Posted on 05/27/2012 7:05:54 PM PDT by Kaslin
Camp David has been an historic presidential retreat since World War II, but according to New York Times White House correspondent Helene Cooper, Barack Obama "hates it" because there isn't any golf.
Such was revealed on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show this weekend (video follows with transcript and commentary):
NYT White House Correspondent: Obama 'Hates' Camp David Because There's No Golf
HELENE COOPER, NEW YORK TIMES WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Alright, for something totally superficial, I have figured out why President Obama does not like Camp David.
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: He doesn’t like it?
COOPER: He hates it. We were up there for the G-8 last weekend and I’ve never been able to understand why, you know, Obama, President Obama doesn't like going there. It's beautiful. I mean, the cabins are…
MATTHEWS: Did you get to see it?
COOPER: Yes, I finally got to see it. I got to see the presidential cabin.
MATTHEWS: Everybody loved it.
COOPER: It was fantastic. And so everybody’s going, “Why doesn't he spend more time up there?” No golf.
MATTHEWS: No golf.
COOPER: It's all about the golf.
MATTHEWS: Doesn’t he have a little putting green?
COOPER: No, it's all about the golf. It's got a couple of places where you can...
MATTHEWS: But it's got skeet shooting, it’s got bowling, it’s got everything.
COOPER: There's wildlife, I saw a squirrel.
MATTHEWS: Oh God. I think that shows a limitation at this point. I think it would be great out there.
You think so, Chris?
After all, the President that claims to be a man of the people has now played over 100 rounds of golf since Inauguration Day.
While Obama's adoring media try to paint Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a wealthy elitest out of touch with the public, maybe they should be far more critical of a president that has averaged over two rounds of golf per month while much of the nation struggles to make ends meet.
His love of golf is so great he doesn't even like the famed presidential retreat because it doesn't have a course.
It therefore will be very interesting to see how much attention Cooper's startling revelation gets in the coming days.
Stay tuned.
All that money Bummer has been stashing in his war-chest then goes with him? Doesn't that suggest that the die has been cast and there is no out for the Donks?
It doesn’t seem to me that anyone in this family just likes to curl up in a chair and read a book or have some quiet time. The area where Camp David is located is very restful and quite private. Not sure why they are always so obsessed with going somewhere where there is lots of bling.
She’s always angry because her private life lie is public. She married a beta male because of ambition. The world knows who he is, and she is stained by association.
She takes out her anger on her staff, and via over indulgences such as exorbitant vacations, meals, etc. Feels it’s “owed” her.
I remember watching BHO give a speech at the convention in 08; (at least I think it was that). MO was on stage with the kids. The body language was amazing. He was totally into himself, no thought or looks to his family.
She was just plain angry looking. Just pissed off to be there.
Kind of knew then that this was a different kind of dysfunctional.
It might be okay that he golfs so much if he was any good.
He has terrible form.
Anybody ever here a score get leaked? His scorecards are in the same vault as his school records.
Anyone else notice how he and Michelle also seem so ungrateful for everything? Moaning and groaning is ll they do. They have luxuries most people would kill for.
This assertion gives me reciprocal reason to hate golf...
That little dip he does makes him look like a sissy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7w7S0hRWYU
How embarrassing to swing like that in public.
He’s been getting a LOT of practice, though, so maybe he is getting better.
Boy, he DOES suck!!! You think with ALL the GOLF he plys, he would be a LOT BETTER!!! Miss Sissy.
Helen Cooper is a black Liberian born.......do they NOT have squirrels in LIBERIA???
Was Ike trying to project an elitist image with his golf? I don’t think so but I think Obama does because the word on him is supposed to be that he’s a really good golfer.
Oh, I don't know about that. Wasn't Moo chele there?
“The real Obama 2012 slogan - FOREward.”
I like it. I like it a lot.
Wonder how many Obama bots would understand the sarcasm in an “Obama-FOREward” bumper sticker?
You got it. Barry is so bad he's not even a 'Duffer'. And even calling him a 'Hacker' is being too kind. Simply put, He Sucks. There's a YouTube Video of him on some Practice Tee and he Whiffs with what seems to be a 9 Iron! (its a High Loft club but not a wedge)
And Barry's gonna be really disappointed when he's 'ex-president Obama' and tries to join some exclusive club, like Medinah Country Club in a western suburb of Chi, or Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook IL, and gets turned down (aka: Black-Balled). All the money in the world can't get you in many of these Clubs if you just plain suck and are tearing up every fairway and green.
Of course, the media has conniptions when there’s a Republican golfer, such as Dubya or Eisenhower, but a black Democrat becomes the second coming of Tiger Wood just by playing, even though Tiger Wood is still alive.
Very good!
I like it.
"Gunga-Lagunga!" say the loopers in the White Hut's caddy shack.
"Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. (and 64 virgins in hell)"
...so at least they still got that going for them - which is nice. [CarlSpacklerVoice -OFF]
TOSS THE Czar/Tsar/Caesar SALADIN in 2012
real American men...
Maybe he should take some golf lessons from Charles Barkley.... His swing is better ....
LOL
Well,....I am a US MALE....
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