Saturday, 4 June 2011
Golf summit for Obama and Boehner? The optics are horrible and these guys are out-of-touch
What the hell is John Boehner thinking?
Obama is being Obama, but Boehner now has to act like an insensitive ass too? 36 million people are out of work and they don’t give a hoot that POTUS and TSOTH are taking in a friendly game of golf while people are struggling out there.
We know that the people advising Obama are a bunch of idiots. But, now we know Boehner’s advisors are just as idiotic.
Politico
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) will finally hit the links for a round of golf – and al fresco negotiation – on June 18, a White House official told POLITICO.
Obama’s offer — and Boehner’s acceptance — came six months after White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested the two could work out their differences on the course. Both men are passionate golfers; Obama prefers to hit public or military courses with a handful of friends and White House staffers while Boehner favors private courses, golf fundraisers and schmoozing sessions with other pols.
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