Driving Votes: Oliver's Blog - Archived Entry

There's been lots of sobering chatter over the last few days about how much time President Bush spends at his various work/play retreats. If US worker productivity is at an all time high, I wonder what percent of US workers are spending more time at the office than the President?

"This is Bush's 33rd visit to his ranch since becoming president. He has spent all or part of 233 days on his Texas ranch since taking office, according to a tally by CBS News. Adding his 78 visits to Camp David and his five visits to Kennebunkport, Maine, Bush has spent all or part of 500 days in office at one of his three retreats, or more than 40 percent of his presidency."
Washington Post, Friday, April 9
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62524-2004Apr8.html

In addition, CBS News confirms that the President's Aug '01 month-long vacation in Crawford, TX was the longest Presidential vacation in 32 yrs.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/18/politics/main607234.shtml