Some nice investigative work

[paulthompson]

This is from the Center of American Progress's website:

http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/{E9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03}/timeline.pdf

President Bush’s Vacation Schedule after August 6, 2001 – the day the White House received the “hair raising” warning about an imminent al Qaeda attack.

Monday, August 6
4-mile run, building nature walk in canyon, fishing.1
Tuesday, August 7
Golf.2
3-mile run.3
Fishing, cookout with Mel Martinez.4
Wednesday, August 8
Habitat for Humanity, Waco, TX (injured finger).5 “ took a few hours …
Bush spent a leisurely 30 minutes posing for pictures, signing autographs and talking to Texas officials. He also spoke to the press for about 10 minutes.”6
Chatted with neighbors, Crawford, TX, “just over an hour”.7
Worked out with weights8
Thursday, August 9
Jogging, fishing, announced stem cell decision (9pm EST).9
Sunday, August 12
Church near Crawford.10
Monday, August 13
Golf, signed agriculture bill with audience of farmers.11
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
Thinned brush and raised money at a picnic in Colorado.12
Talked to children at YMCA camp in Colorado.13
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Talked to children in Albuquerque, opened job-training center, addressed Chamber of Commerce, fundraised for Sen. Domenici, Colorado Rockies v. Atlanta Braves.14
Saturday, August 18, 2001
Radio address re: faith-based initiatives.15
Monday, August 20, 2001
Addressed VFW Convention, toured Harley-Davidson plant, Milwaukee.16
Work out, dinner with friends.17
Tuesday, August 21, 2001
Truman High School, Independence, MO re: taxes.18
Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Ran, lifted weights.19
Thursday, August 23, 2001
Golf, Crawford Elementary School, met with horticulturalist re: trees on ranch.20
Friday, August 24, 2001
Press conference re: economy (1st conference of vacation).21
Saturday, August 25, 2001
Ranch tour for the press (80 minutes).22
Sunday, August 26, 2001
Steel Plant in Pennsylvania, barbeque.23
Little League World Series Championship (Japan v. Florida).24
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Spoke at an American Legion Convention re: military budget, tax cut.25
Dedicate a restored grist mill, San Antonio.26

[Safi]

1. Thanks Paul

:):)

[enough]

2. Those were the days. (nt)

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[DoYouEverWonder]

3. I'd love to see his schedule

for Sept 1 thru the 11th. From what I remember at the time, he was out of DC a lot, going some place different everyday supposedly for photo ops to push his education program. Was he avoiding DC because they knew an attack was coming?

We already know about his overnighter in Florida on the 10th and 11th, which is unusual for him to go anywhere in the US and spend more than just a few hours. I wonder how many other overnighters he had during that time and if he spent any significant amount of time at all in DC during that period?

Also it seems odd, that W's parents would come to visit the WH and spend the night, when Bu$h wasn't even there?