Are we sick of the press telling us everything Obama does is great? This time it's golf. Uh huh. Take a look for yourselves. The guy stinks... underwater.
When is this illusion going to be called for what it is? When it's too late. Sure this is just golf, but it's symptomatic of the entire presidency.
Shankapotamus
Barack Hussein Obama II (Listeni /bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States, having taken office in 2009. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004.
Obama served three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid against the Democratic incumbent for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 2000, he ran for United States Senate in 2004. Several events brought him to national attention during the campaign, including his victory in the March 2004 Democratic primary and his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004. He won election to the U.S. Senate in November 2004. His presidential campaign began in February 2007, and after a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination. In the 2008 general election, he defeated Republican nominee John McCain, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. In October 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
As president, Obama signed economic stimulus legislation in the form of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in December 2010. Other domestic policy initiatives include the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd--Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. In foreign policy, Obama gradually withdrew combat troops from Iraq, increased troop levels in Afghanistan, signed an arms control treaty with Russia, and ordered enforcement of the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya in early 2011.
Obama is a well known supporter of the Chicago White Sox, and threw out the first pitch at the 2005 ALCS when he was still a senator.[259] In 2009, he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the all star game while wearing a White Sox jacket.[260] He is also primarily a Chicago Bears fan in the NFL, but is known to also support the Pittsburgh Steelers, and openly rooted for them ahead of their victory in Super Bowl XLIII 12 days after Obama took office as President.[258]
In June 1989, Obama met Michelle Robinson when he was employed as a summer associate at the Chicago law firm of Sidley Austin.[261] Assigned for three months as Obama's adviser at the firm, Robinson joined him at group social functions, but declined his initial requests to date.[262] They began dating later that summer, became engaged in 1991, and were married on October 3, 1992.[263] The couple's first daughter, Malia Ann, was born on July 4, 1998,[264] followed by a second daughter, Natasha ("Sasha"), on June 10, 2001.[265] The Obama daughters attended the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. When they moved to Washington, D.C., in January 2009, the girls started at the private Sidwell Friends School.[266] The Obamas have a Portuguese Water Dog named Bo, a gift from Senator Ted Kennedy.[267]
Applying the proceeds of a book deal, the family moved in 2005 from a Hyde Park, Chicago condominium to a $1.6 million house in neighboring Kenwood, Chicago.[268] The purchase of an adjacent lot and sale of part of it to Obama by the wife of developer, campaign donor and friend Tony Rezko attracted media attention because of Rezko's subsequent indictment and conviction on political corruption charges that were unrelated to Obama.[269]
In December 2007, Money magazine estimated the Obama family's net worth at $1.3 million.[270] Their 2009 tax return showed a household income of $5.5 million—up from about $4.2 million in 2007 and $1.6 million in 2005—mostly from sales of his books.[271][272]
Obama tried to quit smoking several times, sometimes using nicotine replacement therapy.[273][274][275] Michelle Obama said that he successfully quit in early 2010.
@sandmanhopes & @stme2008 - I find it hilarious how misinformed you guys are. Obama has already taken more vacation than Bush did in his entire 8 years as President. And BTW, Obama has also spent more than ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS COMBINED, including George W. Go ahead and blame Bush for all the country's problems; it's the only leg you libs have to stand on. While you're at it, why don't you bash Bush for taking 12 minutes to react to 9/11 when it took Obama 60 DAYS to react to the oil spill?!
angieworkman 1 year ago 4
I'd much rather watch Sarah Palin golf than this bufoon.
u920003 1 year ago 4