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Obama plays golf after workout
He also recorded a Christmas message
By B.J. Reyes and
the Associated Press
POSTED: 09:55 a.m. HST, Dec 24, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama was back on the links this afternoon.
He' played a round at the Mid-Pacific Country Club with Chicago friends Marty Nesbitt and Eric Whitaker. Aide Eugene Kang also joined them. They arrived at the private golf course at about noon and Obama took practice swings on the driving range dressed in a black polo shirt, khaki Bermuda shorts and a beige cap.
Obama started off Christmas Eve the same way he has every day of his Hawaii vacation - with a workout at Semper Fit Center gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.
Obama’s motorcade left his Kailua rental home at 7:39 a.m. and arrived at the gym nine minutes later.
The pool was not allowed inside as Obama worked out for about an hour. Michelle Obama was with him, as she has been all week.
Afterward, he greeted and shook hands with a throng of about 60 people that had gathered in the parking lot of the fitness center. Each day this week Obama has acknowledged the crowd that gathers daily outside the gym while he works out.
“Hey, man, how’s it going,” he asked one person before wishing everyone, “Mele Kalikimaka!”
He then turned to some children and asked, “You guys got your Christmas lists all together?”
Obama met with the crowd for about three minutes before jumping in his sport-utility vehicle.
In a recorded message, Obama offered appreciation to the U.S. military on Christmas Eve and asked children of uniformed troops if they had their wish lists ready.
Aides released the recorded message of appreciation to the military “serving their second, third or even fourth tour of duty.”
“This holiday season, their families celebrate with a joy that is muted knowing that a loved one is absent, and sometimes in danger,” Obama said in the message, set to air Saturday morning. “In towns and cities across America, there is an empty seat at the dinner table; in distant bases and on ships at sea, our servicemen and women can only wonder at the look on their child’s face as they open a gift back home.”
Obama asked the country to look to George Washington’s improbable crossing on the Delaware River on Christmas Day as inspiration to get through current tough times. The president-elect said in a holiday message that Washington and his army “faced impossible odds” as they fought against the British on Dec. 25, 1776, the day they surprised Hessian forces and won victories that gave new momentum and hope to American independence.
Obama used that story to say that “hope endures and that a new birth of peace is always possible” — even as many Americans are serving overseas and others have lost their jobs while the economy sinks deeper into the doldrums.
“These are also tough times for many Americans struggling in our sluggish economy,” Obama said. “As we count the higher blessings of faith and family, we know that millions of Americans don’t have a job. Many more are struggling to pay the bills or stay in their homes. From students to seniors, the future seems uncertain.”
President-elect Barack Obama was back on the links this afternoon.
He' played a round at the Mid-Pacific Country Club with Chicago friends Marty Nesbitt and Eric Whitaker. Aide Eugene Kang also joined them. They arrived at the private golf course at about noon and Obama took practice swings on the driving range dressed in a black polo shirt, khaki Bermuda shorts and a beige cap.
Obama started off Christmas Eve the same way he has every day of his Hawaii vacation - with a workout at Semper Fit Center gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay.
Obama’s motorcade left his Kailua rental home at 7:39 a.m. and arrived at the gym nine minutes later.
The pool was not allowed inside as Obama worked out for about an hour. Michelle Obama was with him, as she has been all week.
Afterward, he greeted and shook hands with a throng of about 60 people that had gathered in the parking lot of the fitness center. Each day this week Obama has acknowledged the crowd that gathers daily outside the gym while he works out.
“Hey, man, how’s it going,” he asked one person before wishing everyone, “Mele Kalikimaka!”
He then turned to some children and asked, “You guys got your Christmas lists all together?”
Obama met with the crowd for about three minutes before jumping in his sport-utility vehicle.
In a recorded message, Obama offered appreciation to the U.S. military on Christmas Eve and asked children of uniformed troops if they had their wish lists ready.
Aides released the recorded message of appreciation to the military “serving their second, third or even fourth tour of duty.”
“This holiday season, their families celebrate with a joy that is muted knowing that a loved one is absent, and sometimes in danger,” Obama said in the message, set to air Saturday morning. “In towns and cities across America, there is an empty seat at the dinner table; in distant bases and on ships at sea, our servicemen and women can only wonder at the look on their child’s face as they open a gift back home.”
Obama asked the country to look to George Washington’s improbable crossing on the Delaware River on Christmas Day as inspiration to get through current tough times. The president-elect said in a holiday message that Washington and his army “faced impossible odds” as they fought against the British on Dec. 25, 1776, the day they surprised Hessian forces and won victories that gave new momentum and hope to American independence.
Obama used that story to say that “hope endures and that a new birth of peace is always possible” — even as many Americans are serving overseas and others have lost their jobs while the economy sinks deeper into the doldrums.
“These are also tough times for many Americans struggling in our sluggish economy,” Obama said. “As we count the higher blessings of faith and family, we know that millions of Americans don’t have a job. Many more are struggling to pay the bills or stay in their homes. From students to seniors, the future seems uncertain.”
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