Friday, June 17, 2011

Folks, it's Caddyshack, not the Yalta Conference

NEW RULE: The media must stop calling Saturday's round of golf between President Obama and House Speaker Boehner the "Golf Summit." Though it may come as a shock to some news outlets and sundry talking heads, this is not the Yalta Conference. Messrs Obama and Boehner won't be dividing up the post-election free world between them. Nor will they divine any breakthroughs on taxes or the debt ceiling. Mercifully, the pair will hit the links at a undisclosed location somewhere in Washington. (Unlike Weiner, they're PR pros: No pictures, no story.) For those making wagers, I'd put my money on Boehner. Our commander in chief ain't Tiger Woods. He allegedly has a handicap of 17. That's probably being kind given Obama's reported fondness for sand traps. The Speaker, on the other hand, has a handicap of 7.9. It's not hard to guess how this movie is going to end. But as Joe Peyronnin pointed out on the Huffington Post, the two men "are certain to have a good time on their round Saturday. This is the way Washington works." And that, he quipped, really is par for the course.

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