I found this article to be interesting but humerous because gun rights seems to be a very important topic especially after Newtown. President Obama was quoted saying “Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time.”. An investigation was done trying to see if this could be proved true, but not all evidence was lining up. This can also tie back to the media being a watchdog because something that people would not take as something important was blown up more than it needs to be.
As seen under "The Pinocchio Test" heading, the article says "The evidence suggests that until Obama had access to a shooting range as president, he never went skeet shooting. He certainly did not speak like a politician who had once used a firearm." I agree with this statement but does it really matter to me if President Obama has gone skeet shooting once or multiple times? No.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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ReplyDeleteNotice he said "we do skeet shooting all the time," not "I go skeet shooting all the time..." He's a lawyer! Very careful about what he says. He could plausibly say, "I meant my house guests, staff, etc. go skeet shooting all the time." I doubt he ever shoots skeet. Just my suspicion. Doesn't seem like he'd be into it.
ReplyDeleteSo skeet shooting seems like something people would do when they are camping, so it makes sense that they would go skeet shooting while at Camp David since it is in the woods. It doesn't seem like that big of the deal that they are doing it.
ReplyDeleteI don;t see why it matters whether or not Obama has gone skeet shooting. I am willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt in this case, but it doesn't matter to me. I would rather spend the effort caring about what he does with gun rights and or restrictions. I don;t think that whether or not our president has ever gone skeet shooting should be something the public obsesses over.
ReplyDeleteI feel like the Media has a lot more important things it could be a watchdog about, though I agree Obama was "lawyering" to make it up.
ReplyDeleteI understand why this is being brought up, but I don't think it ultimately should affect the decision about gun laws. I do think Mr. Danson's comment about the word choice is interesting, as politicians do tend to get in trouble for the things they say. Certainly the signs of a former lawyer!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it would increase Obama's "credibility" on gun laws would be increased if he had gone skeet shooting at Camp David because it still does not make him an avid gun user that other people who support gun rights could sympathize with.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand why people are making such a great deal about the president's hobbies in relationship to potential legislation. I am of the opinion that what the president does in his free time shouldn't really matter to the american people as much as it seems too. I can't see how whether or not Obama went skeet shooting would matter to the government in any critical way.
ReplyDeleteI feel like this issue isn't worth this great controversy. I would see where it would have some to do with the gun control issue right now but personally I dont believe shooting a gun doesn't qualify you any more or less to make gun control legislation
ReplyDeleteWhether or not Obama goes skeet shooting is not worth the publicity and argument that it has received. I understand that it is "relevant" due to the current gun control issue but whether or not he has fired a gun will not carry much weight in deciding what/if legislation will be passed.
ReplyDeleteThe February 2nd update shared a photo of the president skeet shooting in August of 2012. If this debate was over an issue of trust or the veracity of President Obama's remark, it can be determined from the picture that the president DID go shooting and was telling the truth.
DeleteThere are so many bigger issues going on in the world, why is this being made into a huge deal? It shouldn't matter whether or not out president goes skeet shooting or has shot a gun in his life when he is looking to make gun laws tighter.
ReplyDeleteThis has certainly been blown up into a comment that does not need such publicity, and as Ian mentioned, this is a fantastic example of media's role as watchdog. White House spokesman Jay Carney makes a good point when he said, "When he [Obama] goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs." I enjoyed seeing the comical pictures of Obama and Biden, which shows that the White House thinks of all this investigating is unnecessary as well.
ReplyDeleteWhether Obama went skeet shooting or not, it doesn't really affect my viewpoint on him as the President. I absolutely agree that this is an awesome example of the media playing the "watchdog" role.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam. Whether Obama goes skeet shooting or not does not affect my views of the President, nor do I think that it is a characteristic of the president that anyone else will see as view-changing.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that Obama's skeet shooting activities were called into question seems ridiculous. This is not a big deal. If he does go skeet shooting then by all means, let the man go skeet shooting and if he does not go skeet shooting then who cares. This is not something that should change anyone's opinion of him as a president. His hobbies, unless dangerous to our country, should not matter to the public or even be publicized so openly.
ReplyDeleteWhy would it be such a big deal if Obama was skeet shooting? It's not harmful to anyone or anything. No ones view on the president should change from a statement like this, so whether or not he actually does is really irrelevant.
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