Oh, please, please, please be true.
When President Obama was asked if he would play a round of golf with his talk-radio nemesis Rush Limbaugh, the response, relayed by a top Democrat, was: "Limbaugh can play with himself."
Zev Chafets, author of the new book, "Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One," claims he tried to organize a round of golf between Limbaugh and the president. While Limbaugh was apparently willing, the White House was not as receptive. Chafets won't say who made the statement, or even whether it came directly from the president -- even though that's exactly what he implies in his book, apparently -- but who cares? It beats the heck out of this kind of ass-kissing from the former president presidents, doesn't it?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'm just calling along with President 41 and the former governor of Florida. We're fixing to have lunch here, and I said, "Listen, we ought to call our pal and let him know that we care," for you. So this is as much as anything, a nice verbal letter to a guy we really care for.
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BUSH 41: I've got some advice for you.
RUSH: Tell me.
BUSH 41: Slow down your backswing.
RUSH: (laughing)
BUSH 41: (laughing) That's what I'm doing is giving advice. I remember playing with you and enjoying it. How are you?
"I enjoy playing with you" versus "go play with yourself"?
Now that's change we can believe in.
