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Originally Posted by tryfuhl

but come on.. you're gonna fault Barack for playing golf? guys like Bush and Reagan took presidential vacation to the extreme

And I would fault Bush and Reagan equally in this case as well. I have no issue with the POTUS taking time to himself and his family. He should as a matter of fact. I don't care if you're left or right, you should be a little more tactful with your free time as the President. With what's going on in the gulf, it's bad PR to be seen leisurely shooting 18 holes IMO. This isn't me being a Republican bashing a Dem. This is me being an annoyed citizen. If I'm Obama and I know my approval ratings are slipping as badly as they are, I'm probably not golfing for all the world to see at this point. I'd say the same thing if McCain was prez and he was hitting the links today.