Barack Obama’s golf swing reveals he’s an athlete, a duffer and fun to play with By Michael Bamberger Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated Published: December 24, 2008 Golf.com has performed an important service. It has posted five photographs, taken by AP photographer Gerald Herbert, that shows President-elect Barack Obama on vacation in Hawaii playing golf. This is invaluable as we all know that nothing, not even a CNN special called “Obama Revealed,” reveals the soul as ruthlessly and efficiently as how one plays the old Scottish game. John F. Kennedy nearly made a hole-in-one on the short par-3 15th at Cypress Point (the best-smelling hole in all of golf, if you like the mix of eucalyptus and brackish ocean water) while running for the presidency in 1960. Kennedy, considered by presidential golfing historians to be by far the most skilled of our golf-playing presidents, was relieved to see the ball stay out. He was trying to succeed Dwight Eisenhower as president, and not as First Golfer. The game then wasn’t the populist activity it has become. Kennedy, foolishly, allowed himself to be photographed taking a golf swing in fancy loafers, no socks. Still, he won West Virginia. But Obama does not have to run from his golf. The guess here is that he’s an athlete and a duffer and fun to play with. In Photo No. 1, the first thing that strikes you is that Obama is a lefthanded golfer who plays golf wearing a watch, just like Phil Mickelson. Also like Lefty, the future president …
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@jbranstetter04 I don’t think he’s allowed to unilaterally decide to appropriate funds without the approval of the House. If he had that power, health reform would’ve taken way less time.
Having said that, we don’t have a typical Congress. Repubs have not been acting in good faith – at all. I wish he could just tell ‘em all to take a leap.
Imagine, Republicans blocking healthcare for 911 First Responders. Imagine.
@demmmmm1
??? Republicans have no say at all. Democrats have all the power. Either you’re dumb or coy.
Obama has outspent in one year Bush’s total of 8 years! Obama has borroed on the backs of future generations and has NOTHING to show for it! TRILLIONS WASTED!
Tax and spend. Tax and spend. Tax and spend. Big government SUCKS! Socialism SUCKS! Marxism SUCKS! Obama SUCKS!
@jbranstetter04
demmmmm1 is a Marxist. He wants YOU to pay for every entitlement program he can think of. Stop the likes of this jerk on Nov. 2nd.
When the DEMOCRATS took over Congress in Jan 2007 the unemployment rate was 4.6%.
It is now 9.6%
@BestPoliticalVideos Republicans have no say? How about 132 filibusters, dozens of secret “holds,” and every other tactic to slow everything down. You may not understand how it works, but the minority DOES have a say, and they have the right to try to prevent bills…but Republicans do it across the board – on everything. It’s not supposed to be used that way. They have even blocked their own proposals!!
Nope. Republicans were the ones to slow-walk everything.
@demmmmm1 Believe me when I tell you that both Presidents took money that was appropriated for the banks and then spent it on bailing out the Auto industry; it’s a fact. I even saw a reporter confront a top democrat in congress and ask him about it and he said that if it was the case then they would pass legislation to authorize it. He knew full well it was not authorized. It does not matter if a law is broken if no one cares that it was broken, or in this case if the media doesn’t report it.
@demmmmm1
Attempted slow down of Obama’s bad policies/socialist take over.
Nov. 2nd – the awakening.
The U.S.A. does not want Obama’s left wing agenda.
Kids are liberal. I was you when I was a teenager – then I grew up and grew a brain. Bush sucked – Obama sucks exponentially worse.
4.6% unemployment when DEMOCRAT Congress took over in 2006.
Today 9.8% unemployment.
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac wrecked our economy.
Obama’s big government is failing.
Stimulus FAIL.
Trillions wasted.
Marxism suks
@BestPoliticalVideos So, you think all our troubles started in 2007 – 2007, when Democrats had the majority? Nothing at all happened before then? Nothing at all? No housing bubble? No unfunded wars? No trillions to the wealthy in tax cuts? No unfunded prescription drug program? No doubling the size of Education? No tripling of the Foreign Aid budget? Nothing.
Wow. Ok.
haha oh my gosh what a GDI
@BestPoliticalVideos I think you managed to regurgitate every Fox News talking point in that one comment. good job.
@demmmmm1
housing bubble = Barney Frank, Maxine Waters
The war – continues with Obama
tax cuts to the rich – they still pay more percentage-wise than you and SHOULDN’T – they create jobs!
prescription drug plan – Bush mistake!
Education – should be privatized and Unions should be disbanded
Foreign aid budget – I agree – cut all foreign aid – we should take care of ourselves first.
Big Gov sucks! Obama followed Bush adding to the deficit. Bush sucked – Obama SUCKS MORE!
Total duffer swing. The motherfucker’s got more lift off in his jive ass swing than any Apollo rocket. Piece of shit lying Marxist.
Shit, at a putt putt course the spook would possibly bust an 80.
@BestPoliticalVideos You’re blaming the bubble on those two? It didn’t happen in 2007 you know. Warren Buffet paid 17% a couple years ago. His secretary paid 32%. And, what creates jobs is demand. We’ve seen that those cuts did not create jobs at all. We lost millions of jobs overseas and middle-class wages dropped 5% as the rich got richer. I’m good with ’some’ privatization of education, so long as there’s a place for everyone and we have standards.
@BestPoliticalVideos I’d only add that you’re right about Bush sucking…consider that 23 million jobs had been created under Clinton, he hardly had the situation Obama has had to deal with.
I think the Repubs obstructionism cost us dearly over the past 20 months. Ex: small business assistance took months to get through. 100 appointments are held up. They didn’t even let him staff his administration. Quite sad. And, childish.
Had they joined the game, more could’ve been done.
@demmmmm1
LOL – increasing taxes makes the U.S. LOSE JOBS! You’re all over the map – flinging crap – nothing’s sticking.
Obama sucks!
@WavesAndRocks
LOL – and your rebuttal is so thought provoking. crap job – just like Obama and Democratic controlled House and Senate.
When the DEMOCRATS took over Congress in Jan 2007 the unemployment rate was 4.6%.
It is now 9.6%
@BestPoliticalVideos Yes it is. And it was 9.5% just 6 months after Obama took office. Economies don’t stop on dimes. Start not ‘who’ is to blame, but ‘what’ is to blame. From there, you’ll see that it’s far more complex. Repubs had control for many years. Less than two years after Dems had the majority, Bush had a 3-page bailout bill that had to be tried – desperate situation.
Obama learned there are NO SHOVEL READY JOBS! And he SPENT TRILLIONS to find that out! How irresponsible is that?
But the Left will tell you “Bush spending wrong” (which I agree)
“Obama spending good” (doesn’t make sense)
And then they’ll add to the stupidity with dumb statements like “we have to spend our way out of this”
LOL – I’d like to see some of the Leftards try that at home. (Oh, they already have – that’s why we are in this mess!)
i’ve seen better “swings” on a condemned playground..
@demmmmm1
Republicans won – the American people have replied to Obama’s bad policies.
YouTuber spamvigilante has been stalking me – calling me the “n” word amongst other hateful rhetoric.
spamvigilante is a liberal wacko that needs psychological help.
YouTuber spamvigilante has been stalking me – calling me the “n” word amongst other hateful rhetoric.
spamvigilante is a liberal wacko RACIST that needs psychological help.
White men Can’t Jump.
Smokers/Drinkers Can’t Play golf.
Oh man he sucks. What a horrible swing! One would think that with all of those days on the course he would be better!
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