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A Self-Focused Obama Vacations And Golfs As The World Burns
Hillary Rodham Clinton, his once-loyal secretary of state and his likeliest successor, has gone rogue, criticizing his foreign policy as too timid. Obama responded with not one but two rounds of golf.
Clinton, in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg published by the Atlantic over the weekend, offered a withering comment on the Obama doctrine, described in shorthand by White House officials as “don’t do stupid s—.” Said Clinton: “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”
President Barack Obama follows through on a swing while golfing at Farm Neck Golf Club as golfing partner former NFL player Ahmad Rashad, right, sits in a cart, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. President Obama on Saturday left Washington for his familiar spot on Martha’s Vineyard for a two-week summer vacation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) (Steven Senne/AP)
As the criticism became public, Obama was doggedly sticking with his plans to go on vacation — a decision that, if not in the category of stupid stuff, could fit under the heading of “tone deafness.”
Obama stood on the South Lawn on Saturday updating Americans on the new bombing campaign in Iraq — and then he boarded Marine One for atwo-week trip to Martha’s Vineyard. There, half an hour after arriving at his vacation home, he was already on his way to a golf course. He played again Sunday, then had a beach outing Monday followed by a political fundraiser.
Even presidents need down time, and Obama can handle his commander-in-chief duties wherever he is. But his decision to proceed with his getaway just 36 hours after announcing the military action in Iraq risks fueling the impression that he is detached as the world burns.
The highly visible wartime vacation (Obama allowed himself to be photographed on a putting green Saturday with NBA star Ray Allen and retired pro-football player Ahmad Rashad) was not looking any better Monday as Iraq’s political crisis worsened, NATO’s chief declared a “high probability” of Russian military intervention in Ukraine and Gaza remained on a knife edge.
By Monday afternoon, the crises had forced Obama to revise his schedule. The White House announced that the president, after returning from the beach, would make an unscheduled statement about Iraq. He freshened up at his 8,100-square-foot vacation home, then stepped outside, in a blue blazer and open collar; his aides wisely chose a wooded backdrop rather than one with the infinity pool and the sweeping water views. Obama finished his four-minute statement and then hopped in his motorcade for the ride to a Democratic fundraiser.
Such visuals probably won’t help Obama with the 60 percent of Americans who disapprove of his handling of foreign policy. Even his former secretary of state is registering her disapproval.
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The world is not burning!
OBAMA SHOULD BE IN THE SITUATION ROOM! Obama is not doing a good job and he should be brutally complained about. His policies are not in-lined with americans and we are sick and tired of his aloof unconnected manner. His decisions are wrong and he is NOT making AMERICA BETTER! So he pays the price for not doing for americans. He is dumping illegals all over america without anyone’s consent, reduced military to dangerous numbers, forced obamacare down our throat, takeS so many vacations/funding raising anything but doing his JOB! HE is not a leadER does not have a plan, knew about ISIS long ago and could have made a difference but he is too concerned with his LEGACY ABOUT IRAQ! This is a man that is NOT qualified for the JOB! And he states he is MUSLIM! YES, ON TV HEARD IT FROM HIS LIPS. He will NEVER go to war with Islam. So is he for america? His allegiance is with Islam! That’s why he is complained about. You can twist all day long about his vacation. But he is a worthless president that needs to resign.