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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Apr 19, 2010 1:33pm
Obama has already played more golf in one year than Bush did in 8 years. Imagine the outcry from the left if Bush had put in 32 rounds in the last year in the face of this massive unemployment.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/18/obama-skips-polish-funeral-heads-to-golf-course/
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/18/obama-skips-polish-funeral-heads-to-golf-course/
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BoatShoes
Posts: 5,703
Apr 19, 2010 1:47pm
Ok, so even if we accept your point that the media is giving him a pass on this (although I personally don't really remember Bush getting hammered too bad for golfing and going on vacation....crazy lefty wackos on blogs maybe...but not Peter Jennings etc. Could be wrong that was a long time ago),
Isn't this what you would rather have him be doing? You're a free-marketeer by all indications of your posts....based upon your beliefs, Obama can do more to help the unemployment situation by going Golfing and ignoring any legislation sent to him by Congress to get involved. You should be praising him for not instilling his radical marxist plot onto our Republic and going out and working on his 3 wood.
Isn't this what you would rather have him be doing? You're a free-marketeer by all indications of your posts....based upon your beliefs, Obama can do more to help the unemployment situation by going Golfing and ignoring any legislation sent to him by Congress to get involved. You should be praising him for not instilling his radical marxist plot onto our Republic and going out and working on his 3 wood.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 19, 2010 1:52pm
Grasping for straws.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Apr 19, 2010 2:03pm
It's hard to take someone seriously when they don't differentiate the important from knucklehead nonsense like this.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Apr 19, 2010 2:31pm
A - Bush could not get hammered on it because he quit playing in '03 because he felt it was a disservice.BoatShoes wrote: Ok, so even if we accept your point that the media is giving him a pass on this (although I personally don't really remember Bush getting hammered too bad for golfing and going on vacation....crazy lefty wackos on blogs maybe...but not Peter Jennings etc. Could be wrong that was a long time ago),
Isn't this what you would rather have him be doing? You're a free-marketeer by all indications of your posts....based upon your beliefs, Obama can do more to help the unemployment situation by going Golfing and ignoring any legislation sent to him by Congress to get involved. You should be praising him for not instilling his radical marxist plot onto our Republic and going out and working on his 3 wood.
B - If Obama set about to embrace free-market ideas thereby allowing the economy to do the rest you might have a point, unfortunately everything he is doing is anti-business, anti-investment, anti-capitalism, anti-job growth. He should be doing just about the opposite of what he is doing ............. but that ain't gonna happen because of his radical ideology.
So, take over some car companies - go play golf; take over health insurance - go play golf; appoint a few more radicals to cabinet posts - go play golf; backdoor the senate and appoint a radical to the NLRB - go play golf ............. the beat goes on ...............
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Apr 19, 2010 2:32pm
As though it were republicans who were going to get whipped in November ......... funny.I Wear Pants wrote: Grasping for straws.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 19, 2010 2:48pm
The Republicans will gain back some seats. I don't think they'll quite gain back a majority but who knows. They run the elections because none of us know for sure.
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cbus4life
Posts: 2,849
Apr 19, 2010 3:15pm
Your wives/girlfriends/whores must not be putting out much lately, as we always seem to have at least a few threads here so folks can get off complaining about the media and Obama-bias.
fish82
Posts: 4,111
Apr 19, 2010 3:19pm
A clear majority would be nice, but they really only need to get within 10 or so seats to make Nancy's life pretty damn painful. I mean seriously, it took her 8 months to get a vote done with a 40 seat majority. If she has to rely on every single blue dog vote to get stuff passed, she's pretty screwed.I Wear Pants wrote: The Republicans will gain back some seats. I don't think they'll quite gain back a majority but who knows. They run the elections because none of us know for sure.
Bigred1995
Posts: 1,042
Apr 19, 2010 3:20pm
Fail! wait no EPIC FAIL!!!QuakerOats wrote:A - Bush could not get hammered on it because he quit playing in '03 because he felt it was a disservice.BoatShoes wrote: Ok, so even if we accept your point that the media is giving him a pass on this (although I personally don't really remember Bush getting hammered too bad for golfing and going on vacation....crazy lefty wackos on blogs maybe...but not Peter Jennings etc. Could be wrong that was a long time ago),
Isn't this what you would rather have him be doing? You're a free-marketeer by all indications of your posts....based upon your beliefs, Obama can do more to help the unemployment situation by going Golfing and ignoring any legislation sent to him by Congress to get involved. You should be praising him for not instilling his radical marxist plot onto our Republic and going out and working on his 3 wood.
B - If Obama set about to embrace free-market ideas thereby allowing the economy to do the rest you might have a point, unfortunately everything he is doing is anti-business, anti-investment, anti-capitalism, anti-job growth. He should be doing just about the opposite of what he is doing ............. but that ain't gonna happen because of his radical ideology.
So, take over some car companies - go play golf; take over health insurance - go play golf; appoint a few more radicals to cabinet posts - go play golf; backdoor the senate and appoint a radical to the NLRB - go play golf ............. the beat goes on ...............
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/bushs-golf-story-doesnt-hold-water/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/14/bush-fundraiser-golf/
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fish82
Posts: 4,111
Apr 19, 2010 3:30pm
Meh....it's a tough job. If the guy wants to go out and play some golf, I could care less. Anything that keeps him out of the office and not fucking things up is cool with me. 
believer
Posts: 8,153
Apr 19, 2010 5:42pm
I like how you think. Anyone else want to pay for a cart and 36 for BHO?fish82 wrote: Meh....it's a tough job. If the guy wants to go out and play some golf, I could care less. Anything that keeps him out of the office and not fucking things up is cool with me.
KnightRyder
Posts: 1,428
Apr 19, 2010 7:18pm
maybe he should have joined michael steele at a strip club for a gop fund raiserQuakerOats wrote: Obama has already played more golf in one year than Bush did in 8 years. Imagine the outcry from the left if Bush had put in 32 rounds in the last year in the face of this massive unemployment.
Change we can believe in ...............................
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/18/obama-skips-polish-funeral-heads-to-golf-course/
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Apr 19, 2010 7:29pm
Hell, I'll even spring for a couple of Mo' Lew's!believer wrote:I like how you think. Anyone else want to pay for a cart and 36 for BHO?fish82 wrote: Meh....it's a tough job. If the guy wants to go out and play some golf, I could care less. Anything that keeps him out of the office and not fucking things up is cool with me.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 19, 2010 9:04pm
ccrunner609 wrote: impeach him
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Al Bundy
Posts: 4,180
Apr 19, 2010 10:01pm
We might be in better shape if both Bush and Obama spent more time golfing.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 19, 2010 10:03pm
Yeah. Because then we'd be the country with the Presidents that can shoot par instead of the country that starts wars and spends tons of money they don't have.Al Bundy wrote: We might be in better shape if both Bush and Obama spent more time golfing.
Actually, maybe the President should be required to golf.
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sjmvsfscs08
Posts: 2,963
Apr 19, 2010 10:54pm
I'll "try again." George Bush said this: "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."Bigred1995 wrote: FAIL! wait no EPIC FAIL!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/bushs-golf-story-doesnt-hold-water/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/14/bush-fundraiser-golf/
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So, show me something that shows him playing golf during the time Iraq was in mayhem (2003-2007). Him playing golf with like six months left in his Presidency is a bit stupid to complain about...
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Apr 19, 2010 11:21pm
So Bush can play golf after 2007 but Obama can't?
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Apr 20, 2010 1:24am
Bush broke his promise on golf.sjmvsfscs08 wrote:I'll "try again." George Bush said this: "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."Bigred1995 wrote: FAIL! wait no EPIC FAIL!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/bushs-golf-story-doesnt-hold-water/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/14/bush-fundraiser-golf/
Thanks for playing, please try again!
So, show me something that shows him playing golf during the time Iraq was in mayhem (2003-2007). Him playing golf with like six months left in his Presidency is a bit stupid to complain about...
ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Apr 20, 2010 8:45am
Sons were and are still dieing not just in Iraq but Afghanistan.sjmvsfscs08 wrote:I'll "try again." George Bush said this: "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."Bigred1995 wrote: FAIL! wait no EPIC FAIL!!!
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/bushs-golf-story-doesnt-hold-water/
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/14/bush-fundraiser-golf/
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So, show me something that shows him playing golf during the time Iraq was in mayhem (2003-2007). Him playing golf with like six months left in his Presidency is a bit stupid to complain about...
But, I honestly could care less. Reagan went swimming, Ike had a golf course, Nixon bowled, etc. Every President did something to unwind. Given the demands of the job, I see no problem with it.
derek bomar
Posts: 3,722
Apr 20, 2010 8:58am
This thread is laughable...the dude has the most stressful job in the world. Literally a 24/7 job. And you're gonna bash him for trying to relax a bit. Personally, I'd rather have someone who is relaxed and refreshed occasionally on the job then someone who is just letting the stresses of the job eat at him. I had no problem with Bush going on retreat, I have no problem with Obama golfing/playin hoops. They're people, they need some down time.
Bigred1995
Posts: 1,042
Apr 20, 2010 9:07am
You either didn't read the articles I posted or you didn't understand them, so I'll spell them out!sjmvsfscs08 wrote: I'll "try again." George Bush said this: "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."
So, show me something that shows him playing golf during the time Iraq was in mayhem (2003-2007). Him playing golf with like six months left in his Presidency is a bit stupid to complain about...
Bush claimed to have given up golf when he heard of the death of U.N. special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello on Aug. 19, 2003, stating this:
The Associate Press reported on Oct. 13, 2003 that President BushNo, I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man's life. And I was playing golf -- I think I was in central Texas -- and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do.
Not even two months later he was back on the links!spent a "cool, breezy Columbus Day" playing "a round of golf with three long-time buddies.
"Bush played at Andrews Air Force Base with Clay Johnson, Office of Management and Budget deputy director, Richard Hauser, Department of Housing and Urban Development general counsel and another friend, Mike Wood."
On that outing, he was typically full of what passes for good humor at the White House. The AP reported: "'Fine looking crew you got there. Fine looking crew,' Bush joked to reporters. 'That's what we'd hope for presidential coverage. Only the best.'
"He hit a couple of practice balls before flaring his tee-off shot into the right rough."
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Apr 20, 2010 9:14am
I am bashing him for failing to puruse policies that will help get people back to work, sooner rather than later, and instead pursuing policies that will make it more difficult for businesses to invest, flourish, and hire people ................ all the while out playing golf. I am sure the millions and millions who are out of work are happy about all that.derek bomar wrote: This thread is laughable...the dude has the most stressful job in the world. Literally a 24/7 job. And you're gonna bash him for trying to relax a bit. Personally, I'd rather have someone who is relaxed and refreshed occasionally on the job then someone who is just letting the stresses of the job eat at him. I had no problem with Bush going on retreat, I have no problem with Obama golfing/playin hoops. They're people, they need some down time.
And if it was Bush, he would be crucified in the press.
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ptown_trojans_1
Posts: 7,632
Apr 20, 2010 9:35am
Then you would have bashed Reagan for swimming and horseback riding, Nixon for bowling, Ike for playing golf, Kennedy for boating, Clinton...well ok.QuakerOats wrote:I am bashing him for failing to puruse policies that will help get people back to work, sooner rather than later, and instead pursuing policies that will make it more difficult for businesses to invest, flourish, and hire people ................ all the while out playing golf. I am sure the millions and millions who are out of work are happy about all that.derek bomar wrote: This thread is laughable...the dude has the most stressful job in the world. Literally a 24/7 job. And you're gonna bash him for trying to relax a bit. Personally, I'd rather have someone who is relaxed and refreshed occasionally on the job then someone who is just letting the stresses of the job eat at him. I had no problem with Bush going on retreat, I have no problem with Obama golfing/playin hoops. They're people, they need some down time.
And if it was Bush, he would be crucified in the press.
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Bush got an unfair treatment, but you are treating Obama unfair as well.