‘Golf Summit’ Saturday
**Written by Doug Powers
President Obama, Sheriff Joe Biden, John Boehner and John Kasich hit the links this morning. What does this mean for America (other than in the unlikely event a meteor were to strike the course, Daniel Inouye would be president)? I have no idea:
The long-awaited golf showdown between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is underway this morning: The pair, along with with Vice President Joe Biden and GOP Ohio Gov. John Kasich, hit the links around 10 a.m. Saturday at Joint Base Andrews.
It’s a skins game — unfortunately the skin is ours:
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth on Friday and warned Washington and debt-ridden European countries that they are “playing with fire” unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits.
Fore!
Update: More on the round here.
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Doug you did it again! Thanks, that was funny! (other than in the unlikely event a meteor were to strike the course, Daniel Inouye would be president)? OMG, inouye? I wonder if we will see the scores and if so will they be the truth?
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Thanks letget! And after Inouye, it’s Hillary. Mwa-ha-ha.
I guess I didn’t go down far enough on the list of who’s next in line and it is enough to scare the daylights out of me!
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i already know obama’s projected score, 17. how did he get a 17 on 18 holes, he hit an amazing shot, it not only made a hole in one, but bounced over to a second hole in one. and mr speaker why he shot a perfect 489. the official scorekeeper was biden, and we know how he had a habbit of telling whoppers.
I wouldn’t let Sheriff Joe handle the scorecard if there are any bets on the table.
Beat me to it only because I am so typo prone that I took time to hit “preview”.
Doug I think you forgot one member of the golfing party…TOTUS…Obama never leaves home without it!
Golf course–a modern, healthful smoke-filled room for political sleazeballs to plot against the people.
bho probably has some green business working on a solar panel for totus so he CAN take it with him anyplace he goes. The cost of r&d will probably be a tiny 25B to see this gets done.
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The Golf Summit
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
Well, dear readers, this is certainly embarrassing.
The man who catapulted — with one teleprompter under each arm — into the Oval Office, vowing hope in big-government could actually — this time! — be made to bear tasty fruit, has made every single thing he has touched with his adolescent finger worse, worse, worse. The president who vowed to “fundamentally transform America” never mentioned on the campaign trail that the “change” he was imagining would impoverish Americans, while making us the economic slaves of the rest of the world. Nor do I recall candidate Barry letting the public know that he was so addicted to golf that he wouldn’t forsake another 18 for presidential Memorial Day observance — even as he commands three foreign wars, one of them blatantly illegal.
So, as middle-class Americans worry themselves sick with economic stress and uncertainty in this simply grand Barry economy, our adolescent President hits the links with our Speaker of the House.
Now, I’ve read that the Beltway Boys have invited the governor of Ohio, John Kasich, to join them for their jolly golf summit.
And really, truly, I cannot decide whether to grab the smelling salts, my hanky or another bottle from my dwindling supply of Pepto Bismol.
Are these supposedly grown-up men even aware of their symbolic infantilization of this country’s genuine plight? From where I’m sitting — in Barry-induced middle-class homemaker hell — the “golf summit” reeks of good-ole-boys playing while their civilization faces destruction.
And I’m wondering why these “leaders” don’t even have the sense to know this.
Golfing while America burns? Oh, what an impressive leap into progressive utopia.
At this moment I would pay really big money for a little *red pill* guaranteed to knock me out until election day 2012. This spectacle is becoming too torturous to endure while sober.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/06/the_golf_summit.html
I hope Boehner remembers to bring his balls. He usually leaves them at home when he needs them the most.
*What an incredible waste of time on the part of Boehner and Kasich; As if they will make any progress with the avowed marxist in the White House; P-BO knows Ohio is a battleground state and his only intent is to help his polling in that state; Maybe next the Buckeye Boys will play golf with the Taliban, after all, that is basically what P-BO is doing in Afganistan; Pure unadulterated insanity on display while our beloved country withers away!
LOL! Tip your waitresses. Doug Powers will be here all week…
Does the score card show how many times Boehner has CRIED?
Don’t know about Kasich, but The Sheriff will win this round. Hard to believe that we are burning and all they can do is play golf. Somehow this will help the economy somewhere. With the FLOTUS going to Africa to vacation, can Barry be far behind with his clubs?
Obama golfs while America’s economy burns.
Nero was a piker.
Kasich is along, because two digit numbers are beyond the other three.
Agree with bjc….this is huge waste of time.
Note to Boehner: Marxists don’t compromise. Until the people on our side realize what they’re dealing with (a committed Marxist)….we’ll get nowhere.
Anyway, maybe Boehner and Obama can also share some “smokes” as they walk along. Pathetic.
Boehner is so much better of a golfer than Zero that I would LOVE to watch Zero do a slow burn all day long. I’m sure Zero cheats at golf because let’s face it, that is his way of life.
The community organizer will try to shake down Boehner for strokes in order to redistribute and make it more “fair”. The only thing that might throw Boehner off his game a little bit is having to put up with all the stupid and lame comments from Bozo the VP.
Pathetic indeed.
Off Topic:
Meanwhile…
Campaign to reelect Barry underway: Swing state Missouri Governor vetoes voter ID requirement
Pardon me, Governor Jay Nixon, but your liberal slip is showing.
Nixon vetoed a measure passed by the Missouri legislature requiring voters to provide ID at the polls.
Not included in the provisions were illegal alien voters, dead people, felons in jail or Mickey Mouse. And liberals can’t exclude their favorite voting demographics!
He and other Democrats know Barry’s reelection (and their own political futures) are at risk.
What a sham:
In Missouri, voters are already required to provide some form of ID before casting a ballot, but the list includes some without a photo, such as a utility bill, bank statement or paycheck.
All of which can be passed out by ACORN workers to “voters” in need.
A coalition of groups — including the NAACP, AARP, League of Women Voters and ACLU — had called for Nixon to veto photo ID legislation.
http://www.punditandpundette.com/2011/06/campaign-to-reelect-obama-underway.html
I was about to post “Obama golfs while America burns”, until I saw your post. I think this is SO true. This country is being betrayed by our “royalty” in Washington, on both sides of the aisle.
Egads! After Inouye comes Billary!
Photo ops, nothing more for any of them. There isn’t a chance in Hades that they will come to agreement on anything, except that it was a fun day on the golf course, compared to the usual rigors of trying to govern our pesty, ungrateful Nation.
I’m not at all happy or impressed… more like outraged and insulted at the prima donnas of the left and right golfing of all things. Men and women are dying in combat. The economy sucks. Our Constitution is being raped time and time again.
Fire the scum on the left and right and let new blood, Tea Party blood take over.
The tree of liberty must be nourished.
What the hell is Kasich doing?
I used to think he was a savvy politician. Now I have my doubts!
Yes, did you read all they way down the list? The who’s who is just mind boggling all the way down! I guess we could have the little iran worm, the venezuela slug, mao, soros, and NK worm on there to make it perfect?
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GreenEyedLady, you’re right Gov. Nixon gives in to all those groups in hopes of getting re-elected. It’ll be really funny if Missouri voters turn on him for it.
It still boggles my mind that with all the transactions we conduct daily that require a photo ID, that Liberals refuse to see that it should also be required for one of our most cherished freedoms.
Even the poorest among us already have some form of photo ID and the only excuse for not requiring it, is to allow voter fraud.
It was, perhaps, the only way to meet with Obama, not that it will do anything worthwhile. As a rule, he doesn’t schedule official White House meetings with Republicans unless its before a camera to berate and insult them.
Neither compromise, nor polite behavior will ever work for those on our side. No matter how nice the GOP is to try to get along, compromise to the dems is doing everything their way, and nice behavior on the part of the GOP only gets them abuse from the dems.
The GOP leaders needs to get a grip and quit viewing the dems as rational and courteous, neither of which the dems are.
Is it okay if I use this^^ Doug?
*Exasperated Sigh*
Is there any greater message to the American people than this?
Yep…it’s all fun and games in Washington. Status quo. Too bad the American people can just play through…
The President is giving just enough effort to play for par, but like his economic policies, he keeps slicing the ball, ultimately landing in the rough. Okay, we gave him a mulligan, but then he hits into a sand trap. Three strokes later, he demands a drop, gets it, but the ball rolls back into the sand.
And, so it goes. Week after week, game after game, the results are the same. He blames his partners for his failure to get a decent score…or, the damned Bush that obscured his vision of the pin.
Trap shooting might be a better sport for him to try. I hear the Dick Cheney is willing to give him a shot…..
The saddest part of this is NBC taking fifteen minutes away from showing the U.S. Open to discuss this crap and speculate how well Obama played. I want to see Padraig Harrington shoot a 64, not The Won’s 64th round in office.
is the beer fest after the golf…this crap shows just what a joke our country has become.
Ever wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at us? Just look at us, from celebrity worshiping to can’t control our own boarders, we are a joke.
What a waste of time, golfing with a marxist.
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Remember what happened to James Bond when he went to OddJobs Golf Course! Look out when Comrade Obama frisbees his bowler hat!
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Lots of accidents can happen on golf courses. Never golf with Don Corleone or people who think like him. Don’t dignify them with your presence.
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Boehner should be taking care of (our) business–not reaching across the aisle and consorting with the country’s enemies. Unless he is planning an unfortunate incident of his own. Possible wild backswing?
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John Bibb
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I’ll give Boehner a pass if he enjoyed a few smokes in the cart while Barry chauffeured him around. And Kasich probably signed up just to keep the “Sheriff” honest . . .
Turns out that Obama and Boehner were partnered, and played match play style vs. Biden and Kasich. No Repubicans vs. Democrats… all warm and fuzzy and bipartisan instead…
Can’t Barry just go hunting with Cheney?
Once is all it takes.
& all while our country goes to he!!. Welcome to the Banana Republic of America.
bho would have to get me one of those hunten licensen to go a hunten! bho would have to get a gun(the horrors) to go a hunten. Can you just see bho with a gun trying to go after a dove?
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Sounds like everyone is saying cut the deficit by Big O and the Dems. IMF, credit reporting agencies…Earth of Obama! Can you hear? We can’t get his sorry self out of the WH fast enough.
So far, the best post on this subject was Iowa Guy’s “I hope Boehner remembers to bring his balls”. I really don’t object to the bozo’s playing golf, but the bogus hype that goes with it is objectionable.
Post of the day!!!
Boehner is a eunuch.. always was always will be. Lindsey Graham another one and the west coast females(Olympia Snowe etal)fare worse. Michele Bachmann has more cajones than Boehner as does Palin.
Perfect main-page picture caption, Doug!
November 2012 will be the Tea Party vs. the “Tee Party”!
Obama: Oops, another one in the water. Joe!
Boehner: What did you get on that last one, Prez?
Obama: Bogey.
Boehner: I thought it was about an 8!
Obama: Well, at some point I think I’ve made enough strokes.
What was the point of this golf game?
Hey Pluggers,
A thousand bucks you miss that putt!
great. our nation is put in the toilet by Barack Hussein Obama MMM MMM MMM, and the person we gave our leadership post to is going out to play games with the MMM MMM.
isn’t this just great? isn’t this just wonderful? rich pigs play golf while America drowns in their insane Marxist tyranny (BHO) and their abject cowardice (Boner).
Ever see dogs sniffing each other? Same thing.
Flyoverman,
Fortunately, I had just set my drink down. I don`t care who are, that there was funny !
This was a modified “skins” tournament where each hole was valued at $1B in cuts for Boehner or additional spending for Obama. The skin would carry over to the next hole and accumulate.
My sources tell me that several Obama aids were seen dropping golf balls at strategic lies to ensure a win for Obama.
“The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for U.S. economic growth…”
Since when has the IMF had America’s economic interests at heart?
They’re probably helping undermine our economy!!
There is nothing significant about cutting an average of $175 — $200 billion from a budget approaching $4 trillion when $1.5 trillion of it is borrowed or printed. Every one of these assclowns should be run out of town on a rail.
a borrowed rail.
Will the IMF say that our government is playing with fire?
Or are they just holding pitchforks, waiting for new enslaved souls to come downstairs?
What was the use of this? Boner playing golf with this liar? Surprised Kasich was there he seems to be a serious man and should know Obama is just doing a photo op. I had hope after November but so far Boners performance has been business as usual. Which means bend over for the Marxists.
Obama: Look, just help me impose Marxism on the nation and we won’t make you cry.
Boehner: Deal.
On June 18th, 2011 at 5:59 pm, rocketman said:
A shanked shot off the driver of Boehner and on the noggin of Barry? Not much chance since the Secret Service surround Barry and will take an errant shot themselves.
9.1% unemployment and a federal government that spends money it doesn’t have like a drunken sailor…..
… and the Empty Suit in Chief decides they’ll play a round of golf.
Why didn’t Boehner simple say, “Golf wouldn’t be the correct setting to discuss the perilous situation our Nation is in now. But I’d be happy to meet at the White House or some other appropriate venue for a formal meeting.”
Too much to ask I suppose for anyone out of touch like Boehner appears to be.
A poor message is what they are all sending. Put on the long pants and go back to work.
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HI NJ_AVIATOR–#55. Other possible responses from other politicians:
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Rep. Boehner=Sweeten the deal, Comrade! Fore!
Rep. Bachmann=Go F*** yourself! And the camel you rode on in also.
Gov. Palin=See you in Nov. 2012, loser!
Gov. Perry=See you at the Alamo, Compadre!
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John Bibb
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What are these knuckleheads thinking? I wouldn’t be caught dead playing golf or any other kind of game with marxists. This sends the worst kind of message to Americans. The message I got is that when Obeyme COMMANDS, the lessers capitulate and show up. I also got the message that these chumps (and I have formerly been a big fan of Kasich)are nothing but a “club” of good old boys conspiring to get their riches and glory while selling out their country. Gad, I can’t wait until 2012 when Obeyme is nothing but a less-than-fond memory.
I’m sure the scores all equalled out once Obama applied “redistribution of strokes”.
lol
Very good.
Yes, but Obama wins by Affirmative Action handicap boost.