By- Suzie-Q @ 7:30 AM MST
Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.
In a new interview with the Politico today, President Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families. He added that “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal”:
Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
Evidently, Bush learned his lesson since this incident after 9/11. Watch it:
UpdateCernig writes, “You go to war with the handicap you have…” Brandon Friedman adds, “In today’s world, sacrifice is defined in terms of not being able to afford a Hummer; of having to see a few images of war on TV; and of giving up golf.”
From the comments on the article:
tom Says:
Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families
If GDumbya really wants to show “solidarity” with the troops and their families, perhaps he should:
1. give up breathing as more than 4,000 of our troops have
2. cut off one or more limbs to be like more than 6,000 of our troops
3. go blind as more than 2,000 of our troops have
4. send one or both of the drunken slut Bu$h twins off to Iraq as more than 200,000 families have done
5. suffer brain damage as more than 7,000 of our troops have . . . oh, I forgot . . . GDumbya is brain-damaged
May 13th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Quote: “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal”
Oh, Mr President, I do so agree.
And with a drive like that, giving up golf must be such a sacrifice.
BTW, Mr President, in order to show solidarity with the troops and their families, I’ve given up chocolate.
After all, it just would not do for me to be seen eating chocolate, when our troops in Iraq don’t even have any.
[...] of Non-Golfers 27May08 To follow up on the last post’s ideas a little bit I saw Blogger Susie Q post this video about George Bush’s claim that he gave up golfing to support the troops [...]