trip to india that cost the taxpayers something like 50 MILLION dollars

Just think of all the money Bush is saving by going home to Crawford for a couple of weeks

[Mo1]

Bush's numbers last year were not bad when he took off for Crawford .. they were in the 60's

And the Press and the Liberals complained up a storm last year just like they are doing know

Once this is over they will find something else to complain about .. they always do

[GretchenEE]

I don't really remember what Clinton did when Congress was in recess in the way of vacation

He used the mansions and estates of others to vacation in at various times of the year, which meant an enormous amount of work for the Secret Service to secure the site ahead of time.

Remember the little marriage-saving seclusion retreat he, hillary, and chelsea "used" after the Monica situation? He did that a lot.