Obama's search for fist dog narrows,do we need to know?

I think it will take a lot more than what the Obama's dog breed will be to pull the wool over our eyes. In this day and age, any kind of light-hearted or happy go lucky news is meant to be refreshing. I don't think that we need to know everything about everyone, but it is nice to hear "fun" news from time to time. Just take it for what it's worth, a break from the dark cloud of mainstream media we hear about all day long.

I really do not mind seeing or hearing that particular piece of trivia. I do not think this piece of info is a ploy or smokescreen in fact I think the opposite. My reason being that what I heard and read yesterday he said that the "quest" for a dog is being put aside until after the family has settled into the White House. That being the case I think he says you will not hear any more on this subject for a while.

Although he will be our new President I still believe there are some things we really don't have to know. I agree with you, there are more important matters at hand and I don't care to hear about him searching for a dog. I'm sure once they find one there will be lots of coverage on that as well. The family is going through a lot of changes right now and it will be very trying on the kids so I believe the media should give them a little breathing room and some time to get used to the big changes. I'm sure we will see plenty of the dog once the family finds the perfect one.

I don't think it's Obama's fault. It's just the newspapers, trying for anything that might spike sales. I don't have a problem with him doing some things for his family. If he were to let his family slide, he wouldn't be worth much as a president. Of course, if that were all he was concerned about, that's different.

I'm not interested in that stuff, but there are people out there who dote on it. Just like they rabidly want to know what perfume some star is wearing, so they can go out and buy it. I believe it's the "keep up with the jones" syndrome.

Hi ronnyb! Maybe some people would like to know the private affairs of the first family. The same thing happens in our country. Media people tend to report or show in the news what the children of the first family are doing or what they are up to or the first gentleman (we have a woman president) playing golf, etc. To be honest, I really don't read news like that because there are more important things that should be taken care of and all I want to hear and know is what the president is doing to alleviate the economy and the poverty in our country. Very disappointing sometimes when you see in the news that the first family is having a vacation abroad while so many people in our country are starving. sad isn't it?
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i enjoy hearing little personal things about the obama children. it's hard on them i'm sure to make & take in all the changes that have occured in their life recently. i don't think it ever hurts to see a personal side of anyone.

I don't think we need to know just because he's becoming the President. And I wondered, when that first came out, if they ever had a house dog, or were they just getting the kids a dog because they were going to the White House? I don't think we need to know all the details of their family life. In fact, I'm not interested.

Well,sometimes it is nice to here other news besides about who died,who got shot or stabbed today,what congress did or did not approve today.Yeah,they make sure we hear that important stuff,no one is pulling the wool over anyone eyes or distract anyone.

Getting the right pet for the girls is especially important to the Obama's because of Malia's allergies.My daughter is allergic to cats,but only to the point of major itching.That is bad enough,she could be like other people that we know that just being in a room where there has been a cat causes her major breathing problems.If Malia's has that kind of an effect from being around the wrong dog then the Obama's would have other problems and concerns.

Therefore it is important to them and should be important to us as well because this is our first family. Beside's that it breaks up the monotany of the news,like I said early in this post.

How would you like it if someone said that they didn't want to hear what you had to say? I am not saying that I don't but would you like it? No,I don't think so

Mass media has made a big deal out of "the public's right to know". I have a big issue with that statement. As you said, do we really need to know all the minute details about this dog search and why it was so critical? I think not. Journalism has gotten completely out of control. Anything that they can print that will make people buy their product they consider fair game. They stalk anyone who comes to the attention of the public for any reason whether it is a good one or a bad one. Mass media thinks that we are really interested in the day to day minutia of the day to day life of these people who are famous or infamous. I say leave them alone and leave something to our imagination.

That's my opinion, what's yours?

Although it can be considered a diversion from political matters I don't see this as a conspiracy.

Rather I feel that President elect is trying to give us a glimpse of his personal life so that we don't feel so estranged from him. He is just trying to show himself as a regular guy in my opinion.

Although I am not real interested in information such as this it does make for an everyday change of pace from the doom and gloom of regular news.