Re: Golfing for Bush

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Quayle -- once the Congressional patron saint of golf -- must be
kicking himself. If _he_ can be president, why not me?

Allegedly, he once sponsored a special tax break for golf pros. These
days it would pass.

BTW, is Tiger Woods like these guys?

On 9/27/06, Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> http://ww1.theherald.co.uk/sport/70559-print.shtml
>
> Bruce Selcraig
>
> Playing the patriot game
>
> "In America, with several notable exceptions, most pros seem like
> friendly apolitical athletes who, if the conversation veers from golf,
> might talk about football or reality TV, but seem incurious about world
> affairs and, as Bush memorably once confessed, have little inclination
> to read books. In the US PGA Tour media guide by far the most popular
> "special interest" listed by players is fishing, followed by hunting.
> Rarely does any player mention current events, history, film or
> politics. The famously laid-back but college-educated Fred Couples, no
> doubt speaking for many on tour, once told me during the Bill Clinton
> years that he had never voted in his life."

--
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.