Open Thread: Are We Better Off for Obama’s Love of Golfing?
There has been quite a bit of howling from the right over the president's continued golf outings in the midst of two international crises – in Japan and Libya. But Gene Healy gives an interesting take in a column Wednesday, noting that the more time Obama spends on the links, the less time he has to ram his misguided agenda into law. Of course, there is the entirely separate issue of the press's double standard on presidential gold outings, but is the country actually better served if Obama spends more time on the golf course? Healy writes : …you don’t have to buy into a conspiratorial view of this administration to appreciate that presidential inactivity’s a good thing here. There’s not much the President can do in Japan. There’s not much he should do in Libya. And given the screwy ideas this president has about how to spur economic growth, you should want him outside getting some fresh air, instead of in the Oval, pouring over briefing books. Mark Twain once said that “No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You could say much the same about activist presidents. One of our best presidents, the Great Calvin Coolidge, regularly napped in the afternoons. Instead of railing against Obama’s golfing habit, we’d do better to encourage a presidential siesta. What do you think? And remember, this is a wholly separate issue from the press's treatment of the issue.
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There has been quite a bit of howling from the right over the president's continued golf outings in the midst of two international crises – in Japan and Libya. But Gene Healy gives an interesting take in a column Wednesday, noting that the more time Obama spends on the links, the less time he has to ram his misguided agenda into law. Of course, there is the entirely separate issue of the press's double standard on presidential gold outings, but is the country actually better served if Obama spends more time on the golf course? Healy writes : …you don’t have to buy into a conspiratorial view of this administration to appreciate that presidential inactivity’s a good thing here. There’s not much the President can do in Japan. There’s not much he should do in Libya. And given the screwy ideas this president has about how to spur economic growth, you should want him outside getting some fresh air, instead of in the Oval, pouring over briefing books. Mark Twain once said that “No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You could say much the same about activist presidents. One of our best presidents, the Great Calvin Coolidge, regularly napped in the afternoons. Instead of railing against Obama’s golfing habit, we’d do better to encourage a presidential siesta. What do you think? And remember, this is a wholly separate issue from the press's treatment of the issue.
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Open Thread: Are We Better Off for Obama’s Love of Golfing?
There has been quite a bit of howling from the right over the president's continued golf outings in the midst of two international crises – in Japan and Libya. But Gene Healy gives an interesting take in a column Wednesday, noting that the more time Obama spends on the links, the less time he has to ram his misguided agenda into law. Of course, there is the entirely separate issue of the press's double standard on presidential gold outings, but is the country actually better served if Obama spends more time on the golf course? Healy writes : …you don’t have to buy into a conspiratorial view of this administration to appreciate that presidential inactivity’s a good thing here. There’s not much the President can do in Japan. There’s not much he should do in Libya. And given the screwy ideas this president has about how to spur economic growth, you should want him outside getting some fresh air, instead of in the Oval, pouring over briefing books. Mark Twain once said that “No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You could say much the same about activist presidents. One of our best presidents, the Great Calvin Coolidge, regularly napped in the afternoons. Instead of railing against Obama’s golfing habit, we’d do better to encourage a presidential siesta. What do you think? And remember, this is a wholly separate issue from the press's treatment of the issue.
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There has been quite a bit of howling from the right over the president's continued golf outings in the midst of two international crises – in Japan and Libya. But Gene Healy gives an interesting take in a column Wednesday, noting that the more time Obama spends on the links, the less time he has to ram his misguided agenda into law. Of course, there is the entirely separate issue of the press's double standard on presidential gold outings, but is the country actually better served if Obama spends more time on the golf course? Healy writes : …you don’t have to buy into a conspiratorial view of this administration to appreciate that presidential inactivity’s a good thing here. There’s not much the President can do in Japan. There’s not much he should do in Libya. And given the screwy ideas this president has about how to spur economic growth, you should want him outside getting some fresh air, instead of in the Oval, pouring over briefing books. Mark Twain once said that “No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You could say much the same about activist presidents. One of our best presidents, the Great Calvin Coolidge, regularly napped in the afternoons. Instead of railing against Obama’s golfing habit, we’d do better to encourage a presidential siesta. What do you think? And remember, this is a wholly separate issue from the press's treatment of the issue.
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Open Thread: Are We Better Off for Obama’s Love of Golfing?
There has been quite a bit of howling from the right over the president's continued golf outings in the midst of two international crises – in Japan and Libya. But Gene Healy gives an interesting take in a column Wednesday, noting that the more time Obama spends on the links, the less time he has to ram his misguided agenda into law. Of course, there is the entirely separate issue of the press's double standard on presidential gold outings, but is the country actually better served if Obama spends more time on the golf course? Healy writes : …you don’t have to buy into a conspiratorial view of this administration to appreciate that presidential inactivity’s a good thing here. There’s not much the President can do in Japan. There’s not much he should do in Libya. And given the screwy ideas this president has about how to spur economic growth, you should want him outside getting some fresh air, instead of in the Oval, pouring over briefing books. Mark Twain once said that “No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.” You could say much the same about activist presidents. One of our best presidents, the Great Calvin Coolidge, regularly napped in the afternoons. Instead of railing against Obama’s golfing habit, we’d do better to encourage a presidential siesta. What do you think? And remember, this is a wholly separate issue from the press's treatment of the issue.
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