Thursday, August 19, 2010

In Short: What, Rush Lie?

I just got to listen to some TIA-inducing Limbaugh in the car today and was still stunned that I can still be stunned by Rush giving fraud a living voice.

Asshat was commenting on How many vacations Obama was taking and then feigned outrage at the obvious liberal retort: Bush did it too. But, Rush retorts, Bush's vacations were always working vacations, and he retreated to "a shack" in Crawford.

Two clarifications:

1. Dubya, during his presidency, spent 487 days at Camp David and all or part of 490 days at his Crawford Ranch. 977 vacation days divided by 4 years (+ 2 leap days) will show you George W. Bush was "on vacation" 33.4% of his entire presidency. Now where can I get a job that offers 4 months a year of paid vacation?

2. Crawford Ranch is a 1,500+ acre river-bordering property that was reportedly acquired for $1.2 million - and then Bush built a custom-designed, 4,000 square foot house. Anyone who would call that a shack has a severely retarded understanding of wealth and what the common American considers normal. Oh yeah, it's Rush we're talking about.

3 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Yeah, where can I get a shack like that?

Life As I Know It Now said...

Not to mention that most of the time while Bush was on the job he was really out to lunch--not working hard at all. Hell he took naps, worked out, and went to bed early. Does that sound like a guy working hard on the job to you?

Ricky Shambles said...

No doubt, Debra.

Lib- totally out to lunch. Paid by our tax dollars.