On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:36:02 -0500, thunder
wrote:

Yes, it is a canard, as Bush's vacations were. With modern
communications, neither President is ever out of reach. Frankly,
whatever relieves the stress. Watch how a President ages before your
eyes. Bush showed the wear of eight years, and Obama is starting to show
some after only nine months. IMO, he can golf all he wants.

Yes and no. It becomes a political issue when one side makes enough
of a fuss about it to cause a President to react by not participating
in a "relaxing" activity. What's fair is fair - you make it a
political issue, then it becomes a political issue.

Frankly, I honestly don't care either. However, again to be fair and
balanced, the media and the Left made a big deal about President
Bush's golf outings during times of economic stress and two wars. So
why aren't they making the same comparision for President Obama who
has, as of today, made more golf outings in the first nine months of
his Administration than Bush did in three years of his administration
under the same conditions?