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August 22, 2014
White House: Obama's Golf Outing Did Not Reflect the Depth of His Grief Over the Foley Beheading
As you can see, he's fist-bumping his golf partner, but there's an ineffable sadness in the fist-bump.
Aides further said Obama shanked an easy six foot putt "out of pure grief."
Yesterday Joe Scarborough had praised Obama for his Grief Therapy on the Links:
"Al Qaeda funded their operations by kidnapping Europeans and getting ransom money. [But now] they are negotiating with Spock, with a pitching wedge...I'm sure there may even be one or two terrorists over in Syria right now that are looking at him and going 'Wow, that’s one cold bastard. He goes golfing?'"
Silly. Because Obama has gone golfing after every major news disclosure, in Iraq or Missouri, this month.
So why would IS take this as a signal about Obama's toughness and "coldness"?
I think they would just take it as a signal that Obama really, really likes golf.