http://themoderatevoice.com/14496/vacation-president/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 03:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/14496/vacation-president/comment-page-1/#comment-94845 PatHMV Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:05:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/george-w-bush/14496/vacation-president/#comment-94845 More simply put, people who are really on vacation don't have to have official meetings with foreign heads of state. Meeting with another President is working, not playing, no matter where it may happen. More simply put, people who are really on vacation don’t have to have official meetings with foreign heads of state. Meeting with another President is working, not playing, no matter where it may happen.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/14496/vacation-president/comment-page-1/#comment-94844 PatHMV Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:04:24 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/george-w-bush/14496/vacation-president/#comment-94844 The average French worker also doesn't have to do any work at all on his vacation. The President of the United States, however, is never really "on vacation." He has aides and staff with him every where he goes. He has communication equipment which he uses regularly to keep in touch with whatever is going on in Washington. It's not exactly a 9-to-5 job. When he goes on "vacation," he's lightening his load slightly and doing it in another location, that's all. The average French worker also doesn’t have to do any work at all on his vacation. The President of the United States, however, is never really “on vacation.” He has aides and staff with him every where he goes. He has communication equipment which he uses regularly to keep in touch with whatever is going on in Washington. It’s not exactly a 9-to-5 job. When he goes on “vacation,” he’s lightening his load slightly and doing it in another location, that’s all.

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