who was the last president to take a month vacation..while at "war"

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by OldJeff

http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20031001.html

Says a lot about how much time presidents have been on vacation

Great article, Jeff!

For those too lazy to click, here's the facts from the article:

Carter, Dem. - 79 days off
Reagan, Rep. - 335 days off
Bush Sr., Rep. - 543 days off
Clinton, Dem. - 152 days off
Bush Jr., Rep. - 250 days off ... so far - 27% of his presidency on vacation

Gee, a pattern emerges. What a surprise. Not.

[OldJeff]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Great article, Jeff!

For those too lazy to click, here's the facts from the article:

Carter, Dem. - 79 days off
Reagan, Rep. - 335 days off
Bush Sr., Rep. - 543 days off
Clinton, Dem. - 152 days off
Bush Jr., Rep. - 250 days off ... so far - 27% of his presidency on vacation

Gee, a pattern emerges. What a surprise. Not.

The article is from 2003

Scary was Bush Sr. 543 days in one term - There is not Doubt W will go way over the top - aparently republicans need more vacation than democrats do.

To be fair I am betting these numbers are for the total days off - since it is a 24/7 job weekends are work days so with that factored in the Average working guy getting 2 weeks vacation and some sick/personal days has 125 days off a year - so looking at it that way even W has less time off than your average worker.