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Inauguration coverage 2001 on a nasty
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but it could be worse kind of day in Washington.
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On the day George W. Bush was inaugurated,
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tens of thousands of Americans
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poured into the streets of DC
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in one last attempt to claim
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what had been taken from them.
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They pelted Bush's limo with eggs
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and brought the inauguration parade to a halt.
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The plan to have Bush get out of the limo
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for the traditional walk
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to the White House was scrapped;
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Bush's limo hit the gas
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to prevent an even larger riot.
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No President had ever witnessed such a thing
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on his inauguration day.
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And for the next eight months
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it didn't get any better for George W. Bush.
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He couldn't get his judges appointed;
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he had trouble getting his legislation passed;
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and he lost Republican control of the Senate.
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His approval ratings in the polls began to sink.
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He was already beginning to look
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like a lame duck President.
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With everything going wrong
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he did what any of us would do --
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he went on vacation.
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In his first eight months in office
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before September 11th,
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George W. Bush was on vacation,
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according to the Washington Post,
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forty-two percent of the time.
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I hit every shot good;
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people would say I wasn't working.
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It was not surprising
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that Mr. Bush needed some time off.