NOW President on President Obama’s All-Male Athletic Outings: ‘It’s Troubling’

That would of course assume that women aspire to those sorts of positions as much as men do, which is a bit at odds with reality and human nature.
Men and women generally treasure different aspects of life, and have different sorts of priorities.
Obviously Obama should pick women that are well qualified for the job if there are applicable candidates, but where does this NOW person think he’s going to find 50% women to fill these cabinet positions?
Even though I didn’t vote for Obama, I’m pretty sure he tried his best to get as many women in there as he could.
There’s a reason why men dominate politics, and it’s not just because men are sexist #####.

===as exemplified by the president playing basketball earlier this month with 11 members of Congress and four Cabinet Secretaries — all men.===
Good grief. Let the men play basketball if they want to. The feminazis of this world need to get a life.

Eric “the Judge” Holder sayin’ he’s going to go “Downtown” on the urban czar while Tim “The Money” Geithner catches a pass from Barack “Michael Jordan” Obama who scores a triple double and dunks from the free throw line. The transportation secretary gets called for “traveling” all the time while some high-spending Democrat from Congress gets called for “charging” when he tries to swing the ball around to the left. The Air Force secretary was lucky to get invited to play and is known for “droppin’ bombs” from the 3 point line. Meanwhile, Hillary steps onto the court, bleary-eyed from her excommunication trip to whoknowswhere, kicks the POTUS in the rear-end, steals the ball, and screams at everyone to get back to work.
Games.

I had a woman begging to play basketball with me once…she was good, however, no one could touch her so she had free raign. But she didn’t make it long, she ended up on the pavement with a bloody face. I play hard and I don’t let up just because of gender. Needless to say, she never asked to play basketball again. :)

I wish taht I had tiime for 24 rounds of golf this year.

Sebelius is from Kansas, of course she got barnyard game. Hillary can go to the hole. Jarrett got mad hops. Sotomayor is the only appointee that I know of that wants to sit on the bench.

===If women had been at the heads of the companies on Wall Street instead of these masters of the universe then we might not be in the predicament that we’re in today.”===
And we might be. I hate it when women make these stupid remarks. It makes us all look like fools.

Most married men that hug out with women when on their free time would probably be in trouble with their wiives. Yet we want to place as many women around him as possible.
He is happily married with a nice family. Creating close bonds with a nother women seems a little dangerous.
I know my wife would not be too happy if I had a hoop or golf buddy that I hung out with that was a women.

This is a stupid – stupid issue. Anyone who brings up this STUPID issue in the midst of current environment and challenges we face is just INSULTING US ALL ! Get a LIFE !

I’d rather hear why NOW’s voice has been absent on the issues of war, civil rights for all and health care reform.

14 US “Military MEN” died today folks!!

Obama has played more golf in nine months than Bush did in three years; fourteen good Americans died in Afghanistan today.

Stupid non story made into something by the media.

these women should shut up and just follow Obama…

If women had been at the heads of the companies on Wall Street instead of these masters of the universe then we might not be in the predicament that we’re in today.”
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I so hate this.
NOW wants women to be considered no different than men, but different than men.
We are equal, apparently, yet better.

Seriously? This argument by the NOW president makes me wonder if she is in touch with reality.
1) Obama has sent out invitations to all representatives and not just men.
2) There is a reason that they have men’s basketball teams and women’s basketball team.
3) Yes there is bonding, but I imagine that being the POTUS is a very lonely and solitude life, if he wants to destress what is he supposed to do? Go shopping?

This is a huge issue, and I’m glad NOW is finally addressing something important. If Obama just played golf or basketball with white men only, or just with black men only, there would be an uproar on the basis of race. The way Obama treated Hillary during the primaries indicated to me that he has low regard for women. So this news is even more meaningful.
Remember when Obama ridiculed the Special Olympics? See, he’s really no different than the white men, and just like them, he has to prove himself over and over to those of us who have been discriminated against. Look how he’s thrown abortion rights under the bus! He has a long way to go and this is just a start.

Wow, Barry only has 25 minutes to spend talking to his Afghanistan Commander in the last 6 months but he can squeeze in at least 75 hours of golf and at least 100 hours shooting hoops…..golly gee, I wonder why people are calling him an uber hypocrite and pathetic excuse of a CIC.

This is such a non story. Try covering some news.

“Obama has played more golf in nine months than Bush did in three years; fourteen good Americans died in Afghanistan today.”
Fascist Hyena | Oct 26, 2009 10:58:14 AM
Would that be the same Bush who spent literally over 1,000 days – almost 3 years – while hundreds of our men and women died “turning corners” in Iraq? Just curious.
(And those vacation days only count days out of Washington DC, not Sunday afternoons which Bush never worked.)

the NOW is no longer relevant. they r the national org. of liberal women, having had no public comments about the unfair attacks on sarah palin. she was ripped for not being a stay at home mom, her clothing, n countless other attacks that male politicians dont have to deal with. NOW was silent then, so b silent NOW.

NOW?????…………………..oh, yeah,now I remember…….they were around in the sixties, right?

I know why they do not invite the girls to play. Think about it. Have you ever been blocked out by a girl?

THE NEW LEADER of the feminist movement in America is Sarah Palin: Genuine female, intelligent, strong (no glass ceilings for her), moral, patriotic, and beautiful. She’s not one of the sluts and nuts of the loony left, she’s what every REAL American lady aspires to be like.

hey laughing!! i love ur #2 answer ‘no women play at the level that obama plays’. why would u think a guy that cant even bowl would b good a b-ball. i love how u just assume his game is at a different level. he’s a skinny nerd from harvard, im sure there r women who could play with him and beat him, maybe like barbara bush, or my grandma.

3. Obama gives a handful of minutes to talk with his Commander of the forces deployed in war at this time.
Joseph | Oct 26, 2009 11:41:23 AM
If you would refer to the Constitution, McChrystal is NOT the Commander of the forces. If you would refer to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he’s not even the top of the military chain of command. There is a reason for this. McChrystal does not have any grasp of the political endgame or international (Pakistan primarily) ramifications of actions taken in the Afghanistan theater – and he shouldn’t. It’s not his job or a good use of his time. And that’s why a chain of command exists and why this decision is taking so long.
Putting an extra 100k of our men and women into that meat grinder may give us the best chance of achieving our nation building goal, but if that chance is still only 10% and we push Pakistan over the edge, well – pull our kids out and send in the Airforce as needed.

I know why they do not invite the girls to play. Think about it. Have you ever been blocked out by a girl?
Posted by: ‘Un-American’ | Oct 26, 2009 11:37:22 AM
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Even if Michelle wasn’t jealous, which she probably wouldn’t be, I think it could cause some awkward moments and photo opps, particularly in politics– where adultery isn’t exactly unheard of on either side of the aisle :>)
Time to start up a co-ed softball, volleyball or bowling league (as if there’s time for that!) although at the last corporation I worked for three different affairs got started on either the volleyball court or softball diamond and intensified over the pizza and beer afterward. I get the thing about access and getting to know the boss, but given the last Democrat that was President… I don’t know. I could see why propriety could be a concern.
The President heard the criticism and Melody Barnes went golfing. I’m good with that. I’m sure there will be more of the same. I imagine there’s a HORSE tourney between him and Kathleen Sebelius in the works for some point in the near future. We’ll see.

alright. i’m a woman, i played college basketball and…i just think this is silly. i’ve been in a lot of “all men” leadership scenarios during my life, so i can appreciate the concern. and yet, let’s get to work, people. i think it weakens the case against real sexism when we try to gin it up where it doesn’t exist. this might be the first time i’ve really felt bad for B.O. he’s got enough problems as it is…

Geeze..the media has to be incredibly hard up for content to print this stupid story. Do the women in the White House invite The President to their baby showers? How about their underwear and lingerie parties? Men need to bond and hang out with men. The President is surrounded by women at home. In no way is this President offending any feminist sensitivities….look at all the women in his cabinet and WH staff. Get a life media!

Where was NOW when the Obama Administration/Obamamedia was trashing Hillary?
NOW didn’t bother to defend Hillary or Palin from blatant sexism and even violent rhetoric.
So why put their two cents in now over a game of golf.
Women must meet certain criteria for NOW to defend them.
NOW is a joke.

[quote] McChrystal does not have any grasp of the political endgame or international (Pakistan primarily) ramifications of actions taken in the Afghanistan theater – and he shouldn’t. It’s not his job or a good use of his time. And that’s why a chain of command exists and why this decision is taking so long.
Putting an extra 100k of our men and women into that meat grinder may give us the best chance of achieving our nation building goal, but if that chance is still only 10% and we push Pakistan over the edge, well – pull our kids out and send in the Airforce as needed. [/quote]
Shirley… You need to check yourself as obviously you were never deployed in the Armed forces and do not know your chain of command.
McChrsytal is in charge of the front. He is the man with the plan as the BATTLEFIELD commander.
We have now waited months for ANY reply of the needs of the military and even McChrystal stated that he submitted a minimalistic number in order to get approval. He actually wanted MORE to serve the mission.
Point of fact is, support the war or remove the soldiers from the environment if you are not going to support it.
How is this you ask? If a person in charge of conflict down to the squad level (4-10 people) requires another squad, it is sent immediately. Instead of one man watching your back wouldn’t you prefer 3-5 men? Makes sense doesn’t it? You protect soldiers by force and numbers. This isn’t an air-war, this is close combat in urban built up areas. Either provide personnel or provide a pull out. Do not put soldiers in harms way while you “think” of a decision after the 12th game of golf, 4th basketball event, 13th TV interview, 15th radio address, or any of the democrat campaigning trips. Notice I didn’t say anything about his family off-time? But as COMMANDER IN CHIEF, it is his decision and responsibility.
Soldiers sear an oath to follow all orders and their Commander in Chief. without any word from their CIC, how do you think the soldiers are feeling at this day and time?
Reflect what these soldiers put on the line and what they have given not just for our hundreds of years of who we are as Americans, but for what they have done for all other countries by promoting peace, civility, and a voice to those that had none.

And HOW MANY golf outings has he had compared to Bush?

“We have now waited months for ANY reply of the needs of the military and even McChrystal stated that he submitted a minimalistic number in order to get approval. He actually wanted MORE to serve the mission.”
Joseph | Oct 26, 2009 12:08:32 PM
When you have to blatantly lie, it indicates your argument is weak. The TRUTH is that for months the military in Afghanistan has been receiving additional troops. The doubling of forces Obama started within 30 days of being sworn in is still deploying. Suggesting the military has been left hanging with no support, as they were for the last 7 years, when IN DOCUMENTED REALITY they have additional troops coming in every day is a lie.
Since you know the military, tell us how long it will take in our current force posture to deploy an additional 40k troops (bearing in mind the 30k deployment just being completed and the current drain from the last 7 years on reserves and National Guard)? Is the hold up really getting the order from the top, or are the necessary draw downs in Iraq and troop leave happening regardless of the final re-deployment decision? If your argument can take it, try to be honest.

Obama looks good at basketball because the guys around him are taking it easy on an old man.
Obama is 48 y/old and he smokes.
I bet his knees are killing him and he is gasping for air.
But the “tingly” media only shows Obama blocking a shot.
Another fraud to make Obama look like something he is not.

Why don’t we ever see pictures of Obama running?
He bragged about running three miles a day in Chicago.
I’d like to see if he can match Bush’s 7 minute mile.

Maybe they can share a cigarette between holes.
Obama is a great role model for young athletes.

Must be a slow news day…

NOW is a joke.
If they aren’t going to stand up for all women including women that think differently than them (Sarah Palin) then they are irrelevant.
Stand up for all women or shut up!

“When you have to blatantly lie, it indicates your argument is weak. The TRUTH is that for months the military in Afghanistan has been receiving additional troops. The doubling of forces Obama started within 30 days of being sworn in is still deploying. Suggesting the military has been left hanging with no support, as they were for the last 7 years, when IN DOCUMENTED REALITY they have additional troops coming in every day is a lie.
Since you know the military, tell us how long it will take in our current force posture to deploy an additional 40k troops (bearing in mind the 30k deployment just being completed and the current drain from the last 7 years on reserves and National Guard)? Is the hold up really getting the order from the top, or are the necessary draw downs in Iraq and troop leave happening regardless of the final re-deployment decision? If your argument can take it, try to be honest.
Posted by: jhw539 | Oct 26, 2009 12:12:51 PM”
Blatently lie… Nice way to start it off.
1. The TRUTH is that for months the military in Afghanistan has been receiving additional troops.
- These are SUPPORT TROOPS. Cooks, medics, mechanics, supply. Not COMBAT troops.
2. Your following statement… 7 years, and they continue to get more troops. I say again, SUPPORT Troops… Did I praise Bush in any of my statements, don’t think so. He was fighting other fronts and didn’t designate resources for Afghanistan or work well enough with other international resources to provide. So if you think I am just a right wing Obama basher, think again.
3. tell us how long it will take in our current force posture to deploy an additional 40k troops (bearing in mind the 30k deployment just being completed and the current drain from the last 7 years on reserves and National Guard)?
It would only take 1 to 2 weeks to deploy that many without hurried resources. Realistically it would only take 24 hours. You reference 30k more troops… Once again, these are SUPPORT Troops, not Combat.
The drain on reserves and NG? Seriously? God forbid if any of the overweight, school only kids get real-life training and deployment status in order to serve and protect. Yes, god forbid if someone with the name of SOLDIER gets deployed anywhere. Get with the program.
4. Is the hold up really getting the order from the top, or are the necessary draw downs in Iraq and troop leave happening regardless of the final re-deployment decision? If your argument can take it, try to be honest.
The actual decision comes from Congress. The actual point comes from the President. Commanders do not speak with congress, especially when congress turns them down and tells them they do not want to discuss it… Check that fact as well. The President is a figure head. He actually has power when it comes to declaring war and the kind but that lasts for a short time until congress convenes and ya’s or nays it. Right now the only one that has been getting info is the President. Even as small as that info is, he has received it.
He appointed McChrystal to give him the best on the ground analysis and tactic recommendation. Either the President says yes, or he says no. Either way, it is his decision and it doesn’t take months to have an answer with soldier’s lives and families on the line.

So it took GOLF for NOW to confront Obama.
Not the outright sexism directed at Hillary or Sarah Palin?

Why does the press feel they need to make a big issue about men playing basketball. To me it is really a nothing, and I wish the media would drop the subject, and concentate on real news items like the troops for Afghanistan.
You take a simple act and blow it up into something earth shattering and it is not, Some people need to get a life and determine how many people care about this nothing article.

This is ridiculous! Men don’t want to go with women to the mall and shop. We dont want to go to the spa with them, why do these freak liberal women feel they need to be with the president playing beasketball if he just wants time with the guys?? Pretty lame liberal ladies, pretty lame.

“The drain on reserves and NG? Seriously? God forbid if any of the overweight, school only kids get real-life training and deployment status in order to serve and protect. ”
Joseph | Oct 26, 2009 12:36:55 PM
As a sidenote, several hundred of those overweight, school only kids have ALREADY DIED fighting for us in Iraq. And yeah, most of them were ‘real troops’ not ‘useless cooks’. Have some respect.

His limp wrist is showing.

“What the party is finding, though, is that the electricity of 2008 is tough to recapture. Some Democratic candidates running for local office around the country call the phenomenon the ‘Obama Hangover.’ It is proving tougher to recruit volunteers and get people to vote.
“’It’s like the morning after the party,’ said Michael McGann, a Democrat running for clerk of courts in the Philadelphia suburbs. ‘The party was wonderful and exciting. The day after it’s like, ‘Gee, I don’t want to do that again for a while.’
“Oba’a is trying to inspire voters with the “fired up; ready to go’ fervor that made last year’s race riveting political theater.
“But Democratic candidates are hard pressed to scratch out victories this year in the New Jersey and Virginia governor’s races, and in a congressional race in upstate New York’s 23d District.”
The Republicans have fielded doofuses in both the NJ Governor and NY23 races.
But in both cases if Dems win it will be with 40% of the vote. For an incumbent NJ Democrat governor to get 40% of the vote is a signal about the mood of the electorate, as reflected in polls of registered and likely voters.

Personally, I think they need to quit their whining. They certainly didn’t care about women’s rights last year when Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were running for office.
Posted by: sydney jane | Oct 26, 2009 1:17:50 PM
I agree, NOW has no credibility and I will not stand up for them….
When they came for the Jews, I did not stand up, because I was not Jewish. When they came for the Catholics, I did not stand up, because I was not a Catholic. When they came for me, there was no one left to stand up.

“Don’t like me calling reservists and NG fat? Too bad, look at the statistics. Don’t like me calling them school only kids… Too bad, look at the statistics. Funny how people will serve but when it comes time to get deployed, they resign their commission or hardship themselves out of the military. But it’s ok if they are funded by you, the American people to support them when they do not support you? Go figure.”
Joseph | Oct 26, 2009 1:27:41 PM
The statistics are they have been deploying in record numbers to an active war zone for the last 6 years and dying in record numbers. They have not been resigning commissions or hardship out any more than the regular military. They are doing their duty, they are dying for us, and they deserve respect. And your own words make clear the contempt you have for the National Guard, not mine.
Oh and you own words:
“We have now waited months for ANY reply of the needs of the military.”
“- These are SUPPORT TROOPS. Cooks, medics, mechanics, supply. Not COMBAT troops.”
Make it clear you are a liar. 13,000 support engineers, medics, military police, intelligence officers, supply, logistics, communications, etc. sent ordered out just this month are not “ANY support”???
That’s the ‘problem’ with message boards – you can’t just shout the other guy down and insist ‘I never said that’ when called out on your lies.

Make it clear you are a liar. 13,000 support engineers, medics, military police, intelligence officers, supply, logistics, communications, etc. sent ordered out just this month are not “ANY support”???
Thank you for stating what I have said. These are NOT combat troops, they are SUPPORT troops.
That’s the ‘problem’ with message boards – you can’t just shout the other guy down and insist ‘I never said that’ when called out on your lies.
Posted by: jhw539 | Oct 26, 2009 1:37:49 PM
Yes, the problem is people posting ramblings and trying to state what others have not. Not a shouting match, you even posted WHAT I SAID to be true. Very good Kreskin…

The statistics are they have been deploying in record numbers to an active war zone for the last 6 years and dying in record numbers. They have not been resigning commissions or hardship out any more than the regular military. They are doing their duty, they are dying for us, and they deserve respect. And your own words make clear the contempt you have for the National Guard, not mine.
By the by, my contempt is for the sad case of people that join only to get free benefits and leave when they are faced with actually serving. Thank you again for stating something I have not said. It is so good that you can read into people’s minds. Were you ever on that phone hotline scam from back in the day to read people’s fortunes?

Scene: White house back yard. Obama is shooting some hoops with the fellas. It’s a sunny day and the smells of BBQ and beer waft lightly on the summer day as Yo-Yo Ma is blasting on the radio on the basket ball court floor. Terry O’Neill walks up to Obama wearing her usual easy spirit flats and brown skirt and large sweater.
Obama – “Hey Terry! You want to play some one-on-one?”
Terry-”Oh my GOD! I can’t believe you made a pass at me!”
Obama – “Wha-what?”
Terry – “You totally made a pass at me you man-pig!”
Obama – “N-no I didn’t. You said you wanted to chill with me and I should have more women in my social circles.”
Terry – “I didn’t say that, I said you should let women make your decisions. You know, because we are so different than men; and we negate reason from our thought process and use pure instinct. You betcha’!”
(sound of bouncing basket ball and rubber hitting road)
Terry-”Hey where did he go?”
Pelosi-(walks up eating a Snickers bar, and wipes chocolate from her mouth with her sleeve)”He said something about Man Cave, and ran that way.”
Terry-”Obamaaaaaa!”
Que: Benny Hill end credit music
(Applause)

Do women really want to play a contact sport with a bunch of guys? If sex should not matter, then why have a separate WNBA. Look, NOW, there are sports that women and men can play together, but basketball and for that matter football ain’t them. You can cause a bunch of “complications” where physical contact is involved, so just leave the hoopers alone.

This is one of the most ridiculous “beefs” I’ve ever heard! What other president of the USA has ever been criticized for failure to include women in his sporting activities? If shooting hoops one-on-one or a game of horse with his male staff member is his choice of activities and playmates. He’s entitled without having to worry about NOW.

Steve wrote:”I’m not an Obama fan at all, but let the guys play. Stop whining”.
Well said. Get over it ladies, we have far more important things to think about.

I don’t support Obama’s policies one bit, but this is ridiculous.
Let the man play some ball without you people b!tching and throwing a fit.
It is garbage issues like this that make decent republicans sick of the wackos in the party.
GOP….GET RID OF THE DEAD WEIGHT!!!

Why does NOW assume that women want to be around all of those guys?
I’m sure a round of golf with other women would be more entertaining with far less focus on each other’s ego.

Obama is easily intimidated.
What if he lost to a woman?
And even worse what if the spotlight
was on someone other than him?

funny that NOW trashed jennifer flowers, paula jones, and kathleen willey when all they did was speak out about the groper in chief schmoozing all over them. and where was NOW when the media were destroying sarah palin publicly. did NOW complain to lorn michaels about tina fey’s ripping of palin? i just love this kind of selective “activism.” you’re either for women being treated fairly or you’re not. NOW is way past it’s time.

I would hate to be President of this country when they have stupid stories online about you like this.

NOW? Really? Who gives a flying crap what they think about anything anymore?
The abandoned their credibility when they stayed silent during the Clinton “Flooziegate” fiascoes of a decade ago.
And they cemented their irrelevance when they remained silent while a female vice presidential candidate was insulted in the most vile, sexist language imaginable last year.
They might as well change their name to “THEN.”

This has to be the biggest waste of airtime/print/megabytes in the history of this network. I expect a little more from ABC than to cover irrelevant organizations like NOW and their opinions, which are in most cases completely preposterous. Maybe allowing this to go to air will help more people to see just how lame these people are. Obama said it’s bunk, and on this rare occasion I completely agree with him. Let the guys shoot some hoops.

Jake: Do you actually have a journalism degree?
If so, do you ever, you know, plan on using it for serious reporting?

I cannot believe the ABC Senior White House Correspondent is writing this garbage. It’s not even a non-story. It’s just….nothing. You should be utterly ashamed.

I’m sure JT will be blamed by some … This is the tactic called TRASH they used. Shame. I was a long time DEM turned into Independent. I have no party now. This is the CHANGE OBAMA BROUGHT TO ME. Thanks, OBAMA. Don’t play the blame game any more. As a long time DEM, I am not going to buy it. Please focus on HC, the AGH. War, The job market. You promised 8.5 UNEMP. RATE, what is the figure NOW? Hitting 10 %. Don’t try to blame anyone. You are the one to blame, as well as the MSM who pushed you to the seat though you ARE NOT QUALIFIED !!!!!!!!

Good lord Tapper, is this what you dream up when you’re bored or when you aren’t defending your ‘sister’ network?
Gods, you are a joke. All you Villagers are a joke. You think the rest of us unwashed rubes out here in flyover country don’t see your ridiculous sense of entitlement and bias?

NOW is a joke. Believe me, I KNOW!! Thanks davidfrat21!

if obama want to play basketball with the guys, he should bring in a team from one of the more that 100 colleges in the area.
That way he doesn’t have to exclude the women in his admin.
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As to golf, the only excuse for his 30 matches and no women, is that he is an , and that the women are simply their as tokens..
Imagine if a white president had excluded all blacks… would you see an issue with that?

Kudos to those women who think they can hold their own with the president and his friends on the basketball court, but I’d imagine that most truly progressive women would hardly begrudge Obama his opportunities to shoot some hoops with the guys. And if this represents ABC’s attempt to portray the president as some sort of insensitive sexist, then that is certainly a real stretch.

amazing that liberals critiqued Bush for supposedly ‘playing more then working, then reality hits them and they do everything to ignore what Obama really is a preening peacock who is all talk.
Obama in 9 months has played as much golf as Bush did in 3 years, and this is before Bush gave up all Golf in 2004, take into the account that Obama has also had more parties at the White-House in 8 months then Bush did in 8 years, and then add Obama flying to Copaghan and talk-show circuit tours, please it’s obvoius to anyone Obama’s in way over his head and if the media were as critical with his administration has previous administration Obama’s approval would at 20%, the 20% of the country that’s calling themselves liberal.

“Go Sarah 2012! Show the boys how it’s done.”
Quitting her job because it was hard set women’s rights back 30 years.

Maybe you should change the name of the blog to “Political Dunce.”

these are funny posts. i owned sports bars singles bars for 20 years, all my higher ups, my management positions were female; they were more honest, not thinking about p… well girls, and how to impress, but i played golf every day for 22 yrs with all men. cause they shot 72-85 and no woman could keep up and play the dollar amount we were gambling for. if they could have, they would have been invited. not sexist realist

I wish republicans had held Bush up to the same standards they seem to apply to this one. Like when Bush had the most vacation days EVER? They could have fussed about that. If I remember correctly it was also during this time that the republicans set a record for fewest days worked in congress.

Sarah Palin runs marathons.
Obama runs his mouth.
Palin 2012

when is barack NOT ‘on vacation’ ?? daily golfing, nightly parties, shopping in paris, catching a broadway show, holding ‘beer summits’, sunning on a hawaiian beach, playing basketball, vacationing at martha’s vineyard, going out for a burger, playing star wars on the whitehouse lawn, …need i go on ?

He still throws a baseball like a girl.

It’s a catch 22. If women were playing then there would be reports of the president messing around with the women or inappropriate touching on the court. Why don’t we worry about more important things rather than a stupid basketball game.

Terry is right. Martha Burke taught us about this when 490 of the Fortune 500 CEO’s are teeing off at Augusta. Excluding women is the point of clubs and games. Choose a game that is inclusive and let the relationships have a level playing field.

Who cares?
Obama is a hypocrite as are the vast majority of liberals.
You’re running the risk of being accused of “racism” here Jake & being banned from the press pool, lol.
“Your taxes in order Tapper?”

If something is bull, that’s what it is-on or off the golf course. Is every man that golfs really into the game? O’neil makes a valid point of women being a majority, but we don’t have the comradiary of men. And, Secondlook is dead on, if that’s your thing–thats what you do. NOT GENDER NOT RELIGION NOT RACE

n October, 2009, the greatest numbers of USA troops, fifty-five had passed away in Afghanistan War while the president of USA has too much enjoy lavish sports, trip, and musical in Broadway. I do believe that Cheny was right to POINT OUT that Obama has been afraid to make a right decision
about the War. I’ve missed GWB who stopped playing Golf because of thinking of USA troops in the spot of War and prayed for American safe everyday. THANKS GEORGE W. BUSH !!!

Just look at the racist, non-diverse team Kathleen Sebelius played on.
She has no right to criticise President Obama.

obama seems to have plenty of time for hoops, but no time for our troops.
as for NOW: go iron my shirt. you lost all credibility when you supported bill clinton’s heinous on-the-job behavior.