Obama Has Played 41 Rounds of Golf as President (OUTRAGEOUS OUTRAGE!)
President Barack Obama has played a remarkable 41 rounds of golf since becoming president, easily outpacing his predecessor and possibly damaging his ability to portray himself in 2012 as a populist advocate of average folks.
With the excursions lasting on average at least five hours, the president has devoted a total of more than 200 hours to golf, not counting time spent on the White House putting green. That’s the equivalent of twenty five eight-hour work days, or five work weeks spent smacking golf balls.
Obama plays golfThe former community organizer’s 41 trips around the links – a standard of recreational activity well beyond the budgets of most Americans – compares to only 24 total outings for former President George W. Bush, according to statistics compiled by White House chronicler Mark Knoller of CBS News. Bush, whose golf outings were used to help deride him as a callow, lazy, rich boy, played his 24th and last round on Oct. 13, 2003, saying he was ending the practice out of respect for the families of Americans killed in Iraq.
Look, douchenozzle, the guy is under more stress than most of us can imagine.
He plays golf to relax so he won’t go completely insane and decide to nuke Las Vegas or something. Every president has to work off stress, and every president has. Bush played less golf but spent a lot more time jogging and working out in general. Chester A. Arthur preferred to relax with fine wine and a high-priced hooker and he is now regarded as a pretty good president. If it’s legal and it works for them, I’m ok with it.
