Out: ‘Fourth Estate’ — In: ‘Eighth Hole’

By Doug Powers  •  August 22, 2011 12:56 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

The term “Fourth Estate” has long been used in reference to the press, but it’s getting a little stale. So, thanks to a little inspiration from the vacationing president, we can now get rid of “Fourth Estate” and replace it with “Eighth Hole”:

But it was later, at the Vineyard Golf Course in Edgartown, where the president’s recalcitrance was most evident. Approaching the eighth tee in a golf cart with friend and frequent golfing buddy Eric Whitaker, the president noticed three TV cameras and a Globe photographer across the street. Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.

Specifically, the new “Eighth Hole” designation for the press should be used whenever a politician is dodging the media during certain situations that could lead to negative public perception during challenging economic times, however inherited they may be.

I’m lobbying NBC this week to change the name of their Sunday news show to “Meet the Eighth Hole,” but, under the circumstances, it’s doubtful they’ll go for it.

(h/t Bluegrass Pundit)

**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, letget said:

    I guess bho didn’t want the press to see him having to swing four times to get him out of a sand bar? I have a feeling bho golfs because he is not all that thrilled to be around mo? He does not seem to be having a good time now does he?

    http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/22/maureen-dowd-obama-didnt-call-congress-back-because-it-would-have-upset-michelle

    Not a happy couple here either?

    http://news.yahoo.com/photos/obama-departs-vacation-home-beach-marthas-vineyard-photo-143427894.html
    L

  2. #2
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:10 pm, RedDog said:

    Should be The Missing Hole. I wonder how he will mark his scorecard?

    The disgraceful mainstream press have given this President more than his share of mulligans. Maybe that should be the new name for Vichy journalists: Mulligans.

  3. #3
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:11 pm, Bereans43 said:

    If, as the complicit media has stated over and over, the President is on a well deserved vacation, then why the reluctance by the President for visibility of his enjoyment? Is he embarassed of his “hacker” swing? Does he hit a golf ball similar to his attempt to throw a baseball? Is he wearing his bicycle helmet? The people want and need to know!!!

  4. #4
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:11 pm, stillontheroad said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, letget said:
    I am thinking ole SpudButt snatched the last hunk of Lobster and Barky got in the way and got bitten.

  5. #5
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:14 pm, cabrerski said:

    The new media designation is “Eighth Hole”? I would opt to change their name to “Bung Hole”.

  6. #6
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:14 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Agggh, no one is keeping score anyway–he always wins.

  7. #7
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:15 pm, kwyoung said:

    King Putt didn’t want the press to see that his golf game is equal to that of his presidency.

    O–”Dang! Lost another ball. Hillary, can I borrow one?”

  8. #8
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:15 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Should be ‘fourth estate hole’–and we all know who they are.

  9. #9
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:20 pm, NotTheMama said:

    Eight Ball came to mind instead. Still involves a ball and a stick.

  10. #10
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:21 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    The A-holes.

  11. #11
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:22 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    RedDog said:
    Should be The Missing Hole. I wonder how he will mark his scorecard?

    Birdie of course. As Bereans43 notes, what is there for him to be ashamed of? No one grudges a hard working guy a well deserved jog or 9-holes of golf.

    Take his mind off of ‘what’? He’s not even engaged in the Drain Circling Process.

  12. #12
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:25 pm, bigviking0001 said:

    What makes this a classic is that golf is a sport in which you police yourself. It is very bad form to break the rules, like skipping a hole. It does, however, show just how he thinks of himself above all things including this stupid game. Starting to look a lot like Judge Smales from Caddy Shack. “Yes, winter rules”

  13. #13
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:26 pm, thejim said:

    It’s all rather tiresome. Odumbr, the media, Libs in general are wearying in their constant assault on our lives, culture, and country. They all need to go, and go now.

  14. #14
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:29 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:21 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
    The A-holes.

    +1

  15. #15
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:34 pm, letget said:

    Look at these t-shirts at a shop where bho, mo, and kids are vacationing!

    http://blogs.capecodonline.com/obama-vacation/2011/08/20/hilarious-political-t-shirts-and-signs/
    L

  16. #16
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:35 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    bigviking0001,

    Thank you for making that distinction. If there’s one thing -true- golfers can’t stand it’s a pencil whipper.

    And… I can tell you from personal experience I’ve seen many a potential client base their entire perception of you solely on your conduct ON the course!

    Does this guy get easily rattled when things don’t go his way? If he’s taking drops and Mulligans when he’s out here ( what will things be like when he’s managing our account? )

    Ahem, this is the -reason- you were invited in the first place. It’s a job interview. Always aced mine.

  17. #17
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:38 pm, Truesoldier said:

    And I thought Obama was just giving himself a waiver for the eighth hole…

  18. #18
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:45 pm, sbw999 said:

    I wish we could all have a mulligan saving us from the next 15 months of this clown in office.

  19. #19
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:46 pm, rambler said:

    What is even more fun is seeing Chelly’s body language when photographed with bho. Wonder why she can’t be on the same plane with the “ego beyond the universe”. Let the games begin! Massive meltdown alert!

  20. #20
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:51 pm, John Deaux said:

    Maybe they weren’t blowing kisses like usual. If that’s the case, he’s probably just teaching them a lesson. You got to keep your pump hand strong.

  21. #21
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:51 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Journalism died in 2008.

  22. #22
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:53 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I finally figured out why Obowmao likes golf so much! He heard that the courses have ‘pot’ bunkers! :cool: I’ll be here all week, try the ribs.

  23. #23
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:56 pm, letget said:

    Oh brother, I thought we would go ten days without seeing bho’s face on the tube, but NO he will be on to talk about libya. Wonder if he will take credit? I will not watch, but if someone here does, would you tell us if he does take credit somehow? Thanks in advance.
    L

  24. #24
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:57 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Hey Doug, it’s pronounced eigh hole. the ‘th’ is silent.

  25. #25
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:06 pm, hawkeye54 said:

    would you tell us if he does take credit somehow? Thanks in advance.

    Don’t need to see it. Won’t see it. But, I guarantee you he can’t help but take credit somehow.

    You are welcome in advance.

  26. #26
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column. It doesn’t matter what hole.
    To them, the tee-off is a gimmee for Oblamer.

  27. #27
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:10 pm, ThunderHawkk said:

    Can you imagine accidently getting in between michelle obama and a lobster??

    Pity the fool that finds himself in such a situation…

  28. #28
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    rambler said:

    “ego beyond the universe”.

    Ah… The World’s Most Interesting Blamer. His reputation is expanding faster than the universe!

    Rented “Limitless” and… there were a number of clever parallels between Wall Street, Hollywood, Politics and their damned precious designer drugs. You know, the ones that turn you into a stuttering buffoon like Matt Damon or TOTUS?

    You’re like you, only an enhanced ‘you’. You’ll be able to easily resolve problems that challenge mere mortals. Until your brain turns to mush and you struggle to connect the most basic of thoughts and insert um… between every word in every sentence?

  29. #29
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:17 pm, swede said:

    RedDog said:
    Should be The Missing Hole. I wonder how he will mark his scorecard?

    To improve your score, some take lessons from a pro. I found that if I leave out the worst holes, then add up my score, my game improves dramatically.

    Pretty much how Bupkus Barry reports his record on the economy and unemployment.

  30. #30
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:22 pm, RJL said:

    the president noticed three TV cameras and a Globe photographer across the street. Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.

    Obviously the Obama was just in a hurry to get started on his jobs and deficit plans!
    /Sarcasm off

  31. #31
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:26 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    ThunderHawkk said:

    Can you imagine accidently getting in between michelle obama and a lobster??

    Pity the fool that finds himself in such a situation…

    I pity the clarified butter.

  32. #32
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:28 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    He just wasn’t dressed properly for a photo op – Reggie Love had borrowed the ‘Mom’ jeans.

  33. #33
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:32 pm, Dave Turson said:

    Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.

    Obama claimed to admire Eisenhower’s fortitude. Eisenhower used his golf outings to convince the public to remain calm during jittery times:

    Ike’s detractors always complained that President Eisenhower spent more time playing golf than minding the people’s business, but, contrary to the advice of his aides, he never tried to conceal any of his outings to the links. He used many of these occasions to do the kind of personal networking that kept him in touch with the nation’s other leaders, and he seems as well to have used golfing as a means of convincing the American people to remain calm during the frequent crises of the Cold War. If the president could relax then perhaps the people could too. So the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first earth orbiting satellite, and the media and much of the populace panicked about communist missile development, Ike left the White House for a two day golfing outing at Gettysburg.

  34. #34
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:36 pm, Collateral Damage said:

    More at BLACK HOLE!! Every looney-tunes jackass (their party’s symbol) gets sucked in, and virtually nothing comes out!?! Certainly a complete void of anything useful or productive. Allen West is right about that plantation thing.

  35. #35
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Dave Turson said:

    OK! Everyone who’d take a Cold War over the mess we’re in today raise your hands! Great, it’s settled.

    Then wonder why everyone else in the world thinks we’re a joke?

  36. #36
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, FilAmWIguy said:

    Even if they play all 18, how would they ever calculate their score? Nothing they do ever adds up when it is dealing with numbers.

    Or do they right down the details on themselves and the golf course, submit it to the CBO for scoring, then actually play it to see how far over they went?

  37. #37
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:44 pm, spaceycakes said:

    wouldn’t you like to have fun
    fun
    fun?
    How’s about a few laughs
    laughs?
    I could show you a

    Good time.
    Hey big spender!

  38. #38
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:45 pm, Darthnoob said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, letget said:

    http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/22/maureen-dowd-obama-didnt-call-congress-back-because-it-would-have-upset-michelle

    Well doesn’t the boy-king look happy. ROFL

  39. #39
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 pm, tre said:

    I think they should be called “Obummer’s campaign staff”.

  40. #40
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:51 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    USGA sez:

    1-3. Agreement to Waive Rules
    Players must not agree to exclude the operation of any Rule or to waive any penalty incurred.

    Penalty for Breach of Rule 1-3:
    Match play — Disqualification of both sides; Stroke play — Disqualification of competitors concerned.

    (It’s always in the Wavermania w/ this guy isn’t it! )

  41. #41
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:52 pm, Truesoldier said:

    Anyone see the latest Gallup Poll?:

    Registered Voters

    Obama 46%
    Romney 48%

    Obama 47%
    Perry 47%

    Obama 47%
    Paul 45%

    Obama 48%
    Bachman 45%

    Margin of error +/- 4

  42. #42
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:07 pm, Mitoch said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, FilAmWIguy said:
    Even if they play all 18, how would they ever calculate their score? Nothing they do ever adds up when it is dealing with numbers.

    You’re kidding, right? Just like every jobs report, etc. their numbers are MADE UP.

  43. #43
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:12 pm, Mike From Stumptown said:

    On August 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Flyoverman said:
    Journalism died in 2008.

    I thought that journalism died in the 1990s with all the Clinton stuff.

  44. #44
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:16 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Club Pro: What’s your handicap?
    Obowmao: About 14 trillion, but I’m trying to sandbag it up a little more for the next GM corporate outing.

  45. #45
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:17 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:07 pm, Mitoch said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, FilAmWIguy said:
    Even if they play all 18, how would they ever calculate their score? Nothing they do ever adds up when it is dealing with numbers

    .
    You’re kidding, right? Just like every jobs report, etc. their numbers are MADE UP.

    And then they will revise the score upwards in a few weeks…

  46. #46
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:19 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Obowmao Noonan: I planned to go to law school after I graduated, but it looks like my folks won’t have enough money to put me through college.
    Judge Smails: Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.
    MO Underall: [to Obowmao] Nice try.

  47. #47
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm, John Deaux said:

    On August 22, 2011 at 03:16 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Club Pro: What’s your handicap?

    Obama: The Constitution, but I’m taking a mulligan.

  48. #48
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:30 pm, Dave Turson said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:37 pm, Marshall_Will said:
    Dave Turson said:
    OK! Everyone who’d take a Cold War over the mess we’re in today raise your hands! Great, it’s settled.
    Then wonder why everyone else in the world thinks we’re a joke?

    How old are you? My father put bomb shelters in residential housing while I learned to “duck and cover” in school.
    Ingrato.

  49. #49
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm, Flyoverman said:

    I’ll take the Cold War over today. The communists were communists, but there was a degree of common sense and rationality to them.

    Our current enemy would consider it a victory if the whole world was destroyed in a sea of fire.

  50. #50
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm, walterc said:

    I’ll bet he put “ACE” on his score card for the eighth. We should start calling the LSM as the mulligan media.

  51. #51
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:00 pm, passingruffian said:

    Now that King Three Putt has put amnesty in place for illegals, we now have to pay for their sex change operations.

    It will be called the Hole in Juan procedure.

  52. #52
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:06 pm, TGC said:

    The only “press” that we have now is when reporters PRESS their lips to obama’s butt!

  53. #53
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:07 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:45 pm, Darthnoob said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, letget said:

    http://nation.foxnews.com/president-obama/2011/08/22/maureen-dowd-obama-didnt-call-congress-back-because-it-would-have-upset-michelle

    Well doesn’t the boy-king look happy. ROFL

    Dunno ’bout him, but this version puts a smile on my face :)

  54. #54
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:08 pm, Hiraghm said:

    (yes, I know it’s a lousy photoshop job, but I was in a hurry)

  55. #55
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:17 pm, peteee said:

    ok, i am dreaming, if obama was honest:

    today, i shot four ducks, and three bogies.
    (man from media), mr. president, do you mean four birdies?
    no, the president continued, four ducks, as i could only hit the water shots, not a birdie is sight.

  56. #56
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:22 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Okay. Obiwankedope will say he shot par on the 8th hole. If you look at his scorecard it will say Eigh (pronounced A) Hole. Are we all in agreement here?

  57. #57
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:26 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:00 pm, passingruffian said:
    Now that King Three Putt has put amnesty in place for illegals, we now have to pay for their sex change operations.

    It will be called the Hole in Juan procedure.

    Professor Turgeson: I like the way you think. I’m gonna be watching you.

  58. #58
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:27 pm, Dave Turson said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 3:53 pm, Flyoverman said:
    I’ll take the Cold War over today. The communists were communists, but there was a degree of common sense and rationality to them.

    I’m glad you still have your legs when so many lost theirs for a cold war.

  59. #59
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:27 pm, passingruffian said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:22 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Obiwankedope will say he shot par on the 8th hole.

    Actually, he made triple bogey. He blamed the Japan tsunami, the Arab Spring and high oil prices.

    Just a bit of bad luck, dontcha know.

  60. #60
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:31 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Club Pro: Gee Mr. President, if you had used a ball with a higher coefficiency of restitution, you might’ve cleared that water.

    Owbomao: (slamming club on the ground) @#$%^& fishbelly white saltine mother#$%^&*! (grabs secret service agent aside and whispers) When we make the turn I want you to put two in his hat, capice?

  61. #61
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:31 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:00 pm, passingruffian said:

    …It will be called the Hole in Juan procedure.

    The other procedure for the other gender is known as an AddADicToMe :lol:

  62. #62
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 4:50 pm, SignPainterGuy said:

    O/T: The “Washington Times” is reporting that Quaddaphee`s son has escaped his rebel captors while being interviewed by the BBC !

  63. #63
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 5:10 pm, Virginia Patriot said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:07 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.

    Exactly. It isn’t just news media, the propaganda is everywhere, entertainment, advertising, etc.
    We are being “nudged” to do the “right” thing.

    We are losing our country. Where can freedom lovers go?

  64. #64
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 5:14 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Dave Turson,

    Being born in ’59, I missed a lot of the hysteria. My father served in Korea ’51 & ’52 and.., yes 2 Purple Hearts and good portion of leg missing.

    All in a ‘cold’ war mind you. So I’m not oblivious to the sacrifices. Still, as Flyoverman suggests, our enemies conducted themselves w/ precise, predictable methods.

    Now we have SEIU Thugs like Steve Lerner advocating “recruiting a million people into not paying their mortgages to… create upheaval and chaos within the financial system”.

    Progs are just ‘leaning’ on any conservative institution they can FIND ( just to see what happens? ) And of course, unlike our former foes, we can’t just line them up and shoot them now can we?

  65. #65
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm, rambler said:

    Dave Turson said: My father put bomb shelters in residential housing while I learned to ‘duck and cover”.

    I lived on a SAC base. If we got up the next day, we hadn’t been nuked!

  66. #66
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm, ChapBix said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 2:38 pm, FilAmWIguy said:

    Even if they play all 18, how would they ever calculate their score? Nothing they do ever adds up when it is dealing with numbers.

    Or do they right down the details on themselves and the golf course, submit it to the CBO for scoring, then actually play it to see how far over they went?

    The CBO doesn’t score speeches. They said so. On the other hand, watching Barry swing a golf club would tell them all they need to know about his skill level (or lack thereof). Maybe from that they could score his game.

    If Barry did not want to be photographed or videographed on the tee block, all he had to do was have the secret service detail wrap around him and block the view of the press. Or, go back to the hole later after the press left. I certainly would not watch Barry’s swing in the hope of learning anything about swinging a golf club properly.

  67. #67
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 7:10 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm, ChapBix said:
    If Barry did not want to be photographed or videographed on the tee block, all he had to do was have the secret service detail wrap around him and block the view of the press.

    That might not work as it very may well be that the secret service is the one teeing off for him.

  68. #68
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 7:42 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On August 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm, ChapBix said:
    I certainly would not watch Barry’s swing in the hope of learning anything about swinging a golf club properly.

    Or how he plumb bobs his putts for that matter. :roll:

  69. #69
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 8:08 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    He just didn’t want another hanging the drapes moment teeing of the women’s tee.

  70. #70
    On August 22nd, 2011 at 8:26 pm, BK said:

    Why would the LSM want to tell the truth about Obama? They’d have to get off their knees from worshiping him to do so.

  71. #71
    On August 23rd, 2011 at 8:07 am, stuckinIL4now said:

    So Oblabbermouth dodges the “press,” failing to say anything? How’s that any different from all his press appearances?

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