Thursday, April 05, 2012

Another entitlement for the Obama administration: Augusta National

Apparently the president thinks that the CEO's position at IBM comes with an entitlement to membership at Augusta National. Therefore, now that IBM has a woman CEO, they have to admit her.   Guess again.

The president has absolutely no business interjecting his opinion into this situation whatsoever. Yet once again he speaks out of place and the MSM will let him get away with it.
Obama intervenes in Augusta golf dispute

 
The White House’s spokesman said Thursday that the president believes that a golf club in Augusta, Ga., 551 miles from the White House, should change its membership rules and admit women as members.
The golf club in question is the Augusta National Golf Club, which is hosting the high-profile Masters tournament this week.
“It is obviously up to the club to decide, but his personal opinion is that women should be admitted to the club,” Obama’s spokesman, Jay Carney, said in response to a question from a reporter.
The private club does not invite women to be members. Feminist groups are pressuring the club, and its corporate sponsors, to change its long-standing rule.
However, Obama is trying to bolster support with feminist groups, partly because he’s trying to maximize favorable turnout among women in the November election.
Obama “believes Augusta should admit women. We’re kinda long past the time when women should be excluded from anything,” Carney said.
The new announcement reflects Obama’s view that the administration should play a larger role in the nation’s economy and civil society.
This week, the president twice urged the nine judges on the Supreme Court to act responsibly by approving his 2010 health care reform law.

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