"He's common folk just like we are"

PGA.com's Kathy Orton talks to the Ryder Cup players who visited the White House Monday.

Boo, on the outgoing President who attended Yale and Harvard Business School.

"He's common folk just like we are," added Boo Weekley. "He's just like his daddy, I think. I met his daddy before, a couple times. Like his daddy told me at the Ryder Cup, he said, 'Son, you act just like my son.' I said, 'Yes, sir, I probably do. I don't know that for a fact, but I probably do.'"

There you go. 41 says 43 acts like Boo Weekley.

This is lovely...

Hunter Mahan was worried that he upset the President because he told him he was from California, even though he now lives in Texas.

"He asked if I was from Texas, and I'm not originally, but I do live there," Mahan said. "I consider myself a Texan more than a Californian, which is where I'm from. I hope I didn't offend him."

I can see where he might be offended. I've never understood why the President should have to deal with a state that does not give him the electoral votes he desires. So offensive. 

Maybe Hunter should just not play in California?

Comments

[MRP]

pro golfers is smart... *sigh*

[Ky Laffoon's Ghost]

Smart? No doubt about it. I bet at least one of those guys has read The Fountainhead. Or Atlas Shrugged.

[thusgone]

ky: nice one. these are not books for reading. these are books for lying down and avoiding . . .

[Bo Weekly's Brain]

Hunter Mahan has no business ever stepping into the Great State of California ever again. He belongs with those shit-kickers who would just as soon fuck a football then hit a golf ball.

[Bob]

It wouldn't break my heart is President Obama did away with this practice...

[Pete the Luddite]

President Obama....I like how that looks....yes, sir...

[thusgone]

obama will present the pros with another opportunity to demonstrate the respect and patriotism shown by the gang who got invited to visit president clinton . . . apparently the ryder cup is only an opportunity to represent your country if there's a republican in the oval office.

[Mike C.]

Yes any portrayal of patriotism should be forbidden in the future as we are all now one global village united in the worship of the state. The Messiah shall bring us a utopian paradise where an enlightened state of conciousness will allow us to put aside personal choice and individual freedoms for the betterment of our fellow world brethern. I have my channel tuned to Oprah and I am awaiting further instructions. Amen.

[Teddy P.]

Wake up everybody!

[Randy]

There are those who prefer fake populism to professional excellence!

[Kelly Blake Moran]

Hey Bo Weeklys Brain,

Why don't you have the balls to call people names using you're real name and phone number.
610/223-7916

[Adam Clayman]

Classy, very Classy.

[Geoff]

Gee, I step out for a few hours and why is it I knew this thread would get ugly?

[jneu]

Never mind the political crap -- thusgone, I hope you're not still relying on the Pythons for advice about Australian wine!

[thusgone]

jneu: you caught me! better the pythons than ayn rand, i guess.

[jneu]

Wouldn't John Cleese make a GREAT Howard Roark?

[thusgone]

brilliant casting! i'd watch that remake.

[Ky Laffoon's Ghost]

John Cleese? Yes, as long as he dresses and acts like Ian MacCallister, the NXT guy!

But who will play Dominique Francon? How about Jamie Lee Curtis as a worthy successor to Patricia Neal.

The golf version could also be a remake of "A Fish Called Wanda." Anybody out in Geoff-land a Hollywood Producer? There are at least 32 people who would pay to see that movie.

[thusgone]

my choice for dominique would be the 1980s-era carol cleveland.
i think cleese played a struggling architect in the architect sketch:
"did you say knives?"
"rotating knives, yes."
"do i take that you are proposing to slaughter our tenants?"
"does that not fit in with your plans?"