Report: ...even for a man famed for taking long, luxuriant holidays, this year's presidential vacation is breaking records. When US President George W. Bush boarded Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base just outside Washington on Tuesday to make the journey to his ranch in Crawford, Texas, it signaled the start of nearly five weeks away from the White House, believed to be the longest retreat in at least 36 years.
Never a big fan of Washington, the president much prefers spending aimless, brain-dead days on his fake ranch, where he can clear brush, toodle around in his truck, an' play Cowboys and America-Hating Injuns