Bush to Stay at Texas Ranch a Month

[Nambe]

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - It's billed as a working vacation, but fund-raisers — at the rate of one every five days — will fill President Bush's schedule during his monthlong stay in August at his Texas ranch.

Continuing his drive to raise at least $170 million, seeking a Republican nomination for which he faces no opponent, Bush is mixing public policy events, mostly on the West Coast, with six fund- raisers in Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington and Minnesota. The practice allows the administration, in certain cases, to bill taxpayers for half the travel costs of the political activity. ---


We are going to change history -- we're going to have a ton of fun doing it.

[young_at_heart]

1. I think I'm going to throw up!

These people have absolutely no shame......obscene money grabbing!

[radfringe]

2. LOOK OUT!!!

his numbers are dropping, we have CNN blaring terra-lerts...

What new "PRODUCT" will he be rolling out in September? Duck and Cover - it may be at least an ORANGE ALERT... AWOL returns from Vacation, Labor Day and 2nd anniversary of September 11, Orange Alert may not be enough

[rocktivity]

71. Originally posted by Radfringe

What new "PRODUCT" will he be rolling out in September? Duck and Cover...

Well, anything would be an improvement on Tom Ridge's "Operation DUCT And Cover"!

rocknation

[AngryWhiteDemocrat]

3. Oh, shit...here it comes

Stay out of tall buildings. Bush is leaving DC for a month.

[smallprint]

16. yeah no kidding

what was he REALLY doing that fateful month of august 2001? clearing f*cking brush?

dropping poll numbers + extended shrub vacation = get ready to duck and cover

[elfin]

19. Right - Deja Vu - Kaboom! nt

[psychopomp]

72. YES

This is not good news. Too much **** is hitting the fan and there are too many balls in the air right now. Quite a few must be hitting the floor which means that it is time for Dumbya to run and hide ...from responsibility.

www.unansweredquestions.org

[Walt Starr]

24. Thanks a lot

I work in the Sears Tower. I CAN'T stay out of tall buildings. Either that or I go homeless and starve.

Thanks Dumbass*, because you stole an election, I have a giant target on my ass. (that was directed at the trained chimp masquerading as a president).

[gratuitous]

4. Meanwhile, thousands of soldiers are stationed in Iraq

Dying at the rate of one, two or three a day.

The economy's in the shitter.

No idea where Saddam or Osama are.

States going bankrupt all over the map.

But Chimpy's got to have his month off, no matter what.

Are we still paying full time for his being the president? Or do we get a 1/12 rebate every year?

[arcane1]

7. actually, we're paying double for him...

the Chimp is the first prez to make $400k instead of $200k

just in case you need another reason to feel ripped-off :evilgrin:

[CBHagman]

14. I'm miffed by that, too.

They doubled the presidential salary just in time for His Chimpfulness to beneit (as though he needed it). Not for him the classy refusal to take a salary along with his wealth. No, he wants to guarantee that unearned income is taxed at a lower rate than wages or salaries, and he wants to ensure that heirs pay nothing on the estates coming to them.

:puke:

Meanwhile, our health insurance premiums are going up, wages are being frozen or cut, people are getting laid off, and off Bush goes to scratch his posterior and wave at supporters for a month. It's all right for some.

[UCLA02]

53. From the lowest to the highest...

We went from the lowest paid prez (Clinton's $200K was the lowest "real" dollar presidential salary ever) to the highest in *.

I guess it really balances itself: We certainly got our money's worth '93-'01, but getting ripped off now. Do we call it "even"?

[joshcryer]

65. $400k?!? WTF?!?

DAMN...

[prolesunited]

5. Well, I certainly

hope the "liberal" media gives this the attention it deserves. Soldiers are getting killed every f*ing day in Iraq and burning up in the heat. I'm sure they could use a month-long vacation. And don't you just love the fact that we're paying for this B.S.?

And if they refer to his pig farm as the Western White House one more time, I am going to scream. There is no damn Western White House!!! Does that mean the country gets to keep it after he gets booted out?

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Qutzupalotl]

13. Call it the "Lazy W Ranch"

(someone else made that up, I just forget who)

I wonder if Bush will get a briefing called "Kim Jong-Il Determined to Strike In U.S.", which he will promptly ignore.

[bluedem]

31. That's a good one. I like Compound W, too. n/t

.

[Catshrink]

38. Compound W!

That's beautiful... He's the big wart on our national psyche.

You are so clever!!!

[Richardo]

87. That one was first suggested by "Lisa" in Canada...I use it all the time.

Kudos, Lisa :thumbsup:

[Lisa]

92. I have to admit, it's not mine ...

But thanks, Richardo!

I seem to recall another DUer came up with the expression, around the time of Bush's first month-long vacation. I was quite taken with it and started using it in posts (particularly since an antique-dealer friend of mine had been showing me some newly-acquired cowboy gear, including a branding iron with a "lazy" (lying on its side) figure 4).

Hey, if the Shrub falls off his Segway again, we might be able to call it the "Crazy W" (how they refer to an upside-down letter in cattle brands).

[Bundbuster]

43. A virtual tour...

...since y'all workin' peons can't take the month off to go there.

http://www.westernwhitehouse.org/

[bushisanidiot]

64. Omigod! That's Hilarious

This part is my favorite:

"Fun Facts About Crawford, Texas:

. Crawford's official motto is "1295 miles from Washington DC, 97% White, and ARMED TO THE TEETH!"


heh..

[underpants]

80. GOOD! I guess the TROOPS get a month off too

Right? I mean he is such a fantastic LEADER they will follow him anywhere.

[TEXASYANKEE]

93. Huh?

That's Southfork ... not the world-renowned Pig Farm. JR would kick Shrub's ass in a heartbeat.

[Ediacara]

6. This is unbelievable!

Not only is the vacation completely BS, but so is the public expense for his fund raising adventures! There needs to be an anti-Bush push in every city he is going to visit to try to force the RNC to pick up the costs.

[SilasSoule]

8. Pathetic.....

[psychopomp]

75. Worst pResident Ever

I'm with Ms. Thomas on that one!

[DagmarK]

47. I sent a LTE to our Portland paper today on that very issue!!!

'course, I didn't know he was going on vacation.

But the regional chair already said his purpose for coming is for a fundraising event......"and beyond that, we don't know."

Arrghhhhh........ his little visit will cost our BANKRUPT city about $200,000...maybe more. Portland, btw, has 43 vacant police officer positions open because we don't have the money to pay salaries. GROWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLl

[SeattleDem]

89. I already wrote to a City Council member to ask

how much money Seattle is expecting to cough up for the local security brigade for Bush's visit on 8/22. Yesterday in GD, someone posted info about Portland, saying they had to spend $200K or so when he came to down in 2000 for a fundraiser, this at a time schools were closing down early and teachers going unpaid.

I got an email back within hours saying that he is looking into it with the financial dept and will let me know!

every city should raise this issue - no public dollars for GOP fund-raising!!

[dfong63]

9. more fund-raisers = more protests

everywhere he goes, he'll be raking in the bucks while the local communities foot the bill for his security - hundreds of hours of cop overtime... while schools, libraries, and social services go begging.

everywhere he goes, there will be protests. he may shut his eyes and ears so as not to see or hear us, but we'll still be there.

[Thoth]

26. Amen to that!

I can't wait for him to come to New Hampshire - I'll have a LARGE sign to greet him.

[AntiCoup2K4]

10. The Idiot Son Of An Asshole is coming to Washington state??

So where's the dumbass lying criminal bastard going to be?

"First Ammendment zone", my ass :evilgrin:

[PartyPooper]

22. Yeah, looks like he wants to invade the western "blue" states.

But, the protests will be HUGE!!! :-)

Gee, I wonder what the troops will think when they see their "leader" on TV...laying around the (air-conditioned) ranch goofing off...and prancing up and down the west coast...raising all of that cash for his campaign? He'll be doing this for the entire month of August...and, partly on *OUR* dime! Hmmmmmm, I wonder how most Americans will feel about this "working vacation"?

[alcuno]

11. I KNEW it! Dick Morris said this would be a big mistake.

Not that I respect that little worm, but on this I think he's correct. The man masquerading as the POTUS is a major slacker and suffers from monumental arrogance. Let him go on his fund-raising vacation and let the American people see once again what they are stuck with until 2004.

[haymaker]

12. Any word on cities?

Where is the fraud going to extort payola? Probably a big paranoid secret, except to the brownshirts.

[Ouabache]

51. We could start visiting fundy churches in the areas he will be fundraising

Just go in for these next few weeks -act like you are looking for a church home- sure it won't be easy but you can steel yourself to it--act real interested in joining-ask questions about what they do as far as political support. These are the places they bus in from, hell, get on one of their buses and get a free ride in to protest.
Borg their asses.

[Wednesdays]

70. Excellent idea...

But don't go to church in a tie-dye T-shirt or drive up in your VW with your "Dukakis/Bentsen" bumper sticker on the back.

Might sort of tip them off. :evilgrin:

[Bandit]

77. That sounds like how the freepers think liberals look and act

I question where you are coming from with that insulting stereotype.

[amanda_the_texan]

83. "Converts" like myself

who were raised as political conservatives and conservative/fundamentalist Christians should be doing more in-depth oppos. research (distasteful as hanging around at such functions is). I would blend extremely well, for one, having both the proper appearance (dress and speech patterns) and family/family-friend ties. Hmmm.

[catzies]

85. Welcome to DU! Amanda_the_Texan!!

Glad you have you on our side fighting the good fight! :bounce:

[NYC]

15. Remind everyone that the soldiers don't get a vacation.

Just keep reminding everyone.

[punpirate]

17. Pay less attention to the mock official business....

Watch who visits at the ranch in August to get a sense of what's coming down in September, when that new product gets rolled out....

[ComerPerro]

18. Well Thank God

I know that Americans are still dying almost daily in Iraq, I know that Bush lied about nuclear threats in the state of the union, I know he started the war with Iraq and then went on vacation every weekend during the war, and I know he took a monthlong vacation in 2001 despite recieving numerous warnings about an imminent terrorist attack.
But the man deserves a taxpayer-funded vacation with the added perks of fundraising.
If he doesn't continue taking monthlong vacations, the terrorists win. (And by terrorists, I mean us).

All sarcasm aside, why does this do-nothing moron need a vacation anyway?

[PaDUer]

33. He needed another vacation

because he wants to count the $$ he's been bringing in for his retirement..I can see him jumping on the mattress with the stepford wife..Don't forget those weekends away that many would call a vacation if we were lucky, is "work" to him & he feels that he deserves it because he's the hottest cat in town..--ya right!

[Skittles]

42. the very fact

that he chooses to vacation the entire month of f***ing AUGUST in TEXAS proves he's crazy.

[DagmarK]

48. He's practicing for hell...........August in Texas.......

Or maybe he really is the spawn of Satan.....and he really, really is "goin' home for a visit"?

[gulliver]

20. Is this a reprint from last year?

And the year before?

[peterh]

21. Wonder if shrub will pay a visit to the new guy in town…

Maybe pickles can cook up a pie go welcome the new neighbors :hippie:


<http://www.conscious-shell.com/crawfordpeacehouse/>

The Crawford Peace House

With our unique location in a tiny village near the Western White House, we plan to offer a special welcome to representatives of foreign media who visit Crawford when the president is nearby.

<http://us.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/03/10/bush.activist.reut/>

Crawford Mayor Robert Campbell told the Dallas Morning News the town will keep a close eye on the peace house. Campbell was not immediately available for comment.
"We're not going to let them turn the town into a three-ring circus," Campbell told the paper. "If they want to protest, let them go to Washington."

[saigon68]

56. "We're not going to let them turn the town into a three-ring circus"-Mayor

It already is Dumbass.

I hope the protesters put this place on the map

[annonymous]

23. What is it with * and August vacations?

I swear this man is the laziest president in history! I do not consider raising money from fatcats working.

[PaDUer]

34. August....uhh...

deja vu...ugh!!

[GOPisEvil]

60. Congress is not in session in August...

...so there's a reason for choosing August, although...A WHOLE FREAKING MONTH?!?! :eyes:

[JackSwift]

25. August 2001

Bush is too lazy to do his job and goes on vacation all month.

Al Queda works all August and kills 3000 Americans in September.

[JPace]

63. I wonder if he is beginning to crack....

under all the pressure. Smirkboy may be losing it
emotionally, this is not a guy who is used to
anything but the EASY life. If this is so I can see
how Karl Rove would arrange time out for * so he
and the other handlers can get their puppet better
rehearsed so the cracks don't show.

[dbt]

27. And CBS News reported tonight there's word of another attack

that al-Qaeda is reportedly planning by the end of summer. Yes, it involves hijacking a jetliner and crashing it into a "target" inside the US!

So bu$h is going to be on vacation for a month--AGAIN. Right around the time that terrorists (against whom we should have been working instead of invading Iraq FOR CHRISSAKES) will be putting another jet-missile into operation.

What's your excuse gonna be this time, Puppet Boy? How ya gonna convince us you didn't see THIS ONE coming???

(And where the FUCK is that flipoff icon now that we really REALLY need it?)

:grr:
dbt

[grasswire]

28. he's doing such a piss-poor job...

...that he ought to PAY US rent to live in OUR HOUSE.

[freeforall]

29. dbt...

Right you are! This sounds like another set-up to me, since I didn't believe Bushco were ignorant about September 11, 2001.

Think they'd go so far as to set something up so they could win the 2004 election?

Just too fishy IMO - terror alert, * going on vacation (he hasn't been working since he was selected anyway), talk of hijackers using airplanes by the end of summer...

Makes ya wonder...

:think:

[dbt]

57. freeforall, "ignorant" ain't the word for it!

bu$h may be a Happy Idiot, but you can bet his puppet masters know (and knew) everything that's going on!

LIHOP 2: The Sequel! Coming this September to a high-rise near you! DON'T miss it!!! (Just pray that it misses you.)

I fear that they will pull worse stunts than this to win in '04. And the one I REALLY fear I cannot even post because it is effectively FORBIDDEN to discuss!

:freak:
dbt

[MODemocrat]

30. Maybe he's TIRED from all the lying and playing the Blame Game

He's by far the laziest individual I've ever heard of. The taxpayers have to pay for his money-grabbing vacations, like it or not. What a drag he is on this country in every area of his "leadership."

[dansolo]

32. That's why the terror alert level wasn't raised

I thought it was really strange that we get this warning about "credible evidence" that al Quaeda is planning another attack, and yet they didn't increase the terror level to orange. While I believe that the terror levels are pretty much worthless, isn't this exactly what the orange level is supposed to represent? But, of course, it would look really bad if Bush went on vacation during an orange alert.

[annagull]

37. They've raised it over less credible information

They've raised it over the all encompassing "chatter", now we have some specifics and they won't raise the alert level? This proves the whole color coded scheme is a political tool, nothing more.

[bpilgrim]

35. what would americans think if something happen while he was on vakay?

would americans, hold it against him?

peace

[NJCher]

36. the $175 million that won't pay out

I hope the Whore does pick up $175 million because there's nothing I'd like to see better than $175 million from his fat cat contributors go straight down the tube when he loses in '04. W's a bad investment.


Cher

[dusty64]

39. All this and the thread I

just read about pulling the air marshals of cross country flights (maybe afraid they might botch their next "terra attack"). This is unbelievable, are the People really stupid enough to buy this twice?

[Beetwasher]

40. This is Great!

I'm very happy he's doing this. 'nuff said. I mean, doesn't he deserve it? :eyes:

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

41. He has to go back to Crawford TX for the hottest month of the year.

All that heat fries his brain which keeps his idiocy intact.

[are_we_united_yet]

44. The problem is

its not a permanent vacation (like unemployment)

[goforit]

45. Orange Alert + No Air Marshalls + 1Month Crawford = Yikes!!!!!!!!

:wow:

[Nottingham]

46. This is freaking me out! Yellow Alert! Bush was on Cipro before9/11

:bounce: Is it that he knows before these events happen!

[DagmarK]

50. Bush was on Cipro BEFORE 9/11???? Are you kidding?

*

[dbt]

58. Uncertain just when he and The Dick began taking Cipro, but

it was well before the notorious Anthrax Letters were mailed to Dash-all and the Librul Media!

:argh:
dbt

[eek]

74. yup. Cipro to sr WH staff a month before the anthrax attacks,

also:
- asscrack had stopped flying commercial in June or July.
-cheney had been put in charge of terra in May
-43 million in "humanitarian aid" had been given to the taliban
- there was the WTO thing where aWol stayed offshore because of threats that planes could be used as bombs at the meetings
-jebby huey had signed some document thingies giving him power to declare martial in Fla l Sept 7-ish

nothing to see here folks, move along please

[smirkymonkey]

82. I cannot f**king believe this!!

How can it not be obvious to even the dimmist half-wit that this moron is seriously out of control!! Have those facts been disclosed to the public via any major media outlet? WTF

I am so sickened by this administration I can barely keep food down. It is no longer Orwellian, it is now officially Kafka-esqe. I can barely wrap my mind around it. :grr:

[maggrwaggr]

49. time for another 28-day rehab!

gotta get those nose-strawberries to go away.

[Ouabache]

52. What Happened to "Not resting" until he had Osama ?

Looks like he is resting his sorry, lying ass to me.

[jackstraw45]

78. Who's Bin Laden?

:eyes:

What a bang-up job Chimpy has done. Those 4 hour workdays must be a lot to deal with in between all those naps and exercise.

Glad we're spending $4 billion a month in Iraq when they couldn't come up with $900 million to keep air marshals in the air.

Impeach the Chimp!!

[PretzelzRule]

54. Here's my "surprised" face:

:eyes:

[dusty64]

55. Kick.

x

[Q]

59. WE have to pay for HALF his fund-raising trips?

- Hey...I thought it was OUR money?

[JackDragna]

61. I guess those terrorists are a big threat, eh?

Bush has time to go chase tumbleweeds on his ranch while there's this great threat to our nation! Or maybe terrorism really isn't that threatening after all. What a colossal prick.

[saigon68]

81. Bush has time to go chase tumbleweeds

He can stay out of the public eye, sleep late, and raise a lot of $$$ for his CREEP committee

[Zero Gravitas]

62. WHAAAAAAAA ?

Let me get this straight der Homelandsicherheitsabteilung is saying that Osama "dead or alive" bin Laden is preparing another 9/11 type attack, North Korea is building nu-ku-lar weapons, the occupation of Iraq is not exactly going to plan and Botch* (who the whore media tout as a "Great Leader") is going on vactaion for a MONTH taking the occaisional break to raise money for his "re" election????? WTF?

Is dereliction of duty an impeachable offence?

[Loonman]

66. Brace yourselves

Boosh is hiding in anticipation of another terror attack.

[joshcryer]

67. I don't get it, why should Presidents get to do fund raising at all?

I mean, if they did a good job, they would have no reason to campaign for reelection... oh wait, forgot... we live in a plutocrasy...

[dArKeR]

68. 'I will never take a vacation while our children are dying.' Dean.

Dean should saturate the media with this statement.

'I will never go fund raising while our children are dying.' Dean.

'I will never rest while our children are dying.' Dean

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

[MyClaud]

69. The man hasn't worked

a day in his life, so why would he start now? I wish he wouldn't visit the west coast and infect the area with his presence. We can't afford the disinfectant needed to clean up after him.

As far as I'm concerned, the man has been on vacation since taking office. Puppets don't have a lot to do. They wait until it's show time when their strings are pulled and "say" what the puppet master wants them to say.

[eek]

73. the monthlong vaca/media training in 2001 scared me

I remember when aWol took his first month offf in August '01 it seemed mighty damned fishy to me.
Remember back in those more innocent times? When his approval was going south, the econ was tanking, he was pissing off every country, ignoring treaties, there was the fundraiser's submarine killing of the japanese sailors, there was the photo opp looking over at N korea (through covered binocs) saying "that's evil" like some 3rd grader.
There was the couldn't string 2 words together, lean on the podium thing.

I figured at the time that they dragged him over to Compund W
(love that!) for some intensive media training. practice looking less stupid on TV , how to work the mic-in-the-ear-so-you-can-repeat-what-kkkarl-is-prompting-you-with-doohicky.

Little did we know he was really training to look "presidential" in anticipation of the upcoming National tragedy!


Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good right now.

:scared:

[2cents]

76. Despite the potential threat

I'm more comfortable when he's not sitting in Al Gore's chair.

I'd rather have the "little fella" playing cowboy than President.

Besides, he's got ranchin' to catch up on - must have a whole passel of wild Segways that need breakin' - RIDEM' W RIDE.

[schultzee]

79. song "He don't work hard for the money."

He is the laziest least intelligent most corrupt of any president that I can remember within my lifetime.

[Parche]

84. vote next year

So we can send his laziness back to crawford texas for good

[whoYaCallinAlib]

86. Excuse me while I puke.

I hope the media contrasts him resting on his ranch while our troops are fighting for their lives.

[Gingersnap]

88. he gets much more vacation than a physician resident does

My brother is a surgery resident and he only gets one day off a week and two weeks vacation a year. And he works 13-16 hour days. It's just outrageous that our president, in a time of war, gets such a cushy schedule. I guess they're banking on the fact that everyone knows he doesn't do or control anything anyway.

[kidrocks]

90. Meanwhile...back at the Ranch.

And now we have a liar as our President who passes the buck. We are the laughing-stock of the world. We are much-hated throughout the world. We live in fear. Our economy is tanking because of Bush's tax-cuts for the rich. We are stuck in a quaqmire in Iraq not to mention our troops are methodically being killed every day as President Bush encourages the enemy with moronic statements like "Bring em on"!

Unemployment is the highest in 10 years. Wall Street is anemic and reports say Bush missed 9/11 signs.

Meanwhile back at the Texas Ranch, all is well while Bush relaxes and takes another month off at tax-payers expense while America is going to hell in a bread-basket.

As Rush Limbaugh said "Another American killed in Iraq...so what?"

[robbedvoter]

91. uh, wasn't the goal 200 million? Has been lowered to 170?

Is that a discount system like Simon used to have?