The Country Club President
...And he probably wonders why he is viewed unfavorably by the majority of the military personnel and families. No, actually he doesn't wonder, because he doesn't hold the military in high esteem. They are photo ops. Just as the wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was earlier in the day was a photo op, before he hauled ass to the golf course, instead of going to, oh say, Bethesda Naval Hospital to hang out with some of our wounded warriors on Memorial Day. Just a thought.
Barack Obama's decision to play golf on Memorial Day was disrespectful and hardly presidential By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: May 31st, 2011
Can you imagine David Cameron enjoying a round of golf on Remembrance Sunday? It would be inconceivable for the British Prime Minister to do so, and not just because of the usually dire weather at that time of the year. Above all, it would be viewed as an act of extremely bad taste on a day when the nation remembers and mourns her war dead. I can’t imagine the PM even considering it, and I’m sure his advisers would be horrified at the idea. And if the prime minister ever did play golf on such a sacrosanct day he would be given a massive drubbing by the British press, and it would never be repeated.
READ MORE HERE---> http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100090074/obamas-decision-to-play-golf-on-memorial-day-was-disrespectful-and-hardly-presidential/
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