It is absolutely time to hit Boehner a a despicable politician-golfer $83K this year already

[Perky]

He needs to hit with a 2 x 4 for his tan and his golf habit.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/29881.html

By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer.

He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The golf events this year sponsored by Boehner’s Freedom Project political action committee have stretched from April until October, from Florida to Ohio. And the minority leader doesn’t hold his events at worn-out municipal courses. The most recent outing was a $20,921.34 event at the plush Robert Trent Jones track in Gainesville, Va., an invitation-only private club that was once also home to the Professional Golfers Association's President’s Cup.

The highest expenditure was a September event at the Jack Nicklaus-designed Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. The Freedom Project spent $29,501.20 for an event on the course, which hosts the annual PGA Memorial Tournament.

Another favorite of Boehner’s PAC seems to be the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, Fla., where the committee has spent more than $30,000 in April and May. The Tiburon Golf Course, a 36-hole course at the hotel, also hosts a professional tournament each year.

The FEC reports don’t list the attendees at these golf events, the cost per-person or any other details. Don Seymour, a spokesman for the PAC, said the expenditures are “related to events that have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the Freedom Project support Republican candidates for Congress.”

Whether it’s a golf outing fundraiser or a money event at a hotel ball room, Boehner is a prolific fundraiser. Seymour said the GOP leader has headlined more than 100 events for Republicans this year, and the PAC has contributed more than $320,000 to GOP candidates this cycle.

The United States Golf Association lists Boehner as maintaining a 7.9 handicap.

[Turbineguy]

1. If I had to introduce

Boner I would start out by telling a story about a trade route I was on between Fujairah, UAE and Karachi, Pakistan known as Fuj-Pak (Fudge-pack). That way mispronouncing his name would fit into the general discourse.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Golfing reduces his tanning bed expenses, thereby saving taxpayer dollars

He has already thought it through.

[mascarax]

9. Gee, when you put it *that* way...

good one! :-)

[Angry Dragon]

3. Limbaugh is a golfer

and now this piece of dung. I really have to rethink my interest in golfing.

A person is not suppose to have sex and now one has to watch out for who you might run into on the golf course.

[FBaggins]

4. I don't understand the issue here.

If I have a fundraiser and give my donors a piece of rubber chicken and a handshake for thei $1,000... how am I better than the guy who gives them a round of golf?

I've been invited to golf fundraisers for spina bifida, a public library, hospice, etc

[Perky]

5. This is not whhat he raised... it is what he spent on Golf

[FBaggins]

6. I understand that... but

we also don't know how many people that is and how much was raised.

An interesting related thread http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1638162

I think the concern is associated with a perception of golf as being exclusively for the rich.

[Perky]

7. The concern is not ove the sport////it is over the concern spent away from the Hill

[FBaggins]

8. ???

Have you see how few days the average congresscritter "works"? :)

If THAT were the standard then we should get rid of the lot of 'em!

Hey!... I'm not sure that's such a bad idea. :-)


Seriously. I don't think it's a big deal. I read recently that the President has already played more rounds of golf than shrub did in his first term (or first three years... or something). I wasn't in the least upset... I don't see why this should make me so.