FROM AMERICAN THINKER...DETAILS ABOUT THE LAZY ASS USURPER IN THE WHITE HOUSE...

In a detailed report, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Institute (GAI) estimated that the president has spent over twice as many hours on vacation and golf (976 hours) as he has in economic meetings of any kind (474.4 hours).  And those calculations were figured in ways that gave a very distinct advantage to the president. There is general agreement that GAI seriously underestimated the president's leisure time and overestimated his time working on the economy. For instance, GAI used very broad interpretations of what constitutes "economic meetings" by including any cabinet meeting or time spent with businessmen.  Likewise, the president was given "benefit of the doubt" regarding the time he spent vacationing and golfing.  For instance, the president once said on record that playing golf takes six hours, but the GAI only counted four hours for each golf round.

But even when given credit for many more hours of economic meetings and counting far fewer hours of vacation and golf time, President Obama still ended up playing twice as much as working on the economy since he was elected in 2008.

The report from GAI, "Presidential Calendar: A Time-Based Analysis," parallels findings by the GAI last July, adding to the documented evidence that this president spends very little time working on the economy, even though unemployment remains high and the fiscal debt and deficit remain in crisis.

Based on a variety of sources covering 1,532 days in office (through March 31, 2013) - the official White House calendar, the comprehensive presidential calendar from Politico, and media reports - the GAI report is both comprehensive and thorough.

Some Key GAI Findings regarding the President's lack of diligence on the economy:

• Assuming a 10-hour workday, six days a week, Mr. Obama has spent only 3.6% of his time on economic matters.
• Throughout his whole presidency, Mr. Obama has spent less than 50 workdays on any kind of economic meeting or briefing.
• Thus far this year, the president has spent a total of six hours in economic meetings of any kind.
• As his term has gone on, the president has spent "significantly" less and less time on the economy (almost 80% decline).
• President Obama has attended less than half of the daily intelligence briefings (42.1% of the 1,532 days reviewed by GAI).

Some Key GAI Findings regarding the president's enjoyment of vacations and golfing:

• The president has played 115 rounds of golf.
• The president has spent 86 days on vacation.

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