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Dear Staff,

   I found this article to be poorly written. What is the thesis? Is it about Bush vacationing? Then why does it discuss illegal immigration, Iraq and global warming? Those issues do tie into the closing statement that states that government's role should be "protecting the American people and the environment in which they live," but it fails to show how either of these are connected to, or impaired by, the president being on vacation. I don't argue that the president spends an excessive amount of time on vacation, but this article fails in addressing, much less proving, its point.

   Another thing - how could the president be on vacation for five weeks in one month - the month of August? If this is referring to another time period, it does not state what time period that is.

Peter Granderson

Peter,

 

Thanks for taking the time to read The Voice.

 

The thesis of the article you're referring to is that the president was on vacation when he should have been addressing many of the country's problems: illegal immigration, Iraq, global warming and gas prices. It would be pointless to complain about the president being on vacation without mentioning why he shouldn't be, right? See how it all ties together?

 

Those problems faced America. America's president was on vacation.

 

Also, nowhere in the article does it say the president's entire vacation took place in August. It simply says he fished, napped, rode his bike and cleared brush in August.

 

Once again, thanks for reading and thanks for submitting your opinion.

Regards,
Michael Ford, Editor-In-Chief