But in their efforts to lash out at Obama over every little thing, conservatives are forced to do the most uncomfortable thing possible: pretend George W. Bush was a shinning counter-example to Obama’s excesses. It’s no easy task, as we shall see.
In the latest example, conservative website Independent Journal Review, decided to argue that Obama’s vacation showed a lack of presidential poise. Titled “How the Bushes Spent Christmas in Office is One More Striking Difference between Them and the Obamas,” the article went on to describe Bush’s Christmas’ as times of great charity and thoughtfulness, whereas Obama might as well be renamed “The Grinch.”
While [the Bush’s] were in the White House, they always delayed their trip home to Texas until after Christmas.
Instead, they’d spend the days leading up to Christmas relaxing in Camp David, a presidential retreat located just 62 miles away from D.C.
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When President Bush made Christmas calls to the troops, it was on Christmas Eve from Camp David.
If you’re wondering why that makes Bush sound better, it doesn’t. The author, so confident going into the article, now can’t find any good reason why Bush is a better vacationer than Obama. It would be embarrassing if it weren’t so predictable.
The best thing the writer can come with is this pitiful jab: