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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums(Posted without comment) Tiger Woods on Traitor don "We all must respect the office"
"When pressed about some people being threatened by Trump "and his policy,'' as well as Woods' seemingly friendly relationship with the president, Woods said:"
"Well, he's the president of the United States. You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office.''
"Asked if he had any more to say about the state and discourse of race relations, Woods said: "No. I just finished 72 holes and am really hungry.''
http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/24485892/tiger-woods-president-trump-all-respect-office
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Eyeroll.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)jpljr77
(1,004 posts)himself on this, and his actions match perfectly across administrations.
He's playing golf with the officeholder, not the man.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)If Tiger only knew.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,989 posts)I should try harder with the seriesonly watched a couple.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)brucefan
(1,549 posts)That Tiger Woods.
SallyHemmings
(1,822 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 27, 2018, 11:30 AM - Edit history (1)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2018/03/28/tiger-woods-net-worth-2018-masters/23397803/&ved=2ahUKEwid26T7tY3dAhUELXwKHd8lD_sQFjASegQIDBAS&usg=AOvVaw3MmiwDsc2zJQSpWHthJLQJBut despite this, Woods was worth an estimated $740 million in 2016 and is one of the highest-paid athletes of all time.Aug 15, 2018,
Tiger woods is telling us what we must respect? .He doesn't speak for me! ...How perfectly ironic, birds of a feather flock together and all that ..this guy who cheated on his wife wth over how many women in his short term marriage? He s defending the odious traitor, sexual predator, pervert really--of course he [woods] would. If this is what wealth buys you, a pic with a white supremacist, golfing with a corrupt criminal, abductor of 3000 refugee children then I'd rather be poor. Frankly, I don't care one way or another what he thinks, does..do you?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And Woods can shove his 72 holes in another hole.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)to mix politics or other touchy subjects with his sport... I don't know what that reporter was expecting him to say, or why he'd deviate from the official canned answer at this point in his life....
SHRED
(28,136 posts)So there's that.
Does he really think this is about personality or politics? I didn't think my opinion of Tiger Woods could get much lower, but I was wrong.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Before, I also felt honoring our democracy required a certain amount of restraint and dignity in criticizing its current holder.
Trump is different. Respecting this presidency that should never have happened would dishonor the office, our nation, and ourselves in much the same way applying that principle to a cockroach who was elevated to the oval office would.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Which is why it's so abhorrent to me that that family is anywhere near it.
phylny
(8,380 posts)When I find out he screwed something up, I cheer.
Can't stand him.
monmouth4
(9,708 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)How can you respect someone with no self respect, president or not?
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)And you could see he was winded and out of breath like those NBA and NHL players are after a game.
Entitled Fuckwad.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)18 each on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday!
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)Strenuous golf than Tiger!!
Gotta rest him or his heart will give out.
Justrecall that one of his girlfriends said she felt like a rag doll after one of their sessions together.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Im sure he admires Donnies porn star game.
ScratchCat
(1,990 posts)Does not want to publicly be involved in politics or social issues. Most people respect this about him and don't go there.
unblock
(52,253 posts)if he declined to hang out with politicians and completely avoided the topic of politics, ok, maybe.
but hanging out with donnie; and, when asked about it, to say we have to support the office even if we disagree with its current occupant, that's not avoiding politics at all.
and refusing to comment on race relations is an abdication of social responsibility. in fact, he's practicing his own brand of politics -- avoiding offending his pal donnie.
absolutely nothing to respect about that.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)malaise
(269,056 posts)-an empty head with no convictions.
brush
(53,791 posts)during his scandals.
malaise
(269,056 posts)Sadly he never learned - always thought he was above the fray. Great game, lousy human being.
bdamomma
(63,875 posts)not a illegitimate president not me no way.
Johonny
(20,851 posts)where they kill you if you don't respect the office.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)matt819
(10,749 posts)Did you hear about the flag at the WH no longer at half staff?
You wanna talk about respect?
You hypocrite.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)I am not going to criticize Tiger Woods for saying we should respect the office of the Presidency. I actually agree with him on that point. However, I do wish he had no said he did not want to say anything more because he was hungry. I would have preferred it if he said he did not feel he was qualified, or in the right position to talk about such issues.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Respect for the office of the Presidency doesn't pay my bills, it doesn't ensure my nephew with a rare disease gets the care he needs, it doesn't protect the GLBTQ-Americans, Muslim-Americans, and immigrant-Americans that I love and are part of my family, it doesn't do anything for me, and I'm sure it doesn't do anything for you either.
A person can gain and lose our respect, so there is no reason why some abstract office that is held by one man, with symbolic meanings attached to it, with others in supporting roles, and others who vet it should be exempted from being able to lose our respect. And right now it's at a big negative, not just with me, but with a growing segment of America... and we shouldn't be afraid to say it.
America is more than the office of POTUS. Much more. It's time we focus on that.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)Trust the President
Leave Britney Alone
ck4829
(35,077 posts)ploppy
(2,162 posts)Tiger Woods refusing to visit the White House after he won the Masters. He said something snotty like - why would Clinton want to meet him now that he won and not before.
AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Can't we just watch sports with out politics being a topic on the greens, courts, fields, pitches....let our players play...they aren't political science majors.. they are adults that play a game for a living.