Did George W. Bush spend 32% of his presidency vacationing, versus Barack Obama's 5.2%? This picture is making the rounds on Facebook: ![Presidential Vacation Days]( > [Picture of George W. Bush] 32% [Picture of Barack Obama] 5.2% > Percentage of presidency spent on vacation. > Guess which one conservatives call "The Vacationer in Chief"? > facebook.com/CrazyAssShit While I do recall hearing about the large number of so called vacation days George Bush took on Meet the Press, I am slightly skeptical that President Obama's vacation days were counted in the same manner. Are these figures accurate? What method was used to arrive at these figures?

There is abundant evidence that Obama takes less vacation than past presidents. George W Bush was notorious for taking a lot of time away from the Whitehouse, most of it at his ranch. Here are some articles and quotes:

> Factcheck.org . Obama spent 26 days on vacation in his first year in office: Reagan 42, George W Bush 77, George HW Bush 40.
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> CBS News Obama spent 61 days on vacation in his first 31 months in office: George W Bush 180, Reagan 112, Clinton 28.
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> MSNBC Obama took 84 days vacation in his first term. George W Bush took over 1000 days vacation in his two terms. **This equates to 5.7% for Obama and 34% for Bush** (we'll use 365 days a year as the basis on the assumption that the President works 7 days a week)