{"id":10483,"date":"2013-09-01T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10483"},"modified":"2013-09-01T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T02:20:07","slug":"not-so-breitbart-obama-golfs-while-rome-seeks-congressional-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10483","title":{"rendered":"Not So Breitbart: Obama Golfs While Rome Seeks Congressional Approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several news agencies reported the fact that, after announcing his decision to have Congress weigh in on the matter of a response to Syria’s chemical weapons attack, President Obama dashed off to get in a few holes of golf. It wasn’t a particularly newsworthy observation considering that the key disclosure in the announcement was that nothing substantive would be happening until Congress returned from vacation next week (which, by the way, none of these news vultures seemed to think was frivolous on the part of congress). It was perhaps a mildly interesting factlet, but hardly the stuff of national emergencies.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, that is precisely how Breitbart News framed the story with a headline blaring “Obama Hits Golf Course After Announcing National Emergency.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The numbskull dishonesty of the article begins with the fact that Obama did not announce a national emergency. But it gets worse. BreitBrat Mike Flynn, in a moment of lucid self-awareness, says that “I’m not an expert in foreign policy.”<\/em> That confession is made more obvious when he continues with his suggestions for what the President might have done instead of golfing.<\/p>\n

Flynn:<\/strong> There are probably some Congressional leaders who ought to be briefed. There are likely one or two world leaders who would appreciate a chat about the US plans. No doubt generals in the military would have a thought or two about how things should proceed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Flynn must have ignored the President’s speech entirely and switched from Honey Boo Boo to Fox News just as the network’s scandalous details about Obama’s golf outing were exposed. Had he listened to the speech he would have known that Obama had spoken to all of the congressional leadership prior to making this announcement. Likewise, he spoke explicitly about his discussions with both the civilian and military national security chiefs before venturing out to the Rose Garden to brief the press and the American people.<\/p>\n

Obviously the BreitBrats are so consumed with disparaging Obama that they can’t be bothered with actually paying attention to what he says. And if they were so concerned about presidential golf trips, why didn’t they ever complain about this:<\/p>\n