Apparently, Iran’s mullahs aren’t the only ones swindling Barack Obama.
Admittedly, the guy declares victory after allowing Iran to police its own nuke program isn’t the toughest mark you could choose, but it doesn’t make this story any less awesome.
A piece on Bleacher Report cited a Politico item saying that Obama played golf with retired Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter in in Nevada last November, and believing Jeter to be a novice on the links, proceeded to lose his shirt to him. Apparently, “according to Politico's Edward-Isaac Dovere … it's clear the leader of the free world is still a little bitter about what happened that day, as he believes he was hustled.”
That the guy who calls his opponents “crazies” Obama would be bitter isn’t surprising. That the Smartest Man Ever to be President ™ would admit to being swindled is a bit harder to swallow.
Anyway,
“[Las Vegas Sun owner Brian Greenspun] and Derek Jeter stole money from me at Shadow Creek,” Obama said of Greenspun, referring to the course in North Las Vegas. “It was clearly a setup, because when we got to the practice range, he was shanking balls everywhere. I said, ‘You play golf Derek?’ And he said, ‘I just started two weeks ago.’”
They gave Jeter 30 strokes, Obama said, but he realized that was a mistake as soon as they were on the first hole. Jeter crushed him, he said
“We had to take a picture of me handing Derek Jeter money at the end of the game. Despite that, Brian is a great friend.”
“I just started two weeks ago.” It’s the new “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor!”
It should come as no surprise that the same President who once called ISIS “the JV” was soundly beaten by an opponent that he underestimated. What is somewhat surprising, is that a President who has logged more than 1,100 hours on the links during his presidency would be soundly stomped by someone who was playing and/or preparing for MLB eight months out of the year, as recently as a year ago, 30-stroke advantage or not.
Oh well, the search for what Barack Obama does well goes on ... In the meantime, congratulations to Derek Jeter for figuring out how to make money in the Obama economy.
