Romney Keeping Up Attacks On Obama's Affection For Golf
Steven Thomma points out at the presumptive Republican nominee does not begrudge the President taking some time for himself, just that it's done so playing the Royal and Ancient.
“As millions of Americans continue to struggle to find work, President Obama has now played a total of 1,710 holes since taking office,” Romney’s campaign said in a recent release. “A lot of Americans have had to make sacrifices these last four years. We would expect our president to do the same.”
“Gov. Romney doesn’t begrudge the president for taking some time off,” Romney aide Ryan Williams said. “But he (Obama) has spent an excessive amount of time golfing and vacationing over the last three years instead of keeping his eye on the ball on economic issues.” Romney doesn’t golf, Williams said.
Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 09:04 PM
Reader Comments (27)
Look, I am an independent, and I am certainly not crazy about the job O has done; the crap on Wall street is going strong- but Romney is a bigoted crook. You can look it up.
Bottom line, we are n deep shit, any way you go.
ot;Let the networks speak up on slow play, with their wallets.
Thing is, why is he obsessing on this theme? Hole-counting seems a very anal approach. And the implication of time-wasting can hardly flatter the majority of American golfers, who seem to me more demographically likely to be Republicans than Democrats. Politically tone-deaf, someone said. Not a good omen.
When the irish started to bomb mainland Britain, one of the surgeons, having operated through the night, didn't go straight home to bed but to the golf course.
As far as I'm concerned, if playing golf helps Obama keep the finger off the button, he can play as much as he likes.
Romney almost seems to be inferring he doesn't take time off. So, it comes down to this ... a workaholic President or a life-balanced one. I know which I'd prefer.
As always, Kenoneputt.
I am reminded of a former mentor's comment about ill directed focus of another colleague.
"Swallow an elephant . . . gag on a gnat."
Kardashian(s), Snooki, Jon & Kate, Real Housewives of Lower Slobbovia, America's Got Talent (not), Big Break Goat Hills, Newt Gingrich, Cynthia McKinney...Best not go there. So, who's ahead after the first round of the KitchenAid Classic? Hmm, Roger Chapman. Uh, maybe some of our British comrades can bring us up to date on him?
I call golf my 4 hour stress management seminar.
Ky L G
I have played Goat Hills.
Incidentally, it may interest you to know that that surgeon was a Captain of the R&A.
"So Obama plays golf every ~16 days. What's the big deal?"
It is a big deal because so many people cannot afford to play because of him, don't have time to play because they are doing everything they can to survive because of him, or a protecting our country and don't have the opportunity to play. He jet sets around to all 57 states and plays preacher while living off the few that pull the cart. Let them eat cake - let them play golf.
Plus, have you seen his sissy move and his six hour rounds ... what a joke in every way.
Go Mitt Go
How about a Fresca
In what way is any president, whichever party, responsible for what he inherited in 2008? HE did? Get a grip. He is not the leader of the world, as he and those who voted for him had hoped, but try to remember what the alternative was...and now it's Mitt Romney you want on os place? Sometimes it's better the devil you know.
On your heads be it. Obama is no Clinton (either). brainy bit inexperienced. But a celebrity-driven nation got glamourised. He is no fool, but he hasn't the bottom. as we say in the UK. The Repubs have nothing to put forward, so perhaps experience will trump trumpeting, which is all we have heard from Romney.
I wouldn't give a damn escept your stuff infects us all.
Hey libs...Pot SEE KETTLE.
Man, calling me a liberal is funny, and the liberal policies of the GOP are what got us in the jam we are in. Anger management poster child would have effed us up even more had he been selected, as was 43. When are you GOPs gonna look at what the elected of that party are DOING, not what they are saying.
As an indy, I find it amazing that some people still argue for a party, when they are both the same...letting banks and oil companies merge and eff the country, while small minds argue over who can marry who, and such BS.
I mean, really.... you could have said NA NA NA NA, and it would have been better.
You can be a flaming lib on your own time ( or a different blog).