The White House has said that climate change poses a greater threat to more Americans than terrorism, but this weekend golf is trumping both terrorism and climate change. President Obama has traveled on Air Force One to California for a fundraiser and then to Palm Springs for golf on a course that requires heavy watering in drought-stricken California.
Sunny and warm as Pres Obama steps off AF-1 in Palm Springs for the weekend. His 4th visit as pres. pic.twitter.com/6Ag8o3qbS3
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 14, 2015
From the airport, Pres Obama heads to the golf course at the Sunnylands Annenberg Estate. He's played there 5 times on previous visits.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) February 14, 2015
“Strategic patience”!
https://twitter.com/korch/status/566685393135759361
https://twitter.com/djholzem/status/566682412047163392
@markknoller will he delay his tee time long enough to opine on the terror attack in Copenhagen?
— CTIronman (@CTIronman) February 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/MitchBehna/status/566669090727542785
How much fuel did @BarackObama use to fly to Palm Springs to golf on an unnaturally green course in the desert in the middle of a drought?
— Joe the Dissident (@joethepatriotic) February 14, 2015
Or should we first expect a lecture about what folks did during the Crusades?
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to include an additional tweet.
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