Remember that? Before Chris Mercer’s victims’ bodies had even cooled, the President of the United States stood before us and said this:
Apparently, someone with some damn sense has talked him down since then:
Some in Roseburg oppose the @POTUS visit, fearing he'll use it to make the case for more gun control measures. WH says that won't happen.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2015
"Those individuals have nothing to fear," says @PressSec of Roseburg residents worried Pres Obama will make statement on gun control.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 9, 2015
So, Obama won’t stand directly on the bodies of the fallen for political purposes? He won’t spit directly into the faces of the survivors? His latest cynical power grab can wait until he gets back to Washington?
It’s a start, I suppose. Not that I’m skeptical about Obama’s promises, of course, but it remains to be seen whether he really can control himself.