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mdbl

(4,973 posts)
9. The guys with blue bars believed in working for a living
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 08:49 AM
Dec 2017

not sitting on their fat behinds tweeting bullshit in-between bad golf games.

stpetegreg

(28 posts)
13. They also had a mess to clean up
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 09:47 AM
Dec 2017

and lots of work to do after repubs did their best to ruin the economy and country.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
2. Or about taking time to whack a little white ball...
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 07:52 AM
Dec 2017
How many times has Trump played golf as President of the United States? Since taking office on Jan. 20, 2017, Mr. Trump has reportedly been on the grounds of his golf courses or played golf elsewhere 88 times since becoming President, and that's as of Dec. 28.
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Trump has spent nearly 25 percent of his days in office at one of his golf properties for some portion of the day. There have been days where Trump has visited one of his golf clubs and not played golf. He made a 40-minute visit to his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., and he has made a three-day visit to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to watch the 2017 US Women's Open, unfolding at that club. Trump spent a 17-day "working vacation" at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., in August, which meant all of those days count as days on his golf courses, even though he didn't necessarily play golf on all of those days
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https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2017/12/28/how-many-times-president-donald-trump-played-golf-in-office-103836/

Former President Barack Obama was frequently maligned by Republican and conservative critics for how often how chose to play golf while in office. Obama, who chose golf as his outlet from the glass cage that is the presidency, had plenty of weekends and vacations to play golf in the eight years he was Commander-in-Chief.

In total, according to CBS News reporter and presidential historian Mark Knoller, President Barack Obama played a total of 333 rounds of golf while President. That means Obama played golf for 1,665 hours of his presidency, which was, officially, 55,008 hours. In other words, Obama played golf for 3 percent of the time Obama was President.
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Obama averaged about 41 rounds a year. However, he wasn't anywhere near how many rounds Woodrow Wilson played while in office, a figure estimated to be around 1,200, which is bonkers. President Dwight Eisenhower played an estimated 800 rounds while president.

https://thegolfnewsnet.com/golfnewsnetteam/2017/03/19/how-many-rounds-president-barack-obama-play-golf-office-103838/

And in his first year, Obama's golf outing count was only 28 (a hair more than twice a month), less than a third of Orange-on-the-Green's time.

mnmoderatedem

(3,724 posts)
3. the same place it was
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 07:54 AM
Dec 2017

when he claimed John McCain was not a war hero because he was shot down.

when he said "do you think our country is so innocent" when reminded Putin is a killer.

when he bragged about sexually assaulting women and getting away with it.

Their family values loving, support our military veterans, uber patriotism values, are all tucked away in the attic somewhere, to be conveniently trotted out until the next campaign. For now, it's just a matter of looking the other way, sticking their fingers in their ears, claiming "la la la la la can't hear you", when reminded of such realities.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. republicans are squandering our hard-earned tax dollars
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 07:55 AM
Dec 2017

Instead of addressing America's problems, republicans are squandering our money to pamper a so-called republican "billionaire"* with luxury goof-off golf outings at $3 million a pop - so he can amuse himself while homeless & hungry people shiver in America's alleys. Sick republican shit


* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Demsrule86

(68,543 posts)
5. It is always faux outrage designed to take down a Democratic president...from President Clinton
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 08:00 AM
Dec 2017

to President Obama...they don't have any morals whatsoever which is why we need to understand no matter what they use to attack our people, we won't join in...too much joining in.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
6. The graphic needs DOTUS's travel expense for first year
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 08:11 AM
Dec 2017

to show how it exceeds, or nearly exceeds, Obama's for eight years.

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)
10. Deplorables will see 96 m for Obama travel and that's where they stop
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 09:11 AM
Dec 2017

seeing anything else while they fly into a rage about it.

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
15. That is a terrible graphic for not giving Trumps total.
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 10:10 AM
Dec 2017

If I were Donald Trump that is how I would phrase it.

Bromwell

(123 posts)
7. And of course the richness in all of this
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 08:11 AM
Dec 2017

Is how often the orange buffoon used to tweet about Obama golfing.....LOL. You know, wink wink....that lazy black is golfing again when he should be working.

Irish_Dem

(46,918 posts)
14. They don't care about any of these issues, just a gotcha game they play.
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 09:52 AM
Dec 2017

The only thing they care about is money and power.
The rest is red meat for their base.

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