The man has had four heart attacks! He should be the one getting a vacation, not George W:
Posted by Mike at July 19, 2004 07:36 PM | TrackBack
WASHINGTON - President Bush plans to lie low during next week's Democratic National Convention, but his re-election campaign will send a "thorn-in-their-side" contingent to react to Bush-bashing, and Vice President Dick Cheney will keep up the attacks on John Kerry during a West Coast swing.The last two presidents seeking re-election quietly decamped to Jackson, Wyo., during the opposing party's nominating convention, and Bush will likewise keep a low profile when the Democrats gather in Boston. Bush plans to spend July 23-29 at his Crawford, Texas, ranch catching his breath before the campaign's home stretch, aides say.
He and his wife, Laura, will be out of the limelight during the Democratic National Convention, July 26-29, taking a rare break from their heavy re-election travel in recent weeks....
Cheney's two immediate predecessors, Dan Quayle and Al Gore , both took vacation during the opposition's convention.
The vice president will break with that tradition. He owns a home in Jackson, Wyo., but will not spend the week there. Cheney plans a West Coast campaign swing during the convention, aides say. He will continue headlining re-election rallies and delivering policy speeches contrasting Bush's records with Kerry's, they said, declining to provide details. Cheney also will appear at fund-raisers for Republican congressional candidates.
By coincidence, both the first President Bush and President Clinton vacationed in Jackson during their opponents' conventions. Both professed that they hadn't watched the gatherings.