Ultimate Sacrifice: Bush Quit Golf For The Troops
If he really cared about the troops, he would have quit the Presidency.
AP:
US President George W. Bush said in an interview out Tuesday that he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of US soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq, now in its sixth year.
"I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said in an interview for Yahoo! News and Politico magazine.
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them."
UPDATE: (Nicole) Uh oh. Telling the truth is hard apparently:
Warren Street at Blue Girl, Red State says that Bush is lying about why (and when) he quit golf:
Actually, it is far more likely that Bush quit playing golf because he was suffering from knee problems throughout the latter half of 2003.
Street then links to a CBS News article published in December 2003[..]
Bush actually played his last round of golf on October 13, 2003. This means that the reason he gave for quitting after the August 2003 U.N. bombing is dubious at best. More likely, he made the story up in a clumsy ploy to gain sympathy. In many regions and cultures around the world, this is called "lying."
See video of the Politico interview here. And who could forget this gem, made famous by Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."
FRIST!
.. and just another example of how out of touch the "man" is with the suffering he's caused. Pathetic.
If you like this boob you'll love boob II.
"Now, watch this drive."
Now, making fun of those 'missing WMD' at a Beltway dinner isn't in bad taste to any mom who lost a son in Iraq?
We should take his bike privileges away until he brings the troops home.
Starting a war that gets their son or daughter killed doesn't send the wrong signal.
Playing golf during it does.
If he cared about the world he'd commit sepoku.
Ditto #4
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George W. Bush thought he could beat the handicap of becoming America’s Greatest War Criminal of the 21st Century.
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Psssst. It looks to me like the emperor is actually naked. Pass it on.
its been 5 years, dude...
just coming up with this now??
George Bernard Shaw : "Golf needlessly prolongs the lives of societies more useless citizens" or something close.
Oh the sacrifices Bush has had to make!
leftminded @ 4:
Lying fucker knows damn well he's embarrassed for that classic dumb ass line. Every time that retarded devil golfs in public it'll serve as a reminder of one of his most dumb fuck remarks.
Sure, his last round of golf was as late as Oct 13, 2003 but in his defense, there was a Support the Troops (TM) sticker on the golf cart. So what's the problem?
Who cares what he says. Just remember that the Bushco Modus operandi is that their statements are the polar opposite of their actions. Knowing this, the decision to increase the
U.S. stratetic oil reserve is a foreboding one for the Democratic candidates.
See, Chimpy is feeling the pain of this endless invasion.
Hang in there....it'll get easier.
Along with most incompetent president ever I feel the need to add most morally disgusting human I've ever seen.
Shouldn't it have gone shopping? [snark]
He isn't capable of telling the truth.
Lied about when he quit drinking. Lied about everything we know by heart: the war, the economy, Katrina, etc. etc. etc.
But the idea that giving up golf for the troops is his or anyone's way of sacrificing or showing solidarity with soldiers at war is psychotic. It isn't clumsy. He's the commander in chief. It's fucking sick.
He is and always has been a sociopath.
How many kids have come back without knees George? ...
What a douchbag.
I can only hope he is starting a trend. What are you giving up? No more pistachios for me.
Now now, be nice.
Emperor Bush is merely doing what every other sociopath narcissist does in order to fool people into thinking he's 'just like them': Feigning empathy.
Don't believe me? Go watch the movie Malice and tell me Alec Baldwin's character isn't George W. Bush.
Bit NOLA @ 19:
Certifiable.
Awwww.....such a thoughtful douchebag.
If someone made a movie about a former President's rich lying sociopathic frat boy failure son becoming President no one would believe it...
...Believe it.
Wow . . . WHAT an American hero. He dodges the draft, lies about his time in the "military" and quits golf for the troops. He and anal-cyst Rush she get together for a circle jerk in the troops honor. How utterly . . . Republican.
Last year, First Lady Laura Bush said of the costs of the Iraq war for the American people, "no one suffers more than their President and I do." Now we know why. While U.S. troops were sacrificing life and limb in the battlefields of Baghdad, President Bush sacrificed golf.
In March, President Bush offered a hint of the sacrifices he detailed today. Speaking to U.S. military and civilian personnel, Bush said of their service in the Afghanistan and Iraq war zones, "I must say, I'm a little envious."
No doubt, he heard about the greens in Tikrit, the sand traps in Fallujah, and those nasty bunkers in Tora Bora.
For more details, see:
"President Bush Sacrifices Golf to Aid War Effort."
Amazing that the Resident equates the pain of "giving up" playing a fucking game to the pain of death and grief that his idiotic invasion of Iraq has caused tens of thousands of Americans.
Bushie thinks we're as stupid as he is.
He probably sucked at golf anyway.
He can't do anythng well--except he now seems to be excelling at one worthwhile endeavor: destroying the Republicon party. Too bad he had to take America down in the process.
Puppet Presidencies: The Reagan legacy. The Bush fulfillment.
The Saudis love them. So do the CEOs at every connected biz in the crime family. These are the terrorists. Forcing people to choose between gas, food and meds. Architects of utter darkness.
How can the AP report that BS with a straight face, so to speak?
Give me a break.
We are talking about a guy who, by August 2007, had already taken FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY vacation days, and seventy trips home to the "Ranch" in Crawford in just the first 6 1/2 years in the Oval Office. REAGAN was a lazy bastard, but Lil Chimpy McCokespoon busted Dutch's record-breaking vacation spree with fifteen months left in the White House.
Let's put this in perspective..that means that King George took one week off for every five he "worked". For comparison, during a fifteen month rotation, the average soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan gets exactly ZERO days off. You do the math.
If the lazy bastard wants to "support the troops", I would suggest getting off his lazy ass and actually showing up for work would be a better start than "giving up golf".
Here's a friggin' clue...Not showing up for work twenty percent of the time would get you fired in most jobs, George.
Does this make Tiger Woods un-American?
I couldn't help but be inspired by the President's courageous example of giving up Golf during a time of war,so I too decided to make a sacrifice and gave up Ping Pong.
I hope the guys in Iraq *sob* appreciate how hard *sniff* this has been on me and my family.
What's the next press release? He gave up masturbation to show his solidarity on the embryonic stem cell issue?
Playing golf sends the wrong signal, but not taking tons of vacation to play around on his ranch, clearing brush?!
At least if he was playing golf he might be hob-knobbing with someone and accomplishing some diplomacy. Oh wait, that's probably why he quit...
Mountain biking sends the right signal. That is well established.
You go to the course with the clubs you have, not the ones you want.
I think I am going to cut back jerking off to only three times a day. I hate to feel so good when I know the deciderator has made such a huge sacrfice.
Fascist dictators, despots, terrorists, and traitors never quit voluntarilly. This insane Christian terrorist needs to be dragged off and get executed for his crimes against humanity and his treason against the United States.
Apparently the asshole doesn't feel the same wat about mom's seeing his cutting brush while their sons are mowed down in Eyerack, does he?
Watta' freakin' transparent buffoon.
~Rev. El
citizen_pain @ 39:
Now thats a sacrifice.
I think it shows a lot of....wait for it....."spunk" on your part.
So how is Bushie using the time he would've otherwise spent golfing, by way of showing solidarity with the troops? Here's an idea: Bring the troops home!
Christy Who's Sane Hannity @ 3:
I assume you are speaking of mcboob?
Sad part is, anyone who suggests that the troops aren't being treated right (especially the troops themselves) is a traitor to the neo-cons.
#42: It's the only reasonable sacrifice I could cum up with, it's awful hard for a hand to gland combat veteran like myself. Just like preznitin' is hard work
Toi Su @ 40:
Now were getting into Chauchescu territory. Golf clubs would be a nice touch.
Toi Su @ 40
*knock knock knock*
Sir, you are going to have to come with us.
No. You are not under arrest per se.......
Not to put too fine a point on it, but:
Piece. Of. Shit.
This stack of turds thinks that giving up golf is a A) a worthy sacrifice in a time of war and B) something he should actually express OUT LOUD and they call want to labelObama as the elitist? The mind boggles.
bill D @ 44:
Yes McBoob is the first one that comes to mind.
...Actually, it is far more likely that Bush quit playing golf because he was suffering from knee problems throughout the latter half of 2003...
That knee injury came from having his foot in his mouth...
...while having his head up his ass.
Why does Arnold Palmer hate the troops?
I have also made a sacrifice. I have cut back to no more than 3 bong hits per day, that way I don't forget for a moment how much of a glad-handing jackass we have in the oval office.
I have also stopped loaning people my cigarette lighter when they forget theirs in anticipation of lighter rationing for the war effort.
I think he should play even more golf. Fuck 'em. Dumb shits joined the Armed Forces and don't expect to get shot at eventually? George should golf every frikken day, and post his scores on whitehouse.gov daily. Shoot, lie about the scores. We don't care. Just by golfing he'll inspire confidence in the government. We'll all think "Gosh, we think the country is imploding in a cesspool of corruption and debt, but the Leader of the Free World is out golfing. That must mean things are great, we just don't know it yet." So golf = freedom. Golf on george, golf on.
Bush doesn't have to give up golf, he can have the best of both worlds by playing golf in Iraq:
http://www.tobyspics.com/index_files/Page1734.htm
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/iraq/20080506-1145-iraq-greenzo...
It's a win-win-win situation for all of us.
What a scumbag...must be nice having kids who didn't have to sign up for the military just so they could have a future.
Infinitely interesting how this Idiot shows just how big an Idiot he is day after day without fail. Is there no end to his lying and corruptness. Look here, It's after two AM here, I'm hammered, but still even in this state of mind Bush looks completely idiotic.
Guess I'll mosey off.
Good night good Democrats and piss off you republican idiots who support your twisted republican nazi party.
While I do believe all of shrub's many MANY lies should be documented for later use in court, I don't see the relevance. He's lied about a lot more important things than the supposed reason he stopped playing golf.
Of course it's a lie. And you know someone told him to say this because honestly do you think he even remembers when and why he stopped playing golf? He probably just hasn't had a chance to get to a golf course he likes. Not that he hasn't had plenty of vacation time since 2003.
Like everything that comes out of the chimp's mouth it's just something that someone else told him to say. Probably told him it would make him look good. But then these are people who think that the victims of Katrina made out well for themselves so why should it surprise anyone that they would think quitting golf is an adequate response after starting an illegal war and letting thousands die horrible violent deaths for greed.
“I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf,” he said. “I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them.”
But it's OK for them to see him doing his idiotic soft-shoe routine for the press while waiting for McCain's limo...
Still clinging to an 86 the last time out this past fall. That was with two triples. It isn't out of disrespecting the troops that I haven't played since, it's that there's no money left for green fees trying to put food on my family.
JudyLou @ 29:
Yes, exactly. The man is so stupid that he doesn't even have an awareness of how truly stupid he is. His stupidity is so full-circle that he imagines his intellect to be so sharp, so colossal, so truly dizzying that WE are the morons who can't keep up with him. Combined with his elitist, mean-spirited, fratboy personality and we have a key ingredient for the ongoing disaster that is his presidency.
My dad used to say, in general:
"If that guy had a brain, he'd be dangerous".
I still don't even know what that means, but it seems apropos to the hand puppet currently calling himself "president".
I hear he's still working on his short game.
What's so weird about this quote is that the original question is phrased so stiffly. It's almost like they told the interviewer "make sure you ask him about this!!!"
"Well, I'm getting shot at and bombed in an unwinnable war, but at least Bush isn't playing golf. That makes me feel better."
Scy @ 26:
no one should forget his sacrifices during the viet nam war fighting the communists and recieving all those medals for valor and combat wounds........oh...sorry that was JOHN KERRY...george Bush just has to sacrifice what he can and that's his game of golf...a hero in his own little rich boy way...
I think he quit because golf left him too open to a head shot.
I think the SS must have decided things were getting too hot for him, and are keeping him under wraps more.
I wonder how many threats they must have to investigate every year. Must be hundreds.
(and i'm not threatening anyone, SS! Don't come get me!)
I think all of you that have been unfairly critical of president Shrub (Bush) and need to be understanding as it iss OBVIOUS that you are not real golfers. Golf requires commitment and the dedication of a block of uninterrupted time (3-5 hours at a time). Golf also requires a lot of concentration without interruption. it is prefectly understandable, as the president indicated, that he had to stop playing golf because "they pulled me off the golf course and I said, 'It's just not worth it anymore to do.'"
He was unable to enjoy golf anymore because the war kept interfering with his game. He had to be pulled out of the course whenever some innocent soldiers or idealist NGO officials were blown to pieces because he had to issue comments. The war just kept getting in the way of a game (passion for some avid golfers) which requires real commitment and concentration. Unlike the 'managing' of war that only affects some 'ignorant' 'unimportant' people.
kim @ 66:
One thing to learn about assassinations: The average Joe won't get away with one, it's the work of the CIA and they certainly are not being ordered to off Bush, he's following the globalists' plans quite nicely.
Real reason he quit Golf:
Doesn't know how to get out of sand traps either.
Frank Dufek @ 68:
The average Hinkley almost got away with Reagan, and the Pope, it's always the loner who gets the job done.
I really am curious, I wonder how many credible, not wackjob, threats they investigate monthly.
This guy is so FULL OF SHIT. He has no soul.
Bush wants a Mulligan on Iraq.
Mike @ 69:
DOH !
pResident Fucktard W. Bushleague lies again.
Like father, like son.
Chico Hussein @ 73:
Mike wins the thread, the day, and probably the week.
Well, some suckers are going to buy new spin that Bush has a conscience. The whole administration is doing parachute prep-work. We're supposed to laugh at them and shake our heads and maybe they'll bend over for a spanking before they jump out the window and parachute to a lucrative future.
Seems to me that I remember the the day he came up with the brilliant "Heck of a job, Brownie" line, he and Hailey Barbour and a bunch of the others went and played golf at some very private republican country club in Mississippi or Alabama....
Anyone else remember that?
It was probably a wicked duck hook and putting yips that drove Chimp from the links. That and fact that stupid people cant golf anyways. Id bet he cheats anyways.
Paul @ 7:
Good point. As Gore Vidal pointed out on today's Democracy Now!, if there was anything resembling true justice in the world, Cheney [and Bush] should have been shot by a firing squad a long time ago.
You liberals need to leave Lil' Bush alone. He had sacrifice more than enough for us. First (crying ring now) he was force to send our precious American soldiers over to Iraq to liberate them and than he was force to let the troop continue to protect freedoms. He was trying to stop the terrorist from using nuclear bomb to kill us. He had done more then enough. leave him alone!!! he had even given up golfing just to prove how much he care about America. do you know what it is like, not being able to golf? do y'all. i bet all you liberals care about is drinking your latte and driving your limos. will, Bush suffers more than any of y'all liberals. he gave up golfing, do you understand? GOLFING!!!!
(crying with snot coming out of nose).
Leave, Bush (crying very hard and yelling) ALONE!!!
(in case you did not notice, it is sarcasm and satire).
This is truly bizarre- doesn't anyone remember - he was playing golf in Arizona with JOHN MCCAIN in the aftermath of Katrina. On the way home he asked the pilot to fly over New Orleans so he could check out the awesome damage. I guess what happens in Phoenix, stays in Phoenix
politis @ 76:
I wouldn't count on any lucrative future, look how much trouble Gonzo is having finding a full time gig.
Lets leave aside for the moment the fact that this is just bullshit whether its also lying to begin with for the moment and actually examine what the moron said.... He quit playing golf because it just sends the wrong message... Well hell, Georgie, we wouldn't want to be sending the troops any wrong message... Not playing golf will certainly reassure the troops that you are 'with em, not agin em'.... You certainly want to send the right message...
So by all means, keep on gutting the V.A., keep dicking around with their benefits, for sure keep lettin those V.A. hospitals keep dangling by an econimic thread and keep those stoploss orders cranking out there asshole... That will sure send the troops the message 'they deserve'..... What next from your wonderful P.R. honed and rapier sharp business mind jerkoff, 'the contract on our troops'??? Hey, it seemed to work for congress not that long ago and we're still 'reaping' the benefits of that shit.
What a total bunch of crapola.................JD
Remember his famous line: "Watch this drive!"?
With war raging all he could think about was his golf swing. (The same callousness/insensitivity he displayed during Katrina.)
No, this period in history will not go down as "Camelot" or "Morning in America."
Bush played golf while America went off course, so it's only fitting that the Bush Presidency be named SHANKRI-LA:
http://www.airfarceone.net/shankrila.html
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So far, the only political cartoon I've seen on the subject
Tornoe's Toons - Bush sacrificed golf for the troops
Laura Bush did say that no one has sacrificed more than George.
I think he also gave up milking male horses.
Christy Who's Sane Hannity @ 21:
I gave up eating--couldn't afford food.
I gave up driving--couldn't afford gas.
I gave up Russian roulette--couldn't afford to miss.
Bush is an untreated alcoholic, and we have been enabling him.
Read "Bush on the Couch", and you hairs will stand up on the back of your neck
I actually gave some thought to Bush's statement...he is insane and has no idea how crazy he is, recreating his past in the present.
When Bush was 7 years old, his sister Robin, age 3 died of leukemia. There was no funeral.
Bush's parents dealt with Robin's death by squelching any expression of grief; there was no funeral and they played golf the day after she died. This, according to By Justin A. Frank, author of "Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President", is a key example of the family's approach to all such painful emotions, and the result distorts and cripples the psyche of their firstborn son.
Frank provides an elaborate description of how the healthy process of psychological "integration" is supposed to work, some of which is based on such unconvincing Kleinian theories as the "good mother" and the "bad mother." But in general, his thesis is credible: If a child's parents teach him that his feelings of suffering, fear, weakness and rage are so unacceptable that they can't even be acknowledged, he is likely to spend his life projecting those feelings onto other people and punishing them for it.
Operation Hole in one is a huge success , you fooled ever body into thinking your shallow decision to stop playing golf , is to "respect" the troops , at the same time you send them into Sniper Alley to get shot . No of course, it's for self serving political reasons to remove yet another image , that reveals the real george bUsh , a sociopath killer that is responsible for hundreds of thousands of dead Afghans , Iraqis and that blood lust still isn't satisfied , hundreds of thousands of Iranians have to die , because the thirst for power is never ending , you will go down as one of the most despicable " human" beings in history , that only caused more death and destruction than anybody in that time period .
oh come on! this bastards so hated he cant go anywhere someone can get a bead on him! they have to completly shut down a golf course of other costomers and clear the area for miles to protect this jerk! nobody wants to ruin thier golf course buisness catering to this prick!
The man just gives and gives.
In Republican world, this is called talking.
So drinking and clearing brush and stealing Billions is supposed to be better how?
Having Blackwater being paid 3 - 5 x what the soldiers are making is better how?
R's voting against Vet benefits is better how?
Waiting on up-armored vehicles from the US for 3 years when a global company can provide them right away helps how?
Sending you little girl down to Paraguay to buy a hide-out helps how?
I heard Cheney gave up shooting people.
winger @ 95:
No, he just had it outsourced.
I know we've all been complaining about transparency in Bush's government, but the man couldn't be any more transparent.
"Sends the wrong signals" obviously means "would make me look like the callous idiot that I am."
You can bet your ass the day of the next inauguration will be the day Bush's "solidarity" with the troops ends. He'll be on the green before the day's out.
"... now watch this drive!"
I do hope people realize that golf is a gateway drug to turning into a Republican.
I'm not saying all golfers are Republican greedheads, but be careful kids because it CAN lead to the Hard Stuff.
You know, lifestyle choices like living in a gated community, getting questionable tax breaks, wearing Abercrombie and Fitch polo shirts, driving a Hummer. Next thing you know... BOOM! you're voting for NeoCons and standing around your smarmy neighbor's BBQ, shootin the shit about illegal immigration and investment opportunities in Iraq.
Probably got caught lying on his scorecard.
As I posted on a thread covering the same topic on a different site...it's a pity that Bush didn't also give up trying to play the guitar. Am I the only one who remembers that picture of him at around the same time that Hurricane Katrina made landfall, gaily strumming away and singing while thousands of people were forced from their homes and/or dying in one of the worst natural disasters in US history?
(Oh, wait...silly me! What was I thinking? I forgot...being forced from your home by Hurricane Katrina was of significance to Bush provided that you were a wealthy Caucasian Christian Republican male by name of Trent Lott...)
bush lied, Americans DIED!
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/14/countdown-special-comment-to-pr...
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/14/bushs-golf-story-doesnt-hold-water/
Good job Barbara and George , you must be very proud .
so our Preznet sacrificed for the troops and gave up playing golf. Is that also why George Bush gave up attending church, I wonder? When was the last time - aside from Jen's wedding, of course - that George Bush attended a Sunday church service?
Will someone tell him he should have quit the 'gulf' for the troops not the 'golf'!
Didn't Bush play golf the day after Katrina? google bush golf and Katrina and you get several links to press stories that claim he was golfing just a couple years ago after Katrina.
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