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PGA producer: Obama golfs a lot
By: Patrick Gavin
December 29, 2010 09:29 AM EST Updated: December 29, 2010 09:58 AM EST
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Few seem to begrudge President Obama the occasional golf outing (presidents needs to unwind, right?). But John Kim, a producer for PGA.com (the PGA Tour runs the primary men's professional golf tours in North America), took to Twitter Tuesday night to ding POTUS for excessive golfing.
In response to learning of Obama's 50-plus rounds of golf since taking office, Kim wrote, "that's more than me! But then again, my job is ... golf. Wait, that doesn't seem right."
And, later: "the old adage is: those who work in golf never get to play. Guess I need to run for President to hit the links!"
(Related: Photos of Obama's Hawaiian vacation)
© 2010 Capitol News Company, LLC
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Ha ha ha ha.
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10% UE, spiking energy prices, foreclosure crisis, housing entering double dip recession, and Obama is more concerned about golf an scarfing down ice cream, beers, ice, lobsters, etc.
Nice.
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He'd better get cracking if he wants to win "Most Leisurely President" award. Bush racked up over 1000 traveling vacation days during his two terms. Why is he pussy-footing with these four hour golf games?
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He'd better get cracking if he wants to win "Most Leisurely President" award. Bush racked up over 1000 traveling vacation days during his two terms. Why is he pussy-footing with these four hour golf games?
Using Bush as the standard for Obama shows just how pathetic and awful this admn is. If Bush was the worst POTUS ever, don't you see how comparing Obama to Bush just makes obama look all that much worse considering Obama spent 4 years trashing Bush himself?
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He and his wife really do have a "let them eat cake" attitude.
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He and his wife really do have a "let them eat cake" attitude.
Wrong BB -
MOsquatch has a "let me eat as much cake as I can" attitude. ;D ;D
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Using Bush as the standard for Obama shows just how pathetic and awful this admn is. If Bush was the worst POTUS ever, don't you see how comparing Obama to Bush just makes obama look all that much worse considering Obama spent 4 years trashing Bush himself?
How does it show how awful he is if he wins the comparison... by a longshot? It's unrealistic to expect someone not to have any leisure time- OR EAT- even if they are the president. 50 rounds of golf in two years is hardly excessive, especially when you consider that several of those rounds were accumulated during vacations. So, yeah, not a big deal.
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::) ::)
Please - Obama will have a lifetime to party it up after he leavesthe WH. He should STFU and d his damn job for once.
Well actually - on second thought - I prefer him staying in Hawaii - this way he can't do more damage to the nation with his nation killing, economy killing, job killing, agenda.
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FOXNews.com. Breaking news
PGA producer: Obama golfs a lot [sorce Twitter]
:D :D :D :D
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Actually - its in Politico.
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How does it show how awful he is if he wins the comparison... by a longshot? It's unrealistic to expect someone not to have any leisure time- OR EAT- even if they are the president. 50 rounds of golf in two years is hardly excessive, especially when you consider that several of those rounds were accumulated during vacations. So, yeah, not a big deal.
bro 50+ rounds of golf in 2 years is pretty excessive especially for someone who should be as busy as a president is...
I worked at a golf course for a couple years, got free greens fee and cart whenever i wanted and probably didnt play 25+ rounds a year
I know it doesnt sound like much but if you play golf and arent a competitive golfer thats actually a good amount of golfing
I wish i could play golf every other weekend
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::) ::)
Please - Obama will have a lifetime to party it up after he leavesthe WH. He should STFU and d his damn job for once.
Well actually - on second thought - I prefer him staying in Hawaii - this way he can't do more damage to the nation with his nation killing, economy killing, job killing, agenda.
::) Right. Until then no eating or sleeping.
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bro 50+ rounds of golf in 2 years is pretty excessive especially for someone who should be as busy as a president is...
I worked at a golf course for a couple years, got free greens fee and cart whenever i wanted and probably didnt play 25+ rounds a year
I know it doesnt sound like much but if you play golf and arent a competitive golfer thats actually a good amount of golfing
I wish i could play golf every other weekend
First of all, several of those rounds were accumulated during vacations, so it doesn't really come out to once every two weeks. He's actually gone months at a time without playing golf.
Secondly, even the US presidency is not an all encompassing job. There are breaks. There's leisure time.
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First of all, several of those rounds were accumulated during vacations, so it doesn't really come out to once every two weeks. He's actually gone months at a time without playing golf.
Secondly, even the US presidency is not an all encompassing job. There are breaks. There's leisure time.
I understand that man i was using the average :D ;) lol
bro ask any golfer you know, how many rounds of golf they get in during the course of a year...go ahead, ill wait...
Now i garuntee you the vast majority of golfers dont get in 25+ rounds of golf in a year and these are average everyday ppl who dont have as an encompassing job as the pres and have families as well...
so youre telling me that the pres has more free time to play golf than regular working ppl?
REALLY???
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That is really funny considering this gem Al.
More bogus lies for the idiot public.
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it's about the issues.
and the opinion of some tv producer about how a man spends his vacation, well that is certainly relevant for national security.
if obama was staying indoors choking on pretzels watching tv, or mouth f**king an intern in the oval office, now THAT would be presidential!
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That is really funny considering this gem Al.
More bogus lies for the idiot public.
Well he has certainly been doing a lot of resting. :-\
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I understand that man i was using the average :D ;) lol
bro ask any golfer you know, how many rounds of golf they get in during the course of a year...go ahead, ill wait...
Now i garuntee you the vast majority of golfers dont get in 25+ rounds of golf in a year and these are average everyday ppl who dont have as an encompassing job as the pres and have families as well...
so youre telling me that the pres has more free time to play golf than regular working ppl?
REALLY???
::) I work for a large advertising company. The president of our company plays every warm weekend. He often works until 10 pm during the week. It's not that hard to believe that someone could do 25 rounds of golf a year and still be productive career-wise.
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I would rather have him playing golf than enacting hope and change.
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So is Obama lazy and not getting shit done
or
Obama is hell bent on destroying the country and nothing will get in his way
cant have it both ways 3333..
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::) I work for a large advertising company. The president of our company plays every warm weekend. He often works until 10 pm during the week. It's not that hard to believe that someone could do 25 rounds of golf a year and still be productive career-wise.
The difference is the country has been in a financial meltdown and Obama has been trying to endear himself to the "middle class." His vacations should be much quieter IMO. Instead, his wife is spending six figures going to Europe. He is one of the best beaches in the world, etc.
If I was CEO of a large company, and the company was having problems, laying off workers, cutting salaries, etc., I wouldn't broadcast the fact that I was out playing golf.
That said, not sure exactly how the POTUS can take a "quiet" vacation. . . . Maybe spend less of the taxpayers money, spend his vacations with the troops.
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So is Obama lazy and not getting shit done
or
Obama is hell bent on destroying the country and nothing will get in his way
cant have it both ways 3333..
I believe what KRS One said about Obama. to date - KRS 1 has had the most accurate commentary on obama yet.
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I believe what KRS One said about Obama. to date - KRS 1 has had the most accurate commentary on obama yet.
lol shut up.. go get a prostitute or something.. orrr..maybe your love for palin wont let you.. Have you had sex since she lost the VP thing? Dont wanna feel like you cheated on her.. are you mad that her husband plows her every night?
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::) I work for a large advertising company. The president of our company plays every warm weekend. He often works until 10 pm during the week. It's not that hard to believe that someone could do 25 rounds of golf a year and still be productive career-wise.
lol so you think that the job the president of your company has is as encompassing as the leader of the free world?
really?
how many terrorist attacks does your pres have to worry about?
how many times does your pres act on unemployment?
how many times does your pres need to act on foreign policy?
how many times does your pres need to do 99% of the ish the pres does...
thats a horrible comparison bro and you know it...
I agree that the average person can find time to play 25+ rounds of golf in a year, its certainly not easy but they can do it
the pres isnt the avg person though is he?
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lol so you think that the job the president of your company has is as encompassing as the leader of the free world?
really?
how many terrorist attacks does your pres have to worry about?
how many times does your pres act on unemployment?
how many times does your pres need to act on foreign policy?
how many times does your pres need to do 99% of the ish the pres does...
thats a horrible comparison bro and you know it...
I agree that the average person can find time to play 25+ rounds of golf in a year, its certainly not easy but they can do it
the pres isnt the avg person though is he?
It's an apt comparison. Certainly much better than gay marriage=staring at women peeing. ::) Besides it wasn't even meant to be a comparison, you asked how many times do people I know golf in a year.
He may not have to deal with situations as grave as Obama does, but he has to deal with things that are important to the business and his work days are often 12hours+ and golfing is how he chooses to relax. Doesn't mean he's slacking in other areas.
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It's an apt comparison. Certainly much better than gay marriage=staring at women peeing. ::) Besides it wasn't even meant to be a comparison, you asked how many times do people I know golf in a year.
He may not have to deal with situations as grave as Obama does, but he has to deal with things that are important to the business and his work days are often 12hours+ and golfing is how he chooses to relax. Doesn't mean he's slacking in other areas.
lol youre sadly misunderstanding the other thread if you believe im comparing gay marriage to women peeing ::)
I agree he is busy and makes important decisions, NOT NEARLY as busy and as important decisions as the president.
so you know one person that plays golf? lol ask the others bro and youll see
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It's an apt comparison. Certainly much better than gay marriage=staring at women peeing. ::) Besides it wasn't even meant to be a comparison, you asked how many times do people I know golf in a year.
He may not have to deal with situations as grave as Obama does, but he has to deal with things that are important to the business and his work days are often 12hours+ and golfing is how he chooses to relax. Doesn't mean he's slacking in other areas.
By all accounts Bama does not work 12 hours a day.
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Maybe he's trying to replace Tiger?
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Maybe he's trying to replace Tiger?
;D
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;D
haha, great sign.....
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Just Warm Enough for Golf, Obama Back on the Course (Can You Believe This Loser?)
ABC NEWS ^ | 3/12/2011
ABC News' Tahman Bradley reports:
President Obama just could not wait for spring weather to arrive.
For the second week in a row, the most powerful man in the world stepped away from the White House to hit the golf course.
Even as his administration and the U.S. military help Japan recover from a devastating earthquake, and as the world worries about Fukushima's nuclear reactor, the president could not resist taking advantage of the 48-degree weather in the Washington, D.C., area.
The president left the White House Saturday afternoon for a short trip to Joint Andrews Base in Camp Springs, Md.
With cloudy skies, it's not the best weather for golf, but Obama loves to spend his Saturdays on the greens. Last fall, Obama went golfing darn near every weekend.
These are never quick "work on your swing" trips; usually the president plays 18 holes, as he did last week.
-- Tahman Bradley
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That is really funny considering this gem Al.
More bogus lies for the idiot public.
QFT
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And if he worked 18+ hours per day, we'd hear nonstop about how the man isn't taking care of himself and is putting the nation at risk by working under such mental distress.
I ask you to tell us how many hours per week the man with the most powerful job on the planet should be able to catch his breath.
Then I ask you to tell us how he should spend that refresh time.
You wouldn't be happy if he was working 5:30 AM until 11 pm every day on the problems of the world - you'd call him irresponsible for not recharging mental abilities - no human makes good decisions working that much.
We'll move this to "you are going to complain no matter what, 33" category.
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Interesting. I remember a certain person criticizing Bush's vacations and the various other things he did instead of working. But you, a hypocrite? Why, I'd never!
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240 - there is a time and place for everything. Obama will have decades to indulge in golf, kobe beef dinners, lobster tail, caviar, fine wine, leisure, and partying after he is out of office.
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;)
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240 - there is a time and place for everything. Obama will have decades to indulge in golf, kobe beef dinners, lobster tail, caviar, fine wine, leisure, and partying after he is out of office.
so no president should play golf for the 4 years he is in office?
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no just obama shouldn't play ;D
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While the world is on fire?
Absolutely not.
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Seems pretty excessive for a guy holding the most important job on the planet. Especially when you factor in all the parties, ball games, galas and so on. There are private sector workers who put in more hours than Obama.
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Please - bama is a joke. Its all flim flam bs for the idiot and gullible public.
This pofs has not even met w most of his cabinet seconds on one to one on anything!
He and is grifter wife are pissing on the nation every second they are in office.
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TU - do you realize that in two years - bama has not even met eith most of his cabinet secretaries? He did not call mcconnell for 18 months, and that daley was brought in because the cabinet secretaries are all pissed off?
The senate dems say he is awol and does not lead or do a damn thing on anything either.
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Perhaps, but being POTUS is a 24/7 job right?
Can someone really put in "more hours" than someone who is doing his job all day and all night?
I don't think he does this job 24/7 and it shows.
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Whether to play bball or golf doesn't count.
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Bush was slapping fannies on Olympic volleyballers and falling in the stands buzzed while Russia was stomping faces on curbs in Georgia.
And that was fine - his apparatus was doing their job to influence things as much as possible (and there wasn't much we could do there).
Same case here. The man plays a game of golf and everyone freaks. You say he shouldn't be involved in no-fly bombing, and he's not. you'll never be happy. period.
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Bush was slapping fannies on Olympic volleyballers and falling in the stands buzzed while Russia was stomping faces on curbs in Georgia.
And that was fine - his apparatus was doing their job to influence things as much as possible (and there wasn't much we could do there).
Same case here. The man plays a game of golf and everyone freaks. You say he shouldn't be involved in no-fly bombing, and he's not. you'll never be happy. period.
There you go again comparing Obama to the guy many believe was the worst president this country has ever had. Protip: It doesn't help.
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Ha ha ha ha - when he resigns or is defeated in 2012 I will be happy.
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I'm just saying Bush spent something like 1/4 of his presidency on vacation, but he was able to do his job because of things like cell phones and the internet. hell, a president could run the whole country on Air Force 1 for 4 years, and it would function the same as if he was kicking the breeze in the Rose Garden.
(http://www.seniorark.com/Humor/Double%20Takes/after%201-17-08/Bush%20dancing.gif)
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He just isn't a serious person.
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240 - just admit it - it looks like shit for him to keep partying. Drinking, golfing, dancing, etc like this.
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240 - just admit it - it looks like shit for him to keep partying. Drinking, golfing, dancing, etc like this.
it looked like shit for Clinton to mouth-fk a fatty and nut on the oval office desk.
it looked like shit for reagan to show senility as early as 1984.
it looked like shit for Marilyn Monroe to be anywhere near teh white hosue.
it looked like shit on a lot of things. if a president is doing his job and managzing situations to the best of his ability, I don't care if he's jerking off with baby seal tears. Fix the country, period.
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He's not fixing a damn thing.
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He's not fixing a damn thing.
In the case of libya, INaction is the best course of action.
Don't get involved. He'll kill tens of thousands of uprising rebels, and oil will drop back down. it jumped from $90 to 107 in the first 10 days of the uprising, and has started to decline since he started cracking skulls.
Besides, if the uprising was in the USA, and 50,000 armed libs were trying to kick president Christie out of office in 2013, I'm guessing you'd support carpet bombing the whole crowd, right? lol it's all in the point of view you have.
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How bout the damn economy 240?
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How bout the damn economy 240?
Depends if we follow the CT theory that its rigged numbers (which is 100% true but no repub candidate has the balls to say it)...
or his own words that things are turning around.
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Do you think things are turning around?
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Do you think things are turning around?
shit no. i've had Crash proof in my shitter for a few years now. I was investing in other things which you bought your guns n ammo at 2009 prices, having gotten mine in 2007. I was an alex jones listener in 2005, and while I grew tired of the cadillac ads on his home page as he talks about the need to stop the big companies from running the country, I agree with him that everyone in office is lying and POS.
I'm not a complete moron, I just play one on the interwebs.
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From this past weekend.
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110403/ids_photos_ts/r2149666706.jpg
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A truly great President wouldn't have to do much work at all besides give speeches. He should be able to delegate everything to a highly intelligent, competent, and loyal Vice President, staff, and cabinet.....oh wait.... he doesn't have that.
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PGA producer: Obama golfs a lot
By: Patrick Gavin
December 29, 2010 09:29 AM EST Updated: December 29, 2010 09:58 AM EST
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Few seem to begrudge President Obama the occasional golf outing (presidents needs to unwind, right?). But John Kim, a producer for PGA.com (the PGA Tour runs the primary men's professional golf tours in North America), took to Twitter Tuesday night to ding POTUS for excessive golfing.
In response to learning of Obama's 50-plus rounds of golf since taking office, Kim wrote, "that's more than me! But then again, my job is ... golf. Wait, that doesn't seem right."
And, later: "the old adage is: those who work in golf never get to play. Guess I need to run for President to hit the links!"
(Related: Photos of Obama's Hawaiian vacation)
© 2010 Capitol News Company, LLC
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Ha ha ha ha.
No Statement by Golfing Obama on Tornadoes That Killed Dozens Across South
Monday, April 18, 2011 | Kristinn
Posted on Monday, April 18, 2011 12:53:41 PM by kristinn
As of noon Monday, Barack Obama has failed to make a public or written statement on the massive tornado outbreak that pummeled the South this past weekend, killing 43 Americans and wrecking hundreds of homes and businesses. Also, there was no mention on the White House Web site about the tornadoes.
Instead, Obama played his 64th round of golf Sunday.
However, Obama did take time to make a private phone call to Gov. Bev Perdue of the politically key state to his reelection bid and host of his 2012 Democratic National Convention, North Carolina. Gov. Perdue announced the call, claiming Obama pledged "whatever it takes to rebuild North Carolina."
There was no readout by the White House about the call.
No worries though. The Obama media refused to call Obama out on this.
The Washington Times is the only news outlet that mention Obama's golf outing.
The White House Dossier blog also noted Obama's public silence this morning.
The lack of a public statement on the torndaoes by the White House was first noted on Free Republic last night.
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President Obama recently returned from a six event fundraising blitz to California where he raised millions of dollars for his reelection campaign. At these events president Obama hobnobbed and rubbed shoulders with celebrities like Jamie Foxx, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Will Ferrell, and Steven Spielberg. On Wednesday President Obama held a town hall style event at Facebook headquarters hosted by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. At these events Obama stressed that his election in 2008 was not as "smooth" as people remember and that the election, "[W]asn't about big crowds and nice posters. And it wasn't even about me. It was about commitments we made to each other as Americans, about who we are and what we care about."
Yesterday President Obama flew from Los Angeles back to Washington, arriving at Andrews Air Force Base around 4:15 PM. The President returned to Andrews AFB today not to set off for a new destination, but for a round of golf. Here is the pool report as posted on GretaWire:
April 23, 2011
President is playing golf at Andrews
Despite sprinkles just before we left the White House, the president is playing golf at Andrews AFB. Motorcade left the White House at 12:32 p.m. and arrived at Andrews at 12:56 p.m. Ben Finkenbinder, David Katz and Marvin Nicholson round out the foursome. Pool holding at base exchange and will evidently see nothing of the game.
Bartholomew Sullivan
Scripps Howard News Service
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::) I work for a large advertising company. The president of our company plays every warm weekend. He often works until 10 pm during the week. It's not that hard to believe that someone could do 25 rounds of golf a year and still be productive career-wise.
So do I, the largest in our city.
Our president's job is taxing. But it's 1/100th that of the POTUS. It's not a good comparison.
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Bush was slapping fannies on Olympic volleyballers
Serious question:
Was he doing this halfway through his first term in the middle of one of the worst economic crisis our country has faced, or late in his lame duck phase?
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Notify the president
Golf course menaced by tornado
By JULIE MASON | 04/28/11 6:12 AM Updated: 04/28/11 12:58 PM
Golf course menaced by tornado.
Funnel cloud hazard on the links Composite image by POLITICO
Close The weather team at corporate sibling WJLA Wednesday night confirmed a tornado touched down around the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base.
"There were three reported tornadoes for our region in less than 3 hours," said the StormWatch7 weather blog, as news outlets reported that scores of people in the South had been killed in storms. "That's pretty damn insane. It looks like Tornadogeddon 2011 has lived up to its name."
No word on the extent of damage, if any, to the president's favorite local links.
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Obama golfs while troops hunt Osama bin Laden
washingtontimes.com ^ | May 2, 2011
Posted on May 2, 2011 10:17:45 PM EDT by Tailgunner Joe
Capturing Sept. 11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has been the nation’s top national-security priority for 10 years, but carrying out the final kill didn’t stop President Obama from playing golf on Sunday. In a tiny concession to his job requirements as commander in chief, Mr. Obama cut his golf game short by nine holes in order to get back to the White House to monitor the final moments as Navy SEALs killed bin Laden in Pakistan.
The plan to capture (or kill) bin Laden at his fancy compound in a suburban Islamabad neighborhood had been in the works for months. Mr. Obama gave final approval for the mission on Friday morning, April 29. The mission was planned for Saturday but was delayed by one day because of weather.
On Sunday, with the small team of Navy SEALs en route to the Pakistan compound, the commander in chief left the White House at 9:42 a.m. and arrived at Andrews Air Force Base golf course at 10:06 a.m. He played golf in the chilly, rainy D.C. weather until he finished the ninth hole. He departed the base at 1:39 p.m.
Mr. Obama has played 66 rounds of golf in the 27 months he has been president. He usually plays 18 holes with a foursome of White House aides, which takes him about four to five hours. The last time the president cut his golf round in half and played only nine holes was Aug. 25, 2010. (He played 12 holes on Dec. 28 at the private Mid Pacific Country Club in Kailua Hawaii because he started late in the afternoon and the sun was setting.)
While the president was playing golf, the highly-trained U.S. special forces were en route to bin Laden’s fortified compound.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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Posted on May 16, 2011 7:42:25 PM EDT by Nachum
President Obama left the White House this morning a little after 9:30 am. He wasn’t on his way to the Capitol building, where grieving friends and families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty hold a yearly commemorative service. Though he was invited to recognize the fallen and offer condolences by speaking at the annual Peace Officers’ Memorial Service, he instead spent this fine Sunday playing a round of golf with aide Ben Finkenbinder, White House trip director Marvin Nicholson and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk. Every president deserves down time.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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Obama Goes Golfing on Memorial Day
White House Dossier ^ | 5-20-2011 | Keith Koffler
The business of memorializing our war dead done, President Obama headed out to the Fort Belvoir golf course today, finding his way onto the links for the ninth weekend in a row.
Obama earlier today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and met with families of those killed in battle. But he emerged from the day’s solemnity to go golfing for the 12th time this year and the 70th time of his presidency.
The decision to golf on Memorial Day invites comparison with President George W. Bush, who gave up the game early in his presidency and said he did it out of respect for the families of those killed in Iraq.
Obama is out with the three younger aides he typically has in tow on his golf excursions, junior White House staffer Ben Finkenbinder, White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, and Energy Department staffer David Katz.
In a sign of his determination to play no matter what, Obama is golfing even though it is currently 95 degrees at Fort Belvoir and it “feels like” it’s 98 degrees, according to The Weather Channel.
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Barack Obama's decision to play golf on Memorial Day was disrespectful and hardly presidential
By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: May 31st, 2011
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100090074/obamas-decision-to-play-golf-on-memorial-day-was-disrespectful-and-hardly-presidential
Barack Obama has played golf 70 times (Photo: AFP)
Can you imagine David Cameron enjoying a round of golf on Remembrance Sunday? It would be inconceivable for the British Prime Minister to do so, and not just because of the usually dire weather at that time of the year. Above all, it would be viewed as an act of extremely bad taste on a day when the nation remembers and mourns her war dead. I can’t imagine the PM even considering it, and I’m sure his advisers would be horrified at the idea. And if the prime minister ever did play golf on such a sacrosanct day he would be given a massive drubbing by the British press, and it would never be repeated.
Contrast this with President Obama’s decision to play golf yesterday, Memorial Day, for the 70th time during his 28-month long presidency. For tens of millions of Americans, Memorial Day is a time for remembrance of the huge sacrifices made by servicemen and women on the battlefield. The president did pay his respects in the morning, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, but later in the day traveled to Fort Belvoir to play golf. The story has not been reported so far in a single US newspaper, but was made public by veteran White House correspondent Keith Koffler on his blog. Here’s Koffler’s report:
The business of memorializing our war dead done, President Obama headed out to the Fort Belvoir golf course today, finding his way onto the links for the ninth weekend in a row.
Obama earlier today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and met with families of those killed in battle. But he emerged from the day’s solemnity to go golfing for the 12th time this year and the 70th time of his presidency.
The decision to golf on Memorial Day invites comparison with President George W. Bush, who gave up the game early in his presidency and said he did it out of respect for the families of those killed in Iraq.
Does it matter if the president chooses to play golf on Memorial Day, and for the second time in his presidency (he did so as well in 2009)? I think it does, and it displays extraordinarily bad judgment, not only by Obama himself but also by his advisers. His chief of staff for example should have firmly cautioned against it. President Obama is not just any American but Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces. The United States is currently engaged in a major war in Afghanistan with over 100,000 troops on the ground, and more than 1,500 have already laid down their lives for their country.
The least the president can do on Memorial Day is spend the whole day with veterans and servicemen’s families while acknowledging their sacrifice. As Koffler points out above, President George W. Bush stopped playing golf out of respect for the families of Iraq War dead. This demonstrated not only good judgment but humility and respect for the men and women who keep America safe. It is little wonder that, as Gallup reveals in a new poll, US military personnel and veterans give Barack Obama lower marks for his job performance than members of the general public. The president’s actions smack of poor taste, as well a lack of empathy and support for the US military, hardly the kind of leadership the White House should be projecting at a time of war.
Tags: Afghanistan War, Barack Obama, David Cameron, golf, Memorial Day, Remembrance Sunday
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Obama Goes Golfing on Memorial Day
White House Dossier ^ | 5-20-2011 | Keith Koffler
The business of memorializing our war dead done, President Obama headed out to the Fort Belvoir golf course today, finding his way onto the links for the ninth weekend in a row.
Obama earlier today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and met with families of those killed in battle. But he emerged from the day’s solemnity to go golfing for the 12th time this year and the 70th time of his presidency.
The decision to golf on Memorial Day invites comparison with President George W. Bush, who gave up the game early in his presidency and said he did it out of respect for the families of those killed in Iraq.
Obama is out with the three younger aides he typically has in tow on his golf excursions, junior White House staffer Ben Finkenbinder, White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, and Energy Department staffer David Katz.
In a sign of his determination to play no matter what, Obama is golfing even though it is currently 95 degrees at Fort Belvoir and it “feels like” it’s 98 degrees, according to The Weather Channel.
That has to be a photo shopped picture?
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That has to be a photo shopped picture?
when is it not?
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Criticizing the president for playing golf.... How fucking stupid.
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Criticizing the president for playing golf.... How fucking stupid.
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How about UE, food stamps, the wars, patriot act, gitmo, WTF economic agenda, horrific SC picks, etc?
Oh wait - team kneepad doesnt feel obama should be accountable for that either.
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How about UE, food stamps, the wars, patriot act, gitmo, WTF economic agenda, horrific SC picks, etc?
Oh wait - team kneepad doesnt feel obama should be accountable for that either.
Classic 333333 lame ass deflection. The thread is about Obama playing too much golf. Another petty stalker dumb thread just like blackens palin thread.
If you want to discuss those other things start threads about them. ::)
Criticizing the president for playg too much golf is fucking stupid. And to make it worse you even posted it based on what some ass jack said about it. Lame. ::)
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I think he should be attacked for it. The far t goons attacked bush for it saying "how could he play golf in a time of war" and guess what? Bush stopped playing golf in deference to the troops.
Sadly - even on memorial day - Obama feels no such compunction.
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I think he should be attacked for it. The far t goons attacked bush for it saying "how could he play golf in a time of war" and guess what? Bush stopped playing golf in deference to the troops.
Sadly - even on memorial day - Obama feels no such compunction.
That was stupid too what Bush was criticized for,so what? Doesn't change it being stupid now and how you when called on it fall back to your blabbering points.
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That was stupid too what Bush was criticized for,so what? Doesn't change it being stupid now and how you when called on it fall back to your blabbering points.
Yawn - more excuses for the messiah - what ever happened to him not resting until the economy was recovered?
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Yawn - more excuses for the messiah - what ever happened to him not resting until the economy was recovered?
Another stupid attempt to justify a stupid attack. ::)
Why not attack him for sleeping while the economy hasn't yet recovered? ::)
More lame ass spin from 33333333
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Yeah, now anything is an attack. Wait till tommorow. Cant wait to see how TK spins that fiasco to kneepad this horrible admn. I'm sure team obama will include ryan, palin, and bush in that discussion. lol.
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Yeah, now anything is an attack. Wait till tommorow. Cant wait to see how TK spins that fiasco to kneepad this horrible admn. I'm sure team obama will include ryan, palin, and bush in that discussion. lol.
You know I am no Obama fan, but I am even less of a fan of stupid shit. And attacking him for playing golf is just plain dumb and even stupider is justifying the attack becuase Bush was.
Yeah, Friday may cook off what ever is left of any political cred he got from killing OBL.
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You know I am no Obama fan, but I am even less of a fan of stupid shit. And attacking him for playing golf is just plain dumb and even stupider is justifying the attack becuase Bush was.
Yeah, Friday may cook off what ever is left of any political cred he got from killing OBL.
Its not a matter of playing Golf - its more an issue of how much and the double standards the MSM applies here. Personally, I think it looks like shit to be golfing every weekend and even on Memorial Day.
If Chris Chrsitie is RIGHTFULLY attacked over the helicopter thing, I see now way how Obama gets a pass on this.
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Its not a matter of playing Golf - its more an issue of how much and the double standards the MSM applies here. Personally, I think it looks like shit to be golfing every weekend and even on Memorial Day.
If Chris Chrsitie is RIGHTFULLY attacked over the helicopter thing, I see now way how Obama gets a pass on this.
So you fight the double standard by doing the same? ::)
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this is funny..
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this is funny..
15 Million without jobs dont agree.
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15 Million without jobs dont agree.
im talking about you and ozmo going back and forth... and no... obama didnt take their jobs away..
damn youre dumb
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im talking about you and ozmo going back and forth... and no... obama didnt take their jobs away..
damn youre dumb
Take it up with the PGA guy - he said bama is playing too much golf, not me.
If bama said he ould go on golf outings th rest of his term, I would applaud him.
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Obama gets in a round of golf on Saturday
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Posted on June 4, 2011 5:44:49 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
Obama gets in a round of golf on Saturday By Jamie Klatell - 06/04/11 04:21 PM ET
President Obama headed to the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base on Saturday for an afternoon game.
Energy Department official David Katz, White House trip director Marvin Nicholson and staffer Michael Brush rounded out the president's foursome.
Obama has a big golf outing coming in the near future. He and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will play together, a spokesman for the Speaker confirmed on Friday.
The two will hit the links on Saturday, June 18, in Washington D.C.
Obama is really working on that economy alright.
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Obama Somehow Gets in Some Golf
White House Dossier ^ | June 12, 2011 | Keith Koffler
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I know this will be surprising to everyone, but the president has gone golfing.
This is the last chance for him to practice before next week’s smackdown with House Speaker Boehner. The foursome will also include Vice President Biden and John Kasich, Ohio’s Republican governor. Kasich, a former senior GOP House member who worked closely with Boehner for many years, was chosen by the personally by the Speaker to be his second in the duel.
And, given that the king, the first in line and the second in line to the thrown will all be in the same place for about five hours, LOTS of Secret Service will also be in tow.
Today makes the 11 weekends in a row that Obama has gone golfing. It’s his 14th outing this year and the 72nd of his presidency.
From this morning’s pool report:
Good Sunday morning. Reuters standing in for scheduled pooler, who had a problem getting cleared in at W.H. gates.
Potus has returned from a couple of nights at Camp David for a game of golf. The president landed at Andrews Air Force Base at 8:25 a.m. and exited Marine One, wearing a white polo shirt, slacks, sunglasses and sneakers. His blackberry case could be seen attached to his belt.
At 8:30 a.m. the motorcade left the landing area and the press vans split off while Potus and his entourage headed for the golf course.
Golfing partners are the familiar Ben Finkenbinder, Marvin Nicholson, and David Katz, per a W.H. official
Your pool, which left the White House at 7:00 a.m. to travel to Andrews, is holding at the not-yet-open food court on base.
Jeff Mason White House Correspondent Reuters
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Hope & Change!
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Fore! Obama Skips 8th Hole To Avoid TV Cameras & Photographer
Blogspot via GatewayPundit ^ | August 21, 2011 | The Obama Report Blogspot
Posted on August 21, 2011 9:32:16 PM EDT by SanFranDan
Barack Obama skipped the 8th hole rather than be filmed by TV crews at the Vineyard Golf Course on Friday.
The Boston Globe reported:
But it was later, at the Vineyard Golf Course in Edgartown, where the president’s recalcitrance was most evident. Approaching the eighth tee in a golf cart with friend and frequent golfing buddy Eric Whitaker, the president noticed three TV cameras and a Globe photographer across the street.
Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.
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Lmfao!
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Obama Golfs Another Round In The Vineyard
Fire it up
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama played golf and enjoyed some beach time with his family Sunday on Martha’s Vineyard, though not before getting briefed on developments in Libya.
Under sunny skies, Obama, wife Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha spent the morning on a private beach in Edgartown. The outing came on the third full day of Obama’s 10-day summer vacation and was his first excursion with his full family in tow. The president then parted ways with his family to play a round of golf at the Vineyard Golf Club.
Read more: http://weaselzippers.us/2011/08/21/completely-exhausted-from-his-morning-on-the-beach-obama-spent-his-afternoon-recuperating-on-the-golf-course/#ixzz1VlNKQMRj
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Obama Golfs Another Round In The Vineyard
Fire it up
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama played golf and enjoyed some beach time with his family Sunday on Martha’s Vineyard, though not before getting briefed on developments in Libya.
Under sunny skies, Obama, wife Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha spent the morning on a private beach in Edgartown. The outing came on the third full day of Obama’s 10-day summer vacation and was his first excursion with his full family in tow. The president then parted ways with his family to play a round of golf at the Vineyard Golf Club.
Read more: http://weaselzippers.us/2011/08/21/completely-exhausted-from-his-morning-on-the-beach-obama-spent-his-afternoon-recuperating-on-the-golf-course/#ixzz1VlNKQMRj
lol..um ok ::)
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FLASHBACK--George W. Bush Gives Up Golf: ‘Playing Golf During a War Sends Wrong Message’
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Posted on August 22, 2011 8:05:25 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
FLASHBACK--George W. Bush Gives Up Golf: ‘Playing Golf During a War Sends Wrong Message’ Monday, August 22, 2011 By Penny Starr
(CNSNews.com) – The White House has released some information about President Barack Obama’s vacation on Massachusetts’ upscale Martha’s Vineyard including his golf games, but no open press coverage of his time on the links has been allowed.
President George W. Bush, who routinely allowed journalists to accompany him on golf outings early in his presidency, told Politico in May 2008 that he decided to give up the game in August 2003 after a bomb attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad that killed a top U.N. official.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf,” Bush said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them.”
“And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong message,” Bush said.
On Monday, Obama spoke about the recent developments in Libya from Martha’s Vineyard.
Bush said in the Politico interview that he had been golfing when he was informed about the deadly attack on the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.
“I remember (Sergio Vieira) de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life,” Bush said in the interview. “I was paying golf--I think I was in central Texas--and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, ‘It’s just not worth doing this anymore.’”
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Obama Golfing in Martha's Vineyard When Earthquake Hit
August 23, 2011 2:42 PM
ABC News' Stephanie Smith and David Kerley report:
Talk about early warning. The majority of he White House press corps, camped out at a hotel at Martha’s Vineyard, was keeping a close eye on our computers and emails. We started seeing emails from our colleagues in DC that they were feeling a quake.
Seconds…I mean seconds later….the meeting room we are in starts to roll and sway– comparable to being on a boat. No shaking. But it’s an earthquake. And it lasted for a good 15 seconds or more.
The President was playing golf at the time. Two reporters at the golf course felt the quake, another didn’t. A White House staffer who was there too, just told me he didn’t feel it either.
Immediate calls into the travel pool – reporters assigned to cover the president on a day-to-day basis – where Obama was playing golf, could not determine if the President was aware of the quake.
The president was seen taking a phone call, but it’s not clear if it was connected to the earthquake.
Waiting to hear what the President felt…and for the aftershocks.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/08/obama-golfing-in-marthas-vineyard-when-earthquake-hit.html
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All Shook Up? Barack Obama missed golf putts after earthquake struck
By Toby Harnden US politics Last updated: August 23rd, 2011
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100101932/all-shook-up-barack-obama-missed-putts-after-earthquake-struck
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The earthquake that originated here in Virginia was felt across the east coast of the United States, including the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, where Barack Obama is holidaying. The President was out playing golf at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs when the tremors were detected by some in the White House press pool.
So did the earth move for Obama? We don’t know yet. But shortly afterwards, the pool did get a rare opportunity to watch the President golfing (even since Michael Moore included footage of President George W. Bush golfing in his film Fahrenheit 911, White House occupants have been cautious about being observed playing).
Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown, the White House pool print journalist, reported that shortly after the quake:
The pool was ushered onto the fairway of first hole, where the presidential party had already reached the putting green. The pool was kept several hundred feet away, well outside shouting distance.
The pool was, however, able to see the president putting moves, albeit from a distance.
From our vantage point, this is the play by play: He stepped up to his ball, which was several feet from the hole, and made two practice strokes. He missed the hole on his first putt, but got it close. He then tried to tap it in, but missed again. He appeared to pick up the ball to let the others in his party play through as he watched.
We don’t know whether missing putts is par for the course for Obama. But on this occasion he’s got a ready-made excuse. He can’t claim that the earthquake caused the ball the roll away from the hole but he could say that the tremors left him “All Shook Up”.
Tags: Barack Obama, earthquake, Farm Neck Golf Club, George W Bush, golf, Martha's Vineyard, Michael Moore
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ESPN 'reminds' Azinger to lay off tweets about President Obama
Comments 210 By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Updated 1h 27m ago
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/08/paul-azinger-president-barack-obama-jobs-golf-zings-marthas-vineyard-ryders-cup/1
Golfer turned TV analyst Paul Azinger took to Twitter to zing President Barack Obama for playing too much golf on Martha Vineyard during his vacation.
By Steven Senne
AP Photo
UPDATE: ESPN is coming down on Paul Azinger for mocking President Barack Obama on Twitter.
The golf analyst tweeted Friday that the Commander-in-chief plays more golf than he does -- and that Azinger has created more jobs this month than Obama has.
ESPN has 'reminded" Azinger his venture into political punditry violates the company's updated social network policy for on-air talent and reporters issued yesterday.
"Paul's tweet was not consistent with our social media policy, and he has been reminded that political commentary is best left to those in that field," spokesman Andy Hall told Game On! in a statement.
ESPN's Hall would not comment on whether Azinger, who won the 1993 PGA Championship, will be fired, suspended or punished in some way. "We handle that internally," he said.
President Obama has a good relationship with ESPN. He's appeared several times on the network to fill out his March Madness brackets for both the men's and women's college basketball tournaments.
PREVIOUS: ESPN's Paul Azinger is zinging President Barack Obama for playing too much golf on Martha's Vineyard during his vacation. The PGA pro, golf analyst, author and businessman took to Twitter to mock Obama, tweeting he's created more jobs than the President.
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Azinger, who captained the U.S. team to victory in the 2008 Ryder's Cup, tweeted Friday:
Facts: Potus has played more golf this month than I have: I have created more jobs this month than he has.
See photos of: Barack Obama, Ryder Cup, Martha's Vineyard
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Some Gave All, Obama Shot Par
American Thinker ^ | August 26, 2011 | Betsy M. Galliher
Without question, President Obama seems to have long ago perfected the art of evading responsibility, better perhaps than even most teenagers, and whoever coined the phrase "working vacation."
Obama's favored modus oper-voidance continues to be the game of golf -- a sport for which many, including me, share a great affection -- even if Obama still seems unaware golf is a game best played in less perilous times. Say, retirement -- around 2013.
Obama has played at least four rounds of golf -- in between dribbling, biking, and socializing with major fundraisers -- since beginning his 10-day family vacation on Martha's Vineyard, which comes as no surprise. Honestly, I tire of even discussing his juvenile preoccupation with public recreation at this juncture in the fundamental transformation, but the image of an obtuse Obama on the course this time around strikes a particularly heart wrenching nerve.
On his first full day of vacation, August 19th, as Obama golfed one of Martha Vineyard's private courses, at least five of our most elite - some of the 30 victims of the deadly Taliban attack on their Chinook helicopter August 6th -- were laid to rest. Even Obama's ambitious 77 rounds of golf in as little as 31 months failed to numb to the image.
The timing of events at the most inopportune moments -- natural disasters, economic turmoil, and chaos at home and overseas -- has stung other Presidents. It is, to a large degree, humanly impossible to avoid every such image. But frankly, no one in history has seemed so at ease, so lacking in humility -- so, can't you see I'm on vacation -- even in the midst of great fear, insecurity, tragedy, or unforeseen terrorism, than Barack Obama.
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Obama is playing golf with golf balls manufactured in North Korea, but washed in Africa.
Meanwhile we haven't and a representative government since FDR, some say even before that.
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ESPN 'reminds' Azinger to lay off tweets about President Obama
Comments 210 By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Updated 1h 27m ago
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/08/paul-azinger-president-barack-obama-jobs-golf-zings-marthas-vineyard-ryders-cup/1
Golfer turned TV analyst Paul Azinger took to Twitter to zing President Barack Obama for playing too much golf on Martha Vineyard during his vacation.
By Steven Senne
AP Photo
UPDATE: ESPN is coming down on Paul Azinger for mocking President Barack Obama on Twitter.
The golf analyst tweeted Friday that the Commander-in-chief plays more golf than he does -- and that Azinger has created more jobs this month than Obama has.
ESPN has 'reminded" Azinger his venture into political punditry violates the company's updated social network policy for on-air talent and reporters issued yesterday.
"Paul's tweet was not consistent with our social media policy, and he has been reminded that political commentary is best left to those in that field," spokesman Andy Hall told Game On! in a statement.
ESPN's Hall would not comment on whether Azinger, who won the 1993 PGA Championship, will be fired, suspended or punished in some way. "We handle that internally," he said.
President Obama has a good relationship with ESPN. He's appeared several times on the network to fill out his March Madness brackets for both the men's and women's college basketball tournaments.
PREVIOUS: ESPN's Paul Azinger is zinging President Barack Obama for playing too much golf on Martha's Vineyard during his vacation. The PGA pro, golf analyst, author and businessman took to Twitter to mock Obama, tweeting he's created more jobs than the President.
TELL US: Was Couples right to pick Woods for Presidents Cup?
GAME ON: Is Obama the Tiger Woods of politics
Azinger, who captained the U.S. team to victory in the 2008 Ryder's Cup, tweeted Friday:
Facts: Potus has played more golf this month than I have: I have created more jobs this month than he has.
See photos of: Barack Obama, Ryder Cup, Martha's Vineyard
Don't comment on the POTUS unless it's positive.
ESPN Comes Down on Golf Analyst for Criticizing Obama
By Noel Sheppard | August 27, 2011
ESPN has come down on one of its golf analysts for publicly criticizing President Obama.
It all began Thursday when former golf great Paul Azinger tweeted the following:
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That was followed by:
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According to USA Today, ESPN responded Friday:
On Friday ESPN 'reminded" Azinger his venture into political punditry violates the company's updated social network policy for on-air talent and reporters.
"Paul's tweet was not consistent with our social media policy, and he has been reminded that political commentary is best left to those in that field," spokesman Andy Hall told Game On! in a statement.
Yet ESPN seems to be rather inconsistent about political commentary from its employees. As NewsBusters reported in April 2007:
Even so, it came as something of a shock to observe that one ESPN personality is turning his on-screen appearances into an opportunity to promote the candidacy of a Dem presidential contender. Many sportscasters have their signature calls. From Stuart Scott's "boo-yah!" to Chris Berman's "back-back-back gone!," several of the ESPN announcers utter idiosyncratic phrases to underline signal athletic accomplishments. Fair enough. But watching ESPN's Kenny Mayne over the course of the last few days, I was surprised to notice that he has coined a new call. Home run at a crucial moment? Three-pointer to take the lead in a basketball game? "Obama!", exclaims Mayne.
Mayne has continued making political comments without any rebuke from ESPN as Dana Loesch noted at Big Journalism Friday:
Further making my case for their cherry-picked policy enforcement, check out the Tweets of on-air talent Mayne:
(http://bigjournalism.com/files/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-26-at-6.03.29-PM.png)
(http://bigjournalism.com/files/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-26-at-5.55.59-PM.png)
Loesch also noted that another ESPN personality, Adam Shefter, has made numerous political tweets including this one in May:
(http://bigjournalism.com/files/2011/08/Screen-shot-2011-08-26-at-6.18.42-PM.png)
As Loesch pointed out, it's okay at ESPN to hype Obama since corporate owner Disney gave more of its 2008 campaign dollars to the junior senator from Illinois than anyone or anything else that year.
You just better not say anything bad about him.
Got that, Zinger?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/08/27/espn-comes-down-golf-analyst-criticizing-obama
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It's all about catering to the black male viewer. Nothing more. Guilt ridden white libs and their pet blacks can't accept any negative news about the Marxist Messiah.
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President discloses official name for his golf cart ("Golf Cart One")
The Hill ^ | September 8, 2011 | Judy Kurtz
SOUNDBITE: "I was just telling these guys I’m not allowed to drive much these days, basically just my golf cart at Camp David -- which is called Golf Cart One." -President Obama on Wednesday at a White House ceremony honoring NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion Jimmie Johnson. Vice President Joe Biden also recently lamented in Car and Driver magazine the fact that the Secret Service doesn't allow him to get behind the wheel.
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LMFAO! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
GOLF CART1?
wtf!
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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meltdown inducing!!!!
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Obama Golfs with His Personal Chef
White House Dossier ^ | Oct. 9, 2011 | Keith Koffler
Taking a break from conducting class warfare, President Obama yesterday loaded up his twelve-car motorcade and went golfing for the 25th time this year, heading out with White House chef and healthy food guru Sam Kass.
Kass was also personal chef for the “spread the wealth around” Obama and his family back in Chicago before assuming the role of White House chef.
From yesterday’s pool reports.
On this sunny Saturday, POTUS is at Joint Base Andrews for a golf outing before heading (to) Camp David. A 12-vehicle motorcade departed the White House at
11:07 a.m. Brief sighting of the president in a thin blue jacket.
Later . . .
With the golfing accomplished, the president boarded Marine One at 4:40 pm at Andrews and four minutes later headed to Camp David for the night. Obama emerged from his SUV in a gray baseball cap, blue polo shirt and khakis and gave a quick salute to the two Marines at the helo before jumping on board.
Pool did not see any advisers traveling with the president.
‘Twas a beautiful day for golfing with a high around 73 and not a cloud in the sky.
Completing the foursome for yesterday’s golf outing – the 83rd of his presidency - were White House trip director Marvin Nicholson and Marvin’s lucky brother Walter.
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Meltdown continues....
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Nov 14, 2011 7:24
President Obama Golfing With Pal Nabbed in Prostitution Sting
HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Obama is golfing at Mamala Bay Golf Course at Hickam Air Force Base in a group that includes White House travel director Marvin Nicholson and Hawaiian pal Robert “Bobby” Titcomb, who was arrested in April on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
In April, Titcomb was one of four men arrested in an undercover prostitution sting operation, according to Honolulu police.
Titcomb, an airline employee and commercial fisherman, has been friends with the president since they attended Honolulu’s elite Punahou School together in the 1970s. He has visited the White House on numerous occasions to see the president, most recently in August for Obama’s birthday, when he was included in a round of golf with Obama’s closest friends at the links of Andrews Air Force Base. Afterwards Titcomb, among other friends, joined the president for a barbeque at the White House.
When the Obama family vacations in Hawaii over the Christmas holiday each year, they traditionally spend a full day at Titcomb’s North Shore home, jet-skiing, grilling, and playing volleyball. In December the Obama family spent nearly the whole day at his home. Titcomb is also included in the golf and basketball outings of President Obama while in Hawaii.
In a Punahou remembrance of Obama, Titcomb said of the president, “He’s honest, he’s truthful and he’s always encouraged the better things in you. And you always go back to those people who water your plant, who water your garden.”
– Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/president-obama-golfing-with-pal-nabbed-in-prostitution-sting
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Obama Plays Golf for the 30th Time This Year
by KEITH KOFFLER on NOVEMBER 25, 2011, 3:21 PM
It is an unseasonably warm 65 degrees in the Washington area, and President Obama has bolted out of the White House to go golfing.
It’s his 30th time golfing this year and the 88th golf outing of his presidency.
He’s at the Andrews Air Force base course with one of his usual crew, White House trip director Martin Nicholson, as well as Marvin’s brother Walter and Reggie Love.
Love, who is Obama’s personal assistant – or “body man” – is not usually a golfing companion. So the outing may be a farewell gift to Reggie, who is leaving by the end of the year.
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Obama Spends Christmas Eve Golfing in Hawaii
Fox News ^ | 12/24/11 | NewsCore
Posted on December 24, 2011 9:58:34 PM EST by Nachum
HONOLULU – It may have been a week later than he had hoped, but US President Barack Obama finally hit the links in Hawaii Saturday on his first full day of vacation.
Obama touched down in the Aloha State Friday night after signing a bill in Washington extending the payroll tax cut for two months.
The president had delayed his departure for Hawaii amid the tax cut stalemate, with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha leaving as planned on Dec. 17.
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She looks disgusting.
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Obama Golfs for the 90th Time as President
by Keith Koffler on December 26, 2011, 9:07 pm
After an hour of hiking, President Obama Monday got down to the serious business at hand, heading out to golf for the second day in his first three days of vacation. He was back on the course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
With this one, Obama reaches a new milestone, having gone golfing 90 times in less than three years as president. That’s about three months of golf, given that the excursions generally take about five hours – much of the useful portion of the day.
What’s more, it’s the 32nd time he’s been on the links this year, a record for the president. His 32 outings eclipses the 2010 mark of 30 and is far ahead of his 2009 tally of 28 rounds as president.
And remember, there are still five days left in the year for Obama to pad his new record, which he almost certainly will.
Along for Monday’s round were three of Obama’s Hawaii friends, Mike Ramos, Greg Orme and Bobby Titcomb. The latter, you may remember, was arrested in April in a prostitution sting.
http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/12/26/obama-golfs-90th-time-president
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Fore! King Putt Obama goes golfing for a record 93rd time as wife and kids party in Las Vegas
Fire Andrea Michelle ^ | April 1, 2012
Posted on April 1, 2012 8:08:04 PM EDT by opentalk
I guess the weather is finally warm enough on the east coast for King Putt Obama to resume hitting the links. After all, there’s nothing really happening in this country or elsewhere that could affect this country. It’s not like we have skyrocketing gas prices, a lousy economy, Iran getting a nuclear weapon or anything like that.
While Michelle Obama took the kids to Las Vegas to party it up on the American tax payer’s dollar (just a week after the oldest daughter went on a secret vacation to Mexico with 25 secret service agents on 12 friends) Hussein Obama himself decided he needed a little rest and relaxation too. Obama has now hit the links 93 times in under four years, easily a record for any past president.
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Romney: Obama "Should Suck It Up" When It Comes To Golf
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/04/18/romney_obama_should_suck_it_up_when_it_comes_to_golf.html
"I must admit, I scratch my head at the capacity of the president to take four hours off on such a regular basis to go golfing," Mitt Romney said on Bill Cunningham's radio program on WLW-AM.
I would think you could kind of suck it up for four years particularly when the American people are out of work," he added.
LOL- ROMNEY IS GOING TO BE A MUCH BETTER NOMINEE THAN MCCAIN.
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Under sunny skies, Obama hits the links (The rookie Hussein faces tough choices in Syria)
The Hill ^ | 4/21/12 | Mike Lillis
Posted on April 22, 2012 12:31:37 AM EDT by Libloather
Under sunny skies, Obama hits the links
By Mike Lillis - 04/21/12 01:38 PM ET
President Obama took advantage of gorgeous weather around Washington on Saturday morning to hit the golf course, his third round this year.
The president and his entourage – Vice President Joe Biden, White House staffer Mike Brush and Marvin Nicholson, the trip director – arrived at the Andrews Air Force Base Golf Course a little after 11 a.m., when temperatures were hovering just below 80 degrees.
The outing is the latest indication Obama doesn't intend to steer clear of the links in the face of recent criticisms from Mitt Romney that the president should be focusing more on the economy and less on the greens.
"I must say I scratch my head at the capacity of the president to take four hours off on such a regular basis to go golfing," Romney told conservative radio host Bill Cunningham on Wednesday. "I would think you could kind of suck it up for four years, particularly when the American people are out of work."
The White House has defended Obama's golf outings, arguing that the president has ever right to take a break from the daily grind for some R&R.
The foursome might have to race. Local forecasters are predicting afternoon thunderstorms at Andrews.
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Obama’s 100th golf round -- President putters while economy sputters
Washington Times ^ | June 14, 2012 | Emily Miller
Posted on June 15, 2012 12:28:45 AM EDT by Zakeet
The next time President Obama hits the links, it will be his 100th round of golf since coming to the White House. That’s quite a milestone in just 3 1/2 years. As it takes him about six hours to drive to the greens and complete 18 holes, Mr. Obama has spent the equivalent of four months’ worth of work time golfing. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has been stuck in a sand trap.
Before Mr. Obama teed off for the first time as president, he delivered a State of the Union address that promised his new stimulus bill would “save or create 3.5 million jobs.” At that time, February 2009, unemployment was 8.3 percent and the debt was $10.8 trillion. He kicked off the golf streak on April 26, 2009, and he played a total of 27 rounds in his first year.
When he returned to the Capitol the following year, he stood in front of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with unemployment at 9.7 percent. He asked the Democratic Congress for a second stimulus and an overhaul of the health care system, and Congress obliged. Mr. Obama also said he would freeze government spending for three years, starting in 2011, but that idea got lost in the woods during the 31 golf games he played in 2010, using his personalized “44” Titleist balls, which remind haughty caddies he’s the 44th president.
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Last year, the number of Mr. Obama’s golf outings rose to 33, and many turned out to be memorable.He was on the green on May 1, 2011, when the Navy SEALs were en route to Pakistan, cutting his game to nine holes to hear of their successful mission against Osama bin Laden.
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hard hitting shit here
thanks for the update....
Oh shit... this just in,
OBAMA STOPPED TO TIE HIS SHOE AS THE ECONOMY SPUTTER!!!!!!!!
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Obama Plays Golf for the 100th Time of his Presidency
by KEITH KOFFLER on JUNE 17, 2012, 12:40 PM
President Obama rolled out of his Hyde Park, Chicago home this morning and headed to out to play his 100th round of golf since becoming president.
Obama is playing with two old pals, Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt, as well as regular golf companion Marvin Nicholson, the White House trip director.
Obama has already played golf eight times this year. He actually is a little off his normal pace – perhaps campaigning is intruding on golf. The president golfed 28 times in 2009, 30 times in 2010, and an incredible 34 times in 2011.
Obama’s golfing takes about five hours, including the motorcades back and forth from the fairways. If one thinks of this as taking up much of the day – include getting ready to go and cooling off afterward – its fair to say that Obama has spent more than three months of his presidency golfing.
While golf is played by millions of Americans and extends its reach well into the middle class, it is also perceived as a game of the idle rich and is generally unavailable to the poor, putting Obama’s frequent outings at odds with his image as a man of “hope” for the dispossessed.
The White House carefully downplays Obama’s golfing, rarely talking about it and releasing few pictures of the president swinging away. A search of the White House uploads on the Flickr photo-sharing website finds only a handful of shots of the president playing golf, compared to nearly two dozen of him playing basketball, which he spends far less time at.
Many argue that golf provides a badly needed source of relaxation for Obama, a refuge and a respite from extraordinary demands of the presidency. And most or all of Obama’s golf days have been on weekends or during scheduled vacations.
But others say the president could find another way to relax, and that golfing sends the wrong message to the poor and to the troops during a time of economic struggle and war.
George W. Bush gave up golfing in 2003, explaining his rationale five years later in an interview with POLITICO, saying it was wrong to play during wartime:
I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
Obama clearly disagrees and has been unperturbed by criticism of his golf, maintaining a steady pace even during an election year.
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Obama Plays Golf for the 100th Time of his Presidency
by KEITH KOFFLER on JUNE 17, 2012, 12:40 PM
President Obama rolled out of his Hyde Park, Chicago home this morning and headed to out to play his 100th round of golf since becoming president.
Obama is playing with two old pals, Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt, as well as regular golf companion Marvin Nicholson, the White House trip director.
Obama has already played golf eight times this year. He actually is a little off his normal pace – perhaps campaigning is intruding on golf. The president golfed 28 times in 2009, 30 times in 2010, and an incredible 34 times in 2011.
Obama’s golfing takes about five hours, including the motorcades back and forth from the fairways. If one thinks of this as taking up much of the day – include getting ready to go and cooling off afterward – its fair to say that Obama has spent more than three months of his presidency golfing.
While golf is played by millions of Americans and extends its reach well into the middle class, it is also perceived as a game of the idle rich and is generally unavailable to the poor, putting Obama’s frequent outings at odds with his image as a man of “hope” for the dispossessed.
The White House carefully downplays Obama’s golfing, rarely talking about it and releasing few pictures of the president swinging away. A search of the White House uploads on the Flickr photo-sharing website finds only a handful of shots of the president playing golf, compared to nearly two dozen of him playing basketball, which he spends far less time at.
Many argue that golf provides a badly needed source of relaxation for Obama, a refuge and a respite from extraordinary demands of the presidency. And most or all of Obama’s golf days have been on weekends or during scheduled vacations.
But others say the president could find another way to relax, and that golfing sends the wrong message to the poor and to the troops during a time of economic struggle and war.
George W. Bush gave up golfing in 2003, explaining his rationale five years later in an interview with POLITICO, saying it was wrong to play during wartime:
I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
Obama clearly disagrees and has been unperturbed by criticism of his golf, maintaining a steady pace even during an election year.
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Can i get a link to this totally objective and non-partisan source?
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Playing golf... cleaning brush.... does it matter what the POTUS wants to do in their free time?
Only for those with little minds apparently
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Playing golf... cleaning brush.... does it matter what the POTUS wants to do in their free time?
Only for those with little minds apparently
Yes - Obama promised CHANGE remember.
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Can i get a link to this totally objective and non-partisan source?
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Yes - Obama promised CHANGE remember.
Yeah. And we got a POTUS that plays golf instead of whacking weeds in TX. That's change.
Have you ever considered getting help?
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Bush did NOT give up golf in 2003.
It has been documented numerous times that he played long after he said he wouldn't.
Obama was supposed to be the anti-Bush remember?
Obama blames everyone else for not working while he parties, hangs it up, hangs out, fundraises every day, etc etc.
He is a fraud and con man of the highest order.
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Obama was supposed to be the anti-Bush remember?
Obama blames everyone else for not working while he parties, hangs it up, hangs out, fundraises every day, etc etc.
He is a fraud and con man of the highest order.
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I know what you're saying and that's fine.
But let's tell the truth.
Thats my only problem with this guy.. he thinks that if we call him out on a LIE that we are Obama Drones...No.. we are Anti-Falshood Drones...
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I know what you're saying and that's fine.
But let's tell the truth.
What did I say that was not truthful?
Let's see - 100 rounds of golf = about what 300-500 hours of total golf time?
That is 300-500 hours obama could have been lobbying members to pass certain laws, advancing simpson bowles, working w the congress to get something done, etc.
Even members of his own party and cabinet say obama is AWOL when it comes to working with them to get anything done.
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Thats my only problem with this guy.. he thinks that if we call him out on a LIE that we are Obama Drones...No.. we are Anti-Falshood Drones...
The only thing more insulting is him believing the anyone will actually fall for the LIES he tells. You would think that being a pathological liar he would be better at it with all the practice he does.
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lol. you saw how i destroyed him........again........ ..
Man im done.. this was fun.. it only took 20 min this time..
Ok. im off to work.. have a good one fellas
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lol. you saw how i destroyed him........again........ ..
Man im done.. this was fun.. it only took 20 min this time..
Ok. im off to work.. have a good one fellas
Haha you too
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lol. you saw how i destroyed him........again........ ..
Man im done.. this was fun.. it only took 20 min this time..
Ok. im off to work.. have a good one fellas
What? You leaving? And going to miss his thread bumping and photoshop posting spree?
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What? You leaving? And going to miss his thread bumping and photoshop posting spree?
Axelrod trashed GHWB for playing golf in 1994 remember you moron?
So of course - since its obama - everything is permissble for the layabout obama to do.
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Flashback: Axelrod called Bush ‘out of touch’ for playing golf in bad economy
The Daily Caller ^ | 6/13/12 | Alex Pappas
Video from 1994 has surfaced of David Axelrod, President Obama’s chief campaign strategist, calling former President George H.W. Bush “out of touch” for “tastelessly” playing golf while trying to convince voters that the economy is improving.
“Bush tastelessly did it, often from the ninth hole, and from the cigar boat and other places,” Axelrod said.
Added the adviser: “The impression you got was that he was out of touch.”
Throughout his presidency, Obama has been known to hit the links nearly every week.
Axelrod explained in the 1994 interview that if “you cite these statistics that say the economy is improving, you almost do political damage to yourself.”
“If you stand up and claim great progress, you are only frustrating this alienated middle class more,” he said.
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This is shocking stuff. You'd think that between the whole Socialist-Communist world takeover thing, single-handedly destroying the US economy and putting millions of Americans out of work and making them food stamp-dependent, creating massive copies of his birth certificates, taking exorbitant taxpayer-funded junkets to India and Hawaii, and creating a governmental nanny state, he would hardly have time for golf at all.
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Islamists Take Control of Egypt – Attorney General Held in Contempt… Obama Goes Golfing
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, June 24, 2012, 6:28 PM
Fore!
The Muslim Brotherhood just took the presidency in Egypt after taking the parliament in Egypt.
Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt over the Fast and Furious scandal.
Unemployment rate is still over 8%.
Barack Obama goes golfing.
The Hill reported:
President Obama waited for the temperature to cool just a bit before heading to the golf course on Sunday.
Obama is golfing at the Fort Belvoir course, according to a White House pool report. The president is golfing with White House chef Sam Kass, staffer Mike Brush and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, a frequent golf partner of Obama’s.
The temperature at the course is a steamy 89 degrees but a slight breeze makes it feel a little cooler, according to the Weather Channel. Washington is in the midst of a heat wave, with temperatures hitting 100 degrees on Thursday.
This will be the president’s 101st round of golf since entering office according to a count kept by CBS News’s Mark Knoller. He was last on the course on Father’s Day.
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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/islamists-take-control-of-egypt-attorney-general-held-in-contempt-obama-goes-golfing
Disgusting. Ghetto thug savage welfare leech.
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http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/06/islamists-take-control-of-egypt-attorney-general-held-in-contempt-obama-goes-golfing
Disgusting. Ghetto thug savage welfare leech.
You mad that Muslims were elected in a heavy Islamic Region. What do you want Obama to do about it...
LOL pace your self suzy.. youre gonna go in to Obama hate overload.
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You mad that Muslims were elected in a heavy Islamic Region. What do you want Obama to do about it...
LOL pace your self suzy.. youre gonna go in to Obama hate overload.
Lol he wants says he wants government out of our lives yet he blames them for everything even the Egyptian election. Egypt for christ sake
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Birthday Golf for Obama
9:06 AM, AUG 4, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPERSingle PagePrintLarger TextSmaller TextAlerts
President Obama will spend his 51 birthday golfing. From the pool report:
President Obama kicked off the celebration of his birthday today by hitting the links.
POTUS motorcade departed the White House at 8:23 a.m. and arrived Andrews Air Force Base at 8:47 a.m.
No word yet on who is playing with the president.
According to CBS reporter Mark Knoller it's Obama's 104 round as president.
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Pres Obama is playing golf today on the course at Joint Base Andrews, his 48th time out of 104 rounds of golf.
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Later today, President Obama will go to Camp David.
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Birthday Golf for Obama
9:06 AM, AUG 4, 2012 • BY DANIEL HALPERSingle PagePrintLarger TextSmaller TextAlerts
President Obama will spend his 51 birthday golfing. From the pool report:
President Obama kicked off the celebration of his birthday today by hitting the links.
POTUS motorcade departed the White House at 8:23 a.m. and arrived Andrews Air Force Base at 8:47 a.m.
No word yet on who is playing with the president.
According to CBS reporter Mark Knoller it's Obama's 104 round as president.
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Pres Obama is playing golf today on the course at Joint Base Andrews, his 48th time out of 104 rounds of golf.
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Later today, President Obama will go to Camp David.
104 rounds of golf....Hmmm
1 round equals 9 holes....what he's been playing
Sooo....he's essentially played a grand total of about 52 full games of golf in a period of 3 1/2 years with is about..... 16 games a year..
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All I know is that when I"m trying to get an honest and unbiased assessment of an event, I always trust a golf television producer. Those guys have been a bastion of integrity thoughout mankind's history.
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Lobbyist close to White House behind effort of golfers to quell jokes about Obama
11:20 PM 09/20/2012
A coalition of golf lovers are asking Republicans to stop making so many jokes about President Barack Obama’s love for the golf course, saying such comments are bad for the golf industry.
But could politics be at play too?
The Daily Caller has learned that Tony Podesta, a well-known Democratic lobbyist with strong ties to the Obama White House, is behind the We Are Golf coalition of golfing organizations that has sent letters to Republicans such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio asking them to cut out the criticism of Obama’s golfing habits.
Melissa Low, a spokeswoman for the Club Managers Association of America, confirmed to TheDC on Thursday that Podesta was hired to help with the coalition. Other groups supporting the coalition include the PGA of America, the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the National Golf Course Association of America.
“The Podesta Group was retained to assist with advocacy and public relations for the coalition in early 2010,” Low said in response to an email from TheDC.
Tony Podesta formed the Podesta Group in 1988 with his brother, John Podesta, who led Obama’s transition effort.
TheDC’s Matt Lewis broke the news this week that the “We Are Golf” coalition had sent a letter to Rubio asking him to stop making references to Obama’s golfing.
“As we enter the final stretch of campaign season,” the group wrote in a letter to the senator, “we write to make a request we hope you will receive in the same spirit in which it is offered. Please reconsider your political strategy of criticizing President Obama’s passion for golf.”
Rubio is among Republicans who have cracked jokes about the frequency Obama has golfed as president. “Our problem with President Obama isn’t that he’s a bad person,” Rubio said at the Republican National Convention. “By all accounts, he too is a good husband and a good father and — thanks to lots of practice — a good golfer.”
Asked about the coalition, David Marin, a spokesman for the group, said the campaign is not meant to target just Republicans.
“We Are Golf is asking all elected officials, Democrats and Republicans, for a political cease fire when it comes to golf,” he said.
“Even when meant to be humorous, this line of politicking reinforces misperceptions of the game that don’t square with the facts, and in turn can lead to unfair legislation and regulation,” Marin said.
“Both sides of the aisle do it. And when they do, the nearly 2 million Americans whose jobs are tied to golf want We Are Golf to ask them to please reconsider,” he said. “It’s really that simple.”
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This is shocking stuff. You'd think that between the whole Socialist-Communist world takeover thing, single-handedly destroying the US economy and putting millions of Americans out of work and making them food stamp-dependent, creating massive copies of his birth certificates, taking exorbitant taxpayer-funded junkets to India and Hawaii, and creating a governmental nanny state, he would hardly have time for golf at all.
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All I know is that when I"m trying to get an honest and unbiased assessment of an event, I always trust a golf television producer. Those guys have been a bastion of integrity thoughout mankind's history.
lmao
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Obama golfs too much. Tiger Woods golfs and is black. Thus, criticizing Obama for golfing makes me racist. I could now land a job as a talking head on MSNBC. ::)
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Obama golfs too much. Tiger Woods golfs and is black. Thus, criticizing Obama for golfing makes me racist. I could now land a job as a talking head on MSNBC. ::)
Or you can just make shit up and shun facts thus making you a prime candidate to Anchor a show on Fox News ::)
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Obama Golfing in Hawaii With Pal Arrested in Prostitution Sting
12/22/12, 8:41 PM EST
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Taking a break from the fiscal cliff negotiations, President Obama is spending the first day of his holiday vacation golfing with friends and aides, including longtime pal Bobby Titcomb, who was arrested last year on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
After arriving in Hawaii late last night, the president spent this morning at his family's vacation residence along the shores of Kailua, a quiet town on a stretch of beach on the east end of Oahu.
Shortly before noon, the president made the trip to the Kailua Marine Corps Base, where he is hitting the links at the Kaneohe Clipper course.
Obama is golfing with close aide Marvin Nicholson, White House chef Sam Kass, and childhood friends Mike Ramos and Titcomb, whom the president has known since they attended Honolulu's Punahou School together in the 1970s.
Titcomb was arrested in April 2011 in an undercover prostitution sting operation. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge and the conviction was reportedly later expunged from his record.
With negotiations over the deficit at a standstill and
Congress closed for the Christmas holiday, the first family left Washington late Friday for their annual vacation in Obama's native state, his first vacation of the year.
The president told reporters in a hastily scheduled appearance in the briefing room that he would "see you next
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Obama Golfing in Hawaii With Pal Arrested in Prostitution Sting
12/22/12, 8:41 PM EST
HONOLULU, Hawaii - Taking a break from the fiscal cliff negotiations, President Obama is spending the first day of his holiday vacation golfing with friends and aides, including longtime pal Bobby Titcomb, who was arrested last year on suspicion of soliciting a prostitute.
After arriving in Hawaii late last night, the president spent this morning at his family's vacation residence along the shores of Kailua, a quiet town on a stretch of beach on the east end of Oahu.
Shortly before noon, the president made the trip to the Kailua Marine Corps Base, where he is hitting the links at the Kaneohe Clipper course.
Obama is golfing with close aide Marvin Nicholson, White House chef Sam Kass, and childhood friends Mike Ramos and Titcomb, whom the president has known since they attended Honolulu's Punahou School together in the 1970s.
Titcomb was arrested in April 2011 in an undercover prostitution sting operation. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge and the conviction was reportedly later expunged from his record.
With negotiations over the deficit at a standstill and
Congress closed for the Christmas holiday, the first family left Washington late Friday for their annual vacation in Obama's native state, his first vacation of the year.
The president told reporters in a hastily scheduled appearance in the briefing room that he would "see you next
Wheres the story?......and you wonder why gop lost... lots of time watsted on bullshit
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Wheres the story?......and you wonder why gop lost... lots of time watsted on bullshit
Choomer hanging w perverts - no story there of course
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so youre telling me that the pres has more free time to play golf than regular working ppl?
I would hope so..
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Choomer hanging w perverts - no story there of course
yeah.. this is the stragety that won over the american people in 2008..err... 2012
LANDSLIDE COMIN...ERRRRR....
Fucking idiot
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yeah.. this is the stragety that won over the american people in 2008..err... 2012
LANDSLIDE COMIN...ERRRRR....
Fucking idiot
Thats a reflection on the morons and dopes who voted for O-Layabout - nothing else.
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Thats a reflection on the morons and dopes who voted for O-Layabout - nothing else.
Tell yourself what you have to... Boom :-*
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Or you can just make shit up and shun facts thus making you a prime candidate to Anchor a show on Fox News ::)
Lol ;D
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Lol ;D
O'Choomer is playing golf again today.
TYPICAL
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O'Choomer is playing golf again today.
TYPICAL
Whats his score at this moment?
Can he hit any holes?
With all the coke and booze in his system that would be quite an accomplishment ;)
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http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/12/24/christmas-eve-golf-obama
Hitting the links on Christmas Day.
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http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2012/12/24/christmas-eve-golf-obama
Hitting the links on Christmas Day.
Sounds better than whining and complaining in moms basement on Christmas Day.
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Sounds better than whining and complaining in moms basement on Christmas Day.
booooommmm
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How Obama Vacationed (Golfed)
Weekly Standard ^ | December 27, 2012 | Daniel Halper
Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:37:31 PM by what's up
At 12:54 a.m., on Saturday December 22, President Barack Obama and his family arrived at Kailua, a Hawaiian town on the island of Oahu. Almost five days later, Obama, leaving his wife and kids behind, departed the island to return to Washington, D.C. Obama’s vacation lasted a brief 118 hours, according to pool reports.
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On Christmas Eve, December 24, Obama departed his vacation home at 9:33 a.m., according to the pool report. He remained on the golf course until 3:15, p.m., spending about 5 and a half hours on the golf course. He again golfed that day with Bobby Titcomb, Mike Ramos, and Greg Orme.
Obama also worked out (as he did for about more than an hour on Christmas Eve, an hour and a half on the morning of Christmas Day, for an hour on the 26th)
In addition to his brief time at the beach, outings with his family included a brief two-hour hike with Michelle Obama and their daughters.
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Obama spending more time on the links than dealing with Michelle and the brats. Nice. Badass move for sure.
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33333's arguments can be so stupid.
Par for the course though.
Agreed.
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How Obama Vacationed (Golfed)
Weekly Standard ^ | December 27, 2012 | Daniel Halper
Posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:37:31 PM by what's up
At 12:54 a.m., on Saturday December 22, President Barack Obama and his family arrived at Kailua, a Hawaiian town on the island of Oahu. Almost five days later, Obama, leaving his wife and kids behind, departed the island to return to Washington, D.C. Obama’s vacation lasted a brief 118 hours, according to pool reports.
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On Christmas Eve, December 24, Obama departed his vacation home at 9:33 a.m., according to the pool report. He remained on the golf course until 3:15, p.m., spending about 5 and a half hours on the golf course. He again golfed that day with Bobby Titcomb, Mike Ramos, and Greg Orme.
Obama also worked out (as he did for about more than an hour on Christmas Eve, an hour and a half on the morning of Christmas Day, for an hour on the 26th)
In addition to his brief time at the beach, outings with his family included a brief two-hour hike with Michelle Obama and their daughters.
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Obama spending more time on the links than dealing with Michelle and the brats. Nice. Badass move for sure.
Can you blame him?
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Obama hits the golf course
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By DONOVAN SLACK |
1/2/13 3:24 PM EST
After a contentious battle with Congress and midnight flight to Hawaii, President Obama got right back into vacation mode.
After landing in Honolulu just before 5 a.m., he headed to the home in Kailua where his wife and daughters had been vacationing without him.
Then he got an early start with a workout at the gym, and later hit the links at the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe.
UPDATE: His golf partners included longtime friends Marty Nesbitt, Bobby Titcomb and Allison Davis, according to a pool report.
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Obama Golfed in Hawaii with Former Rezko Crony
whitehousedossier ^ | 1/9/13 | Keith Koffler
Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2013 6:04:00 PM by Nachum
While on vacation in Hawaii this month, President Obama played golf with Allison Davis, a former business partner of Tony Rezko who also helped give Obama his start in the legal profession.
Rezko is the former Obama associate and fundraiser who was convicted of corruption and fraud and currently sits in prison.
Davis, who is male, partnered with Rezko on a series of government-funded low and mixed income housing development projects in Chicago. While Davis himself has never been charged with wrongdoing, a number of the projects were high-priced failures that resulted in poor living conditions for residents.
According to a June 2008 exposé in the Boston Globe, one of the most egregious projects Davis helped create was Grove Parc Plaza, an assembly of “squat brick buildings” located in Obama’s former state senate district. According to the Globe:
About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale – a score so bad the buildings now face demolition.
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http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/president-obama-to-receive-golf-lessons-from-harmons
When President Barack Obama heads to Palm City, Fla. this weekend for a golf trip, he'll also be setting some time aside for a lesson or two.
According to a Golf Digest report from Golf Channel contributor Tim Rosaforte, Obama's upcoming visit to The Floridian Golf Club will also include lessons from noted instructor Butch Harmon and his son, Claude III. The Harmons will fly down to the course, where they have already established a learning center, specifically to offer tips to the Commander-in-Chief.
"I've played golf with Ike, Nixon, Ford and President Bush 41," Butch Harmon explained to Rosaforte. "I know the President is a real keen golfer ... I'm looking forward to it. It should be fun."
The President will spend the weekend as a guest of Jim Crane, who owns The Floridian in addition to the Houston Astros baseball team. Crane reportedly received a call last week while participating in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am from the President's staff, indicating Obama's interest in visiting his facility.
The elder Harmon, who famously coached Tiger Woods early in his career, appears eager to take on the task of analyzing the President's game.
"He's a left-handed player, I've seen film of his swing before," he explained. "It'll be fun getting him down in the learning center, show him stuff in his golf game and see how he takes it to the course.
"He's just like all of us that play golf," Harmon added. "He wants to get better."
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Barack Obama has kept the press well away this President’s Day (Washington's Birthday) weekend (hat tip: Drudge Report) as he golfs with Tiger Woods in Florida. As Politico’s Dylan Byers writes:
Ed Henry, the Fox News correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents Association, released a statement Sunday evening in which he said the press corps had been given no access to the president, who was joined on his outing by star golfer Tiger Woods, and that the WHCA would fight for greater transparency in the days ahead.
"Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend," Henry said in a statement, relayed in a White House pool report. "There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency."
More details on the president’s golfing getaway at a highly exclusive club are provided by the Associated Press, which reported earlier:
President Barack Obama played golf Sunday with Tiger Woods, the White House said Sunday. Once the sport's dominant player before his career was sidetracked by scandal, Woods joined Obama at the Floridian, a secluded and exclusive yacht and golf club on Florida's Treasure Coast where Obama is spending the long Presidents Day weekend. The two had met before, but Sunday was the first time they played together.
The White House, which has promised to be the most open and transparent in history, has prohibited any media coverage of Obama's golf outing.
The foursome also included Jim Crane, a Houston businessman who owns the Floridian and baseball's Houston Astros, and outgoing US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. Crane and Kirk also were part of Obama's foursome on Saturday, the White House said.
President Obama’s latest mini-vacation follows in the wake of his lavish Christmas/ New Year holiday on Kailua Beach in Oahu, Hawaii, which cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $7 million. As veteran White House reporter Keith Koffler noted at the time:
In a move that is rich in irony, President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to taxpayers.
The price tag is in addition to more than $4 million that is already being spent on the Obamas’ Hawaii idyll, bringing the total cost of the excursion to well over $7 million. The added cost was incurred because by the time the Obamas return from Hawaii – whenever that is – the president will have used Air Force One to travel to Honolulu and back twice.
According to Koffler, "the total cost to taxpayers of Obama’s vacations to Hawaii since becoming president is likely in excess of $20 million, and possibly much, much more."
It is not hard to see why Barack Obama is rather camera shy over his latest golfing outing, this time with sports superstar Tiger Woods. The optics certainly don’t look good for a president who has in the past called on Americans to make sacrifices, while blatantly refusing to do so himself. It’s certainly not an image the president wants to project to the 12.3 million Americans who are out of work, or the millions more who are also seeking full-time employment. Nor does it suggest he is serious about reining in the $16.5 trillion of debt his government owes, $6 trillion of which was racked up in his first term of office. Flying Air Force One to Florida at a cost of about $180,000 per hour hardly sends the right message to US taxpayers, who have just seen their payroll taxes go up. This is the latest demonstration of an overwhelming culture of impunity in a celebrity-obsessed Obama White House, frequently coupled with a disturbing lack of transparency that would be roundly condemned by the likes of The New York Times, NBC, or CBS if a Republican were in office. It is also a presidency that is rife with hypocrisy, as Obama’s words in Virginia in April 2011 perfectly convey:
We are going to have to ask everybody to sacrifice. And if we’re asking community colleges to sacrifice, if we’re asking people who are going to see potentially fewer services in their neighborhoods to make a little sacrifice, then we can ask millionaires and billionaires to make a little sacrifice.
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White House Press Corps: 'Extreme Frustration' With Lack Of Obama Access
The Huffington Post | By Jack Mirkinson Posted: 02/18/2013 7:22 am EST | Updated: 02/18/2013 8:11 am EST
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The White House press corps expressed "extreme frustration" at the Obama administration Sunday after it was barred from being able to report on President Obama's golf outing with Tiger Woods.
The reporters who cover Obama every day were kept well away from the president as he hit the links. However, Tim Rosaforte, a writer for Golf Digest and Golf World, did get some access to the golfer-in-chief, and happily tweeted the event exclusively for hours.
The White House pool report, which was written by Agence France-Presse reporter Tangi Quemener and was posted at BuzzFeed and other outlets, expressed the mounting anger of the press corps:
We got confirmation at 1:45 PM that POTUS had been hitting the links with Tiger Woods inside the "Floridian" golf compound, 20 minutes away from the pool hotel. Your pool has been aware since this morning that a reporter, Tim Rosaforte, had been tweeting and talking on the Golf Channel about the POTUS/Woods game from inside the compound. Still officially under a lid, we decided to assemble and at 2:10 PM we logged a request to the White House for access to the President's game for a photo-op, like this administration and previous ones have granted in the past. We were told that we were free to travel to the Floridian but wouldn't get access to POTUS. After some back and forth, our handlers finally arrived at 4:17 PM and our bus was on the move quickly afterwards. We reached the Floridian's gates at 4:37. We're holding outside the compound and we're told that the President is not moving out of the Floridian and that the lid is still in place.
Ed Henry, the Fox News reporter who is president of the WHCA, issued a stern statement protesting the exclusion:
Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend. There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency.
Josh Earnest, the deputy press secretary for Obama, replied that the treatment was, to use a phrase, par for the course:
"The press access granted by the White House today is entirely consistent with the press access offered for previous presidential golf outings. It's also consistent with the press access promised to the White House Press Corps prior to arrival in Florida on Friday evening."
The White House press corps has often complained in the past about its level of access to Obama.
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Obama Talks Off Record With Press on Flight Home
Returns with Reggie Love.
8:03 PM, Feb 18, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
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President Obama has returned to Washington, from his solo vacation. He finally talked with the press on the ride back.
Via the pool report:
AF1 wheels down Andrews at 7:45pm. POTUS came back to have a 10-minute off the record talk with pool at the end of the flight.
Reggie Love departed AF1 soon after POTUS, apparently a guest for the weekend.
Marine One wheels up 7:55 pm
Obama is on the down low w reggie
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/guy-Woods-imposed-controversial-photo-black-out.html
Unreal - living like a Sultan all while he shucks and jives to the po peeps.
1 Million dollar golf weekend and the lemmings think he gives a shit about them.
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Tiger Woods Lost To A Guy He Had Beaten 75 Times In A Row
Jay Yarow|Feb. 22, 2013, 9:46 AM|133|1
Tiger Woods lost in the first round of the Accenture Match Play yesterday to Charles Howell III.
It's not a massive surprise that Woods was sent packing early. He hasn't played well at Dove Mountain, the course that hosted the Match Play. He lost in the second round last year and the first round the time before that.
But it is surprising that he lost to Howell, because he was undefeated against Howell.
Howell and Woods have played against each other for years. They started as amateurs, then were members at the same golf club in Florida. Through the years, playing matches professionally and on the side for fun, Woods had always beaten Howell.
After the match, Howell estimated that he had lost 75 times in a row against Woods. He kept expecting Woods to eventually beat him, but it didn't happen.
Woods didn't play poorly yesterday. He missed a few shots here and there and lipped out a putt, but he didn't have a single bogey. Howell just outplayed him. He was draining putts from all over the greens.
If you want to get a big picture story on Woods for this year from this loss, you're out of luck. It was a freaky event — there was a snow storm that delayed Woods and Howell's match. As we've already noted, Woods hates this course. He can't get the greens figured out. And, it's not like he played poorly. It was a good round.
We'll get a better idea about Woods game next weekend when he plays at the Honda Classic in Florida. Woods was a two shots away from winning that event last year.
We suppose if you want to do the big picture thing, you could note that Woods aura of invincibility took another hit yesterday. But, really that's been going on since 2009 when he lost to Y.E. Yang in the PGA Championship, and then a few months later when he crashed his car into a fire hydrant.
One other note from the tournament: Rory McIlroy also lost in the first round. Unlike Woods, McIlroy didn't play well. Either his swing is rusty, or his new Nike equipment is giving him problems. He hasn't played very much this year. This was just his third round of the year in competition.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/tiger-woods-lost-to-a-guy-he-had-beaten-75-times-in-a-row-2013-2#ixzz2Ldz2qrL9
Curse of Obama continues.
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Does anyone know how many hours a night Obama sleeps? If it's over 4 hours, then he's playing too much golf. If its 4 hours or under, then a couple of hours a week to golf is no problem imop. Donald Trump says that he himself sleeps 4 hours or less.
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NYT even getting in on the act.
Amid Cuts, Does a President Dare Tee Off?
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR
Published: March 6, 2013
WASHINGTON — Fair or not, the extracurricular lives of American presidents are often measured by how they compare with the everyday pursuits of the people they lead.
And so as the nation’s federal workers and others prepare to tighten their belts amid budget cuts, reduced overtime and furloughs, it is inevitable that someone would ask the question about President Obama and golf.
It came this week from, among others, Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and Republican presidential candidate, who expressed outrage that the White House had canceled daily tours of 1600 Pennsylvania at the behest of the Secret Service, which said its officers were needed more elsewhere.
“Canceling White House tours is childish and dishonest,” Mr. Gingrich said on Twitter, citing a recent golf vacation the president took to the Floridian Yacht and Golf Club resort with a handful of friends and his Secret Service entourage. “The golf weekend in Florida cost enough to keep the White House open for months.”
Representative Louie Gohmert, Republican of Texas, even proposed an amendment that would prohibit the president from going on any more golf trips at federal expense until the tours resume at the White House.
Ari Fleischer, press secretary to President George W. Bush, said: “If George Bush were playing golf while this was under way, there would be pandemonium in the press corps about it.”
For Mr. Obama, the months ahead will be tricky. Few people object to a president taking some time to relax — to work out, play basketball, sit on a beach, go to dinner. And like all presidents before him, Mr. Obama does all those things with the costly machinery of government orbiting around him.
But the budget cuts known as sequestration are going to have an outsize effect on government workers who, like Mr. Obama, get their paycheck from the federal treasury. Some will be furloughed as often as once a week. Others will lose overtime, forcing them to cancel vacations or trim household expenses.
Officials said the White House staff would be affected, too. Some people will be furloughed, some nonessential equipment purchases will be delayed, and some staff members — though, by law, not the president himself — will be subject to reduced salaries.
“People are going to be hurt,” Mr. Obama declared just hours before the cuts went into effect last week.
So the president’s White House advisers are going to have to confront the question of how, or whether, to adjust his family’s activities. Should they go to Martha’s Vineyard? Will Michelle Obama and the couple’s daughters avoid trips like the ski vacation they took to Aspen last month? And what about the golf that Mr. Obama frequently plays at the nearby Joint Base Andrews?
Mr. Fleischer pointed out that the Pentagon’s leaders have warned that the budget cuts will have a serious impact on the readiness of the nation’s military. “What does it say about a sequester if a military golf course can stay open during it?” he said.
Charlie Black, a Republican consultant, said presidents deserved some time off, but added that Mr. Obama was vulnerable to criticism because he and his advisers “blew way out of proportion” the impact of the cuts.
“Maybe the crisis the president inflated will be alleviated enough for him to go to Martha’s Vineyard in August,” Mr. Black said.
A White House adviser said he did not know what Mr. Obama’s plans were for trips in the coming months, but he said the president’s staff would consider the impact of the budget cuts at the time.
“It’s too early to say,” said Josh Earnest, the deputy White House press secretary. “But he is the president of the United States wherever he goes, 24 hours a day. People don’t begrudge him taking a little time off.”
If the past is any guide, Mr. Obama tends to push ahead with life outside his day job even when it is sure to risk criticism.
The Obamas spent a week at an estate in Martha’s Vineyard in 2009 and 2010, even as the economic crisis was still gripping the country. In 2011, he went to the island just after the debt crisis fight but left early after an earthquake hit Washington and Hurricane Irene headed toward the East Coast.
Mr. Obama has also traveled to Hawaii each year in late December and his family has taken short vacations to Yosemite and the mountains of North Carolina. Mrs. Obama, her daughter Sasha and some friends took a trip to Spain in the summer of 2010 that drew criticism for its cost.
Such is the life of a modern president and his family. The first President Bush was mocked as out of touch when he was seen on a speedboat in Kennebunkport, Maine, during an economic downturn. President Bill Clinton hobnobbed with Hollywood glitterati and took heat for it.
And like Mr. Obama, the second President Bush was criticized for his frequent golf outings, which sometimes made him seem disconnected from the grim task of leading a nation in war.
For Mr. Obama, the golf weekend in Florida last month drew criticism at the time. But that was before budget cuts that officials say will build in intensity over the spring and summer.
For now, aides say they know of no plans for another such outing.
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Obama Golfs—Third Weekend in a Row [What me worry?.......]
Weekly Standard ^
Posted on April 13, 2013 2:45:38 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
Obama Golfs—Third Weekend in a Row Daniel Halper April 13, 2013 12:59 PM
For the third weekend in a row, President Obama is hitting the links. CBS's Mark Knoller reports on Twitter:
On a mild Spring day in DC, Pres Obama is playing a round of golf at Andrews. Third Saturday in a row.
This weekend the Masters is being held in Augusta, Georgia, where Obama's golf buddy, Tiger Woods, has once again found himself at the center of attention.
Via the pool report:
On a cloudy but quite nice day, POTUS is hitting the links.
At 12:11 pm, he left from the North Portico of the White House. Your pooler only caught the slightest glimpse, but it looked like POTUS was wearing a windbreaker.
Pennsylvania Ave was shut down, with yellow tape holding back scores of onlookers in Lafayette Park.
Some of those onlookers smiled and took photos. Others were protesters, shouting something your pooler couldn't decipher (but thanks to the long lens of a pool photographer, it was possible to make out an anti-drone banner that depicted a drone striking a little family).
After an uneventful motorcade ride, we arrived at Andrews AFB around 12:40pm. As POTUS headed toward the golf course, pool split off and is holding in the food court at the Base Exchange.
Per a White House aide, here's the list of those playing golf with POTUS (all of them WH aides):
Marvin Nicholson Joe Paulsen
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Obama Golfs—Third Weekend in a Row [What me worry?.......]
Weekly Standard ^
Posted on April 13, 2013 2:45:38 PM EDT by Sub-Driver
Obama Golfs—Third Weekend in a Row Daniel Halper April 13, 2013 12:59 PM
For the third weekend in a row, President Obama is hitting the links. CBS's Mark Knoller reports on Twitter:
On a mild Spring day in DC, Pres Obama is playing a round of golf at Andrews. Third Saturday in a row.
This weekend the Masters is being held in Augusta, Georgia, where Obama's golf buddy, Tiger Woods, has once again found himself at the center of attention.
Via the pool report:
On a cloudy but quite nice day, POTUS is hitting the links.
At 12:11 pm, he left from the North Portico of the White House. Your pooler only caught the slightest glimpse, but it looked like POTUS was wearing a windbreaker.
Pennsylvania Ave was shut down, with yellow tape holding back scores of onlookers in Lafayette Park.
Some of those onlookers smiled and took photos. Others were protesters, shouting something your pooler couldn't decipher (but thanks to the long lens of a pool photographer, it was possible to make out an anti-drone banner that depicted a drone striking a little family).
After an uneventful motorcade ride, we arrived at Andrews AFB around 12:40pm. As POTUS headed toward the golf course, pool split off and is holding in the food court at the Base Exchange.
Per a White House aide, here's the list of those playing golf with POTUS (all of them WH aides):
Marvin Nicholson Joe Paulsen
If you've ever been to the White House or Capitol Building, there's always protestors and lobbyist surrounding the area 24/7
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/04/28/REPORT-Obama-Spent-Twice-As-Much-Time-On-Vacation-Golf-As-On-Economy
Unfucking real.
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http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3384/report_obama_spends_twice_as_long_on_vacation_than_in_economic_meetings
wow.
Because you voted for it.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/29/report-obama-spent-more-hours-golfing-vacationing-/print
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After a Week of Scandal and Lies… Obama Goes Golfing
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, May 19, 2013, 12:09 AM
Fore!
After a week of enormous scandal and release of the Benghazi emails that proved the president and his top aides lied about the Benghazi massacre… Barack Obama went golfing today.
ABC-Yahoo reported:
President Obama — despite dealing with a trio of political scandals that flared up this week — squeezed in some time on the golf course today, and included a woman in his foursome for the first time this year.
The president played golf at Andrews Air Force Base today with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Let’s Move! and nutrition policy advisor Sam Kass.
Obama has frequented the golf course often this spring, but until today always with male golfing partners. Sebelius is the first woman to join the president on the golf course this year.
The president’s golf outing comes after the White House spent a week dealing with a series of political scandals, from the IRS targeting conservative groups seeking tax exempt status for extra scrutiny, to the administration’s release of a trove of e-mails about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year, to the Department of Justice obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters.
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The idiot is golfing again today in Florida at tr Caddy Shack golf club.
Lmfao!
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http://theulstermanreport.com/2013/11/09/obama-flies-to-florida-to-threaten-americans-over-immigration-then-stays-in-hotel-to-golf
Lol. Fucking wortless slug
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http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/nov/8/miller-obama-plays-150-rounds-golf-president
Ha ha ha.
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Sure you don't want to edit that Benghazi post from last May, SC? lol
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Sure you don't want to edit that Benghazi post from last May, SC? lol
Not at all - benghazi is still a scandal of giant magnitude. Just cause one source changed his story does not negate the rest of the mess. Why did obama lie about the vido again?
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/2/what-a-life
Unreal. Who the fuck voted for this asshole!!!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/15/us-usa-obama-idUSBREA1E0YN20140215
Unbelievable.
F this worthless dirt bag
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/15/us-usa-obama-idUSBREA1E0YN20140215
Unbelievable.
F this worthless dirt bag
So he uses meetings with foreign diplomats as an excuse to shoot golf.
Where are the libtards who used to criticize Bush for the "endless" vacations?
Wasn't the jokeinchief vacationing a month ago?
So much for CHANGE!!
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The funniest part is that this worthless ghetto shitstain used more water, CO2, energy, gas, oil etc - just in this one trip to go play golf and get stoned than most people will in a lifetime.
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The democratic party are the biggest hypocrites out there.
The jokeinchief telling people to tighten their financial belt, yet the moron doesn't have the same consideration for taxes being spent on his "golf" meetings and vacations.
Same with that retard Al Gore flying around in his jet and owning a home that uses 12 times as much energy as the average home, while preaching about the importance of buying electric/hybrid cars and reducing the individual "carbon footprint".
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http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25157716/obama-tees-off-larry-ellisons-private-course
You liberals are the biggest suckers on this planet
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http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25157716/obama-tees-off-larry-ellisons-private-course
You liberals are the biggest suckers on this planet
You are wrong.
If you ask them they will tell you they are the most intelligent people on the planet. So much so that they know, more than you, what is good for you.
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If you ask them they will tell you they are the most intelligent people on the planet. So much so that they know, more than you, what is good for you.
And how does that make you FEEL? lol
Yo! Dude! Your personal insecurities are showing...
lol, Just messing with you a little. I guess I don't understand someone who'd give anyone else the satisfaction by saying (even indirectly) "You think you're smarter than me."
Shit reminds me of Dennis Hopper in the great movie Red Rock West repeatedly (and pathetically) saying to Nicolas Cage, "You think you're better than me." (Spoiler: After Cage kills Hopper, he says "Yeah, well I AM better than you!")
What secure person really gives a flip about what someone else thinks about how smart they think they are?
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http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/17/obama-golfs-water-guzzling-desert-courses-amid-the-drought
Lying Kenyan thug and fraud
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-skipped-aunts-funeral-went-golfing-instead_787272.html
Nice
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http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-biden-vacation-tab-reaches-40m-2.9m-alone-for-two-obama-2014-golf-outings/article/2547892
Holy shit
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http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/2014/06/12/palm-springs-road-closures-obama/10382797
4 days of fun in the sun for Thugbama. How nice to be Nero while everything he goes near burns
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‘Exhausted’ Obama to drive golf balls as ISIS drives on Baghdad, Twitter erupts
June 13, 2014 by Tom Tillison 19 Comments
CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller was simply doing his job when he tweeted President Barack Obama‘s weekend plans. Little did he know that his effort would unleash a wave of criticism directed at the president.
With the situation in Iraq at critical mass and Baghdad on the verge of falling into the hands of the Islamic militant group known as ISIS, and the impending humanitarian crises unfolding on the southern border with Mexico, folks were simply astonished at what they were seeing.
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http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/06/16/americans-remain-trapped-iraq-obama-golfs-and-fundraises-california
;D
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_GOLF?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-07-26-14-59-01
Golfing w espn hosts
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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_GOLF?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-07-26-14-59-01
Golfing w espn hosts
Whining with internet losers.
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Whining with internet losers.
I'm 100% convinced you're a Benny gimmick.
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I don't think the President (not Obama - any President) shouldn't be able to play golf, or try to unwind a bit. It's a high-pressure job and he needs some release, especially since he can't take vacations (as in, take time completely off work).
Specifically on the issue of going golfing, I find some of this outrage at Obama manufactured - just as I found some of the outrage at Bush manufactured. It's a few hours hitting a ball with a club. Whatever.
But it's certainly true that Obama seems to not be very politically savvy with how his game of golf will play against the backdrop of news of the day/week/month. For an otherwise media-savvy politician, this strikes me as weird.
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Unwind? Obama never works at all - which might be a good thing right now
I don't think the President (not Obama - any President) shouldn't be able to play golf, or try to unwind a bit. It's a high-pressure job and he needs some release, especially he can't take vacations (as in, take time completely off work).
Specifically on the issue of going golfing, I find some of this outrage at Obama manufactured - just as I found some of the outrage at Bush manufactured. It's a few hours hitting a ball with a club. Whatever.
But it's certainly true that Obama seems to not be very politically savvy with how his game of golf will play against the backdrop of news of the day/week/month. For an otherwise media-savvy politician, this strikes me as weird.
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Unwind? Obama never works at all - which might be a good thing right now
I'm unsurprised that you completely missed my point. You, like your blinder-wearing ilk, miss the forest for the trees.
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I'm unsurprised that you completely missed my point. You, like your blinder-wearing ilk, miss the forest for the trees.
I saw your point completely. Obama could care less about public perceptipn
The scumbag went to a fundraiser w jay z the day after benghazi remember?
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http://nypost.com/2014/07/26/obama-played-81-rounds-of-golf-and-attended-75-fundraisers-since-re-election
81 rounds of golf - 75 fundraisers
He has only himself to blame for his disastrous failure of a presidency
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I'm 100% convinced you're a Benny gimmick.
We are 100% convinced you are the board's biggest idiot.
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http://nypost.com/2014/07/26/obama-played-81-rounds-of-golf-and-attended-75-fundraisers-since-re-election
81 rounds of golf - 75 fundraisers
He has only himself to blame for his disastrous failure of a presidency
Good to see the president has his priorities in order.
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Obama hits the links on Martha's Vineyard
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It didn't take President Obama long to get to the golf course during the first weekend of his Martha's Vineyard vacation.
Obama played at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs for a second straight day on Sunday. His playing partners included retired football player-turned Ahmad Rashad.
On Saturday, Obama made his way to Farm Neck less than an hour after arriving at his vacation home. That foursome included Rashad and basketball star Ray Allen.
Pool photographers also got some pictures of Obama on the course on Saturday.
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War on golf: Obama is escorted by SWAT team and two snipers..(shortened)
The Daily Mail ^ | 10 August 2014 | MailOnline Reporter
Posted on August 10, 2014 9:45:12 PM EDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
As conflict continued in Iraq, President Barack Obama waged a different kind of war during his vacation at Martha's Vineyard - on the golf course.
Obama was escorted to the Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, by a huge motorcade, which included a SWAT team and two snipers who peered out of an open trunk.
Sporting a United States Secret Service baseball cap, Obama seemed reasonably relaxed despite the hefty protection, laughing and chatting with his golfing buddies in between holes. Obama fled Washington for his family's familiar vacation spot yesterday for a two-week summer break.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
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Obama Balances World Crises With Golf, Time Off
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Jeff Mason, Reuters
Aug. 10, 2014, 1:48 PM
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U.S. President Barack Obama gestures on the second green as he plays golf at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe January 2, 2014.
OAK BLUFFS Mass. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave Americans an update on U.S. military strikes in Iraq on Saturday from a podium on the White House lawn with Marine One, the presidential helicopter, parked in the background.
Four hours later, he offered an altogether different tableau: a golf game with friends at a lush course on Martha's Vineyard, the upscale Massachusetts island where the president and his family began a two-week vacation.
The contrasting scenes, which quickly sparked some hostile commentary from critics, illustrate the dilemma of taking time off when you are the most powerful leader in the world and, by definition, handling major issues all the time.
Part of the problem is dealing with appearances, or 'optics' as Washington pundits like to call it.
With crises boiling in Gaza, Iraq and Ukraine, Obama - like his presidential predecessors in similar circumstances - proceeded with plans for a summer break, but only after making his Iraq statement against the very presidential backdrop.
Administration officials made clear he would continue to do his job even while getting some time off, and a phalanx of aides, including national security adviser Susan Rice, came along to ensure that a virtual Oval Office was never far away.
"The president will be traveling to Massachusetts with an array of communications equipment and national security advisers and others to ensure that he has the capacity to make the kinds of decisions that are required for the Commander-in-Chief," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Friday.
"And if there’s a need for the president to return to the White House, it’s not a long flight from Martha’s Vineyard back to Washington, D.C."
White House officials go to great pains to show Obama is on top of world events even when he is on fundraising trips or family vacations.
On Saturday they released statements describing calls he made to British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Francois Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Merkel call took place on Air Force One during Obama's flight to Massachusetts.
The president's Republican critics have already hammered him for going ahead with a vacation just days after authorizing airstrikes in Iraq - the first direct U.S. military action there since the last U.S. troops withdrew in 2011.
But White House staff allowed press photographers to take pictures of the president with club in hand at the beginning of his Saturday game. That is rare. Journalists seldom get to view the president playing golf, which he does almost every weekend in Washington when the weather is good.
The fact that reporters were given access to him on the same day as his somber comments on Iraq showed a White House wanting to appear immune to critics of Obama's taking time off.
THE PERILS OF GOLF
Such imagery has backfired before, however. While on vacation in Maine in August 2002, Republican President George W. Bush reacted to a suicide bombing in Israel from the first tee box on his golf course.
"I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now, watch this drive," Bush said before swinging his club.
The Republican president later gave up playing golf when his popularity plummeted after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Obama, whose own popularity ratings in polls are among the lowest of his presidency, is not showing signs of giving anything up.
On Monday he plans to attend a Democratic fundraiser and, if previous vacations are a guide, he will spend the rest of his time putting, eating dinners at upscale restaurants, and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
This year's presidential trip to the island is longer than previous years, when his stays have lasted just over a week. Obama, in office since 2009, is scheduled to return to the White House on Sunday for a couple of days of meetings before coming back to Martha's Vineyard to finish his vacation.
Several dozen anti-Obama protesters held signs and waved at passing vehicles on Saturday afternoon at a traffic circle near a bridge that links the area to other parts of Massachusetts.
One sign read, "Stop Obama!" and another read, "Harboring illegals is a felony," a reference to Obama's planned executive orders to help undocumented immigrants.
Others voiced support for veterans of the Iraq war.
(Additional reporting by Daniel Lovering; Editing by Frances Kerry)
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-no-optical-illusion-obama-balances-world-crises-with-golf-time-off-2014-09#ixzz3A5San5cV
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2014/08/13/milbank-obama-more-passionate-about-playing-golf-pushing-his-agend
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Golfers frisked as Obama unexpectedly arrives at Martha’s Vineyard club
By Mara Siegler
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Golfers frisked as Obama unexpectedly arrives at Martha’s Vineyard club
President Barack Obama, right, smiles as he gives a pat on the arm to Cyrus Walker
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Regulars at the Vineyard Golf Club in Martha’s Vineyard were gob-smacked when President Obama unexpectedly strolled onto a nearby green and they were immediately frisked. “There was no warning he was coming,” sniffed a guest.
“There was security on the way in, but no word as to why they were there.” The member added, “While eating, overlooking the golf course, guests had to stand up and be wanded.” One asked if he could finish his hot soup first, and an Obama security man cracked, ominously, “So, you’re not cooperating?”
But Obama did, “go around and shake everyone’s hand waiting on the course.” His vacation’s been called “tone deaf” by some during new military action in Iraq.
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I wonder if, in Russia, there's a thread where russians complain about Putin.
Russia Fish & Wildlife Director: Putin is doing too much hunting and fishing and horseback riding - "Doesn't seem right"
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I wonder if, in Russia, there's a thread where russians complain about Putin.
Russia Fish & Wildlife Director: Putin is doing too much hunting and fishing and horseback riding - "Doesn't seem right"
LOL - the only problem w that is that putin is on the move doing shit - o-fag is chooming it up on Martha's vineyard w his boyfriend while things are going to hell
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LOL - the only problem w that is that putin is on the move doing shit - o-fag is chooming it up on Martha's vineyard w his boyfriend while things are going to hell
I think you'd be MORE upset if Barry obama was in his office 60 hours a week, pushing his liberal agenda.
he does less damage to the nation when he's golfing. You and coach should be out there polishing his clubs, inviting him out for a few rounds.
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I think you'd be MORE upset if Barry obama was in his office 60 hours a week, pushing his liberal agenda.
he does less damage to the nation when he's golfing. You and coach should be out there polishing his clubs, inviting him out for a few rounds.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730122/The-entire-world-appalled-We-relentless-Obama-vows-punish-ISIS-beheading-American-journalist-James-Foley-said-stood-stark-contrast-cowardly-killers.html
30 motherfucking minutes later that asshole is playing golf!!!!
F HIM!!!
MOTHERFUCKING GHETTO POS
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Fist bump: Furious reactions to Obama's joyful 5-hour golf game . . .
Daily Mail Online ^ | August 21, 2014 | David Martosko, U.S. Political Editor
Posted on August 21, 2014 at 6:23:52 AM EDT by Maceman
President Barack Obama reacted to the on-camera slaying of photojournalist James Foley for five minutes on Wednesday, telling a global audience that 'when people harm Americans, anywhere, we do what’s necessary to see that justice is done.'
Minutes later he began a five-hour round at Farm Neck Golf Course on Martha's Vineyard for his seventh visit to the links, so far, during a vacation that began August 9.
The decision brought a chorus of condemnation from TV commentators, journalists, conservative partisans and Twitter denizens – and even an unintentional slap from the left-leaning New York Times.
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters could hardly contain his anger Wednesday night on the Fox News Channel as he discussed Obama's reactions to the ISIS terror network's beheading of Foley, an American who had been missing since 2012.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-blasted-golfing-isis-speech-article-1.1910022
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2730122/The-entire-world-appalled-We-relentless-Obama-vows-punish-ISIS-beheading-American-journalist-James-Foley-said-stood-stark-contrast-cowardly-killers.html
Is there anything lower than this skell?
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/7-photos-of-obama-golfing-on-marthas-vineyard-wednesday#3dcr4sw
What a communist islamist worthless ghetto fag
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he shouldn't be golfing, i agree.
but it was kinda cool that as he was giving his comments, there were 14 airstrikes going on.
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http://www.businessinsider.com/cheney-obama-would-rather-be-on-the-golf-course-than-the-situation-room-2014-8
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/us/politics/a-terrorist-horror-then-golf-incongruity-fuels-obama-critics.html?_r=0
Even the NYT is calling out this pos now
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Obama Challenges Caliph of ISIS to Golf Game
August 22, 2014 by Daniel Greenfield 2 Comments
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is a New York writer focusing on radical Islam. He is completing a book on the international challenges America faces in the 21st century.
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Facing criticism for going right from his Foley statement back to his golf game, the White House announced today that what appeared to be a bored manchild taking endless vacations and hanging out with his pals at taxpayer expense was actually part of a cunning scheme to defeat ISIS.
“Next week, President Obama intends to challenge the Caliph of ISIS to 19 holes at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “His entire administration, all his experiences, have been leading up to this point. Every time conservatives ridiculed him, he was actually training for the day when he will personally defeat ISIL. At golf.”
While some pundits have questioned whether the Caliph of the Islamic State would even agree to take part in a golf game and what beating him at golf would accomplish, MSNBC and CNN were quick to tout the advantages.
“President Obama is like Batman,” Dr. Marc Lamont Hill told CNN’s Don Lemon. “If Batman fought crime by playing golf. Instead of fighting fire with fire, Barack is going to fight fire with golf.”
However in an exclusive interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, Hillary Clinton suggested that challenging the Caliph to a golf game wasn’t much of a strategy.
“It just doesn’t make sense,” the former Secretary of State said. “Maybe challenge him to a game of ping pong in the tradition of the US rapprochement with China. Or to see who can best defend a 12-year-old girl’s rapist by calling her a mentally ill slut. I could do that one again in my sleep.”
Some questions have been raised about whether the Caliph should even be allowed in the United States, but then it was pointed out that these days anyone can cross the southern border.
While the Caliph of the Islamic State did not yet issue a formal response, an ISIS press release warned that “The Lions of Mosul, the Knights of Tikrit and the Warriors of that Pile of Rubble Near Baghdad would play golf with the heads of the Zionist Crusader infidels and their Freemason Monkey-Pig allies.”
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Obama’s endless second-term vacation
Free Beacon ^ | August 22, 2014 | Matthew Continetti
Posted on 8/22/2014 12:39:20 PM by Cheerio
1,461 Days of Summer
The headline was brutal. “Bam’s Golf War: Prez tees off as Foley’s parents grieve,” read the cover of Thursday’s New York Daily News. Obama’s gaffe was this: He had denounced the beheading of James Foley from a vacation spot in Martha’s Vineyard, then went to the golf course. Seems like he had a great time. Such a great time that he returned to the Farm Neck Golf Club—sorry, membership is full—the next day.
Technically, Obama’s vacation began on August 9. It is scheduled to end on Sunday, August 24. With the exception of a two-day interlude in D.C., it has been two weeks of golf, jazz, biking, beach going, dining out, celebrating, and sniping from critics, not all of them conservative, who are unnerved by the president taking time off at a moment of peril.
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President George H.W. Bush took a three-week break in Maine in 1990 after ordering the U.S. military to turn back Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces in Kuwait. He swatted away questions about Persian Gulf action while on the golf course, later saying "I just don't like taking questions on serious matters on my vacation . . . I hope you'll understand when I'm recreating, I will recreate. And when we're working, which I'm trying up here, I'll work hard."
In 2002, President George W. Bush also was on the golf course when he reacted to terrorist bombings in Israel, saying: "I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive."
Bush has defended Obama's fondness for golf.
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Please whine about something else that actually matters.
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Smiling Obama swings into action but once again, it's on the golf course
Daily Mail UK ^ | August 223, 2014 | David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor,and Louise Boyle
Posted on 08/24/2014 7:26:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Smiling Obama swings into action... but once again, it's on the golf course: President plays again as FBI warn of homegrown ISIS threat and US edges closer to Syria strikes
Obama under fire from critics for his hours on the golf course during a two-week break on the resort island of Martha's Vineyard Obama spokesman suggested the president needs to blow off steam with 8 rounds of golf on vacation Obama was slammed this week for grinning and fist-bumping through 18 holes just minutes after delivering somber remarks about James Foley's execution at the hands if ISIS terrorists Secretary of State John Kerry was spotted sailing off Nantucket while the Pentagon answered tough questions about the Middle East
President Obama was back on the golf course today as he enjoyed yet another 18 holes amid deepening concerns about the spreading terrorist rampage of extremist group ISIS.
The President played a round with former NBA basketball star Alonzo Mourning and Cyrus Walker, cousin of White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, at Farm Neck Golf Club, in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts on Saturday.
His hours on the golf course during a two-week break on the resort island of Martha's Vineyard have his detractors teeing up as they highlight the slew of foreign policy crises currently facing the U.S.
On Friday, the FBI and Homeland Security warned police forces across the country to be on the lookout for terrorist threats as a chilling note was posted online warning that Chicago could be an ISIS target.
The federal agencies sent a bulletin on Friday to law enforcement agencies warning them to be on the lookout for terrorism. Although no specific threats have been identified, they could not guarantee no future attacks, the federal agencies said.
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Posted on August 24, 2014 at 9:58:20 AM EDT by RoosterRedux
It is hard to fathom what Obama is doing or thinking. No explanation comes close to being satisfactory.
With fellow Democrats faulting him, and with threats to America multiplying, it is impossible to excuse his conduct on the grounds of ignorance. If he only knows what the public sees, that would be more than enough to develop a strategy.
Indeed, it’s possible his military advisers are going public with terrifying claims about the terrorist group because they, too, are alarmed by his passivity. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, normally low-key, said of the Islamic State: “This is beyond anything that we’ve seen. So we must prepare for everything.”
Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called it “an organization that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision that will eventually have to be defeated.”
His use of the word “defeated” was in contrast to Obama, who talked only of “containing” the Islamic State when he approved limited airstrikes.
There was, of course, another response from the president last week. After the storm started over the golf outing, White House officials confirmed there had been a secret raid to free Foley and others in July, but it failed.
The release of such classified information ignited a second round of fury, with not a few critics accusing the president of playing politics.
Nonsense. He doesn’t care about politics. The raid was revealed to protect the only thing he does care about: himself.
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weird that Bush would try to claim he gave up golf for 9/11... and was seen golfing until Oct 2003.
He replaced it with mountain biking, as his knees were diagnosed bad in Nov 2003.
Look, none of us wants a president that works 24/7. they'd go batshit crazy under the pressure of the office.
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weird that Bush would try to claim he gave up golf for 9/11... and was seen golfing until Oct 2003.
He replaced it with mountain biking, as his knees were diagnosed bad in Nov 2003.
Look, none of us wants a president that works 24/7. they'd go batshit crazy under the pressure of the office.
Like i said - more obama is golfing and vacayioning happier i am.
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Disconnected Obama’ needs to change conversation to help party in midterms
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President Obama smiles as he sits at the wheel of a golf cart while golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 20. (Steven Senne/AP)
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By Chris Cillizza Reporter August 24 at 1:56 PM
President Obama returns to Washington on Monday after a two-week vacation that was neither restful nor productive.
From the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., to the airstrikes in Iraq, the ongoing tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the execution of American journalist James Foley, it’s been a tough few weeks for the country — and for its leader.
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Obama drew criticism from the left for not being forceful enough in speaking out on the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson and from the right over the death of Foley and the rise of the militant Islamic State. Then there was the golf; nine rounds during his 16 days on Martha’s Vineyard, including a trip to the links immediately after his condemnation of Foley’s killers.
That series of events left the impression of a disconnected president, frustrated with both the expectations and the limitations inherent in being the nation’s leader at this moment in history.
It also led to worries — expressed privately — among Democratic party strategists that Obama’s seemingly long-view approach to international and domestic conflicts could spell doom for the party’s chances in the midterm elections, which are only about 10 weeks away.
“The president is in a tough spot, and a lot of the problems aren’t of his own making,” said one Democratic strategist who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid about the leader of the party. “That said, voters hold him responsible for what happens on his watch. After Ebola, ISIL, Ferguson and earthquakes, people start wondering if locusts are next.” ISIL stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, now known as the Islamic State.
The question for Obama and the Democratic candidates and consultants whose fate at the ballot box in November is inextricably linked to his is what, if anything, can be done to turn around this story line of a president increasingly unable — or unwilling — to steer the country (and the world) in the direction he wants it to go.
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J.B. Poersch, a former executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee who is now a political consultant, insists that the path back for Obama is the same as it has always been — talking about the economy in real-world terms.
“The president helps best when he’s taking up the argument for working people and whacking away at economic issues that matter — pay equity, minimum wage, affordable college loans and more,” Poersch said. “This was true in 2012, and it’s still true.”
And, in theory, the economy provides a positive story for Obama — and other Democrats — to tell. An average of 230,000 jobs have been added in each of the first seven months of the year, and the unemployment rate sits at 6.2 percent — the lowest it has been since September 2008.
Yet, despite the improved numbers, Obama — and his party — don’t seem to be getting much of the credit. Just over four in 10 voters (42 percent) approved of how he is handling the economy in an NBC-Wall Street Journal poll conducted this month; the survey also showed Obama’s overall approval rating at 40 percent, the lowest measured by NBC-WSJ.
The reasons that Obama gets little credit for the economic improvements are many, including that many people don’t feel as though things are getting better in their lives (two-thirds of those surveyed in the NBC-WSJ poll were either somewhat or very dissatisfied with the state of the economy) and that the news of late has been dominated by chaos not just around the world but also within our borders.
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Changing that conversation won’t be easy — even if Obama is committed to doing so for the good of his party this fall, according to Democratic operatives, who also acknowledge that the president’s numbers are complicating their efforts in the midterms.
“He has to make the case for our agenda,” said one Democratic strategist closely monitoring Obama’s effect on the campaign trail. The White House, the strategist said, launches an effort, makes “the case for a week and then moves on as if the case has been made. His opponents make the case against him — and against the government — every single day.”
What everyone outside Obama’s inner circle wonders is whether the president is truly committed to making that case in a sustained and forceful way in the weeks before the elections. Only one man knows the answer — and he’s not saying at the moment.
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Like i said - more obama is golfing and vacayioning happier i am.
A 10+ page thread with you whining about it seems to be the exact opposite.
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FORE! Score? And seven trillion rounds ago, our forecaddies brought forth on this continent a new playground, conceived by Robert Trent Jones, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal when it comes to spending as much time on the links as possible — even when it seems totally inappropriate, like moments after making a solemn statement condemning the grisly murder of a 40-year-old American journalist beheaded by ISIL.
I know reporters didn’t get a chance to ask questions, but I had to bounce. I had a 1 p.m. tee time at Vineyard Golf Club with Alonzo Mourning and a part-owner of the Boston Celtics. Hillary and I agreed when we partied with Vernon Jordan up here, hanging out with celebrities and rich folks is fun.
Now we are engaged in a great civil divide in Ferguson, which does not even have a golf course, and that’s why I had a “logistical” issue with going there. We are testing whether that community, or any community so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure when the nation’s leader wants nothing more than to sink a birdie putt.
We are met on a great field of that battle, not Augusta, not Pebble Beach, not Bethpage Black, not Burning Tree, but Farm Neck Golf Club in Martha’s Vineyard, which we can’t get enough of — me, Alonzo, Ray Allen and Marvin Nicholson, my trip director and favorite golfing partner who has played 134 rounds and counting with me.
We have to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for my presidency, if I keep swinging from behind.
Yet it is altogether fitting and proper that I should get to play as much golf as I want, despite all the lame jokes about how golf is turning into “a real handicap” for my presidency and how I have to “stay the course” with ISIL. I’ve heard all the carping that I should be in the Situation Room droning and plinking the bad folks. I know some people think I should go to Ferguson. Don’t they understand that I’ve delegated the Martin Luther King Jr. thing to Eric Holder? Plus, Valerie Jarrett and Al Sharpton have it under control.
I know it doesn’t look good to have pictures of me grinning in a golf cart juxtaposed with ones of James Foley’s parents crying, and a distraught David Cameron rushing back from his vacation after only one day, and the Pentagon news conference with Chuck Hagel and General Dempsey on the failed mission to rescue the hostages in Syria.
We’re stuck in the rough, going to war all over again in Iraq and maybe striking Syria, too. Every time Chuck says ISIL is “beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” I sprout seven more gray hairs. But my cool golf caps cover them. If only I could just play through the rest of my presidency.
ISIL brutally killing hostages because we won’t pay ransoms, rumbles of coups with our puppets in Iraq and Afghanistan, the racial caldron in Ferguson, the Ebola outbreak, the Putin freakout — there’s enough awful stuff going on to give anyone the yips.
So how can you blame me for wanting to unwind on the course or for five hours at dinner with my former assistant chef? He’s a great organic cook, and he’s got a gluten-free backyard putting green.
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But, in a larger sense, we can dedicate, we can consecrate, we can hallow this ground where I can get away from my wife, my mother-in-law, Uncle Joe, Congress and all the other hazards in my life.
The brave foursomes, living and dead, who struggled here in the sand, in the trees, in the water, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or subtract a few strokes to improve our score. Bill Clinton was Mr. Mulligan, and he is twice at popular as I am.
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The world will little note, nor long remember, what we shot here, or why I haven’t invited a bunch of tiresome congressmen to tee it up. I’m trying to relax, guys. So I’d much rather stay in the bunker with my usual bros.
Why don’t you play 18 with Mitch McConnell? And John Boehner is a lot better than me, so I don’t want to play with him.
It is for us, the duffers, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who played here have thus far so nobly advanced to get young folks to stop spurning a game they find slow and boring.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us of getting rid of our slice on the public’s dime — that from this honored green we take increased devotion to that cause for which Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy gave their last full measure of devotion — and divots.
We here highly resolve that these golfing greats shall not have competed in vain, especially poor Tiger, and that this nation, under par, shall have a new birth of freedom to play the game that I have become unnaturally obsessed with, and that golf of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
So help me Golf.
A version of this op-ed appears in print on August 24, 2014, on page SR11 of the New York edition with the headline: The Golf Address. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe
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Left wing dolts and and lib fags defending Obama make me laugh - its his wasted presidency and admn you are defending while he laughs at you fools. The rest of us are a lot happier w him not in the WH "working" since its one day closer to him leaving and less damage he can do
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No, we are laughing at an idiot sociopath claiming he doesn't mind Obama golfing, yet has 10 page thread filled with nothing but whining about the very same issue.
For someone who doesn't "care", the 10+ pages of your nonstop meltdown indicate otherwise. ::)
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No, we are laughing at an idiot sociopath claiming he doesn't mind Obama golfing, yet has 10 page thread filled with nothing but whining about the very same issue.
For someone who doesn't "care", the 10+ pages of your nonstop meltdown indicate otherwise. ::)
Maureen Dowd at the NYT feels the same way I do and she voted for this fagget 2x over
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No, we are laughing at an idiot sociopath claiming he doesn't mind Obama golfing, yet has 10 page thread filled with nothing but whining about the very same issue.
For someone who doesn't "care", the 10+ pages of your nonstop meltdown indicate otherwise. ::)
Senator Barack Obama to NYT's Bob Herbert, 2008:
“The bargain that any president strikes with is, you give me this office and in turn my, fears, doubts, insecurities, foibles, need for sleep, family life, vacations, leisure is gone,” Obama said. “I am giving myself to you.”
Obama went on to say that “the American people should have no patience for what’s going on in your head because you’ve got a job to do” and that people should only run for president if they’re willing to make that sacrifice.
When asked by the host if he could imagine himself making that kind of commitment, he said, “Sure.”
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Maureen Dowd at the NYT feels the same way I do and she voted for this fagget 2x over
You mean she is on the internet trying to convince people that she "doesn't care about Obama and his golfing" with a 10+ page of daily meltdowns showing the opposite?
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You mean she is on the internet trying to convince people that she "doesn't care about Obama and his golfing" with a 10+ page of daily meltdowns showing the opposite?
She has many columns now attacking o-fagget for his failed and wasted presidency
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Does she have a 10 page thread whining nonstop about his golfing and then claiming "it doesn't bother her"?
The Gay seems to be extra strong in you today. Those projections are coming out in full force.
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Posted on August 31, 2014 at 6:57:21 PM EDT by jimbo123
President Obama took advantage of the Washington area’s hot weather Sunday by playing an afternoon game of golf with three White House staffers.
The presidential motorcade arrived at Fort Belvoir, just outside Washington in Fairfax County, Va., just after 1 p.m. for the game, according to a reporter travelling with the president.
Playing golf with the Obama were Joe Paulsen, Luke Rosa and Mike Brush. All three work in the White House’s advance office, which coordinates sites before presidential visits.
The pool reporter noted that Obama appeared to have a bandage on his left middle finger.
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Posted on August 31, 2014 at 6:57:21 PM EDT by jimbo123
President Obama took advantage of the Washington area’s hot weather Sunday by playing an afternoon game of golf with three White House staffers.
The presidential motorcade arrived at Fort Belvoir, just outside Washington in Fairfax County, Va., just after 1 p.m. for the game, according to a reporter travelling with the president.
Playing golf with the Obama were Joe Paulsen, Luke Rosa and Mike Brush. All three work in the White House’s advance office, which coordinates sites before presidential visits.
The pool reporter noted that Obama appeared to have a bandage on his left middle finger.
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Do you mix up the pictures of president Obama that you jerk off to, or is there one special picture of him that you pop to every time?
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/07/politics/obama-golfing-optics/index.html
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I thought you didn't care about his golfing.
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She has many columns now attacking o-fagget for his failed and wasted presidency
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Dowd criticized Clinton, Bush II, and now Obama. Snarkiness is her schtick. People think she's a liberal during Repub presidencies and a conservative during Dem presidencies.
Maureen gets paid a lot of money for opinion column in the NYT. How much are YOU getting paid to spend all day whining on this forum?
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Left wing dolts and and lib fags defending Obama make me laugh - its his wasted presidency and admn you are defending while he laughs at you fools. The rest of us are a lot happier w him not in the WH "working" since its one day closer to him leaving and less damage he can do
She has many columns now attacking o-fagget for his failed and wasted presidency
Maureen Dowd at the NYT feels the same way I do and she voted for this fagget 2x over
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Obama Snubbed By Ritzy Golf Clubs
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A new report from NBC claims that President Obama couldn't get a tee time during a recent visit to New York. So he packed up and went home (before returning to New York the next night for a private wedding).
"President Obama was turned down at several top golf courses in Westchester while he was visiting the area over Labor Day weekend, sources tell NBC 4 New York," the report states.
"Club managers apparently did not want to inconvenience their high-powered and high-paying members over Labor Day weekend by shutting down their courses to accommodate the president. The president was in town Aug. 29, a Friday, for fundraising events in New York and Rhode Island. He had been scheduled to stay overnight in Westchester County in order to attend the Saturday evening wedding of MSNBC host Alex Wagner and White House chef Sam Kass at Blue Hill Farm."
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Deep down, you really do care about him and his golfing.
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Deep down, you really do care about him and his golfing.
I like that when he came to where I live everyone told him to keep his ghetto ass out of the club
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Why would Obama visit your ghetto? Or do you mean bath house?
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Why would Obama visit your ghetto? Or do you mean bath house?
I live in Westchester now - so when he came here - the residents told him to GTFO
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Upgraded from the ghetto to the trailer park huh?
Well at least you finally did escape the ghetto. Unlike the rest of the scrubs that don't even try.
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Upgraded from the ghetto to the trailer park huh?
Well at least you finally did escape the ghetto. Unlike the rest of the scrubs that don't even try.
UUMMM - Westchester is one of the wealthiest areas in the country
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So when they see you out and about they ask how fast you deliver pizza?
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UUMMM - Westchester is one of the wealthiest areas in the country
And you're still broke, so what difference does it make? So you spend 24 hours per day in mom's basement in Westchester now...congratulations.
You type as though your ghetto ass would be allowed to do anything on your local golf course other than mowing the grass (under heavy supervision). ::)
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And you're still broke, so what difference does it make? So you spend 24 hours per day in mom's basement in Westchester now...congratulations.
You type as though your ghetto ass would be allowed to do anything on your local golf course other than mowing the grass (under heavy supervision). ::)
Why so angry Benny?
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/10/obama-golf-clubs_n_5797848.html
A few of New York’s elite golf clubs wouldn’t let President Barack Obama play over Labor Day weekend because they didn’t want to inconvenience their high-paying members.
After the president attended the wedding of his longtime chef, Sam Kass, he wanted to get in a round of golf. According to a report from NBC New York, the Trump National Golf Club, Winged Foot and Willow Ridge were some of the exclusive golf communities that snubbed the president. The report says club managers were unwilling to shut down their courses to accommodate the president.
New York golf is serious business, especially when holiday profits are to be made. Memberships at some New York clubs exceed $100,000, and Labor Day weekend is a busy time of year for the clubs.
But Obama wasn’t the only one to get shut out. King Mohammed VI of Morocco was also denied golf access over the holiday, and former President Bill Clinton was snubbed at these same clubs while he was in office.
Read more at NBC New York.
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President Obama Returning To Los Angeles For Fundraiser At Gwyneth Paltrow’s Home
CBSLA.com) ^ | September 12, 2014 4:00 PM
Posted on September 12, 2014 7:49:45 PM EDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — President Barack Obama will be back in Los Angeles in October for a fundraiser at the home of actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
Tickets for the Oct. 9 event will cost up to $32,400, and the evening will include an intimate dinner with Obama fielding questions from supporters, according to an invitation sent by the Democratic National Committee.
The trip will be Obama’s 20th to Los Angeles or Orange counties since he took office in 2009. All but three of his trips have included political fundraisers.
Obama was most recently in Los Angeles July 23-24, when he attended a pair of fundraisers, one at the Hancock Park home of television producer Shonda Rhimes, and another at the Brentwood home of Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino. He also spoke to about 2,000 people at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College about his successes in job creation.
The July event at Rapino’s home was billed as “the last trip to Los Angeles the president will be making this year,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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ISIS Beheads British Aide Worker David Cawthorne – Obama Goes Golfing
The Gateway Pundit ^ | 9/14/14 | Jim Hoft
Posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:27:40 PM PDT by Nachum
On Saturday ISIS terrorists released video of the beheading of British hostage David Cawthorne Haynes.
Cawthorne was captured by ISIS in Syria in March 2013. He appeared at the end of a video showing the beheading of US journalist Steven Sotloff earlier this month.
Obama went golfing.
Fore!
This comes after President Obama was attacked for golfing after ISIS beheaded US journalist James Foley.
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KEYWORDS: beheading; bho44; cawthorne; golfing; haynes; isis; Click to Add Keyword
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How do you disgust me, let me count the ways...
1 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:27:40 PM PDT by Nachum
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The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
http://www.nachumlist.com/
2 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:28:02 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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3 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:29:27 PM PDT by Viennacon (ILLEGALS ARE VIRAL WEAPONS!!)
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Apparently, golf is halal.
4 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:31:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Obunghole doesn’t give a $hit about anything that doesn’t affect him personally.
5 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:31:09 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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I thought Carter was bad, then Slick Willey embarrassed our nation and defiled the sacred office of the people. Now, this guy, Obozo, takes the freakin cake.
He'll go down as the worst president in history.
6 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:32:09 PM PDT by servantboy777
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7 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:33:15 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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I used to think I could never hate anyone more than Clinton; 0bama has proved me wrong.
8 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:34:42 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (I want a Speaker who'll stick that pen and phone where no one but Reggie Love can find it!)
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There is a therlory running around that these were done the same day (does not excuse Bammy’s behavior).
Some are saying the backdrop is a ‘green screen’ to avoid detection of location.
These ‘things’ are beneath animals. I hope hell awaits them.
9 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:36:49 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's...you we aqqd.NOT TB Screenings!)
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. --- Obama says he's a Christian but I've never heard Obama say that he's not a muslim. His views may be so perverted I am not sure what he is.
10 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:36:55 PM PDT by boycott
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Indeed.
11 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:37:22 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's...you we aqqd.NOT TB Screenings!)
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How much kickback for the murder did the Tyrant
and the EXEMPT Senate get?
How much do they get for the snuff videos?
How much are they paid for every infected tuberculosis
and EV-68 infected illegal quartered secretly?
Beyond disgusting.
12 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:39:05 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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He lies about everything. Who knows what the truth my be EVER!
13 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:41:31 PM PDT by Empireoftheatom48 (God help the Republic but will he?)
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Either he’s completely disconnected from reality, or he knows he can do no wrong.
I think both. Deluded by his own arrogance and the protection of the media, he thinks reality is only a problem for lesser beings.
His ego is sky in the heavens, but it will come crashing down to the sides of the pit. “I I I I I”
The MSM will act like the befuddled station manager after the apocalyptic WKRP Turkey Drop... “As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”
14 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:42:17 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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Thanks. Best laugh I’ve had all day.
15 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:47:16 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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“Some are saying the backdrop is a ‘green screen’ to avoid detection of location.”
A sand dune in the desert? How on earth can anyone detect where it is?
16 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:49:48 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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He lies about everything. Who knows what the truth my be EVER!
Yes he does.
17 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:51:12 PM PDT by boycott
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Amen, Natchum
18 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:53:27 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Nothing says you are sad that someone died like looting local places of business!)
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Nachum. Sorry
19 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:55:07 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Nothing says you are sad that someone died like looting local places of business!)
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Poor Les, that episode stuck in my head! Funny!
20 posted on September 14, 2014 at 7:56:06 PM PDT by GeorgeWashington1777
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The only thing that keeps Caliph Obama away from the golf course is something that threatens to keep him from running up the debt.
Every increase in the debt increases the probability that the dollar could lose reserve currency status. Add in very poorly thought out "targeted sanctions" that hurt Europeans more than they hurt Russia and you can push the probability of losing reserve currency status even higher.
We're well on the way to being a Banana Republic the IMF is dictates to.
Given that fact we should get used to evil bastards golfing, feasting, or buying children for sex, while the country smolders, the unemployed masses barely survive, and the infrastructure gradually falls apart. That's the norm for bankrupt Banana Republics.
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http://washingtonexaminer.com/1-obama-trip-to-play-pool-drink-beer-raise-money-cost-taxpayers-about-700000/article/2553818
Unreal. What a waste of taxpayer dollars on this communist ebola like presidency
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PIERS MORGAN to HANNITY: It’s time he got off the damn golf course, got up to speed with his intelligence briefings and focused on wiping out ISIS. Before they wipe out more of the people he serves....
This is all just nonsense rhetoric, because ISIS clearly is an Islamic fundamentalist organization, it’s a terror group, and when they start beheading American and British citizens in these gruesome snuff movies that they are making, and releasing them to the world, taunting, taunting these countries, it’s not good enough to simply say, yea I’m really upset about this beheading, and then seven minutes later as Obama did, go to a golf course and be seen goofing around on the first tee. That really hit home to me
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200 rounds of golf - awesome
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PIERS MORGAN to HANNITY: It’s time he got off the damn golf course, got up to speed with his intelligence briefings and focused on wiping out ISIS. Before they wipe out more of the people he serves....
This is all just nonsense rhetoric, because ISIS clearly is an Islamic fundamentalist organization, it’s a terror group, and when they start beheading American and British citizens in these gruesome snuff movies that they are making, and releasing them to the world, taunting, taunting these countries, it’s not good enough to simply say, yea I’m really upset about this beheading, and then seven minutes later as Obama did, go to a golf course and be seen goofing around on the first tee. That really hit home to me
LOL... Piers Morgan. The British piece of shit that came to this country and was trying to tell us that we need to shit on the 2nd Amendment and to become more like the UK.
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LOL... Piers Morgan. The British piece of shit that came to this country and was trying to tell us that we need to shit on the 2nd Amendment and to become more like the UK.
he's on FOX selling his anti-gun book, begging for a job with them, now that CNN is done with his ass.
It's transparent, and will probably work, judging by the amount of "repubs" that are hanging on every word from a worthless lib shitbag they hated for 8 years.
Suddenly morgan says one thing they agree with, and they're lining up to give him rimjobs. Come on, bros.
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200 rounds of golf vs how many meetings w the congress? How many w the generals ? How many w allies?
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I think of the "collaborators" in past wars... those who let evil leaders continue their reign despite obvious war crimes.
Then I think of the illegal arms deliveries in Fast & furious... and those who were ELECTED to keep the executive branch in check. It's very sad. Does anyone here believe hypothetical Senators Jefferson and Madison would shrug it off, if Washington was sending 3000 muskets to the Indians to keep their border war against the USA?
Sheeeeit, they'd have Washington impeached quickly. They woudln't say, "Well, we may win seats in 1798, let's allow him to continue his crimes".
Think about it that way... how many people are still cool with 28 more months of Obama, while at the same time complaining of his war crimes? What would our founding fathers do?
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There's your problem. You ought to know better than to do that!
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Posted on October 19, 2014 at 1:53:02 PM EDT by Nachum
President Barack Obama convened a surprise meeting Saturday night on Ebola. The White House meeting of top officials and advisors took place after Obama played golf in the afternoon at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia with ESPN host Tony Kornheiser.
The urgent Ebola meeting came as Obama chided Americans in his weekly Saturday address for being concerned over three cases of Ebola when thousands are killed by the flu every year.
In a ‘who are you going to believe, me or your own lying eyes’ moment, Obama told the nation there is not an Ebola outbreak in Dallas, but that there may be more “isolated cases.”
“First, what we’re seeing now is not an “outbreak” or an “epidemic” of Ebola in America. We’re a nation of more than 300 million people. To date, we’ve seen three cases of Ebola diagnosed here-the man who contracted the disease in Liberia, came here and sadly died; the two courageous nurses who were infected while they were treating him. Our thoughts and our prayers are with them, and we’re doing everything we can to give them the best care possible. Now, even one infection is too many. At the same time, we have to keep this in perspective. As our public health experts point out, every year thousands of Americans die from the flu.”
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Obama hits the links with aides
The Hill ^ | October 25, 2014 | Jesse Byrnes
Posted on October 25, 2014 at 7:48:43 PM EDT by jazusamo
President Obama capped off another week filled with Ebola concerns by hitting the links during a sunny afternoon in Washington, just 10 days before the midterm elections.
The pool report said Obama left the White House for Virginia's Fort Belvoir golf course shortly after noon on Saturday, where he spent several hours with aides, according to reporters.
On Friday, Obama met and hugged 26-year-old Dallas nurse Nina Pham hours after she was declared Ebola-free by the National Institutes of Health. In his weekly address earlier Saturday, the president underscored the effectiveness of treating Ebola patients in the U.S., which has seen four confirmed cases, and urged resilience for travelers in cities such as New York.
The president recently completed his 200th round of golf.
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0bama must be tuckered out from his strenuous week, hugged an Ebola survivor and golfed.
1 posted on October 25, 2014 at 7:48:43 PM EDT by jazusamo
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Video: Michael Jordan calls Barack Obama a sh---- golfer
CBS Sports ^ | October 30, 2014 | By Kyle Porter, Golf Writer
Posted on 10/30/2014 12:41:17 PM by Oldeconomybuyer
Michael Jordan was interviewed by Ahmad Rashad recently about who his dream foursome would entail (if he was included in the four) and President Obama isn't getting an invite.
"I've never played with Obama but I would," said Jordan. "But no, that's okay, I'd take him out. He's a hack, it would be all day playing with him.
"Don't worry about it," said Jordan. "I never said he wasn't a great politician, I'm just saying he's a sh---- golfer."
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Video: Michael Jordan calls Barack Obama a sh---- golfer
CBS Sports ^ | October 30, 2014 | By Kyle Porter, Golf Writer
Posted on 10/30/2014 12:41:17 PM by Oldeconomybuyer
Michael Jordan was interviewed by Ahmad Rashad recently about who his dream foursome would entail (if he was included in the four) and President Obama isn't getting an invite.
"I've never played with Obama but I would," said Jordan. "But no, that's okay, I'd take him out. He's a hack, it would be all day playing with him.
"Don't worry about it," said Jordan. "I never said he wasn't a great politician, I'm just saying he's a sh---- golfer."
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MJ beat up teammates, gambled compulsively and fcked waitresses at Hooters in Sarasota.
great golfer, though.
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Obama Golfed With A Famous Baseball Player On His Day Off
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Of all the more than 200 rounds of golf Barack Obama has played as president, his outing on Saturday will probably prove to be a highlight: Teeing it up with New York Yankees great Derek Jeter.
Obama's foursome included Jeter, Brian Greenspun, who is owner of the Las Vegas Sun, and businessman and Democratic donor Stephen Cloobeck.
They played at Shadow Creek Golf Club, an exclusive course owned by MGM Resorts International.
Jeter retired from the Yankees in September after a Hall of Fame career. His golf game will likely need some improvement. A 2006 Golf Digest ranking of athletes who play golf put Jeter's handicap at a pedestrian 30.
Obama stayed in the Las Vegas area after delivering a speech about his immigration policy at a high school on Friday. He returns to Washington on Sunday.
(Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Grant McCool)
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Obama tees off in Hawaii with Malaysian leader
UT San Diego ^ | 12/24/14 | JOSH LEDERMAN and CATHY BUSSEWITZ
Posted on December 25, 2014 7:50:59 AM EST
.....vacationing this week in Oahu, Obama and Najib teed off Wednesday on a cloudy but balmy afternoon at a Marine Corps base, not far from where Obama is renting a home for his two-week stay. The two leaders seemed at ease together, smiling and laughing in casual clothes as they sized up their shots.
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He needs to go swim in shark infested waters
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So all the way back on page 1 from 2010, I said I thought it was ridiculous to think the job of President was so all-encompassing that there was no room for leisure time and I still feel that way, but:
In his first 32 days as President, Trump has golfed six different times — including, according to The New York Times, a 27-hole outing with Japan Prime Minster Shinzo Abe last week at two different Trump courses.
Even being US president isn't a 24/7 job, but considering Obama's golf schedule was such a hot button topic for the right - and trump himself- wondering how Trumptards will pretend this is a case of false equivalency. ::)
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To note. Obamas first golf outing wasn't until April during his first term.
Also to note. Trump said he would be too busy to ever be able to golf. He said so while campaigning.
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To note. Obamas first golf outing wasn't until April during his first term.
Also to note. Trump said he would be too busy to ever be able to golf. He said so while campaigning.
Trump is quickly finding out its put up or shut up time. He needs to STFU and get to work and stop whining.
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I'll concede this fight...
Hey, we all know Hillary wouldn't be out there golfing.
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Trump is quickly finding out its put up or shut up time. He needs to STFU and get to work and stop whining.
Agreed.
It's go time. If he doesn't, then he's fooled a lot of people.
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Trump is quickly finding out its put up or shut up time. He needs to STFU and get to work and stop whining.
Wahoo. Everytime trump goes golfing, i assume youll make another post.....in the name of consistency
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Wahoo. Everytime trump goes golfing, i assume youll make another post.....in the name of consistency
He better. Consistency on this board is serious business. Sometimes.
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Wahoo. Everytime trump goes golfing, i assume youll make another post.....in the name of consistency
Funny - 1 month into trump presidency im more critical and honest than you were after 8 years of that kenyan fag - go get your shine box fool
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He better. Consistency on this board is serious business. Sometimes.
Consistency is key!!!
I think we are pretty even keeled as a whole. I mean we all really do want the best for the country don't we?
Sometimes we have different ideas on what that means, but overall, don't we want prosperity for the US and its citizens?
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Consistency is key!!!
I think we are pretty even keeled as a whole. I mean we all really do want the best for the country don't we?
Sometimes we have different ideas on what that means, but overall, don't we want prosperity for the US and its citizens?
1 month in to trump presidency im more consistent than liberal fags like option FAIL was for 8 years.
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Consistency is key!!!
I think we are pretty even keeled as a whole. I mean we all really do want the best for the country don't we?
Sometimes we have different ideas on what that means, but overall, don't we want prosperity for the US and its citizens?
I agree with your overall point.
Not sure I believe everyone wants prosperity for all citizens. There are factions who like to divide the country along racial and income lines and pit people against each other. There was one person who hasn't posted in a little while who was telling me on the board how much money was enough for people to earn or retain. Tim Fogarty? He disappeared after the election.
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1 month in to trump presidency im more consistent than liberal fags like option FAIL was for 8 years.
You have been. I can't lie. You have called out Trump since the campaign. No argument there.
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You have been. I can't lie. You have called out Trump since the campaign. No argument there.
Its only because i agree with much of what he wants to do and want to see it happen. I'm fed up w his petty bs that just wastes time and distracts and diverts from getting things done.
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Funny - 1 month into trump presidency im more critical and honest than you were after 8 years of that kenyan fag - go get your shine box fool
But you're makin shit up little man. I have laid out my gripe with the Obama millions of times small fry.
Also, I was your size when I was 13. Go squat in you affliction graphic tee. Tool