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okaawhatever

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12. The basis is he took a long weekend in Florida and the Ukraine crisis was going on. They wll not

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 12, 2014, 10:26 AM

Mar 2014

mention Bush's failure to end vacations when big things were going on. Nor will they mention that at the end of last summer Bush had an extra 300 days of vacation over Obama. This is dog whistle politics The implication is that Obama (the black man) takes too many vacations (he's lazy). Bigots don't care about the truth, hearing the story confirms their own ignorant views.

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What did George "Whoopass" Bush do in '08 when Russia took (and kept) 20% of Georgia's territory? [View all] africanadian Mar 2014 OP

He wasn't black liberal N proud Mar 2014 #1

That's...what I figured africanadian Mar 2014 #13

They only beat their weakness drum when we have Democratic Presidents. B Calm Mar 2014 #2

Cheney explained it on "Face the nation" Sunday Enrique Mar 2014 #3

Bwaaaaaaaaah malaise Mar 2014 #4

He wanted to wrestle Putin, but unfortunately had to cut brush in Crawford that year. Scuba Mar 2014 #5

he was on a freedom vacation. father founding Mar 2014 #10

I'll take "Not a fucking thing because he was on vacation" for $1000, Alex. 11 Bravo Mar 2014 #6

The same thing he did when he learned America was under attack on 9/11 KansDem Mar 2014 #7

All right, come clean! africanadian Mar 2014 #15

Yeah, you got me... KansDem Mar 2014 #17

What is the basis of the new attack calling Obama the "vacation" President? Dustlawyer Mar 2014 #8

The basis is he took a long weekend in Florida and the Ukraine crisis was going on. They wll not okaawhatever Mar 2014 #12

Yes, a feedback loop, albeit of the non-climatological variety africanadian Mar 2014 #16

"Bush's Brain" Thespian2 Mar 2014 #9

Bush did the same thing Obama is goong to do... nothing. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #11

The truth about South Ossetia polly7 Mar 2014 #14