Okay so what about Obama playing so much golf?

[underpants]

an open question

Obama golfs more than Bush
http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1009/now_watch_this_drive_31a26eb7-8203-44cc-ba41-5a6e70c2fce7.html

The president's golf game on Sunday brought him even with President George W. Bush in playing 24 rounds in office, according to ...

... Mark Knoller of CBS News. It took Bush 2 years and 9 months, but took Obama less than a year. Obama's most frequent course for golf is Fort Belvoir. He's played there 11 times. The course at Andrews Air Force Base is in second place, hosting seven of Obama's golf games.


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YES I know it is Politico.

[ananda]

1. Didn't Ike play a lot of golf?

Big deal.

[Skittles]

2. I have to say

I don't like it but then I don't like golf period; I was dismayed to see Obama likes that shit.

[Captain Hilts]

20. During the campaign it was all basketball....nt

[Skittles]

29. and promises

[DemBones DemBones]

33. lots of those

[spanone]

one man's shit.....he's not dismayed by your hobbies..

[Skittles]

28. I am not his fucking president

[Forkboy]

31. More's the pity.

:D

[Skittles]

34. lol

aw it's not Obama, it's golf - I simply cannot understand the appeal - so fucking boring

[Curtland1015]

3. I probably ate more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches than Bush... who cares?

Doesn't that just prove Obama likes golfing more than Bush did? What's the story here?

[bobbolink]

4. Being president is so stressful... if this unkinks him, then have at it!

Seems like a healthy unwind, to me.

[lob1]

Bush didn't play much golf because he was always on vacation.

If Obama even comes close to 2 years vacation, then talk to me.

[Garbo 2004]

15. Gone for weeks at a time. "Clearing brush" and ignoring CIA daily briefings like

"Osama bin Laden determined to strike at US."

[Canuckistanian]

27. Exactly. I haven't seen Obama away on an extended vacation

Bush had already done two by this time in office.

[midnight]

5. I don't care as long as he ends the homeless crises, the shortage of jobs, and

provides affordable health care.

[Occam Bandage]

6. That isn't the change I voted for. Bad form, Obama. nt

[HughMoran]

11. lol

where's the wink?

[KamaAina]

7. What's his handicap?

I'd say it's repukes obstructing every little thing he tries to do. :P

[underpants]

25. Playing alternate shot and having to follow Cheney/Bush

but you are correct too

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Politico ...... non story ...... matters to morons if they're told it matters ... which serves .....

.... who's purposes, exactly?

Right wing fuckheads ......

[Schema Thing]

9. Sounds like a GOOD thing to me. How can you reason otherwise?

The fucking hardest job on the planet, and he's not supposed to relax?


His job requires him to be healthy and relaxed enough to think well.

Golf seems perfect.

More, he can discuss important policy issues while he plays.

[madrchsod]

10. Ohhhhh...No!!!!!!!!----Ike likes golf!!!!!

http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/ike

i can remember my dad said all ike did was play golf.... amazing what one can remember 55 or so years ago!

[Cerridwen]

12. Er, because he doesn't have a pig farm and brush to "clear"?

Yeesh.

And yeah, it is politico.

[JuniperLea]

13. I'm betting if you counted by hours spent instead of rounds or holes...

Obama would spend less time. Cheating takes a lot of extra time and energy, so I'm quite sure W took more time.

:)

[TygrBright]

14. Well, obviously, this is a VERY important issue that we should all spend a lot of time analyzing.

And the media should devote a great many resources to coverage of this critically important aspect of our national political, economic, and/or social fabric.

wisely,
Bright

[underpants]

18. .

I agree, but it IS an open question

[tblue]

16. And "That One" is able to multi-task.

I'm sure he's workin' even while he's playin'. Obama is hardly a slacker.

[Garbo 2004]

He's better at golf than bowling. Unknown if he plays scrabble or bridge. Likely good at Twister

but the Secret Service will not divulge that sort of information.

Glad to see Politico and CBS are doing hard core investigative reporting. Jeebus.

[flvegan]

17. I find that I think better and my head is cleared when I perform my favorite outdoor activity.

For me, it's mountainbiking. Give me an hour or two in the woods, just me, my Gary Fisher Sugar and my Camelback, and I'm a new man upon exit.

If it's the same sort of thing for Obama, golf away sir!

[underpants]

19. .

that is why I run

oh and I do the camel back too

[bullwinkle428]

37. You can mountain-bike in Florida?

:shrug:

[flvegan]

39. You'd be surprised

at some of the tracks they've built here. More "hilly-biking" than mountain biking, but it's a general term.

[rvablue]

21. He isn't taking off to his private compound halfway across the country every month

the guy has to unwind somehow -- he's got a lot going on, right?

[jaxx]

22. Is this one of those walk and chew gum at the same time questions?

Who cares how much golf he plays? I thought only the pubs wanted a stodgy prez who sits on his ass in the office all day long.

Come to think of it, Politico is pretty pubby.

[Tim01]

23. Cut him some slack. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. Time off is time off, whether spent golfing or sitting on your ass picking your nose

And in a head to head comparison, we all know who took more vacation days.

[stray cat]

26. If you go running or work out on a bike outside of work do your bosses crack down on you?

for not working all the time?

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

30. I wish I could play that much.

[Forkboy]

32. My problem with Bush playing golf is that he did nothing useful in between rounds.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

35. How many rounds of golf did Cheney play using the heads of dead Iraqi children as balls?

Eh? Eh? This is what's important today, Politico?

[thelordofhell]

36. I also heard that President Obama can ride a Segway scooter without falling off

[lefty369]

38. golf is a GREAT game

2 handicapper here myself. Good for him. Life is about balance. Cannot be working and stressing all the time.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

40. You CAN'T play too much Golf. Can't be done.