Comments on: Barack Obama on Online Gambling (Sorta) Not good job creation strategy, President says http://pokerati.com/2009/12/05/barack-obama-on-online-gambling-sorta-not-good-job-creation-strategy-president-says/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike S http://pokerati.com/2009/12/05/barack-obama-on-online-gambling-sorta-not-good-job-creation-strategy-president-says/comment-page-1/#comment-174636 Mike S Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:10:28 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14059#comment-174636 This is pretty meaningless for us IMO. It's all about context. When you pose the legalization of (online poker) along with prostitution, drugs, and crime, it's going to skew the response towards the obviously dismissive perspective that Obama exhibited here. If the legalization of online poker were posed along with legitimately similar activities to online poker, such as online securities trading, online bridge tournaments, and online shopping, the response would be different, I'm sure. If we were to try and draw any meaningful conclusion from this, it might be that Obama is more likely to support legalizing online poker than legalizing online casino games. It would have been interesting to see the response if the student said "poker" instead of "gambling". This is pretty meaningless for us IMO. It’s all about context. When you pose the legalization of (online poker) along with prostitution, drugs, and crime, it’s going to skew the response towards the obviously dismissive perspective that Obama exhibited here. If the legalization of online poker were posed along with legitimately similar activities to online poker, such as online securities trading, online bridge tournaments, and online shopping, the response would be different, I’m sure.

If we were to try and draw any meaningful conclusion from this, it might be that Obama is more likely to support legalizing online poker than legalizing online casino games. It would have been interesting to see the response if the student said “poker” instead of “gambling”.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2009/12/05/barack-obama-on-online-gambling-sorta-not-good-job-creation-strategy-president-says/comment-page-1/#comment-174633 Kevin Mathers Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:11:32 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=14059#comment-174633 A much better idea would be to check out: http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20091205_8633.php (subscription required, not that I have one). It sounds a lot better than some sophomore throwing out a wacky question to the President. A much better idea would be to check out:

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/cs_20091205_8633.php (subscription required, not that I have one). It sounds a lot better than some sophomore throwing out a wacky question to the President.

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