Soldiers Relocate Wedding to Accommodate Obama's Golf Game

[Purveyor]

Natalie Heimel and her fiancé, Edward Mallue Jr., a pair of captains in the Army, were walking from their wedding rehearsal on Saturday at the 16th tee box at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii when they were informed they'd have to move their wedding, scheduled for the next day.

President Barack Obama wanted to play through.

It was the second time that day that the couple heard from the nation's commander in chief, whose affinity for golf has, at times, caused political headaches for the White House. Stationed in Hawaii and knowing the president spends his Christmas holiday on the islands, they invited him to their ceremony on a lark. They had received a letter earlier on Saturday saying Obama regretted he couldn't come and wishing them happiness on their wedding day.

“He apologized and congratulated them.”
Jamie McCarthy

“It was kind of ironic they got the letter from them and then, within hours, they were told they had to be moved due to him,” Jamie McCarthy, Mallue's sister, said in an interview. “It was emotional, especially for her—she’s the bride and in less than 24 hours they had to change everything they had planned.”

The golf course, located on the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, is a regular stop for Obama when he's in the state, with the Ko’olau Mountains framing the front nine and majestic views of Pacific coastline spanning the back nine. It's also a favorite spot for Mallue, a golfing enthusiast.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2014-12-29/soldiers-relocate-wedding-to-accommodate-obamas-golf-game

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Mustn't inconvenience the King.

[FSogol]

6. Darrell Issa, is that you?

[LanternWaste]

11. Your biases aside, they're called Grooms, not Kings.

Your biases aside, they're called Grooms, not Kings. 21st Century is hard, in'nt?

[tenderfoot]

19. Prat

eom

[SomethingFishy]

2. ROFLMAO... another post I read said "Obama's golf game ruins wedding..."

The media needs to go. Right out the fucking window, never to be seen again.

[spanone]

3. they were warned this could happen going in...

Still, anyone planning an event at the course when the president may be in town is warned about the potential for last-minute shuffling, said Naile Brennan, manager of K Bay Catering, which was handling logistics for the wedding. Brennan said they had other sites ready to go, and the couple ended up choosing the lush, green lawn near the home of Colonel Eric Schaefer, the commanding officer of the base, which offers an elevated view near the 16th hole.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. Weddings are usually planned months in advance, sometimes a year or more so.

Knowing exactly 'when the President may be in town' is probably not going to happen until after plans have been made.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. "They had other sites ready to go" so this article is complete bull shit.

[Cha]

30. Aloha, spanone.. want to see a pic of the moment they got the call from the President?

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[uhnope]

4. is this from FOX News?

BENGHAZI!

[Cali_Democrat]

5. WEDDINGHAZI!!1!

[Cha]

31. Aloha Cali.. The pic of the moment they got the call from POTUS..

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[Cali_Democrat]

32. Awesome!

Thanks, Cha!

[Cha]

34. I'd be like that.. 'zactly what I imagined.. and there it is!

[JimDandy]

8. Perhaps he reserved the course in order to surprise them

by attending their wedding?

I can't believe his office would be so tone-deaf that they would delibeartely create heartache for someone who had invited them to their wedding at the very venue they intended to reserve for the president. If so, someone in his office made a big blunder and the President should make it right for this couple.

[Beaverhausen]

13. Read post #3. They planned ahead for this to happen

Dont feed the trolls

[JimDandy]

21. My point was the President himself

doesn't seem like the sort of man who would knowingly have choosen to do that. The wedding already took place, so I was wrong about a possible surprise showing at their wedding, but I still think he will do something nice for them instead.

ETA end of article says he didn't know and had personally called the couple to apologize and congratulate them. Nice and classy! They loved the call.

[elehhhhna]

9. they gotmarrid on the property and said it was a

Nicer location than the golf course.

Fuck off with this twisty mms trollshit. Thanks.

[Nye Bevan]

12. If I was the president, and I knew that my golf game would disrupt someone's wedding,

I would play my round of golf somewhere else. I'm sure there is a golf course somewhere in Hawaii where nobody is getting married.

[pinboy3niner]

16. If you were the president, the bridal couple would commit double suicide

[Cali_Democrat]

18. hahaha. nt

[LanternWaste]

17. I like to pretend I know what I'd do in any given situation too...

I like to pretend I know what I'd do in any given situation too despite lacking all relevant information-- it helps me feel more clever than I really am.

[hfojvt]

23. The President probably never hears about these things

For one, he probably never even saw the invitation to the wedding. Somebody else reads most of his mail, and also does his scheduling. When he decided to play golf, the golf course did not bother to tell him - "somebody else is using the 16th hole for their wedding." It was the BUSINESS which sort of automatically treated the President like a king, and the other people, even people paying thousands of dollars, like peons.

Heck, I work for a community center - a government building, owned, presumably by the public. if the Governor, or the local base commander, or even the City Council (twice a year they have an event for the new foreign military officers) is going to be using our facility I would work a 12 hour day rolling out the red carpet. Putting fresh wax on the entryway, making sure everything is as clean and neat as we can get it. Because, God forbid a general see some leaves on the sidewalk or something.

We have wedding receptions there almost every weekend, and while we try to make sure they have a great event, they do NOT get the same VIP treatment.

But it's pretty sad when a couple hears from the President "I can NOT come to the wedding" and then hears that he played golf instead.

Somewhere, Obama's staff should have gotten better instructions.

[monmouth4]

24. The Secret Service and the Military make these decisions, not the President...n/t

[ChazII]

29. Perhaps he could have delayed his game for an hour or so. n/t

[Initech]

14. Can't wait to hear the Fox pundits spin this one.

[Boomerproud]

22. I can't imagine what they'll say...

Maybe that the President had a really good golf game....

[Avalux]

25. I thought the same thing. They'll want to impeach Obama over it. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

15. Wherever this story winds up, the Klansmen/ODS crowd will pop up like Whack-A-Moles.

[seveneyes]

20. The Pecking Order

Order must be maintained
Without a strict and unforgiving chain of command
Chaos is inevitable

[dbackjon]

26. One thing I love about DU

I can come here to get the FULL story so I can shoot an arrow in right wing outrage.

[ChazII]

27. DU is the place

to get the information we need with stories like this one.

[helpmetohelpyou]

28. Do they close the entire golf course when he plays?

[Cha]

33. The picture of the moment they got the call from POTUS.. looking ever so distressed.. LOL

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[U4ikLefty]

35. The RW is having orgasmic outrage over this one.

God, they'll take anything & attack Obama.