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In reply to the discussion: Good Effin' Grief!! President Obama Rejected From Top NY Golf Courses Over Labor Day Weekend [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)On a Holiday Weekend where tee times were almost certainly booked weeks in advanced and private parties were scheduled at the clubhouses? No way would they tell everyone to go elsewhere so the President could play a round of golf. No matter who the President was. It was Labor Day weekend, things like tee times had been booked weeks in advance. The staff of the clubs were told to get ready for a busy weekend. Then you want to in essence shut the place down for four hours while one guy makes a trip around the links?
Imagine asking Disneyland to shut down for a day so the President could go visit. They would say no. The honor is obvious, but the fall out would be catastrophic. Thousands of complaints from people who had planned their vacations around the trip.
Come on, get real for a minute.