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Has Obama 'checked out' early? Critics point to 81 rounds of golf, mansion hunting in 2nd term
Post Standard, Syracuse, New York ^ | on July 28, 2014 at 11:11 AM | By Ben Axelson | baxelson@syracuse.com

Posted on 07/28/2014 8:37:54 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

Days spent on the links, fundraisers with celebrities and house hunting have raised questions about whether President Barack Obama has "checked out" before his term is up....

Obama has already played 81 rounds of golf in the 628 days since his 2012 re-election—as many as he played in his entire first term, according to an analysis of his schedule....

By comparison, Obama's predecessor George W. Bush only played 24 rounds of golf in the first 34 months of his presidency....Bush stopped playing golf in 2003 because he didn't want to be seen as taking the war lightly.

Obama has also attended 75 political fundraisers since his 2012 re-election....

The ... president has also been house hunting in California. The First Family spent an extended Father's Day weekend visiting Rancho Mirage in the Southern California desert, where street names like Gerald Ford Dr. and Frank Sinatra Dr. are dedicated to the area's previous residents.

the Obamas are buying a $4.25 million, 8,232-square-foot home on a 3.29 acre hilltop in Rancho Mirage, which is also known as "the playground of the presidents." The White House has denied the claim, but retail agents in the Coachella Valley area said the Obamas could own the home before the end of the month.

The president has also been spotted dining in trendy restaurants and he almost appeared on Jimmy Kimmel live. Matt K Lewis described these activities as "political malpractice" in a column for The Telegraph.

"The only thing that makes sense is that he is exhausted and, perhaps, has checked out of the job early," Lewis wrote. "If Nero fiddled while Rome burned, then Obama is dining out, golfing, and raising money while the world collapses."

(Excerpt) Read more at syracuse.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: checkedout; fundraisers; golf; obama; obamagolf; obamaschedule
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1 posted on 07/28/2014 8:37:54 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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Personally this guy is clown

This thread going turn really gay in second trust me LOL!


2 posted on 07/28/2014 8:39:16 AM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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Was he ever in?
..not Reggie Love.

3 posted on 07/28/2014 8:41:09 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Mullah / "Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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But that evil, ignorant, disconnected, out of touch George W. Bush played what? 36 rounds of golf his whole eight years?..............The MSM had collective cows every time and now? They swoon...................


4 posted on 07/28/2014 8:41:19 AM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: SevenofNine; All

TOO LATE!


5 posted on 07/28/2014 8:41:42 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a weapon...0'Mullah / "Rustler" Reid? d8-)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

When he’s golfing he’s not issuing Executive Orders.

I’d say he should play more rounds.


6 posted on 07/28/2014 8:42:19 AM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
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7 posted on 07/28/2014 8:42:49 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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I would happily send that communist a new set of the best golf clubs made (plus ballerina shoes for his quirky movements when he’s swinging) if it would put him out on the golf course more instead of in our White House where he does far more damage.


8 posted on 07/28/2014 8:43:34 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: SevenofNine

It was actually about a minute and a half.


9 posted on 07/28/2014 8:43:41 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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10 posted on 07/28/2014 8:43:45 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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No. This cretinous zealot still has a pen and phone. The next conservative President will have to hire a massive staff to examine, deconstruct and to reverse all of his Executive Orders.

If I were the next Republican Candidate. My number one platform promise would be to reverse EVERY law or EO this tyrant ever signed. EVERY WORD! would be my slogan.


11 posted on 07/28/2014 8:44:18 AM PDT by Gaffer
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12 posted on 07/28/2014 8:44:19 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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13 posted on 07/28/2014 8:45:00 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

I rather he do nothing for the rest of the term


14 posted on 07/28/2014 8:45:01 AM PDT by 4rcane
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15 posted on 07/28/2014 8:46:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: 4rcane

His treasonous plans already in action, expect invasion at our weakest poijt..this wanna be anti christ is setting the stage, world in turmoil, army decimated, officers purged, ijvasion from terrorist, russian and chineese special forces armed by 8bamma.


16 posted on 07/28/2014 8:49:51 AM PDT by aces (Jesus Saves not Society)
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“the Obamas are buying a $4.25 million, 8,232-square-foot home on a 3.29 acre hilltop in Rancho Mirage”

Satan takes care of his own...until it’s time.


17 posted on 07/28/2014 8:50:30 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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In January 2017, when it comes time for the Current Resident to vacate the residential quarters, it shall be learned that the domicile was long since empty, and probably falling into a state of disrepair, if not vandalized by the departing former occupants.

Especially if a Republican, by some odd turn of fate, happens to defeat Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold and Joyless, in the 2016 elections.


18 posted on 07/28/2014 8:50:48 AM PDT by alloysteel (Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
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“The next conservative President will have to hire a massive staff to examine, deconstruct and to reverse all of his Executive Orders.”

Some of us were hoping that Dub would go after the Klintonoids.


19 posted on 07/28/2014 8:51:57 AM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: alloysteel

He needs a home sooner than later after he resigns


20 posted on 07/28/2014 8:52:28 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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