President Obama likes Golf much more enthusiastically than former President Bush

Barack ObamaPresident of the United States has been swimming in golf 32 times since taking office as President of January 2009, which had already been criticized for love of golf on left wingGeorge W. BushIt seems that the number of times the former president golfed through his term was eight times.

Although President Obama is popular after his inauguration due to reform of the medical insurance system ignoring the public opinion and economic stimulus measures that is ineffective, one aspect of love of golf may also be the point of criticism.

Details are as below.Barack Obama plays eight times more golf than George W Bush - Telegraph

Obama skips Polish funeral, heads to golf course - Washington Times

On Saturday, April 17th, after Icelandic volcanic eruptionKrakowPresident Obama who was unable to fly to him died on the 10th of April due to the crash of the planeLech KaczynskiWe canceled the schedule to attend the funeral of President of Poland and on April 18th (Sunday) when the schedule was vacantAndrews Air Force BaseIt seems that he turned round 18 holes with three golf friends.

CBS Radio White House reporterMark KnollerAccording to Mr. Mr. President, since the inauguration of January 20, 2009, the president turned around the golf course this is the 32nd time.

It was not only President Obama that he was absent from President Kaczynski's funeral,President SarkozyOr GermanPrime Minister MerkelI also said that they canceled participation by receiving an eruption.

However, at the heads of other countries,President MedvedevHe entered Poland by air from Moscow, and in SloveniaPresident Danilo TurquHe moved about 800 km by car, in RomaniaPresident Trian BassesqueAfter moving to the northeastern part of Romania by helicopter, it passed through Hungary and Slovakia, entered Poland by car, in CzechPresident of Wattslaw KlausThere are cars and trains, Estonia'sAndrus Ansip Prime MinisterMany of the leaders who seemed to have entered Poland by air on ordinary government machines, such as traveling by car for 18 hours seem to have rushed to the funeral without spare time.

Also, following the crash of the plane crash that President Kachinzuki passed awaySecretary of State Hillary · ClintonWhenVice President Joseph BidenHe seems to have condoled the Polish embassy in Washington, DC, and is booking it in memorial but President Obama said that the embassy was not visiting as of April 18.

In Poland, the voice of criticizing President Obama who enjoyed playing golf without absence from the funeral increased and Warsaw Business Post magazine with the heading "Obama takes golf from the funeral of Kaczynski" and other criticisms have been reported .

Former President Bush seems to have traveled 24 golf courses throughout his term of office, but the last time I played golf during my term was October 13, 2003, when I was playing golf at a villa in Texas When I was informed about the massive attack I received in Iraq. I heard that he has never played until January 2009 until he finished his term.

In an interview in 2008, former President Bush said, "I do not want to show the supreme commander is playing golf to the mother who recently lost my son.Is that golfing during war is a misleading act I am thinking. "

Since President Obama took office, 397 people in Afghanistan and 151 American soldiers in Iraq have died.

Also in Japan in February 2001Ehime Maru IncidentI received the first report at the golf courseYoshiro MoriThe Prime Minister (then) continued to play golf until the third report was entered, and it has been criticized severely, but overseas also seems to have a common image of "Golf = emergency awareness is not conscious, irresponsibility".