Welcome to FR. Obama usually has everything very planned, right down to who will ask questions, where they will sit, and what questions will be asked. It would be very strange that a question so off subject (Police/Gates) would have been asked without his or his staffs approval in advance. As for the reason he would want the question asked - it makes my head spin just thinking about how this guy thinks.
Thanks for the welcome. Yes, don’t try to figure out how Obama thinks. He’s too deep of a thinker and we might drown. Isn’t it nice to have a president that is so damn intelligent?
That last statement was pure SARCASM!!!!
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