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Can you give me some "comeback" for someone who is debating me re: Obama's "many vacations" re: his vacation time/cost?

Asked by jca (36062points) January 3rd, 2013

I am currently involved in a debate on FB with a friend who wrote something referencing Obama’s “many vacations” and that he “cut short one of his many vacations” to address the nation’s fiscal problems. The rant goes on about how Obama gave Congress and his partner a raise. He goes on to discuss Al Jazeera and how it wants to buy a US cable network.

I know his main discussion was not about Obama’s vacations, but I have seen a lot of people talk on FB about the “many vacations” he takes, so I googled some stats on the Most Vacationed President, who happens to be George W. Bush.

I responded with stats on George W. Bush and his vacation time (1020 days on vacation in 8 years), more vacation time than any President since Herbert Hoover.

He responded about Bush’s vacations being to his ranch, and that I should google the cost to the US taxpayer, which he would bet is less for Bush’s traveling than Obama’s, “even if he was out more days.”

Can anybody help me with this one?

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