The next time anyone bitches about Kerry/Edwards missing votes . . .

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Remind them of how the Commander in Chief is spending all of HIS time . . .

Bush spending little time at White House

If you're looking for President Bush, don't bother searching the White House. Bush has not spent a full day in Washington since Aug. 2 -- roaming the country rather than staying in the Oval Office as he seeks a second term.

On Wednesday, he'll break a 44-day, outside-the-Beltway streak to host a concert and reception at the White House in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. But not for long: He's back on the road the next day. On Aug. 2, Bush stayed in town for a Rose Garden appearance in which he announced his support for a national intelligence chief and establishment of a national counterterrorism center.

In between, Bush visited 21 states in 44 days, including three stays at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, and some time at his family's home on the Maine coast.

But most of the travel has been to the dozen or so states where he and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry are fighting the hardest -- six trips to Ohio, five to Pennsylvania, four each to Iowa, Florida, Michigan and West Virginia, and twice to Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Nevada and Wisconsin.


http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/09/14/bush/index.html

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1. at least we can feel safe and secure that he has the "football" with him

so he can launch a nuclear attack on a moment's notice, if need be.