He Can’t Help It… Obama Inserts Himself Into Augusta National Golf Club Politics

Just wondering… When was the last time you saw Barack Obama golfing with a woman?

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Barack Obama inserted himself into the Augusta National Golf Club politics today.
Reuters reported:

President Barack Obama believes women should be allowed to join the all-male Augusta National Golf Club, the White House said on Thursday, adding pressure on the exclusive 80-year-old organization to change its restrictive policy.

“His personal opinion is that women should be admitted,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters, saying he had spoken to Obama about the issue.

“We are kind of long past the time when women should be excluded from anything,” Carney said as the first round of the Masters tournament got under way at the Augusta club in Georgia.

The issue of whether women should be allowed to become members at the home of the Masters has been around for years. But it took on added significance after Ginni Rometty became chief executive officer of IBM in January. IBM, the world’s largest technology services company, is a long-standing sponsor of the Masters and its past four CEO’s have been granted membership to Augusta National. The club now faces a dilemma of whether to change its policy to allow Rometty to join or spurn one of its major sponsors.

Carney was asked whether Obama believed the club should open its ranks to women, especially given Rometty’s position.

“It is obviously up to the club to decide, but his personal opinion is women should be admitted to the club,”

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