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Thursday, December 31, 2009

The Golf Trap

Stody? Old? I play at golf and I am not old... er, stogy... er, I play at golf [working on "playing golf"]. This is just a cheap shot.
Bunker Mentality

Barack Obama's dangerous obsession with golf.
  • Michelle Cottle
    Michelle Cottle
    Senior Editor
  • It’s been a tough first year for President Obama, as critics throughout the body politic bemoan that Mr. Change-We-Can-Believe-In is looking more and more like Mr. Politics-As-Usual. With the coming new year, however, POTUS has a prime opportunity to regroup, reload, and revamp his image. He could start by ditching golf.

    Seriously. Its venerable White House history notwithstanding, golf is a dubious pastime for any decent, sane person, much less for this particular president. Why would a leader vowing to shake up Washington--to alter the very nature of politics--sell his soul to a leisure activity that screams stodgy, hyperconventional Old Guard?

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    The one thing this President does that he has in common with Republicans and The New Republic has a hissy-fit. Go burn some bras or come up with a new tax, Michelle Cottle.

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