FLASHBACK: Facing 9.5 % Unemployment, Reagan Set Off On 25-Day Summer Vacation

[Emit]

The annual summertime ritual of conservatives attacking Obama for going on summer vacation is swinging into high gear...

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Not only did Reagan go on a secluded, 25-day California retreat, but his top aides reportedly stopped relaying news events to him so as to not disturb the president’s sojourn.

From the Washington Post, Aug. 22, 1983 (emphasis added):

As President Reagan relaxes on his mountaintop ranch northwest of Santa Barbara, tucked away from the workaday cares of Washington, his top advisers have decided to put an end to what one of them calls "unnecessary news stories."

The negative news coverage that the president abhors was a topic of discussion at a White House breakfast the day before Reagan left on his present 25-day trip, the 17th stopover at his ranch since his election.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/201108190002

[gateley]

1. Why doesn't just ONE reporter use this as a follow up question when

a Republican comments on it? Boy, what a bunch of wimps, or they haven't been doing their jobs.

[florida_lurker]

2. The only thing more dependable than the POTUS taking a vacation in August

...is the other party freaking out about it and calling them irresponsible for doing so.

[alsame]

3. Poppy was running things anyway, no need to 'disturb' St Ronnie. nt

[hughee99]

4. Exactly, a bunch of goddamn hypocrites they are!

I can't even imagine Democrats giving * a hard time when he was on vacation. That's why THEY are hypocrites and WE are not.