MoDo’s best line in a while:
If only W. had taken the rest of his presidency as seriously as he’s taken his sports outings.
Bush doesn’t care that he’s a light-weight, more interested in vacations and sight-seeing than governing.
After eight years, the president’s gut remains gullible. He’ll go out as he came in — ignoring reality; failing to foresee, prevent or even prepare for disasters; misinterpreting intelligence reports; misreading people; and handling crises in ways that makes them exponentially worse.
He has spent 469 days of his presidency kicking back at his ranch, and 450 days cavorting at Camp David. And there’s still time to mountain-bike through another historic disaster.
This count, outrageous as it is, doesn’t include all the time spent attending sporting events, exercising, and traveling the world.
[and not drinking Red Stripe]
If it were a normal executive, that much vacation might be explained by the executive still being connected to the job even while on vacation (blackberry, laptop, etc.). But not that doofus. And 36% of a year spent on vacation (919 days out of 2,555)? That’s quite a lot.