Heh. The Shrub is defending the length of his vacation. Apparently, the public at large is just a tad peeved about this month-off thing; it's the longest presidential vacation in 30 years, it seems. "... I'm the kind of person that needs to get outdoors.... It keeps my mind whole, keeps my spirits up," he says. To which the only responses are: (1) The White House has some rather extensive grounds, especially if you consider that it's smack in the middle of a large city, and (2) in that case, why the hell would you want a job that will keep you indoors all the time? What did he do in Texas, for heaven's sake? Govern from the back of a horse? (No doubt while the cows were talking to him.) Granted, the Texas Lege meets only 60 days every two years -- I dare say that makes for lots of vacation time, and the change must be rather shocking. But still .....
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