Remember his 37 bowling score? Obama is awful at golf, too
Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois is, of course, back on the campaign trail today, pitching his economic plans, as word leaks out about the wonderfully mundane weekend he enjoyed with his family for a change in Chicago.
Just don't ask about the golf game, please.
On his first weekend as the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee -- and as Sen. Hillary Clinton surrendered her onetime front-runner's campaign to the inevitable delegate math of Obama's victory and endorsed her competitor with all the right words -- Obama headed out for the golf course.
Never mind.
All right, so the media asked. They had to after seeing the Illinois senator heading out of his South Side Chicago house Saturday with a golf bag over his shoulder just as Clinton was preparing to speak in Washington, D.C. So we can now add golf to the list of recreational sports that Obama has not mastered, the list that started with his 37 score bowling in Pennsylvania. Actually, that may win him some votes from sympathetic dufus duffers.
Asked about the senator's weekend of rest and relaxation after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination, his spokesman had this to say about a golf outing:
"They went to a golf course, and they swung golf clubs," said spokesman Robert Gibbs, "but I don't think it was real pretty."
The senator, Gibbs said, also parented "a slumber party for his new 7-year-old,'' and added that Obama also "went for a bike ride with his wife and kids and some neighbors. ... He had a nice, relaxing weekend.''
For more on the Gibbs interview, click here.
-- Andrew Malcolm
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Andy, I see you are back to your "Obama can't do anything right!" kind of journalism. How shameful that all you can offer with a Pulitzer and 40 years of experience is negativism. Maybe you should just report the truth, sometimes instead of lies and slander, and innuendos. How about reporting that Obama's team-mate in the bowling session in Pennsylvania was a three-year old? You know that but you will never report it because you have a picture to paint. Pulitzer my ass!
Posted by: John Paul Telhomme | June 10, 2008 at 04:26 AM
Please, just report the news! I don't see news in this item. You are back to your "Obama can't do anything right!" posture. Report to your readers that the 37 bowling score was earned with a three-year old team mate. I bet you will not report this.
Posted by: John Paul Telhomme | June 10, 2008 at 04:41 AM
Remember how his bowling score reflects 7 frames in addition to a few bowls by a 7-yr old?
Please try to report the truth next time.
Posted by: Mary Walters | June 10, 2008 at 06:37 AM
MALCOLM, I see the Obamaniacs are still at it. They don't want anything resembling something negative reported about their holy savior Barack Obama. If this had been said about McCain, they would a-men it and enjoy adding their own negative comments. Face the facts, not only is Obama bad at bowling and golf, he would be much worse trying to be president. His short term memory, long list of radical friends and no true respect and patriotism for america, makes Obama unelectable for many voters.
Posted by: S.A. | June 10, 2008 at 10:30 AM
He can't bike -- he can't bowl -- he can't golf -- he can't speak without his teleprompter -- editor of the Harvard Law Revue and never wrote an article -- 143 days in the US Senate and sponsored only ONE bill (and that sent money to Nigeria) -- no military experience -- not even the Boy Scouts -- this guy is a total loser.
Without his cheerleaders in the media, this guy would still be a back-bencher in the Illinois senate.
Posted by: Beckwith | June 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM
"Comments are moderated, and will not appear until they've been approved."
One way for you lefties to make sure only positive Obama feedback is published.
Posted by: Beckwith | June 10, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Obama is awful at being a president too. He will be a one termer for sure, and in 2010, I dont see much hope for the dems keeping a majority. I knew it would be just like under Jimmy Carter, but man, this is like Jimmy Carter again... on STEROIDS! What a terrible travesty for our nation.
Posted by: dc | July 02, 2009 at 09:47 AM