Oopsie! Did we spell that GOLF instead of GULF?
While on the one hand, Democrats were shocked, SHOCKED that Bush did not return to Washington, D.C. for "more than a day" after Katrina, no such shock has been expressed about Obama's lack of interest in what's happening during the oil spill and his more fervent interest in golfing.
While every second of Bush's response was meticulously and maliciously detailed and stalked, where is the same shock in the MSM at Obama's behavior during this catastrophe?
Even though Bush made an aerial survey of the area 2 days, TWO days after the levees broke after Katrina hit, he was criticized for not being on the ground. (Bush's rationale was that a presidential visit caused more disruption for local residents for security reasons, a rationale that does not work for the Gulf situation since human lives are not currently at stake.) Two weeks after Katrina, Bush made his THIRD visit to the region, and was criticized for just then seeing the "human" damage. And Bush somehow needed "recordings" to prove that he had called Blanco and Nagin in anticipation of the hurricane. Of course, Bush had declared a state of emergency the Saturday before the levees broke on Monday and Tuesday:
Bush was criticized for not returning to Washington, D.C. from his vacation in Texas until after Wednesday afternoon, more than a day after the hurricane hit on Monday.[17] Many claimed that on the morning of August 28, the president telephoned Mayor Nagin to "plead" for a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, and further claimed that Nagin and Gov. Blanco decided to evacuate the city only in response to that request. These claims were never substantiated with any recordings, however Blanco did tell reporters the President had called and spoken with her (but not Nagin) before the press conference.[18]On the OTHER hand, Obama made his first visit to Louisiana on May 2, even though the explosion occurred on April 20, THIRTEEN days after the explosion. Alternative media timeline here.
The alternative media (this is why they hate the internet) has written that Obama, regardless of human tragedy, the deaths of foreign leaders, significant funerals, an attack on Fort Hood, an attempted terrorist attack on another plane, Obama just seems to need to go golfing to relieve the pressure. In fact, Obama plays golf so much that the White House says it cannot keep track of the number of times:
These 11 rounds played by the president are documented through media reports of his golf trips. The White House press office told CNSNews.com that to confirm every round of golf played by the president since he took office would take “hours” because the only records kept are those sent to the media through e-mails that are not posted on the White House Web site because they are for media planning only.In fact, the MSM wrote relentlessly and viciously about Bush's golfing, which he gave up because of public perception. Apparently there is no problem with public perception on Obama's part:
In April, CNN ran a short article acknowledging that Obama has already played more golf than Bush in his entire presidency.
Where are the vicious accusations and meticulously detailed accounts in the MSM concerning where Obama was and what he's been doing during this catastrophe, which Obama is trying to push as an environmental 9/11? Instead we see benign little reports and snippets, with just a wistful hint that Obama would pony up to make reporters right about their selection of him as president of the United States. Instead Obama gets softballs like this: Obama brings "game" to golf.
MSM: Where's the outrage?
And Mr. President, STOP PLAYING GOLF! Visit the website.
Right on! Excellent analysis.
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