Obama: 'Limbaugh Can Play With Himself'

We all know how much time Obama spends playing golf, often wearing shorts.

Obama will play golf any chance he gets, BUT he will not play golf with Rush Limbaugh.

From the New York Post:

When President Obama was asked if he would play a round of golf with his talk-radio nemesis Rush Limbaugh, the response, relayed by a top Democrat, was: "Limbaugh can play with himself."

This is according to Zev Chafets in his new book, "Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One," due May 25 from Sentinel.

The caustic comeback is another example of the verbal venom between the White House and the conservative radio star. In an interview with CBS News last month, Obama called the views spelled out by Limbaugh and Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck "troublesome."

..."You guys are both golfers," Chafets told Limbaugh. "Would you play a round with the president and show the country that there are no hard feelings?"

"He's the president of the United States," Limbaugh told Chafets. "If any president asked me to meet him, or play golf with him, I'd do it. But I promise you that will never happen. His base on the left would have a s--t-fit."

"How about letting me ask?" Chafets said.

"Go ahead," Limbaugh said. "Nothing will come of it."

Chafets writes that he reached out to Obama adviser David Axelrod, "whom I know slightly," but Axelrod didn't return calls. Then Chafets spoke to "a very senior Democratic activist with whom I'm friendly" who said he would convey the message.

A day or two later the adviser responded, "Limbaugh can play with himself."

Here's Limbaugh's response to the report in The Post:

RUSH LIMBAUGH: I said, 'Now wait a second. They're confusing me with Bill Clinton. A little Joycelyn Elders lingo there. They're confusing me with Clinton.'

Why wouldn't Obama play golf with Limbaugh?

Good grief. He's willing to talk with tyrants and terrorists. Obama said he'd meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others without precondition.

QUESTION: "[W]ould you be willing to meet separately, without precondition, during the first year of your administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?"

OBAMA: "I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them -- which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration - is ridiculous."

Obama will do that but he won't play golf with Limbaugh?

That's weird, though completely expected.