Golfing & War
Found this classic quote from an AP article today:
In an interview with Politico magazine and Yahoo News, Bush also said he gave up golf in 2003 out of respect for U.S. soldiers killed in the war, which has now lasted more than five years.
“I didn’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.”
What? Going to Crawford Ranch and clearing brush 65 times in 7.5 years and not even bothering to leave when a major city gets flooded: not disrespectful. The occasional weekend sporting activity: disrespectful.
The Republican Party just lost the country club manager vote.
May 13, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Bush is probably trying to put a spin to his extremely bad golf handicap.
May 13, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Alternate post title: Profiles In Courage
May 13, 2008 at 7:56 pm
Good one.