It seems that the denizens of the political left in our country are tired of hearing about Obama golfing so much and don’t understand why everyone seems to be so upset about it. I encountered one such confused person on the internets the other day and explained it to him thusly:
Maybe this is just me, but if I were the President of the United States and there was a rampaging horde of maniacs cutting people’s heads off in the Middle East and threatening to spread that into Europe and heaven knows where else, I’d probably postpone all golf trips, fundraisers, vacations, and dinners until, at the very least, I had some kind of strategy to deal with it. Then, once the plan was in action, I might do 9 on the course to relax a bit, having actually done my job and all.
Somehow I doubt that will make sense to someone who’s first reaction to any criticism towards Obama is to bring up Bush. But hey, I tried.
Bring up Bush? OH, you mean the guy who QUIT PLAYING GOLF while he had troops in harm’s way? That Bush? Or do you mean the guy who doesn’t wear mom jeans when he is out riding his bicycle?
I remember when, early in his administration, Bush golfed after 9-11…and Michael Moore hated it so much he made an entire movie trailer out of it. But Bush stopped golfing because he had self-awareness of how people perceived it during a time of war. Now we get this twit who golfs WAY TOO MUCH, takes vacations so expensive they cost in the tens of millions, and has no ideas about foreign policy that aren’t comparable to those of a college freshman who’s read Howard Zinn… and he has absolutely no awareness of the impression he gives others.
Sooo…it’s Bushes fault Obama plays so much golf. That figures.