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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1480927" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama is Scrooge</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>...each year for the eight years that I covered him as a reporter that he gave me a spectacular gift — and he knew it.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong> In December, we never left Washington, D.C., until the day after Christmas.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Never.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Mr. Bush and his wife Laura would always depart the White House a few days before the holiday and hunker down at the presidential retreat in Maryland, Camp David.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>After a few years, I asked a low-level White House staffer why.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>I still remember what she said: “So all of us can be with our families on Christmas.”</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Who was “us”? Hundreds and hundreds of people, that’s who. Sure, the reporters who covered the president, but also dozens and dozens on his staff, a hundred Secret Service agents, maybe more, and all of those city cops required whenever the president is on the move in D.C.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>..the Bush White House had us covered: A press plane flew out with the president, and back then, reporters could pay $100 per family member for the plane ride. So sometimes, the family went along. For the kids, it was an adventure; for me, well, we were all together.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>All that has changed with President Obama. No more press plane, for one. Reporters are on their own — so taking family is, say, $1,000 a pop. Not likely. And this president would never delay his trip to his island getaway. He’s off every year well before Christmas. Hundreds and hundreds head off with him, leaving family behind.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>No Christmas at home. Instead, the Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Nice, but not exactly home.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/joseph-curl-christmastime-george-w-bush-was-santa-/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/joseph-curl-christmastime-george-w-bush-was-santa-/</a></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1480927, member: 12952"] [SIZE=6][B]At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama is Scrooge[/B] [B]...each year for the eight years that I covered him as a reporter that he gave me a spectacular gift — and he knew it.[/B] [B] In December, we never left Washington, D.C., until the day after Christmas. Never. Mr. Bush and his wife Laura would always depart the White House a few days before the holiday and hunker down at the presidential retreat in Maryland, Camp David. After a few years, I asked a low-level White House staffer why. I still remember what she said: “So all of us can be with our families on Christmas.” Who was “us”? Hundreds and hundreds of people, that’s who. Sure, the reporters who covered the president, but also dozens and dozens on his staff, a hundred Secret Service agents, maybe more, and all of those city cops required whenever the president is on the move in D.C. ..the Bush White House had us covered: A press plane flew out with the president, and back then, reporters could pay $100 per family member for the plane ride. So sometimes, the family went along. For the kids, it was an adventure; for me, well, we were all together. All that has changed with President Obama. No more press plane, for one. Reporters are on their own — so taking family is, say, $1,000 a pop. Not likely. And this president would never delay his trip to his island getaway. He’s off every year well before Christmas. Hundreds and hundreds head off with him, leaving family behind. No Christmas at home. Instead, the Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Nice, but not exactly home. [url]http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/25/joseph-curl-christmastime-george-w-bush-was-santa-/[/url] [/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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