On a lighter note…
There is no way on this Earth that Obama is playing to a “mid-20′s” handicap.What that means, basically, is that he is consistently hitting three strokes under 100 over a par-72 18 holes, a feat that isn’t accomplished often even for “serious recreational golfers”. As an example, I’ve broken 100 only three times in probably somewhere north of 60 rounds of Golf, and I practice as often as I possibly can. Obama, disturbingly, has played somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 rounds as President. What this idiotic report is saying is that Obama’s peak performance for half of the required rounds is a 92-97.
No…Way.
This might be the biggest lie I’ve heard yet. By all accounts the guy played a handful of times before he became President. Since then, it is clear that he has played an inappropriate amount of times considering the issues with which he has to deal and how badly he’s screwing them up. But I will eat the circuits in my laptop if Obama has broken the century mark more than once. And even if he did break it once, he got lucky that time.
No, that’s not strong enough. I’m willing to wager everything I’ll ever be worth that he hasn’t legitimately come within a half-dozen strokes of 100 yet on an honest scorecard. Golf is an honest gentleman’s game. Obama would no doubt lie on the Golf Course just as easily as he lies to us on a daily basis.
For those of you who don’t know, Golf is by far the hardest game in the world to play well consistently. Not the hardest single thing to do in sport mind you, that honor is still reserved for hitting a major league slider squarely; despite Elizabeth Williamson’s snarky “ugly 20′s” handicap crack, the fact remains that unless Obama is not only playing too much Golf but practicing it as well, there is no way he’s coming anywhere near, let alone under 100 with consistency.
Williamson says that while the President’s handicap is a “matter of national security” according to Axelrod, those who have seen him play say his swing is “robotic”, that he’s hit another player’s ball and that his swing shows he “needs a little bit of work”.
Translation: The President’s Golf game is worse than his foreign policy strategy. Yeh, chew on that for a second.
Trust me on this one. There is simply…no..way. Golfers who read this will know what I’m talking about.
Consider it an open challenge: Obama v. Me over 18 to decide the fate of ObamaCare. Any course, anywhere, anytime.
Whenever you’re ready hotshot.
(this post was edited for language by the author. Many thanks to RedState readers for bringing this to my attention.)
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That's funny...
speciallist (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 10:59PM EST (link)I’ll rec it after you edit it..
edit it?
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:03PM EST (link)For what? Language?
I’m new here man, forgive me. Not sure what you’d have me edit. On the other hand, while I certainly understand editing and its functions, I’m not sure I’m comfortable editing a piece that has already been published.
It seems, well, very ‘New York Times-ish’ to me, in terms of integrity.
But let me know, here or at my email, because I’m genuinely curious as to which part(s) you’d like to see edited.
Thanks $peciallist.
Russ
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well...I got my answer
speciallist (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:11PM EST (link)np
well that didn't help
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:13PM EST (link)What is “np”?
I just learned what “nt” meant. Damnit.
Russ
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I would suggest..
discerningconservative (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:19PM EST (link)cleaning up the language. You can familiarize yourself with the rules in this post I saw that you replied there, but maybe you should re-read it.
Thanks
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:29PM EST (link)I hope the edit meets RedState’s policy guidelines.
I appreciate the heads up $ceciallist and DC.
Russ
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Just remember...
discerningconservative (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:37PM EST (link)The rules apply to the comment section too…
Remembered.
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:41PM EST (link)Thanks DC.
Russ Cote
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Foot-wedge Obama? Why doesn't that surprise me?
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:16PM EST (link).
Google his swing pictures
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:21PM EST (link)It’s horrendous.
Bent right arm, (I didn’t know he was a lefty), achingly stiff trail leg (left), head turn in mid-backstroke…
It’s like bow here, bow there, everywhere a bow bow.
I’m not calling it a precise analogy, but the parallels are there.
Thanks GJ.
Russ
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foot-wedge..
speciallist (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:34PM EST (link)Oh he's a tosser too?
thatsright (Diary) Monday, November 23rd at 11:40PM EST (link)I didn’t see that one. That’s priceless.
In all fairness, when I was just starting out I slammed a club or two into the ground. I admit that.
But it took all of a half a dozen rounds to realize that my next shot was inevitably worse after I did. Then when I learned the game and its history, I learned as well the value of true patience.
I recognize that I’ll never be a great golfer; instead now I focus on being a smart golfer.
If only Obama would take that same philosophy with him when he travels the world in our name.
Great picture $peciallist. That’s in the vault now. Thanks again.
Russ
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Ha!
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Tuesday, November 24th at 12:13AM EST (link)He stinks at bowling, too.
Ya know, there's an old adage in business that you can
eburke (Diary) Tuesday, November 24th at 12:07PM EST (link)tell a lot about a person by playing golf with him and checking out whether he’s ‘fudging’ his strokes. The claim (which has proven true in my experience) is that character (as in honesty and integrity) are revealed about the time that pencil meets scorecard.
Bill ‘it depends on what the meaning of is is’ Clinton was noted for ‘fudging’ his golf scores.
It shocks me not in the least that The Messianic One would lie about his golf game. He lies about everything else.
“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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I need to update this post
thatsright (Diary) Tuesday, November 24th at 12:14PM EST (link)But haven’t figured out how, so here’s the update for now:
Liz Williamson, the one in the video, followed up with an article in today’s Journal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125900966061461145.html#mod=todays_us_page_one
It does say that the President doesn’t fudge and doesn’t take “billigans”, but, really, who believes that. Not I.
The paragraph about him hacking away out of the sand before finally taking a lesson from a golf pro tells you right there that there’s absolutely no way he’s hitting under 100 honestly.If it takes you more than 2, (and in reality more than 1) to get OUT of the sand, you ain’t playing sub-100 Golf. Sorry.
I agree wholeheartedly with that adage eburke and it’s not only in business as you recognize.
Russ Cote
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