President Obama golfs in Oahu. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
No Optical Illusion: Obama Balances World Crises With Golf, Time Off -- Reuters
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave Americans an update on U.S. military strikes in Iraq on Saturday from a podium on the White House lawn with Marine One, the presidential helicopter, parked in the background.
Four hours later, he offered an altogether different tableau: a golf game with friends at a lush course on Martha's Vineyard, the upscale Massachusetts island where the president and his family began a two-week vacation.
The contrasting scenes, which quickly sparked some hostile commentary from critics, illustrate the dilemma of taking time off when you are the most powerful leader in the world and, by definition, handling major issues all the time.
Part of the problem is dealing with appearances, or 'optics' as Washington pundits like to call it.
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My Comment: All that I know is that if President Bush was doing this .... the Washington press corp will be having a "shark feeding frenzy".
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