Tea Party Congressman Introduces A Hilarious Amendment To Stop Obama From Golfing

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http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-golf-amendment-white-house-tour-canceled-end-louie-gohmert-2013-3

Tea Party Congressman Introduces A Hilarious Amendment To Stop Obama From Golfing
Brett LoGiurato | Mar. 5, 2013, 5:19 PM | 6,878 | 35


Conservative Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) introduced legislation that would, in effect, prevent President Barack Obama from playing golf unless the White House reinstates public tours.

The amendment, part of the House's stopgap measure to fund the government, comes in response to the White House's decision Saturday to cancel public tours as a result of the sequester — a move that has caused backlash from Republican lawmakers.

"Canceling all self-guided White House tours is the latest shameless political stunt by the president, who is twisting basic government efficiency into an extreme consequence," Republican Rep. Tom Graves said in a statement.

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"None of the funds made available by a division of this Act may be used to transport the President to or from a golf course until public tours of the White House resume," Gohmert's amendment reads.

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Louis Gomert - one more thing to explain away when people find out I live in Texas.

[JHB]

1. ..."Now watch this drive!"

[truebluegreen]

2. Stunning stupidity even when you consider the source. nt

[Angry Dragon]

3. No more federal money to be used to transport any Congressperson out of the DC area

until they pass a bill to fund this country

[marble falls]

4. I like it, and let's also furlough their paychecks and benefits.

[Blanks]

5. He must not have been around when Bush Sr was in office...

He consistently commented on the first gulf war from the golf course.

Seemed like he was on the news every night with a golf club talking at Saddam.

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6. W commented all the time from golf courses!!!!!!!

[Blanks]

9. I didn't know that.

I couldn't watch the news when he was in office. I don't watch the news much now, but Dubya; I couldn't stand to see his stupid ass on the TV.

[sofa king]

14. One of the lesser evils of the Bush era.

The weasel even pretended to give up golfing while the troops were fighting. In fact, he merely made his golfing a state secret, like everything else he did.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/16/bush-lied-about-giving-up_n_102138.html

Every minute of that man's Presidency was an insincere farce. It would have been funny were it not for the fact that virtually all of the suffering you and I experience today was created, compounded, or nourished by those rascals.

And they will be back, too. They never go away.

[Kablooie]

7. And of course it must pass the House, pass the Senate and be signed by Obama to become law.

Did politics always have this many utterly clueless, stupid people in it before?

The mind staggers to think that these people run our country.

[Sunlei]

8. To downsize the Gov this politicans office should be cut, he won't be missed.

His district has nothing productive for him to do.

[TxDemChem]

10. He and Perry embarrass the hell out of me

For 3 reasons: 1) bullshit bills being introduced that are nothing but a waste of time 2) pretending Texas can take care of its under- and uninsured and 3) what was three? Let's see.....it was.....uh.... Oops!

[DebJ]

11. There is no need to be embarrassed by the actions of members of other species.

Hubby and I were in Paris in August 2003, just after we invaded Iraq. Some people sitting near us
at breakfast in the hotel began speaking with us; I forget which African nation they were from.
Suddenly, the gentleman asks, "What do you think about your President?" I sort of exploded
when I said, "He's not MY president. I didn't vote for him, and I worked against him."
Smiles all around.
Nuff was said, all pleased.

[TxDemChem]

12. It's do nice that people from other countries

Can understand our feelings, but many people here in the US are completely clueless

[Cosmocat]

13. My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Jamaica right after

dipshit got elected in 2001.

Every stinking time we had dinner with folks from other countries, they all were like, we love America, but seriously, wtf where you thinking?

[blindhog]

17. You made a big mistake. Why are you proud of it?

He was your President! And you are a American Representative Abroad! Kind of puts you behind the 8 ball.

You could have said:

1. President Bush has made a terrible move and lots of people are going to die. This is madness.

2. You ain't seen nothing yet.

[DebJ]

18. Troll it put me in the good graces of intelligent people everywhere.

[jmowreader]

15. Obama makes $400,000. I think he can afford a tank of gas every now and then.

If I was Obama I'd sign the damn thing and attach a signing statement that did all these things:

1. Formed a new branch of the Department of Defense called Congress.
2. Inducted all members of Congress into it.
3. Used my authority as Commander in Chief of the Military to restrict all members of Congress to their places of residence in the DC area, anywhere within 1000 feet of the Capitol Building, the places of business they normally frequent and the most direct routes between those places, and placed all airports, seaports, bus stations, train depots and any other form of public transportation known or unknown off limits to any member of Congress until a bill which ends the sequester without putting the whole burden on the backs of the 98 percent has passed both Houses of Congress and been placed on the president's desk, at which time the Congress branch of the Defense Department will be dissolved.

Yeah, it's unconstitutional as hell but then again so is all the fiscal bullshit the teabaggers have pulled. Remember, "the validity of the public debt of the United States shall not be questioned."

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16. So two wrongs do make a right?

[NYC Liberal]

19. The "public tours" aren't even like they were pre-9/11.

Now you have to go through your Congresscritter months in advance and submit to a background check.

[MatthewStLouis]

20. Oh the POUTRAGE! /nt

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21. I wonder if both sides knew what a minor inconveniance the Sequester was going to be. The only ones

hurt it are the furloughed and there's no doubt they got the very worst of it. Not being to go to a post Sept 11 mini tour that was franked by a Congressman or not being able to pay rent - after all which is the worst scenario?

Is sequester going to increment its way up the longer it goes on?

[jinx1]

22. Instead of a jobs bill

This crap and naming post offices, that they hope to close, is all that gets done in the House. There is that passing a really bad budget (made even worse) again. Mark my words, the house Republicans will not pass a single bill with their majority that becomes law in the 113th Congress because they will not compromise.