Posted on 08/28/2009 6:11:50 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Bill Clinton was famous for the creative way he kept score. Both George Bushes would speed-golf through 18 holes as if they had to beat the clock, not the course.
And President Obama?
Long, slow rounds. A lot of time hunting for balls in the woods. All dished up with a dollop of trash-talking.
The First Golfer brought his duffer’s game to Martha’s Vineyard this week. By Thursday, Mr. Obama had logged three golf games in four days, appearing at one island course after another. He spent five hours on Monday afternoon playing 18 holes at the Farm Neck Golf Club here, two and a half hours on Tuesday playing nine holes at Mink Meadows Golf Club in Vineyard Haven, and several hours playing Thursday afternoon at the Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown.
While Mr. Obama has indulged in other vacation activities — he took his family bike riding Thursday morning, went to the beach on Wednesday and took his wife to dinner Tuesday night — golf has been the only recurring one.
So, clearly, the president likes to hit the links. But is he any good at it, especially compared with his predecessors?
“His golf games are long because he’s not very good,” said Don Van Natta Jr., a reporter for The New York Times who wrote “First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers and Cheaters From Taft to Bush” (PublicAffairs, 2003).
Unlike Mr. Clinton, who had a reputation for shaving strokes off his score, Mr. Obama “doesn’t fudge his scores,” Mr. Van Natta said, adding: “If he shoots an 11 on a hole, he will write down 11."
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LOL. Not a bad line.
Not the one you want to be behind.
Obama always wins anyway. Otherwise he throws a tantrum and his caretakers get real frustrated like.
The more time he spends golfing, the less time he has to destroy America.
“Not the one you want to be behind.”
Talking about BHO, not Clinton.
..he brought TOTUS along?
Nice of him to spend so much of his vacation w/his family. What a jerk, they sit at home while he spends 6-7 hrs playing by himself. What’s there for kids to do at Marxist Vineyard?
Pray for America and Our Troops
Good point.
Anybody know how many hundreds of Sec Serv agents it takes to secure an 18 hole golf course?
Agreed. I’d be thrilled for him to play two rounds a day for the next 3 1/2 years.
I didn’t read this past the beginning paragraphs because I dislike O and find golf boring.
Trash talking? Do they explain that line? I’m afraid to look and don’t have time to read a lengthy NYT article. Can someone with more patience than I just post the answer?
I’ve thought that too. Must be bored to pieces.
Golf is his leisure pursuit. Destroying this country is his active pursuit.
W. gave up golf while our troops were fighting.
They'll fly a circus in on Air Force 1.
Might be the ONLY time he doesn't lie!
Somebody posted this yesterday:
A foursome you wouldn’t want to be behind.
OJ-A slicer
Monica Lewinsky-A hooker
Ted Kennedy-Can drive over water
Bill Clinton-Can’t find the right hole
Smoke breaks.
Somebody posted this yesterday:
A foursome you wouldn’t want to be behind.
OJ-A slicer
Monica Lewinsky-A hooker
Ted Kennedy-Can’t drive over water
Bill Clinton-Can’t find the right hole
The Press Core calls him the Duffer in Chief when he “golfs” (I would say hack, but he IS a hack).
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