Obama Tells Politico the Oil Spill is Like 9-11… Then Goes Golfing for 4 Hours
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, June 13, 2010, 6:13 PM
Barack Obama told The Politico this morning that the Gulf oil spill was like 9-11.
Then he went golfing for 4 hours.
Fore!
The Hill reported:
President Barack Obama spent four hours on the golf course Sunday in temperatures that peaked in the low 90s.
The White House pool reported that they left Andrews Air Force Base as it started to rain after 4 p.m.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was among the group golfing with Obama.
Leadership.
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manateespirit commented:
I don’t know what to say, other than I’m not surprised, number one…and number two, how long do you think he can last? Both as President and keeping up the facade as having his faculties intact?
Joanne commented:
Obama’s playing golf wouldn’t be so bad, if he actually got something beneficially done for the American people between tee times….which he doesn’t…..ever.
RicardoVerde commented:
Nero? Nero.
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averagemelon commented:
Stay on the damn courses twenty-four seven. It does no harm to us there.
Terry Gain commented:
Does he golf like he throws a baseball? Like a wimp.
Kentucky Colonel commented:
http://i871.photobucket.com/albums/ab276/justltl/kick1.jpg
Larry Sheldon commented:
“Like 9/11″ as in “blown up by Moslems?”
Pat the First commented:
Does this President and his family ever go to church on Sundays?
serfer62 commented:
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Is he trying out for Caddie?
retire05 commented:
Anyone know how many times Obama has played golf since the Deepwater Horizon explosion or how many hours he has spent on the golf course?
The man has no shame.
Feeney commented:
Wow, the Presidential Recreation Police are on the job again. Good thing you guys were not around when Eisenhower was hitting the links!
Taxpayer1234 commented:
Feeney, which crises did Eisenhower ignore while he golfed? Please enlighten us.
Auntie Em commented:
Feeney (aka Blog Police)
If we want to hear from you we will squeeze your head. Sycophantic sheeple don’t do well here.
If your boy, Cap’n Kicka$$, would actually put some skin in the game, no one would mind his recreation and in fact would encourage it. Right now, I’d rather see that famous mop he was whining about in his hands. There is work to do, and he has not done anything but talk.
Jean commented:
#13
Obama is a lousy actor pretending to be a president.
Reagan was a good actor and a great president.
Jean commented:
Auntie Em
You’re right, Obama complained about cleaning up Bush’s mess but he’s too sorry to clean up his own.
Callipygian1 commented:
Feeney -You’ve just proven yourself to be a lickspittle toady. Update your resume’.
Diana commented:
Obama is a total disgrace to the office of the President of the USA.
Feeney commented:
Auntie Em #15: I’d like to respond to your cartoon version of politics and social issues, but I wouldn’t know where to begin. Let me guess: You’re about 8 years old, right?
Conservative2Death commented:
BREAKING: After meeting with SpongeBob & Squidward yesterday President Barack Obama is working on a plan to heat the Gulf up to 600 Degrees and use it to Fry Chicken.
martha commented:
Feeney #21:
Instead of personally attacking someone who called you out why do’nt you try arguing using facts and/or logic?
Oh, I forgot, you’re a leftist, you do’nt have facts and/or logic.
My bad.
mrt commented:
“Not one man on this force will rest for one minute until the people who did this are behind bars! Now let’s go grab a bite to eat…”
–Lt. Frank Drebin
Robert commented:
Propeller Head is quite the POTUS. He makes Bush look like Einstein.
Andreas K. commented:
Wow Feeney, you’re so smaaaart.
Cartoon version of politics and social issues? Like what?
Want some news from the area your “messiah” is trying to copy?
Germany is welcoming Hamas nuts, while they’re trying to arrest Mossad “agents”. Also in Germany, the first attack on gay people because they are gay has been done by “southerners” (or “asians” as the British media likes to call them.)
In the UK the NHS is cutting down on paying surgeries. Plus every kid born today in the UK has a debt of at least 23,000 Pounds already.
And hey, social issues? What social issues? Oh wait, the same that have been CREATED by politicians in Europe. Like in Germany, where 150 billion of the 320 billion budget for 2010 go into the welfare state because the government has to fund people who REFUSE TO WORK. Same sh*t is coming to the US. Wait, it’s already there.
Feeney, you’re the living proof for what good old Churchill said.
If you’re 20, and not a leftist, you have no heart. If you’re 30, and still a leftist, you have no brain.
jainphx commented:
Feeny is a prime example of the left. No facts, no proof, no conscience, and worst of all no brain. Obama has two wars going on along with the worst ecological disaster in American history, and he goes golfing! We hear every day how he refused help from country after country, with real hands on experience with clean up, while the oil is ruining beaches, fishermans lives, lobster industry, etc. Fenny maybe if you keep your nose to the old spin grind stone, Obama will let you carry his PUTTER.
timothy william commented:
Clearly, BO didn’t want to interfere with his golfing when he scheduled his two day Gulf trip for Mon-Tues. This is a 40 hour a week President, at best… But this is probably more than he’s ever really worked at anything in his life….
Feeney commented:
Andreas K #27: Pure drivel. Gibberish. Makes no sense.
befuddled commented:
hey, if playing so much golf could help OJ Simpson find his wife’s killer, than surely we should be able to give the president some leeway.
Harrison commented:
Obama plays golf more than Tiger Woods.
Blue Collar Todd commented:
I guess that makes me an accessory to terrorism or something? Anyone working in the oil industry is now a suspect and a danger to America. Maybe my you know what will get kicked soon just because of where I work?
Chris Vehr commented:
Remember, watch what Obama does and pay no attention to what he says.
David Spence commented:
Greens-keeper compares Obama divots to devastation suffered by NYC in 911.
jorgen commented:
Nero fiddled. Obama go golfing.
Sojourner commented:
..the golf course is his bunker..I expect he’ll be going there more & more often.
Sandy commented:
I read on Newsmax that the Dems have a secret plan to win in November. They are going to hire David Plouffe who brought in 15 Million new first time voters in 08. And while the Republicans will run on National Issues the Dems will stick to local ones.
There’s a couple of problems with this senario. Obama was a Messiah in 08 so young people came out in droves and unless they bring in Illegals to vote there is no way they can generate any excitement now that people have seen them destroy our economy. As far as Dems running on local issues is concerned. The only thing people care about right now is this economy which is the elephant in the room — to ignore it tells us they know they have failed.
Pelosi was asked by reporter Chuck Todd — how long can you keep blaming Bush for all the problems we have today? Her answer — we will keep blaming Bush until the problems are fixed.
They are so out of touch that Plouffe or even the Arch Angel Gabriel couldn’t help them.
Maynard commented:
Hey, give Obama the benefit of the doubt. He may have played golf after 9/11 also.
tingle commented:
we’re gonna get those Tar’rists. Now watch this drive.
CLee commented:
Let’s be sure to vote Republican in November so we can all pay for the BP oil spill with tax payer dollars.
Justaguest commented:
We must stop the BP. I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these environment killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.
eaglewingz08 commented:
Obama’s plugging the holes. As you can see the Gulf spill is always on his mind. Aren’t we lucky to have such a super competent person at the helm of our country. But if a repub were Pres. under the present circumstances the dems would be preparing articles of impeachment for dereliction of duty.
infinite commented:
Putt, putt, putt…
Obama’s engagement in any issue or emergency.
Slow, slow, slow…
bg commented:
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Obama: oil spill “echoes 9/11”..
translation: “the life-sustaining US oil industries are terrorists”, while
the “foreign oil industry is sanctified” (ht & more @ Sojourner #29)..
“what the fascist left have been aiming for is to “equate” good with evil.. that’s the only way they can appease their conscience in the face of the harsh reality they are trying to escape from because it does not fit in with their ideological utopian matrix.. if there is no good vs evil, then all is good even if [the] all is evil..” – bg
have we already lost??
because that’s how it’s adding up to me.. *sigh*
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Campbell commented:
So he gave an interview on Friday. Then went golfing on Sunday. This is cause for outrage?
“‘In the same way that our view of our vulnerabilities and our foreign policy was shaped profoundly by 9/11,’ the president said in an Oval Office interview on Friday.”
“President Barack Obama spent four hours on the golf course Sunday.”
It’s not like he talked about how horrible of an incident it was then said, “now, watch this drive.”
bg commented:
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Bush playing Golf = condemnation..
Obama playing Golf = admiration..
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DC commented:
Obama is a total disgrace and joke… the government run media hyped this guy to get him elected. Has anyone ever seen any pictures of Obama playing sports? Basketball and golf? I heard he plays golf and basketball like he bowls. Wake up America!!! It is time to clean up Washington DC, real change is when all these left wing liberal political hacks are booted out of office!
StewartIII commented:
Hot Air: Obamateurism of the Day
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/14/obamateurism-of-the-day-291/
RodentKing commented:
Obama is knee deep in sheet.
He doesn’t have a clue on how to even come close to leading a country. Maybe he should consult a Witch Doctor from Kenya
solgreatman commented:
look at that pose,so dramatic,what do you think your tiger?Keep playing with your balls mr.pres,while the gulf dies.
nightwriter commented:
Let’s see… right before Rome fell a Senator nominated his horse for the Senate and Nero fiddled. Rome is indeed burning because arrogant, idiot politicians have overtaken our country. These people aren’t Americans, they are traitors and need to leave the White House and our Congress NOW, immediately, if not sooner. We need people who will lead, not talk. We need people who actually care about this country and the American people more than their special interest, political agenda. If we wanted Tiger Woods in the White House we would have voted for him! Does this jerk ever work? All I hear about is golf, dinners, flights to NYC for theater and visits to his buddies in Chicago… all at OUR expense. HOW DARE HE!!!
Marc commented:
And all the same jackasses crying about Obama playing golf probably had no complaints at all with Bush not even getting up to deal with 9-11 when it happened, or his complete lack of action when Katrina hit NoLa.
Wah wah wah, us conservatives have it SO BAD, wah wah wah wah. Teabagger bla bla bla BLA.
Chisum commented:
Marc,
You know things are bad when people like you have to resort to lies and name calling in a failed attempt to defend our sorry excuse for a president.
Good luck with that strategy.
Frank commented:
Obama is a total waste to the USA, he has no idea what is going on here. Look at him golfing he looks very stupid, with all those stupid movements. This has to be the worst President ever, he makes Carter look good.
hillary commented:
Give the guy a break he has to clean up bush’s mess still. You bunch of RACISTS!!!!
jimg commented:
You notice none of the resident leftists here can actually defend Obama’s actions.
Nope. They deflect. They call names. They make excuses.
Maybe – just maybe – you lefties can shut your traps for a moment, take a step back and realize you’re being played the fool.
Or you can continue to blindly support Obama no matter what he does.
Your choice.
Two Elks commented:
The voters can sure pick’m ! Hope that hope and chains is working out for them…
Campbell commented:
I didn’t call anyone a name. I’m not making any excuse. I just don’t see any reason for outrage because he played golf 2 days after an interview in which he said the Gulf Spill will change the way we view energy policy the same way 9-11 changed how we view foreign policy. He didn’t diminish 911 in any way.
What should he be doing? There was less warning this was going to happen than 911. BP said there was no leak the first day. He had the coast guard responding the next day, when they said there was a leak. What could Obama do other than say that those who are responsible will be held responsible, keep it in the media so it actually stays in people’s minds, and get the EPA to organize clean up? Done, being done, and Done.
LSD1969 commented:
Reminds me of Lord Denethor feasting in his cushy palace while his people are getting slaughtered
Gabacho commented:
If you don’t believe that EVERY member of congress (both parties) has been paid off-the fact that this con artist is still in power, should prove it.
Both parties have failed us.
I’d be surprised if we actually had an election in November!
This country is collapsing fast, and congress knows this.
Wonder what currency they converted to.
Jay! commented:
So?
Stupid backward people using this as damaging proof against obama.. lol as if the other presidents were always working !
bg commented:
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re: bg #65
[In APRIL, CNN ran a short article acknowledging that OBAMA HAS ALREADY PLAYED MORE GOLF THAN BUSH IN HIS ENTIRE PRESIDENCY.
Bush was known for his love of golf, but figures released by Mark Knoller
of CBS Radio, the unofficial White House statistician, have revealed that Obama has played golf 32 times during his presidency -- eight times more than his predecessor did during his entire tenure at the White House.
In fact, president Obama played a round as recently as last Sunday, when his flight to Poland for the funeral of president Lech Kaczynski was cancelled due to the volcanic ash cloud over Europe.
Where are the vicious accusations and meticulously detailed accounts in the MSM concerning where Obama was and what he's been doing during this catastrophe, which Obama is trying to push as an environmental 9/11? Instead we see benign little reports and snippets, with just a wistful hint that Obama would pony up to make reporters right about their selection of him as president of the United States. Instead Obama gets softballs like this: Obama brings "game" to golf.]
btw, wasn’t Bush accused of “war mongering” every time he
had to even announce something remotely related to 9/11??
oh wait, under Obama, all those possessed by evil have returned to their underground lairs due to the fact that he called the war against Radical Islamism over.. /holy sarc B-man/
(hmmm, evidently not allowed to post the link here, oh well, where there’s
a will.. Google: the Obama talking b(fitb)s(fitb) doll & see what pops up..)
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Capnover commented:
Personally, I wish Captain Oblivious would play golf all the time, at least then he wouldn’t be destroying my country! Perhaps he could take all his cronies from Chicago with him…….
Codoil commented:
Wake up folks! Obama is not the boss.
Cooperate America is running the show here.
Presidents do as they are told.
So kick back and enjoy the ride.
Don’t worry be happy!
JW commented:
Yeah, he should be clearing brush.
Diamond Jim commented:
Of course, the douche-bag plays in short pants. An 8 year-old is more presidential than this fraud.
clarion commented:
I wish Barack “Not Ready for Prime Time” Obama could spend more time on the links. That time on the course concentrating on his swing means less time in the Oval Office, screwing up our country.
Obo FAILS again commented:
I’m with you AntieEm. I remember hearing clips of Obo saying “why don’t you grab a mop?”
Well Obo? How bout grabbin that friggin mop and helping clean up instead of playing Golf! What a disgrace..moron..pretender. That’s Obo in a nutshell.
Wonder if the people carting around his crap on the course have to bring portable teleprompters. You never want to be caught off-guard while playing golf and oil gushes constantly. Hey Obo! Don’t let a good crisis go to waste when you could give another empty and vapid speech.
Frank commented:
This was a recent conversation with the President about this and here is how it went:
Ok, I will humor your thought of ‘This is my 9-11.’…then if our nations sovereignty is at stake, why play golf?
“It is only a reference to what this is like it is not really like 911. Our sovereignty is not threatened.”
So this is a joke.
“I don’t joke about disasters. Now come close, I can’t have others hear. This is top secret,…you can’t let a good tragedy go to waste.”
AH, I got it, let tourism go to pot, the…. dare I say, ‘wet-lands’ go to pot, let the economy go into the drink, fishing go,ha, ha, ‘down the drain’, because that is what you really want. I only say this, sir, hmm…since we are talking in secret, you know ‘off the record’
“Hm…, yes…now you are keeping this secret, aren’t you? To help you say yes, I have a new position for you on my administration. I need sharp guys like you.”
What more can be said.
barelypure commented:
?? do you think after his address to the nation tonight he’ll be able to squeeze in a few rounds before bedtime?
walt commented:
Every time I sit on the toilet, I think of Obama- Every time I wipe, I think of the mess he creates- Every time I flush I think of where he belongs.
bg commented:
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Obo FAILS again @ 11:25 pm #97
“socialist mop”
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Tad commented:
In my opinion “Obama is a peace of S**T and he is not my President” He is wrecking this country.
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