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And we know there is a long list of applicants for the position of "tire flipper" all over the USA.
Go golfing, Obama.
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Shocking! Obama plays golf during BP oil spill!
Seems President Obama on Sunday compared the BP oil spill to 9/11, then went golfing for four hours. At least that’s the sort of crack reporting that Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft offered his readers yesterday. Hoft’s dismissive, one-word take: “Leadership.” My reaction: So what?
Surely even the president deserves -- and probably needs -- some downtime, even now. Weeks spent clearing brush back at the ranch in Hyde Park might be pushing it. But an afternoon on the back nine doesn’t bother me. And whenever Obama does take a few hours off, there will always be enough going on in the world against which to juxtapose his leisure to enable the Jim Hofts of the Internet to take their cheap shots. It was unfair when Michael Moore did this to George W. Bush. And it’s unfair for Hoft to do it to Barack Obama.
Of course, the president might have expected this after comparing the oil spill to 9/11. His point -- that the spill will change the way Americans view relevant national policies -- is fair enough. But even in drawing a more apt analogy to the tragedy of 2001, invoking that loaded pair of numbers practically invites rhetorical excess.
PostPartisan - Shocking! Obama plays golf during BP oil spill!
BTW, any of the critics around here remmy how many days Bush went golfing immediately following 9/11? Or how about this tasteless video of him?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJvRUL81ZU8]YouTube - Farenheit 9/11 now watch this drive[/ame]
Seems President Obama on Sunday compared the BP oil spill to 9/11, then went golfing for four hours. At least that’s the sort of crack reporting that Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft offered his readers yesterday. Hoft’s dismissive, one-word take: “Leadership.” My reaction: So what?
Surely even the president deserves -- and probably needs -- some downtime, even now. Weeks spent clearing brush back at the ranch in Hyde Park might be pushing it. But an afternoon on the back nine doesn’t bother me. And whenever Obama does take a few hours off, there will always be enough going on in the world against which to juxtapose his leisure to enable the Jim Hofts of the Internet to take their cheap shots. It was unfair when Michael Moore did this to George W. Bush. And it’s unfair for Hoft to do it to Barack Obama.
Of course, the president might have expected this after comparing the oil spill to 9/11. His point -- that the spill will change the way Americans view relevant national policies -- is fair enough. But even in drawing a more apt analogy to the tragedy of 2001, invoking that loaded pair of numbers practically invites rhetorical excess.
PostPartisan - Shocking! Obama plays golf during BP oil spill!
BTW, any of the critics around here remmy how many days Bush went golfing immediately following 9/11? Or how about this tasteless video of him?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJvRUL81ZU8]YouTube - Farenheit 9/11 now watch this drive[/ame]
Too bad Bush set the precedent for so many vacations and golfing.
Now Obama and future Presidents will feel entitled to dip into vacation time.
We should excuse you since you were probably not around when JFK was president. He took sooooo many "bedroom" vacations it makes Clinton jealous As for golf. look at Ike! Why not just come right out and say you are a Bush hater or is that some hair between you teeth?
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The answer is pretty obvious.
Yeah, yeah, and so is a cow's asshole.
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