President Barack Obama has played golf 32 times since he took office, eight more than his predecessor George W. Bush – who was mocked by the Left for his fondness for the game – did in his entire presidency.
Mr Obama’s latest outing on the links came on Sunday, when an opportunity opened up on his schedule after flying bans over most of northern and central Europe forced him to cancel his trip to Krakow to attend the funeral of Lech Kaczynski, the Polish president.
Mr Bush was shown in the Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11 condemning “terrorist killers” in the Middle East when asked a question on the golf course in 2002. Barely pausing for breath, he added: “Thank you. Now watch this drive.”
Mr Bush later gave up golf, saying in a 2008 interview: “I don’t want to some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf… And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
The golfing figures were compiled by Mark Knoller of CBS Radio, the unofficial White House statistician.
Mr Obama’s Sunday golf game prompted anger in Poland, where the Warsaw Business Post carried a headline reading: “Obama goes golfing instead of attending Kaczynskis’ funeral”.
Read More: By Toby Harnden, UK Telegraph
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Steve Malzberg Interviews Jeff Kuhner – If The Truth Got Out About Obama There Would Be A Civil War
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The liberals must smoke a lot of grass! Obama is a lousey basketball player, golfer, and president.
At leste he can talk.
Bush couldn't prunonce anything.
Repliblicans are stupid.
Good job idiot. You like Obama can't even spell. Obama said after he thought about it that he hadn't visited 7 of the 57 states. And that wasn't from being tired. A third grader could tell you how many states there are. And he thinks they speak Austrian in Austria. And that Europe is a country. So really brilliant just like you. And by the way it is spelled least you moron. And Republican. But why would anyone expect a liberal to have a brain. They just run around thinking they do. And unlike you, you stupid little idiot I don't post anonymously. I bet your name is Michael Moore, or maybe you are Obama. Oh wait that can't be neither of them have the slightest idea how to turn on a computer. Obama with his brilliance wondered why the porta john at one of his little stops didn't want to open. It was because it was the only one with the red button showing it was occupied. Of course he is so brilliant isn't he. If he was so brilliant with his gigantic ego you and everyone else would have to see a daily display of his grade transcripts from college and even grade school. So what does he have to hide idiot.
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Fore plus fore equals 8. He may have been on the golf course for 8 more times than President Bush but he will be in the White House fore less years.
What esle did you expect from the vacationer in chief?
This is not news — it is history. This story is about 8 months old. (It broke in April 2010!) Surely our fearless leader has played many more times in the past several months which would make him look even more obcessed with chasing a little ball around. LOL. This forum is better suited to news than a history lesson.
The golf outings don't interest me. What I find puzzling are the visits to Hawaii. I wonder if it's a cultural or character thing? Kind of like when a well known sports figure goes back to the "hood" to show the "home boys" he's the "big dogg" on the block. What exactly does this accomplish? A twenty car entourage? WTF?
well, in all fairness this is another of those problems that Obama inherited from Bush.
During the oil spill, everytime his staff told him it's time to go to the Gulf, he grabbed his clubs.