Profile In Cowardice.....

[Laxman]

or is it just a plain void in judgment or morals? The USGA will be holding the U.S. Women's Open at Trump's Bedminster golf course. What could possibly be the problem? After all, wouldn't want to upset the President now, would you? Especially since the president of the USGA got himself a nice membership to Trump's fancy (and expensive) snobatorium. They discussed the course conditions but not the condition of the club's owner...I wonder if Trump will encourage the golfers to wear skimpier outfits to play in the tournament?

Gutless USGA can't pretend that outrage over U.S. Women's Open is about politics

"We're simply not going to cross that line into politics," he said, and that was the refrain echoed around the golf course for the rest of the day, as if treating women with basic respect is some blue state/red state issue like healthcare or military spending.

So with two dozen girls in the room, here to participate in a clinic with a trio of LPGA stars, Davis didn't even offer the most perfunctory rebuke of what Trump said. But, then again, with Eric Trump seated two seats to his left at the dais and Donald Trump Jr. in the first row, is that any surprise?

Eric Trump all but gave Davis a wet kiss on his forehead during a 26-minute program that covered the speed of the greens -- a 12.5 on the Stimpmeter, if you were wondering -- but did not mention the club's founder, whose photos are plastered all over the walls, by name.

"Thank you for your friendship, your love, your warmth over the years," Eric Trump told Davis and the two other USGA officials. "It's not just a partnership. It's really a friendship."

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