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Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, News, Politics.
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs went out before the press and tried to clarify what it was that the president meant when he stated that the police had acted stupidly in arresting Professor Henry Gates. Too bad he dug the hole deeper in my mind. Robert Gibbs told reporters that Obama felt that when it was clear that Harvard scholar Louis Gates Jr. was not a burglary suspect last week, “at that point, cooler heads on all sides should have prevailed.”
Cooler heads should have prevailed? What does that mean? The officer(s) are hotheaded? Could Professor Gates have acted better, or does he get a pass? After all, he is the guy that was (according to all witnesses) yelling “racist” about the arresting/responding officer.
Obama had said that the Cambridge, Mass., police “acted stupidly” by citing Gates on a resisting arrest charge, which was quickly dropped. He had not faulted the actions of Gates, who he said is a friend. Of course he didn’t find fault in the actions of his friend. Obama is a disciple of Jeremiah Wright and the police are ALL corrupt racists according to that maniac’s teachings.
“Let me be clear, he was not calling the officer stupid,” Gibbs told reporters as Obama landed in Cleveland for two health care events Thursday. He said Obama felt that “at a certain point the situation got far out of hand” at Gates’ home last week. Wow, really Robert? The situation got out of hand? When did it get out of hand? Was it when the neighbor called the cops? Was it when the officer responded? Was it when the officer dared to ask a black man for ID in his own home? When exactly did the whole thing fall apart? Who was it that became immediately riled according to witnesses?
I am very angry that this president would comment on an incident without having a firm grasp on the facts. Worse though, this president would continue to try to scramble and to make excuses for his poor form. I don’t care what generalities this president and his lackeys deem as relevant. The president was asked about a SPECIFIC incident and instead of seeking to educate himself on the matter he decides to shoot from the hip. Well then Mr. Obama, live with the consequences of speaking from a place of admitted STUPIDITY and casting an entire department in a poor light without even KNOWING THE FACTS. What an arrogant, selfrighteous fool this president has turned out to be. Bush was an idiot? Yeah. Obama is a genius? Not even close.
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by Mark.
Categories: Editorials, Just Dumb, News.
Barack Obama has screwed himself rotten. This week he has admitted that he isn’t fully versed on his healthcare adventure. Asked, “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” Really? You aren’t familiar with a plan that you are trying to shove down the throats of the American people? Reckless, much?
I suppose last night’s hijacking of the airwaves was supposed to be a means by which Barack Obama could make his case for healthcare and perhaps convince us all that he knows what he’s talking about. There was much babbling, much finger pointing and then Barack Obama was asked about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Gates. That’s when the president again elected to speak about that which he knows little about. “My understanding is that Professor Gates then shows his I.D. to show that this is his house and, at that point, he gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges which are later dropped,” Obama said. Really? President Obama, that isn’t how the police say it all went down. They dispute the extent of Gates’ cooperation, saying he didn’t initially provide identification when asked and berated the police.
Not one to be succinct the president then went about his pontificating as he always does, in that kind of exploratory babble that he uses to gauge reaction and to adjust his argument. “I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that. But I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That’s just a fact.”
This is the problem with this country. Everything is racist. Everything is measured against the past. Nothing is an individual case. Gates might have been acting like a fool, but hey, black folks have been treated badly in the past… so let’s give him a pass. Nevermind that President Obama has a personal bias. Even exposing that and admitting it, doesn’t diminish it. So instead of saying, “I don’t know all of the facts,” this guy uses words like “stupidly”. Brilliant.
I want to thank the president. As an opponent of this half baked idea that Democrats have where it concerns healthcare he did us all a HUGE favor. All of his babbling has been boiled down to so much NOTHING as the media focuses in on Mr. Obama’s racial comments. Bravo! This healthcare plan would do more harm than good. So for this president to minimalize his own efforts by clouding them over in a controversial commentary on race is A-OK by me! Again, thank you President Obama, your skewed view of reality, admittedly based in no knowledge of the facts, has done you in… and I am grateful.