Obama Celebrates 160th Round of Golf

[Conan71]

Eisenhower played 800.  WILSON 1000.  so what?

Obama plays as much as 10 round when in Hawaii.  He smoozes with officials, donors, the press, and politicians.  He clears his mind.  Who cares?

160 rounds in 5 years.  160 rounds in 250 or so weeks.  If that's his thing... who cares?

Can you imagine a good cycling day less than once per week?  Whatever you passion, less than one time per week?  That's not that much.

Except when I hop on my bike, taxpayers aren't out tens of thousands of dollars or a million or so depending on the venue. 

Here's the rub:

I don't fault the Grand Poobah of the land for having hobbies considering the stress of his chosen profession.  But, when the economy is in the worst shape since the Great Depression, I would craft a public image as a sympathetic and frugal leader.  He's seemed totally out of touch with the reality of the economy for everyone else since he took office with lavish vacations and all the trappings of wealth and leadership.

Do you remember FDR doing all these golf outings during the depression?  Of course not, polio is a grumble!   

[cannon_fodder]

Conan, if you were POTUS it would cost tax payers millions to go out and ride.  Huge stretches would have to be about down and secured.  Like when Clinton/Bush went jogging... but on a grander scale.  The perks of being the most powerful man in the world I guess.

The guy goes golfing an average of once every other week.  Half of those are either while on vacation or with press, politicians, or other figures.  If 2 hours a week keeps the president sane AND serves sometimes as a social function with peers - great.

Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II spent more time on vacation than Obama (Carter was amazingly stingy and no mention of Clinton in the articles I pulled for some reason).  And when Bush was in office the left whined about the vacationer in chief spending 70 days a year at his Texas ranch.  The same people defending Bush (not pointing specific fingers, but in general) are pull I g up the same story against Obama.

Which is why I hate the two party system.

[AquaMan]

Multiple parties would merely mean multiple groups of whiners. Lets minimize the damage.

Golf is the problem. Tiger is proof.

[Conan71]

Multiple parties would merely mean multiple groups of whiners. Lets minimize the damage.

Golf is the problem. Tiger is proof.

I'm for the seven party system: One every night.

[Conan71]

Conan, if you were POTUS it would cost tax payers millions to go out and ride.  Huge stretches would have to be about down and secured.  Like when Clinton/Bush went jogging... but on a grander scale.  The perks of being the most powerful man in the world I guess.

The guy goes golfing an average of once every other week.  Half of those are either while on vacation or with press, politicians, or other figures.  If 2 hours a week keeps the president sane AND serves sometimes as a social function with peers - great.

Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II spent more time on vacation than Obama (Carter was amazingly stingy and no mention of Clinton in the articles I pulled for some reason).  And when Bush was in office the left whined about the vacationer in chief spending 70 days a year at his Texas ranch.  The same people defending Bush (not pointing specific fingers, but in general) are pull I g up the same story against Obama.

Which is why I hate the two party system.

Not necessarily unless I wanted to road ride or participate in large organized rides or races then you have a security nightmare. Bush II is an avid mountain biker.  He regularly shows up at the public MTB areas in Dallas.  I believe he also rode at his ranch when he was POTUS which wouldn't involve a huge security detail, at least for the ride itself. 

When you are POTUS there's really no such thing as a vacation, you are on call 24/7 and certainly there should be some perks to work off stress.  Some presidents seem to take more advantage of that than others.

The one thing I did admire about Carter was his austere ways.

[guido911]

Read today about Obama chastising republicans for leaving D.C. for the holiday and ignoring those in need. Obama made the comments while he is in Hawaii, where obviously he is out celebrating his helping the poor of Waikiki.

[Cats Cats Cats]

Read today about Obama chastising republicans for leaving D.C. for the holiday and ignoring those in need. Obama made the comments while he is in Hawaii, where obviously he is out celebrating his helping the poor of Waikiki.

Sometime you should look up how laws are passed.  It will all make sense.

[guido911]

Sometime you should look up how laws are passed.  It will all make sense.

Well look who peeked out from under Obama's...oh never mind. Someone that apparently cannot understand hypocrisy, or a damned sense of what it means to be "in touch"--spending millions of tax dollars on himself in Hawaii--then b!tching about how republicans are hurting the poor.

[Gaspar]

Interesting contrast. Evil President Bush had a policy to stay in in town during Christmas so that the hundreds of staffers, secret service, and support personnel could be with their families.  In most cases they would go up to the secure retreat in Maryland to be "unseen" so that members of the press and their support would be free from following their movements around D.C. or the White House.  This also took a huge burden off of the D.C. police who provide daily motorcade support.

The Bushes would then take their family vacation the day after Christmas. Even then, Bush didn't want to cause the press that followed him hardship during this special time of year, so he had a program that allowed press family members could pay $100 for the round-trip on the official white house press aircraft, and many took advantage of this.

I wonder how much it costs the press to spend Christmas in Waikiki?

[AquaMan]

Ah....the good old days with Bush II.

Interesting how time clouds memories. "Gee, the old LaSalle ran great........"

[Hoss]

Interesting contrast. Evil President Bush had a policy to stay in in town during Christmas so that the hundreds of staffers, secret service, and support personnel could be with their families.  In most cases they would go up to the secure retreat in Maryland to be "unseen" so that members of the press and their support would be free from following their movements around D.C. or the White House.  This also took a huge burden off of the D.C. police who provide daily motorcade support.

The Bushes would then take their family vacation the day after Christmas. Even then, Bush didn't want to cause the press that followed him hardship during this special time of year, so he had a program that allowed press family members could pay $100 for the round-trip on the official white house press aircraft, and many took advantage of this.

I wonder how much it costs the press to spend Christmas in Waikiki?

wonder why you guys on the right get so up in arms about him vacationing in Hawaii.

He was born there....oh wait, maybe he wasn't.   

Never heard you complain about Bush's vacations to Texas.  You sure had plenty of opportunities to do so with him.

Or papa and his numerous outings to Kennebunkport.

I guess it's something for you to complain about.

[Ed W]

It certainly was thoughtful of our former president to schedule his vacation to lessen the impact on the families of his security detail and the press corps. Too bad he didn't extend that same consideration to the families impacted by deaths and injuries in two wars initiated on lies. He sure was a swell guy.

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[guido911]

Happy birthday gift.

http://twitchy.com/2014/01/06/i-didnt-agree-to-get-her-that-guess-whos-helping-pay-for-president-obamas-generous-birthday-gift-for-his-wife/

Wonder if she'll b!tch about how awful rethugs are towards the needy while she is enjoying private jet taxi service on the taxpayer's dime.  And BTW, that's the difference for all you "but...but...but...BUSH!"

[Conan71]

I can't believe the National Excrement hasn't picked up on that story yet: "Despondent Michelle, hungry for affection, turns to pool boy in Hawaii!"

[guido911]

I can't believe the National Excrement hasn't picked up on that story yet: "Despondent Michelle, hungry for affection, turns to pool boy in Hawaii!"

Or, the reverse: "Despondent Barry, hungry for affection, leaves wife behind to party up in D.C."