# The president is having a lovely vacation. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888 "2003-08-27T03:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/1 "2003-08-27T03:03:08Z")
[http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0334/sutton.php](http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0334/sutton.php) May the gods rain down their fury on those who use our troops as cannon fodder. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/2 "2003-08-27T03:12:07Z")
DNFTT ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/3 "2003-08-27T03:14:24Z")
DNFTR (Do not feed the Reeder.) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/4 "2003-08-27T03:14:33Z")
I reckon you agree with the premise for the cartoon then wingnut. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/5 "2003-08-27T03:17:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*I reckon you agree with the premise for the cartoon then wingnut. \*\* I fart in your general direction. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/6 "2003-08-27T03:19:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*I fart in your general direction. \*\* And you are how old? ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/7 "2003-08-27T03:20:32Z")
No, I think it’s stupid, for the same reason that you don’t hammer Congress, you know, the same Congress that overwhelmingly supported the war, and the same one that is regularly not in session. It’s not like he’s incommunicado or anything. He’s playing golf or doing whatever. I play golf too, and some of my own squadronmates are still over there. Should I put a hold on my life and wait anxiously for news about events that I have no direct control over? No. And neither should the President. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/8 "2003-08-27T03:20:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*And you are how old? \*\* Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of eldeberries! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/9 "2003-08-27T03:29:55Z")
Let me guess…12? And I too, am a fan of Monty Python. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/10 "2003-08-27T03:35:38Z")
Why is it that society wants everybody to have vacation time from their jobs… except for the U.S. President? I’m not talking about any specific president here. Regardless of who is in office, it always seems that some loser comes along to criticize the fact that the Pres. is taking a vacation, too. If day-to-day current events are always so crucial as to demand the president’s undivided attention 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, then perhaps we simply need to adjust the job description to include no vacation time, no sick days, and no weekends. Until then, let the man have his vacation. (You do realize that Democrat presidents take vacation time, too…?) Now go away, or **Michael Ellis** shall taunt you a secon’t time-a. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/11 "2003-08-27T03:47:16Z")
If he’s at his ranch in Texas, I can assure you that’s it’s not that lovely this time of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/12 "2003-08-27T03:48:01Z")
Somebody needs to find **reeder** ’s medication. If he’s not taking any, he damn well needs to start. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/13 "2003-08-27T03:50:57Z")
[LOOK AT THIS! TREASON!!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s&threadid=207403) I’M RIGHT I’M RIGHT I’M RIGHT!! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/14 "2003-08-27T03:59:13Z")
mmmmmmmmmmmm…sacrilicious _Village Voice!_ I feel so Cosmopolitical now… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/15 "2003-08-27T04:22:43Z")
Looks like **Reeder** is experiencing a some sort of mental breakdown. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/16 "2003-08-27T04:25:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Looks like **Reeder** is experiencing a some sort of mental breakdown. \*\* Seriously, it does. Anyone else get the feeling that Reeder has nightmares of Dick Cheney’s head chanting “American Blood for oil! Win 2004! Enrich Halliburton!” a la _Zardoz_? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/17 "2003-08-27T04:30:31Z")
hehe ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/18 "2003-08-27T04:31:54Z")
Looks like his thread bailout time is shortening with his dwindling sanity. Should I even mention that Bush is a lock for 2004? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/19 "2003-08-27T04:48:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*[http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0334/sutton.php](http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0334/sutton.php) > > May the gods rain down their fury on those who use our troops as cannon fodder. \*\* Reeder, shut up. Seriously. Shut the fuck up and stop posting this pointless drivel. It’s a waste of space. NOBODY CARES that Bush is on vacation. NOBODY CARES about you whining over the President setting up a re-election website. NOBODY CARES about some crackpot conspiracy theory about the connection between Qusay and Udai’s deaths and the release of the 9/11 report. And most of all, NOBODY CARES for your shitty posts. When you hear of a new development in the War On Bush from one of your favorite second-rate politcal blogs, think to yourself: will this make a good thread? Ninety percent of the time, it will not. This is one of those times. If you absolutely must spout this shit whenever you hear about it, get your own blog. And don’t think I’m saying this because I’m one of them evil conservatives fuckers. I’m not. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to give you a pass on being a total dipshit. That might have been a bit too harsh. But it sure felt good. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888/20 "2003-08-27T04:51:54Z")
“cheddarsnax” are good bait, aren’t they? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-president-is-having-a-lovely-vacation/197888.md?page=2)