While scanning the web (unsuccessfully) for contemporary news accounts of President Bush hitting the links during the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, I stumbled upon a 2005 thread from left-wing fever swamp central: Democratic Underground. The anti-Bush DU posters were desperately seeking news accounts or photos indicating that President Bush may have played a round of golf while the gulf region was in turmoil. They clearly smelled blood, sensing such evidence could be the Left’s silver bullet to “prove” just how uncaring, detached, and probably racist Bush’s attitude toward the disaster was.

Alas, the nutroots were sorely disappointed. All they could muster, despite “advanced Google news searches,” were a few unsubstantiated accounts from other Lefty online sources. “I have been looking for this evidence for days,” griped one poster. Another lamented the golf “story” seemed to have died, even though it was surely “based on something.” The group finally concluded that it didn’t really matter whether Bush had actually been golfing. They decided that although he probably had done so (he attended an event at a golf resort, after all!) even more damning were confirmed reports that the president “played guitar and ate cake.”

Today, as oil continues to belch into the gulf coast, devastating American communities and ravaging the environment — and as the federal bureaucracy is scandalously under-performing in its response – I’m tempted to start a fresh thread at DU featuring some of the following images, videos, and hyperlinks:

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Obama hits golf course with Biden on another hot, humid weekend

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UPDATE: There’s still no word on whether President Obama has consumed any cake, but I’m willing to start a rumor…