Dancing late into the night http://t.co/OVZcJC2RCW #AGoodTimeWasHadByAll pic.twitter.com/Iz31JbRnUt
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) August 14, 2014◼ link - Judy Kurtz/The Hill
President Obama went straight from a press briefing to the putting greens on Thursday. Shortly after making remarks on the situation in northern Iraq and the escalating tensions in Ferguson, Mo., Obama headed to the Vineyard Golf Club, according to a White House press pool report.◼ POLICE CHIEF RIPS OBAMA 'DISCUSSING TACTICS FROM MARTHA'S VINEYARD NOT HELPFUL' - Mario Trujillo/The Hill
"I would contend that discussing police tactics from Martha's Vineyard is not helpful to ultimately calming the situation," director Jim Pasco said in an interview with The Hill.
"I think what he has to do as president and as a constitutional lawyer is remember that there is a process in the United States and the process is being followed, for good or for ill, by the police and by the county and by the city and by the prosecutors’ office," Pasco added.
Pasco harkened back to 2009, when Obama criticized a Massachusetts police officer for arresting Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, when he was attempting to break into his own home. Obama said the officer had “acted stupidly.”
"That is one where the president spoke precipitously without all the facts," Pasco said, adding that the current situation "is a much larger and more tragic incident."
◼ MO COPS GAS NEWS CREW...VIDEO - BoingBoing
◼ T E N S E - CBS St. Louis
More violence overnight in Ferguson...
Tear gas, smoke bombs vs. molotov cocktails...
◼ Police Chief: 'It's a Powder Keg' - Breitbart
New Black Panther Party Takes Over News Conference...
Congressman calls for martial law...
Troopers take control of security...
NAACP appeals to UN...
H◼ OLDER: Police Should 'Consider' Becoming Racially Diverse - Business Insider
◼ Holder Dispatches team that 'inflamed' Trayvon case - WND
◼ Protesters Lash Out at Obama, Sharpton 'You Haven't Changed Nothin. F*ck Y'all' - Gateway Pundit
.@BarackObama's "vacation from hell" http://t.co/PhteunLu1P | Photo: AP pic.twitter.com/FfGZHNp2N7
— POLITICO (@politico) August 15, 2014◼ Obama's 'vacation from hell' - Politico
It hasn’t been all bad. Obama got the chance to tout the administration’s success in helping Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority escape from Mount Sinjar, which had been surrounded by fighters from the Islamic State.
And he is managing to squeeze in quite a bit of leisure time. He’s dined out with close friends. He’s hung out on the beach with his family. He’s played three rounds of golf.
On Thursday, he went from the podium where he delivered the statement on Ferguson to the Vineyard Golf Club faster than a ball driven by a 3-wood.
Obama departed the Edgartown School at 1 p.m. Four minutes later, he had arrived at the course.
