Out: ‘Fourth Estate’ — In: ‘Eighth Hole’
**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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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
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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.
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!!!
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.
The new media designation is “Eighth Hole”? I would opt to change their name to “Bung Hole”.
Agggh, no one is keeping score anyway–he always wins.
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?”
Should be ‘fourth estate hole’–and we all know who they are.
Eight Ball came to mind instead. Still involves a ball and a stick.
The A-holes.
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.
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”…
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.
+1
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/
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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.
And I thought Obama was just giving himself a waiver for the eighth hole…
I wish we could all have a mulligan saving us from the next 15 months of this clown in office.
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!
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.
Journalism died in 2008.
I finally figured out why Obowmao likes golf so much! He heard that the courses have ‘pot’ bunkers!
I’ll be here all week, try the ribs.
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.
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Hey Doug, it’s pronounced eigh hole. the ‘th’ is silent.
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.
The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column. It doesn’t matter what hole.
To them, the tee-off is a gimmee for Oblamer.
Can you imagine accidently getting in between michelle obama and a lobster??
Pity the fool that finds himself in such a situation…
rambler said:
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?
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.
Obviously the Obama was just in a hurry to get started on his jobs and deficit plans!
/Sarcasm off
I pity the clarified butter.
He just wasn’t dressed properly for a photo op – Reggie Love had borrowed the ‘Mom’ jeans.
Obama claimed to admire Eisenhower’s fortitude. Eisenhower used his golf outings to convince the public to remain calm during jittery times:
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.
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?
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?
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!
Well doesn’t the boy-king look happy. ROFL
I think they should be called “Obummer’s campaign staff”.
USGA sez:
(It’s always in the Wavermania w/ this guy isn’t it! )
Anyone see the latest Gallup Poll?:
You’re kidding, right? Just like every jobs report, etc. their numbers are MADE UP.
I thought that journalism died in the 1990s with all the Clinton stuff.
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.
And then they will revise the score upwards in a few weeks…
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.
On August 22, 2011 at 03:16 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
Obama: The Constitution, but I’m taking a mulligan.
How old are you? My father put bomb shelters in residential housing while I learned to “duck and cover” in school.
Ingrato.
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.
I’ll bet he put “ACE” on his score card for the eighth. We should start calling the LSM as the mulligan media.
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.
The only “press” that we have now is when reporters PRESS their lips to obama’s butt!
Dunno ’bout him, but this version puts a smile on my face
(yes, I know it’s a lousy photoshop job, but I was in a hurry)
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.
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?
Professor Turgeson: I like the way you think. I’m gonna be watching you.
I’m glad you still have your legs when so many lost theirs for a cold war.
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.
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?
The other procedure for the other gender is known as an AddADicToMe
O/T: The “Washington Times” is reporting that Quaddaphee`s son has escaped his rebel captors while being interviewed by the BBC !
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?
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?
I lived on a SAC base. If we got up the next day, we hadn’t been nuked!
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.
That might not work as it very may well be that the secret service is the one teeing off for him.
Or how he plumb bobs his putts for that matter.
He just didn’t want another hanging the drapes moment teeing of the women’s tee.
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.
So Oblabbermouth dodges the “press,” failing to say anything? How’s that any different from all his press appearances?