According to the White House, Obama's golfing is good for me.
That's what Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton says. All the time that Obama takes for himself, for his personal pleasure, is actually doing "us all good as American citizens."
Am I supposed to consider watching Obama at play my civic duty?
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Q Some Republicans are equating the President’s weekend golf games with Tony Hayward’s yacht. I wonder first, is that fair? And if it’s not fair, is it really fair to take off after Tony Hayward’s yachting?
BILL BURTON, DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY: Well, for starters, I welcomed his yacht to the Gulf. So I don't know if that's taking off on it. But secondly, I don't think that there’s a person in this country that doesn’t think that their President ought to have a little time to clear his mind. And so after a week where the President was taking on the oil spill, got an historic agreement with BP to put aside $20 billion to pay claims; after a day on Friday when he strengthened lobbying ethics rules in the White House; after going to Ohio to talk about the economy and see the progress that's being made in some of those stimulus projects that are happening around the country -- all the different issues that the President is dealing with, I think that a little bit of time to himself on Father’s Day weekend probably does us all good as American citizens that our President is taking that time.
That's right.
Whether it's vacations, romping in the Hawaiian surf, eating shaved ice, going on "date nights," enjoying star-studded gatherings at the White House, attending sporting events, or spending all those hours on the golf course, Obama is a better president for it.
Burton says, Americans believe he "ought to have a little time to clear his mind."
I guess that depends on what the meaning of "a little time" is.
As a taxpayer, I'm frustrated with bankrolling Obama's extensive mind-clearing time.
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