Obama’s 100th golf round -- President putters while economy sputters

Washington Times ^ | June 14, 2012 | Emily Miller

[Zakeet]

The next time President Obama hits the links, it will be his 100th round of golf since coming to the White House. That’s quite a milestone in just 3 1/2 years. As it takes him about six hours to drive to the greens and complete 18 holes, Mr. Obama has spent the equivalent of four months’ worth of work time golfing. Meanwhile, the U.S. economy has been stuck in a sand trap.

Before Mr. Obama teed off for the first time as president, he delivered a State of the Union address that promised his new stimulus bill would “save or create 3.5 million jobs.” At that time, February 2009, unemployment was 8.3 percent and the debt was $10.8 trillion. He kicked off the golf streak on April 26, 2009, and he played a total of 27 rounds in his first year.

When he returned to the Capitol the following year, he stood in front of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with unemployment at 9.7 percent. He asked the Democratic Congress for a second stimulus and an overhaul of the health care system, and Congress obliged. Mr. Obama also said he would freeze government spending for three years, starting in 2011, but that idea got lost in the woods during the 31 golf games he played in 2010, using his personalized “44” Titleist balls, which remind haughty caddies he’s the 44th president.

[Snip]

Last year, the number of Mr. Obama’s golf outings rose to 33, and many turned out to be memorable.He was on the green on May 1, 2011, when the Navy SEALs were en route to Pakistan, cutting his game to nine holes to hear of their successful mission against Osama bin Laden.

[Zakeet]

I like to play with my putter cause it's about the only think that I'm half way competent at ... besides campaigning!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

0bama’s 100th round of golf should be the Conservatives’ biggest rallying point to date. There should be videos of children singing songs especially composed for the occasion uploaded to YouTube. There should be parades, poetry readings, and various festivals attended by celebrities.

[terycarl]

the man is the president of the United States.....if he wants to play a few holes of golf...so be it. It’s not like he doesn’t have his staff surrounding him....he does. If we can’t come up with something better to challenge him with, we’ll lose.

[entropy12]

OMG he is a lefty! Even his clubs are left handed!!

[RingerSIX]

I smile thinking of slicing a one iron zinger his way.... FFFFOOOOORRRRREEEEEEEE!

[spokeshave]

Caddy to Obambi....:Sir...that's not your power stroke that exploded the ball....you teed up on an addled duck egg.".....

(thinks...duffer......and I never saw any other golfer fool around with his golf clubs like this guy...totally naive)

[paul51]

A few holes of golf? His ‘few holes’ of golf time out at more than the total vacation time of the average American. That was the point of the article.

[William Tell]

I'd be pretty confident that at least a dozen or more very negative developments were reported by the liberal press on days when O was golfing.

Imagine a video showing O golfing while the voice-over reads the negative reports, giving the date and then perhaps O's golf score that day (or, since O probably has his golf records sealed, then just identify the location and golfing partners).

[William Tell]

I'd be pretty confident that at least a dozen or more very negative developments were reported by the liberal press on days when O was golfing.

Imagine a video showing O golfing while the voice-over reads the negative reports, giving the date and then perhaps O's golf score that day (or, since O probably has his golf records sealed, then just identify the location and golfing partners).

[Recon Dad]

if he wants to play a few holes of golf

......That’s 1800 holes of golf.....but who’s counting.

[Recon Dad]

I smile thinking of slicing a one iron zinger his way

...you carry a 1 IRON!!!! You must be God because he’s the only person I know that could possibly hit one.

[Fresh Wind]

Obama likes to play with little white balls. What’s the problem with that?

[equaviator]

I’m looking forward to the resurgence of Tiger Woods as it coincides with the fall of Barack Obama. They should pass each other along the way sometime around Labor Day.

[Rocky]

100 days in Camelot.

[Ann Archy]

Not only golfing, but what about all the VACATIONS!!!!!!

We,ll know he thinks he,s in trouble by the vacations they take this year!!! Watch for them at STATE FAIRS instead of a SAFARI!!!

[uncbob]

Too bad he didn’t hit the Links the day after he was sworn in and STAY THERE

The more time he is on the golf course the better off we are

[JoeProBono]

[dead]

[JoeProBono]