Sunday, May 13, 2012

Congratulations to President Obama For Another Historic Record: 97 Rounds of Golf In Less Than Three-and-a-Half Years

Let's assume, optimistically, that each round of golf takes a total of only four hours including transportation to and from the course. This means the president has spent more than 48 work days on the links. That's nearly seven weeks of 8-hour days!

Best of all, his latest round was with a lobbyist.

...Well, a lobbyist by trade, anyway.

Hunter Biden, who is golfing today with President Obama and his dad, Vice President Biden, stopped lobbying in 2008 once it became clear this would become a problem for the Democratic ticket, which had a zero-lobbyist policy.

The young Biden, according to Politico, had ”an office near K Street, a blue-ribbon roster of clients, and his firm, Oldaker Biden & Belair, made $1.76 million in lobbying revenue in the first half of 2006.”

And then he “got clean,” as they say of Democrats who stopped lobbying for the sake of The One. I’m sure Hunter will never touch the stuff again.

Also on hand today is White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, a regular Obama golf companion...

The Official Obama Golf Counter helps all Americans keep track of the President's tireless work on the links. Remember: he's doing it for the children.


5 comments:

Shayne said...

Given the responsibilities of the job, as well as the stress, I don't really have an issue with the President playing golf. Although, he does seem to do it way too much.

And besides, the more time he spends on the fairway, the less time he spends destroying the country.

Unknown said...

Since he's now 'officially at war with the Church' no more need to go to Church he can as well go golfing i guess?

JohnGalt said...

But does he golf any better than he governs ?

Whitehall said...

Eisnehauer was criticized for golfing too much too.

But he was a Republican so that was vaild.

Any idea how the relative golfing records stand?

JohnGalt said...

Woodrow Wilson is the undisputed king of the presidential links with nearly 1600 rounds of golf a in 8 years as president. Eisenhower comes in with 800. That is according to Don Van Atta in his book Guest Off The Tee .

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/first-off-the-tee-don-van-natta-jr/1013870479?ean=9781586480080&itm=3&usri=don+van+natta