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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:33 PM
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John Boehner disses Obama's golf game on Fox News
House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio says he’s willing to play golf with President Obama. Any course, anytime, anywhere, presumably. Now that’s bipartisan outreach.

The offer came with a diss, though. Mr. Boehner implied that his own skill with clubs is superior to that of the nation’s chief executive, and that he’ll have to allow Mr. Obama a handicap.

“I’m sure I’ll have to give him strokes,” said Boehner on Fox News Sunday.

Of course, Boehner is right about this. He plays golf a lot – has for years. He hit the links some 120 times last year. His own handicap bounces between a 5 and an 8, depending on who you talk to. That’s pretty good.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2011/0131/John-Boehner-disses-Obama-s-golf-game-on-Fox-News
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Dappleganger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:38 PM
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1. He's also a level 188 in Farmville...
I'll bet teh president cannot possibly beat that.

:crazy:
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:40 PM
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3. Farmville? What kind of drinking game is that? nt
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:39 PM
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2. Boehner
practically lives on the golf course. Obama has a real job with little free time to hone his golfing skils.
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:40 PM
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4. Give him a break, John...
Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 01:43 PM by KansDem
...the President doesn't have the time to put in 119 rounds of golf a year, so he's out of practice.

CINCINNATI -- A billboard along Interstate 75 is getting a lot of attention for attacking House Minority Leader John Boehner.The billboard asks the question, "When was the last time you golfed 119 times in one year?"
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:43 PM
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5. Fair is Fair. Obama should play a round of golf with Boehner. And then
Boehner should play a game of one on one basketball with Obama. Obama can spot him some points.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:43 PM
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20. Oh yeah, Obama would kick his butt in basketball
And please Mr. President, how about some sharp elbows!
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obxhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:45 PM
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6. How about a game of basketball Boehner?
Or is there not enough drinking involved with that sport for you?
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:48 PM
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8. He's so orange he might get mistaken for the ball.
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IDemo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:48 PM
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9. I was thinking boxing or a cage match
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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:56 PM
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12. Steel cage match. I'll bring the thumbtacks and barbed wire!!

Either way a corporatist shill will receive an asswhoopin'. So everybody wins!
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:47 PM
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7. So Boehner turned down Obama's invitations to the Tuscon memorial and the
Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 01:47 PM by NYC Liberal
state dinner, but he'll play golf?
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:14 PM
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14. A man has to have his priorities.
Boehner's committed to his "GTL"--Golf, Tan, Lying
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 04:00 PM
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21. You forgot drinking.
;)
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:50 PM
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10. If Obama would spend 1 week working on golf he would kick Boner's orange
Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 01:56 PM by Botany
.... ass all over the track. But you see the President has other things to do and did
not spend $83,000 on golf fees in 2009 which is what Boner did .... and those were not
the local muny courses but Pebble Beach, Muirfield (Dublin Ohio), and other high rent
tracks.



BTW as noted up thread Boner can't make a state dinner w/ the President of China
& memorial service for those killed and hurt in Tucson but he has time for the President
to play some golf with him?


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Erose999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 01:53 PM
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11. Agen Orange is so good at golf because of his desire to get to the 19th hole...

You don't want to get between a hardcore drunkard like Agent Orange and his next drink....
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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:08 PM
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13. We're going to hell in a hand basket and Boehner is talking about golf?
Politics is real life, golf is a game. Get a grip Boehner. The mess we are in is real life.
You, sir are a waste of time. Do something positive for the country. A par does not cut it.
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Desertrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:15 PM
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15. My thoughts exactly. Golf game? Who freaking cares!!! nt
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badtoworse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:18 PM
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16. Does anyone know Obama's handicap? - nt
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:22 PM
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17. Yeah - He's too centrist
..no idea about his golf game though...:evilgrin:
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:28 PM
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18. You think he cries a lot in Congress
wait till he loses a game of golf...
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maxrandb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 02:34 PM
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19. Obama might have a problem
No matter how well he strikes the ball, Democrats complain that the lie is either too far left, or too far right.
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 04:06 PM
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22. Well too far left or right
Lands in the rough.

-Hoot
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-31-11 04:11 PM
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23. There's a truism on the golf course
Never bet with someone who's tan is darker than yours.

102 rounds last year? When did he have time to do the people's business?

-Hoot
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