Why President Obama keeps the press away

The Telegraph ^ | February 18th, 2013 | Nile Gardiner

[LucianOfSamasota]

Barack Obama has kept the press well away this President’s Day (Washington's Birthday) weekend (hat tip: Drudge Report) as he golfs with Tiger Woods in Florida. As Politico’s Dylan Byers writes:

Ed Henry, the Fox News correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents Association, released a statement Sunday evening in which he said the press corps had been given no access to the president, who was joined on his outing by star golfer Tiger Woods, and that the WHCA would fight for greater transparency in the days ahead.

"Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend," Henry said in a statement, relayed in a White House pool report. "There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency."

More details on the president’s golfing getaway at a highly exclusive club are provided by the Associated Press, which reported earlier:

[Moonman62]

This should give the press more time to write about the cover up of Benghazi.

[CrazyIvan]

Or you could drive an Elizebeth Warren white Cherokee.

[twister881]

‘Zactly. BO playing hide-the-salami at the 19th Hole. Fly to Chicago, pick up one or more fellow faggots, and then off to Florida for fun and fellatio. Barf.