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THE HILL — The White House is bristling at suggestions President Obama is disconnected, checked out or out of touch.
White House allies maintain that the storyline of a checked-out president is a myth drummed up by the media during the summer doldrums.
“It’s bull—t,” said one former senior administration official. “This is a guy who reads 10 letters a day simply to keep in touch with the American people. He spends all his time thinking about the economy and improving lives of the American people. He’s constantly in touch.”
Obama has been criticized as out of touch by critics and supporters, with the subject discussed at length by the media.
The criticism has been underlined by Obama’s decision to repeatedly golf over his two-week vacation, including minutes after giving a statement to the media about the execution of journalist James Foley.
Some Democrats say the issue goes much farther than Obama’s love of the links, however.
Read more at The Hill.
