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President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years. CBS' Mark Knoller an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - ...
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Who says newspapers don't have any influence anymore?
In a Sunday New York Times piece , it
was reported that "the president has played 23 rounds of golf since taking office, none of which have included women" (the piece made a caveat that "the press ...
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Obama plays more golf than Bush – where’s the outrage?
Sister Toldjah —
The Politico reports (via Memeorandum):
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he’s already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS’ Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, “Today – Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 ...
President Obama ties George W. Bush on golf
USS Neverdock —
Obama has tied Bush's three years of golf in just nine months. Two wars, international terrorism and a financial crisis and Obama goes golfing. ...
Obama Decimating the Caddy Industry
Conservative Punk —
Obama Decimating the Caddy Industry By Rizzuto [image] Mon Oct 26, 2009 - The news that President Barack Obama has has gone golfing more times in 9 months than Bush did in 2 years is interesting in several respects, including one which has been overlooked by the mainstream media and even the conservative media, as far as I can tell. Why is it that in every picture of the president’s golf outings he’s driving a golf cart? Does he not realize that by using golf carts instead of hiring a caddy he’s depriving an individual of a job? Guess the caddy lobby isn’t donating as much ...
Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan
USS Neverdock —
Reuters reports. Meanwhile, Obama is out golfing all the time.
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