'Part of this job is the theater of it... it doesn't come naturally to me': Obama admits

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[h=2]'Part of this job is the theater of it... it doesn't come naturally to me': Obama admits playing round of golf right after beheading of James Foley didn't look good
The president said after returning to Washington that the theatrics of his job doesn't always come naturally to him and that he should have anticipated hitting the links wouldn't look good. He said he was 'heartbroken' about Foley's death and blamed the contrasting images partially on how the press follows him everywhere.


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US President Barack Obama admitted he should have expected to be criticized for hitting the links on the same day that he addressed the beheading of American journalist James Foley and spoke with his family.

'Part of this job is also the theater of it,' he told NBC News' Chuck Todd. 'Well, it's not something that always comes naturally to me. But it matters. And I'm mindful of that.'
He added: 'I should have anticipated the optics' of playing golf.

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President Barack Obama acknowledged he should have antipicated that it would look bad to go for a round of golf on the same day he addressed the killing of James Foley

Obama, who was on vacation at the time of Foley's murder, was heavily criticized for heading to the golf course at Martha's Vineyard where he was vacationing on August 21.

He said he was 'heartbroken' over Foley's death and that it was hard for him to hold back tears while speaking with his family.

Obama blamed the contrasting images partially on how the press follows him everywhere, even while he is 'supposed to be on vacation'.
He said there's always potential for bad news to occur, and sometimes it'll happen while the president is on holiday.

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President Barack Obama is seen here golfing while on vacation at Martha's Vineyard, shortly after speaking to Foley's family about his death

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The beheading of captured American journalist James Foley by a British ISIS terrorist known as "Jihadi John," in a still from propaganda video footage posted on Youtube.



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The president also said during the interview that he would address the nation on the threat posed by ISIS militants on September 10, a day before the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

'What I'm going to be asking the American people to understand is, number one, this is a serious threat,' Obama said about the speech, which is not expected to be a prime time address.
'The strategy both for Iraq and for Syria is that we will hunt down [ISIS] members and assets wherever they are. I will reserve the right to always protect the American people and go after folks who are trying to hurt us wherever they are.'
He said he would not definitely not advocate for the deployment of US ground troops to deal with the threat, saying it would be a 'profound mistake'.
The Ebola outbreak was another subject discussed during the interview, with Obama calling it a 'national security priority'.

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The US has a responsibility to give countries without sufficient public health infrastructure the resources they need to contain the virus, he said.

Obama also warned the virus could mutate if not controlled and could become dramatically more threatening for the world and even for the US.

'If we don't make that effort now, and this spreads not just through Africa but other parts of the world, there's the prospect then that the virus mutates,' he said. 'It becomes more easily transmittable. And then it could be a serious danger to the United States.'
Obama said it was essential the US keep spending money on public health aid in developing countries and chastising those who have opposed it.

'I have no higher priority than keeping the American people safe. I think I've done a very good job during the course of these last -- close to six years doing so,' he said in defending his policies overall.

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[h=2]'Too busy on the golf course to pick up the phone' Mitt Romney slams President Obama over inability to combat ISIS and says he would have been a better president[/h] Mitt Romney had some harsh words for President Obama earlier today, criticizing him over what he believes to be the lack of a coherent strategy to combat the terrorist group ISIS.









[h=1]‘Too busy on the golf course to pick up the phone’ - Mitt Romney slams President Obama over inability to combat ISIS, says he would have been a better president[/h]

• Mitt Romney appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the President's lack of response to ISIS
• Romney faults President Obama for not having a coherent strategy for dealing with the terrorist group
• A new poll found that could Americans go back to 2012 knowing what they know now, 53 percent would have voted for Romney

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Mitt Romney had some harsh words for President Obama earlier today, criticizing him over what he believes to be the lack of a coherent strategy to combat the terrorist group ISIS.
The former presidential candidate appeared on Fox News Sunday, where he said President Obama was, 'too busy on the golf course to pick up the phone and meet with the leaders around the world and to say what happens if.'
Romney was referring to the President's decision to hit the links just hours after he addressed the nation regarding the beheading of American journalist James Foley by members of ISIS.

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Running again?: A new poll that asked how Americans would have voted in 2012 knowing what they know now found that Mitt Romney had an edge over President Obama


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Moderator Chris Wallace then presented the former Massachusetts governor with the results of a July Gallup poll asking Americans how they would have voted in 2012 knowing what they know now, and pointed out that Romney had an edge on Obama of 53 percent to 44 percent.

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'I think they have some buyer’s remorse about President Obama,' said Romney.
'I'm not sure how they feel about me but that’s kind of irrelevant. The real question is how’s this president doing. And frankly they recognize the president has not been engaged.'
Getting back to the President's response to ISIS, Romney said, 'You know, the Pentagon was going through what if scenarios. But the president apparently wasn't. Hasn’t developed a strategy.'
He then added, 'I don't know whether you can’t see reality from a fairway, but the president has not seen the reality internationally.'

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Slammed: Romney attacked the President, seen here golfing earlier this year on vacation in Martha's Vineyard, for hitting the links hours after addressing the beheading of James Foley by ISIS

And it wasn't just the President's foreign policy that Romney attacked, also citing growing unemployment numbers as one of Obama's many domestic policies that aren't working in his opinion.
'We’ve got what, 92 million people that have stopped looking for work that are out of work in this country? It’s unacceptable,' he said.
'The American people are struggling, having a hard time. This president’s policies both at home and abroad are hurting people and people are responding in the way they review him.'
Despite his feelings however, Romney said he has no plans to run in 2016.
'I'm not running and not planning on running.'

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[T0mmyJ0hnZipper]

Thanks for taking the time to post. Now can you do a thread regarding this administration running guns to Isis through Benghazi?

Did you do one on the IRS and the multi levels of corruption, discrimination, and blatant bold face lies?

Perhaps you can do one on the most recent hacking of the 800 million dollar obamacare website?

Did you do a thread about obama's borders and how they are wide open allowing Ebola Isis Northern Africans to come here and literally wipe out millions of Americans and illegal aliens who reside here?

Can you do one on how Obama got 100% of votes in districts in Ohio and Philly? Can you do one with a follow up on how the liberal cheats will manipulate the system with its illegal aliens in states without Voter ID to ensure the senate does not turn red.

This will be priceless since obama will surely be impeached if fair elections are held. Voter ID Laws should be mandatory everywhere. The left is only in power because they lie, cheat, and steal.

I could go on and on with turds like Eric Holder, Valerie Jarrett, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Bloomturd, Barbara Boxer, Sheila Jackson, Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton etc-The amount of evil just from these dozen or so libtards has/is enough to set America back centuries.

Good day sir