Posted on 07/16/2010 8:05:39 PM PDT by RobinMasters
President Barack Obama has played a remarkable 41 rounds of golf since becoming president, easily outpacing his predecessor and possibly damaging his ability to portray himself in 2012 as a populist advocate of average folks.
With the excursions lasting on average at least five hours, the president has devoted a total of more than 200 hours to golf, not counting time spent on the White House putting green. That’s the equivalent of twenty five eight-hour work days, or five work weeks spent smacking golf balls.
The former community organizer’s 41 trips around the links – a standard of recreational activity well beyond the budgets of most Americans – compares to only 24 total outings for former President George W. Bush, according to statistics compiled by White House chronicler Mark Knoller of CBS News. Bush, whose golf outings were used to help deride him as a callow, lazy, rich boy, played his 24th and last round on Oct. 13, 2003, saying he was ending the practice out of respect for the families of Americans killed in Iraq.
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It’s good to be king!
At least I'd have the common decency to whisper "fore" just be-fore the ball smashed into the man-childs gourd.
Keep on golfing, you lying, un-American POS.
The more time he spends on the golf course, the less time he has mucking things up for the rest of us. Matter of fact, I wouldn't mind if he did nothing but duff on the golf course for the rest of his term.
Hey Bam! It’s the presidency, not TENURE.
He SWORE not to rest until the economy was turned around, until the oil leak was stopped, until (fill in the blank). Hell, he has taken THREE extended weekend vacations just since the BP disaster!
A Marxist ideology.
He is such a twit bump.
I wish he would retire as Resident and go pro. At least it would keep him away from his handlers agenda.
Fighting the racist white power structure with a 9 iron.
Barry should wear long pants!
Obama playing golf is the least of my problems with him.
Everyone deserves a hobby/exercise time. Even bad Presidents.
Please. The guy's on what, his third or fourth vacation in 18 months, plus his golf time? Party night every Wednesday? Basketball? Date nights with the wife? Burning more fossil fuel using Air Force One more than any other president. H@ll, we taxpayers on gonna have to buy a new plane for the dude 'cause he's going to wear this one out. He's an elitist putz.
From the article:
With the excursions lasting on average at least five hours, the president has devoted a total of more than 200 hours to golf, not counting time spent on the White House putting green. That’s the equivalent of twenty five eight-hour work days, or five work weeks spent smacking golf balls.
Good "job" if you can lie, steal and cheat your way into it, I guess. Pretty much screws the rest of us Americans that have real jobs.
If he maintains this pace, he’ll complete 85 games in his first term.
correction: ...taxpayers “are”...
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