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stopbush

(24,396 posts)
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:09 PM Apr 2019

Tiger Woods - just another one of tRump's golf buddies

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/38994279

Tiger has said he’s known Trump for years and the two played together before the president took office.

Tiger and the president were joined by Dustin Johnson for a round in Jupiter in November 2017. At the time, DJ was ranked No. 1 in the world.

“"He's the President of the United States," Woods said. "You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office."
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Tiger Woods - just another one of tRump's golf buddies (Original Post) stopbush Apr 2019 OP
They share the same immorality SHRED Apr 2019 #1
What does it say about Woods that he last played golf with tRump less than two months ago? stopbush Apr 2019 #7
Yes they do Va Lefty Apr 2019 #8
Tiger also played with Presidents Obama and Bush. If the POTUS wants to play golf with you do you monmouth4 Apr 2019 #2
Neither Obama nor Bush waged open war against blacks, stopbush Apr 2019 #9
Yes. You tell him NO Control-Z Apr 2019 #15
Tiger Woods is a great golfer, watoos Apr 2019 #3
Lebron James is an athlete I admire True Dough Apr 2019 #6
This RhodeIslandOne Apr 2019 #26
Yup!! Thekaspervote Apr 2019 #30
thank you for posting the truth Va Lefty Apr 2019 #16
Fuck you, Tiger. I don't exactly follow golf, but I would have rooted hard against you today. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2019 #4
Lol. I'm sure he's crushed. cwydro Apr 2019 #27
The scumbag is too busy sucking up to Trump. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2019 #28
Listen you stupid shithead. Doreen Apr 2019 #5
Preach! 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2019 #10
What the hell does playing golf have to do with respecting the office of the presidency? scrutineer Apr 2019 #11
I was rooting for Jason Day! Ohiogal Apr 2019 #12
Someone who respects the office moondust Apr 2019 #13
Yup. Control-Z Apr 2019 #17
. moondust Apr 2019 #19
How come he didn't respect the office when it was CLINTON?!1 UTUSN Apr 2019 #14
Maybe Because... ProfessorGAC Apr 2019 #32
At some point he refused invitations to be feted or golf with CLINTON. UTUSN Apr 2019 #35
I Doubt That ProfessorGAC Apr 2019 #39
I didn't ask for your snippy tone or out of proportion time wasting. Eom UTUSN Apr 2019 #40
no, "we all" do not have to... handmade34 Apr 2019 #18
I respect the office, just not the orangutan who's taking dumps in it. Crunchy Frog Apr 2019 #20
Trump likes the term: 'My African-American'. keithbvadu2 Apr 2019 #21
In Tiger's case "My Caublasian " 🙂 Catherine Vincent Apr 2019 #33
Gotta respect what Tiger has done here radius777 Apr 2019 #22
I see no need to respect Woods. Just another rich asshole who won't stopbush Apr 2019 #24
Tiger is notoriously apolitical. cbdo2007 Apr 2019 #23
Thank you. The revisionist history is nauseating. RhodeIslandOne Apr 2019 #25
Buzz off Tiger.. you 2 belong together pangaia Apr 2019 #29
Yup..that is the first thing that popped in my head after I read Obama's tweet helpisontheway Apr 2019 #31
tell trump to respect the office, he shows no respect to his position Demonaut Apr 2019 #34
Obama sent him a wonderful congratulatory tweet yesterday. Tipperary Apr 2019 #36
I'm with Obama and Clinton on this one SharonClark Apr 2019 #37
Fuck Tiger Woods jcgoldie Apr 2019 #38
One can respect the office without playing golf with the ass-clown currently shitting up the place. Aristus Apr 2019 #41
I don't care. Inkfreak Apr 2019 #42

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
7. What does it say about Woods that he last played golf with tRump less than two months ago?
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:22 PM
Apr 2019

Apparently, nothing tRump has said or done since Nov 2017 - the last time he played with tRump - have any effect or meaning to that asshole Woods. This at a time when other professional athletes refuse to have any association with that fucking fascist

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)
2. Tiger also played with Presidents Obama and Bush. If the POTUS wants to play golf with you do you
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:17 PM
Apr 2019

tell him no? I don't think so. Congtats Tiger, good job.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
9. Neither Obama nor Bush waged open war against blacks,
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:25 PM
Apr 2019

used terms like shithole countries or called white supremecists good people.

I guess Woods is more than fine with that.

If the POTUS invites you to the WH to honor your sports championship, do you say no? Apparently, when it comes to tRump, many, MANY athletes say no.

Your point?

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
3. Tiger Woods is a great golfer,
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:18 PM
Apr 2019

that doesn't make him a nice person. No, I'm not a racist, I used to root for him until I learned more about him.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
26. This
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 12:26 AM
Apr 2019

Lebron gets some crap and sometimes it’s deserved (The Decision was a bad look) but his giving back shows his character.

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,004 posts)
4. Fuck you, Tiger. I don't exactly follow golf, but I would have rooted hard against you today.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:19 PM
Apr 2019

In case you didn't get the message - go fuck yourself, Tiger, you fucking creep!

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. Listen you stupid shithead.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:20 PM
Apr 2019

When your disrespectful piece of crap respects humans we "might think" about respecting him. Since that will never happen you might as well shove some of those golf balls up your ass and crawl under a rock and stay there.

Can you tell that his comment pissed me off?

moondust

(19,986 posts)
13. Someone who respects the office
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 09:34 PM
Apr 2019

will naturally do what they can to protect it from grifters and frauds and racists and others who have shown themselves to be unfit for the office.

ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
32. Maybe Because...
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:37 AM
Apr 2019

...he was 12 when Clinton was elected and he was completely immersed in golf and school?

UTUSN

(70,700 posts)
35. At some point he refused invitations to be feted or golf with CLINTON.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:12 AM
Apr 2019

I'm not interested enough to do the googling.






ProfessorGAC

(65,057 posts)
39. I Doubt That
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 10:28 AM
Apr 2019

I'm not making an unsupported claim here. You are.
I'm sure not doing any searches.
It is a FACT that Woods was a teenager throughout the preponderance of Clinton's term.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
22. Gotta respect what Tiger has done here
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:39 PM
Apr 2019

in clawing his way back to the top of the mountain, especially at his age and after all that has happened in his personal life/health etc over the past decade. It's an amazing story of personal triumph - and America loves a comeback story.

I don't see that he's a Trumper, but an apolitical celebrity who doesn't want to offend fans/consumers.

I also don't see what immoral thing he has done, his sex life/infidelity stuff is his concern.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
24. I see no need to respect Woods. Just another rich asshole who won't
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 11:37 PM
Apr 2019

speak truth to power because he might pay a price for doing so.

Fuck Woods. It’s only golf, fer Chriss sake.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
23. Tiger is notoriously apolitical.
Sun Apr 14, 2019, 10:42 PM
Apr 2019

I actually admire him for not taking a stand on any issues ever and just playing golf. I'm guessing he just likes playing golf with rich and famous people and doesn't really get too involved in their politics.

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
25. Thank you. The revisionist history is nauseating.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 12:24 AM
Apr 2019

Eldrick is a great golfer and a shitty human being. I’m sorry his father’s wish of him changing the world didn’t pan out.

helpisontheway

(5,008 posts)
31. Yup..that is the first thing that popped in my head after I read Obama's tweet
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 07:25 AM
Apr 2019

for Tiger. I was like he does not deserve that when his lips are right on Trump’s @ss.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
36. Obama sent him a wonderful congratulatory tweet yesterday.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:15 AM
Apr 2019

So apparently he does not share the same sentiments of the rabid Tiger-haters here. Personally, I just do not get it. I am not a golf fan, not a Tiger fan, but obviously that was a hell of a sports come back.

Nothing more, nothing less.

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
37. I'm with Obama and Clinton on this one
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:41 AM
Apr 2019

This was an incredible comeback and Woods deserves all the accolades he's received.

jcgoldie

(11,631 posts)
38. Fuck Tiger Woods
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:48 AM
Apr 2019

I can forgive philandering. His wife seemed to rebound and as long as he wasn't abusive deserves a second chance. People make poor decisions and that's all it is. But the normalizing of the orange douchebag is not forgivable. He's in a position where he could make a statement and perhaps even influence people's opinions, but he chooses to "respect the office" and to cater to that MAGA POS by normalizing him with golf games. Fuck that. The officeholder has no self-respect.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)
41. One can respect the office without playing golf with the ass-clown currently shitting up the place.
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 11:27 AM
Apr 2019



Why do people blither about 'respecting the Presidency' when it is clear as day that Trump himself has no respect for the office?
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