Things in an article from another source that are quoted.
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A massive volcanic plume covering most of Europe forced President Obama to cancel a Sunday trip to Poland to attend the funeral of the nation’s president. But the last-minute change left an opening in his schedule, so the president headed to the links for a round of golf instead.
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After canceling the Poland trip on Saturday, the White House announced that Mr. Obama had no public schedule for Sunday. He was to have arrived in Krakow in the morning, attend the 2 p.m. funeral and leave for home by 5 p.m., arriving back at the White House
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Mr. Obama has not gone to the Polish Embassy in Washington since the accident, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. both have. There, they signed a condolence book.
Isn't the Vice President's job to fill in where the President does not?. Also notice how they are saying Mr. Obama and Adressing the Vice President and The Secratary of State correctly.
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Mr. Obama was not the only world leader to miss the funeral because of the expanding volcanic ash cloud. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also canceled.
France is closer to Poland than the United States is, no one's griping about him missing the funeral.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, however, flew by plane from Moscow for the funeral.
Other foreign leaders used different modes of transportation to get there. Slovenian President Danilo Turk decided to drive the 500 miles to Krakow. Romanian President Traian Basescu traveled to northwestern Romania by helicopter and then continue by car through Hungary and Slovakia.
Highly unlikely that the United States President and everyone else that goes with him would have been able to logistically work the trip out. You have to look at how many days that would have taken if it could have been done at all. Flying to an airport that would be open and accomodate Air Force one and all the people with it would have been a nightmare to drvie 500 miles. It would have taken the secret service to secure the entire route. Chauffering the POTUS around is not like a funeral procession where all they have to do is secure the intersections. Every building needs to be checked out along the way. Every security detail needs to be completed beforehand. Logistically impossible.
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Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip made the 18-hour drive to the funeral, while Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus made the trip by car and train. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko left Kiev with his wife at 7 a.m. Saturday for the long road trip.
Imagine any POTUS being driven for 18 hours in a motorcade?.
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Mr. Obama has played golf far more often than former President George W. Bush. In his eight years in office, Mr. Bush played just 24 times. His last time as president was Oct. 13, 2003.
He said in 2008 that he gave up golf "in solidarity" with the families of soldiers who were dying in Iraq.
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," Mr. Bush said in a White House interview Saturday with the Politico. "I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."
He stopped playing after he received word of a deadly attack in Iraq while playing golf during a stay at the family ranch near Crawford, Texas.
Something the originator failed to mention in his post about Obama playing more rounds of golf than Bush. LD have you ever thought about running for office?. Leaving information out is how political campaigns are run when talking about the oppositions record or what was said in a statement.
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"They pulled me off the golf course, and I said it's just not worth it anymore to do," Mr. Bush said in the interview.
So it does not seem like it was actually Bush's idea to give up golf but some adviser.
Source of above quotes: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...o-golf-course/