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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 09:19 PM
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Obama, Boehner win at golf summit
Source: Associated Press

BARACK Obama and House Speaker John Boehner put partisanship aside, at least on the golf course, and teamed up to triumph on the final hole in their long-awaited links outing.

The match pitted the political rivals against Vice-President Joe Biden and Ohio's Republican governor John Kasich. The match was won on the 18th hole, with the winning partners each pocketing a $2 prize ...

Biden was cool under pressure, sinking a 15-to-20 foot putt ...

Read more: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/obama-boehner-win-at-golf-summit/story-e6frg6so-1226077912858


So the Prez and the Speaker beat the VP and Guv! Also, the Prez got to drive the golfcart!
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 09:25 PM
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1. Well, Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan used to often share a drink after hours.
Non-stop partisan hatred only became "normal" under Clinton's presidency.
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onpatrol98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 10:06 PM
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2. Consider Ted Kennedy...
I think Ted Kennedy was a good example of this...although he could spar with the best of them, after hours, he knew how to deal with them. This new era of constant bickering and belittling gets absolutely nothing done. They pander in front of the cameras and make bad deals behind the scenes. Or, worse, they do nothing at all. I'm hopeful that the generation after us, will be saner.
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Dept of Beer Donating Member (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 10:38 PM
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3. Or bad deals on the golf course.
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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 10:42 PM
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4. I get the feeling that we lost on the golf course today n/t
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 05:40 PM
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25. the "generation" after "us" is the teaparty. Hardly more sane. n/t
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russspeakeasy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 10:10 AM
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17. circus...sideshow....nothing up my sleeve..
professional wrestling...what a bunch of crap.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 11:28 PM
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5. Now watch this drive. n/t
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 07:20 PM
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28. For them, that's really what it's about...
their clubs, connections, etc. We, the People are just so much rubbish to be dealt with.
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U4ikLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 07:52 PM
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29. Exactly.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-18-11 11:51 PM
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6. Maybe its just nitpicking, but I find it odd that they refer to Boehner as "house speaker"
Edited on Sat Jun-18-11 11:52 PM by MadBadger
But not Obama, as "President"
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 05:54 AM
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9. Australian editing - they assume everyone knows who Obama is, while the others might need explaining
AP, and most US sources, will give someone's title the first time it's used in a story, no matter how famous the person. Other countries (eg Australia, or the UK) may not bother with that. So, if you find the AP story on Yahoo, it opens:

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner put partisanship aside ...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110618/ap_on_sp_ot/us_obama_boehner_golf


But the Australian site decide they could forego the 'President' for Obama. If they haddecided to be as precise as AP is, they'd have to say "US President Barack Obama and ...".
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 12:27 AM
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7. Nero fiddled while Rome burned....
What hope is there for the middle class?
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 09:20 AM
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16. there's a middle class? nt
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Fearless Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 03:24 PM
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22. There was. n/t
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 01:13 AM
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8. Don't take it personally, struggle4progress, but this story is just a waste.
Boehner plays far too much golf. It's disgusting to think that Obama is trivializing the real problems that the Republicans, especially Boehner and Kasich are creating for the American middle class by playing golf with them.

It's just obnoxious. Obama is trying to be cute and find a "middle ground."

I am not interested in Obama's constant capitulation in order to look like a great compromiser. We do not need compromises at this time in history. Far, far from it.
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quaker bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:04 AM
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10. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
It was a round of golf. To the extent it might help these two gents see each other as fellow human beings, it might have benefits. On the other hand, it was just a round of golf. It is not capitulation or compromise, it is a game where you strike little white balls with crooked sticks.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 04:08 PM
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23. +
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dogfacedboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 11:51 PM
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30. Agreed. n/t
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backwoodsbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:35 AM
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11. you are right
The President should be in the white house clutching some pearls.

The man is allowed to have a moment to relax once in a while
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 01:43 PM
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20. With John Boehner?
Obama is up to no good. That golf game is a very bad sign for those of us who do or will rely on Social Security and Medicare any time in the future.

Obama is about to impose more austerity on the American people. Shame on him. You don't play golf with someone who leads a party that wants to party with money that someone else needs for medical care.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 11:57 AM
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19. I don't take it personally, and in general I wouldn't post a golf story in LBN.
But I think this is smarter than you think it is
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-11 07:32 AM
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32. Word
This is revolting. My respect for the prez is at an all time low. It works for him - with pals like these two terrorists, he doesn't need me.
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Fool Count Donating Member (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:41 AM
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12. Crap like that should be illegal. Last thing we need is the
Republicans and Democrats getting together to figure out more and better ways to screw us over.
For a regular Joe the word "bipartisanship" is nothing but a signal to bend over.
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Yon_Yonson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:51 AM
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13. Now ain’t that comfy
The ‘hardon’ spends all his time derailing the President but they have time for golf. Maybe it’s a ‘keep your friends close and your enemies closer’ sort of thing but as a cynic I doubt it.
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ensho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 08:39 AM
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14. how disgusting


really puts 'hope' in the toilet
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PoliticAverse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 08:40 AM
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15. And the American people lost?... n/t
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ProgressIn2008 Donating Member (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 11:14 AM
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18. How they play at Versailles! Any "acrimony" is theater. nt
Edited on Sun Jun-19-11 11:15 AM by ProgressIn2008
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IamK Donating Member (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 02:15 PM
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21. Wonder who cracked the first weiner joke?
I'd put Biden as the odds on favorite...
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Yon_Yonson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 05:33 PM
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24. This is a home grown joke .... Schwarzenegger’s weiner has a boehner
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Renegades of Funk Donating Member (118 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:11 PM
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26. Did Boehner Cry
tears of victory?
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-19-11 06:38 PM
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27. Gross.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-20-11 07:31 AM
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31. Here's my commentary on this
:puke:

Playing golf with two of the most despicable Repukes in the country. I am truly ashamed today
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