Distracted President Explains He Only Plays Golf So Much Because He's Virtually a Prisoner In Service of You

Hilarious. Funnier than Your Highness.

Obama explains his golfin' jones.

He explains he's not a "golf addict," it's just golf is the only thing the mean Secret Service will let him do with his off-time.

Honestly, he just wants to be a normal guy -- it's not his fault he's so awesome.

"I just miss - I miss being anonymous," he said at the meeting in the White House. "I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can't take a walk."

This sounds like a line from a romantic comedy movie about the President, where the President breaks down and explains to the love interest (a hard-charging reporter played by Amy Adams) that, deep down, he just wants to be a man again. Sigh.

After explaining that golf is "the only excuse I have to get outside for hours at a stretch" -- what? he needs an excuse to go outside? the Secret Service won't let him? -- our Romantic-Comedy Dreamboat of a President looks into the camera and really connects with the audience:

His impossible dream: "I just want to go through Central Park (in New York) and watch folks passing by ... spend the day watching people. I miss that."

In related news, Chris Matthews just sighed yearningly.

Thanks to lacyunderalls.

posted by Ace at 08:18 PM

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