Posted on 07/23/2009 5:37:02 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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In response to a question at his prime-time news conference about the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., the black Harvard professor, in his own home over the weekend, Mr. Obama declared that the Cambridge, Mass., police had “acted stupidly.”
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The police were called to Mr. Gates’s house after a report of a robbery in progress. Mr. Gates, saying he was jimmying open a damaged front door, said he told the police he lived in the house. Still, the police report said he was arrested for “loud and tumultuous behavior in a public space.” He was held in police custody for four hours, after which disorderly conduct charges against him were dropped. Mr. Gates said he was the victim of racial profiling and has demanded an apology but the police officer involved has said he has nothing to apologize for.
Mr. Obama, asked Wednesday what the incident said about race relations in America, noted up front that Mr. Gates is a friend and that his comments might be biased. He said “words” had been exchanged and added:
“Now, 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 is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. And that’s just a fact.” He added later that the incident was “a sign of how race remains a factor in this society.”
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Gates, like Rev Jeremiah, is one of those barely-blacks who has to prove his blackness by yelling and screaming at and about whites.
If you disagree with Obama about anything you are a racist also.
Hell of a way to get the authorities on your side, police, firefighters, his stock with them is lower than a worm’s butt.
zer0 is slick
I bet some number of Americans this morning are trying to decide whether Obama "acted stupid", or is stupid, or is a racist bigot.
His stock must be quite a bit lower, as well, with doctors, after accusing them of milking patients for their own gain. I would have been furious after last night’s diatribe, were I a doc.
There reportedly has been about 9 house break-ins in that area. A passerby, noticing two men forcing a door, cell-phoned the police WHO RESPONDED AS THEY ARE REQUIRED AND EXPECTED TO DO.
Instead of being happy that his house was being protected, this Harvard idiot, instead to ID’ing himself and thanking the police, went into a crowd attracting rant.
Out of curiosity..what would Gates reaction have been in his family were alone in that house, and a witnessed home invasion went unreported and unresponded to?
Would he be happy that the police stayed off his property?
LOL! There is the real B.O. without a teleprompter. LOL!
On the other hand, why should any of them want to be President of the United States?
We already have a Kenyan in the White House.
Everything about liberals is tinted through the prism of race. Everything.
America they say cannot ever get over racism, so these pukes will always be looking for examples they can cry racism.
they are the true racists.
Actually, BHO got where he is by unsealing sealed court records of his opponents. He found friendly judges in every case and got the details published to the public through friendly media outlets.
It’s not the race “card” anymore, it’s a race “shield”. They use it to deflect criticism.
And they are NOT going to give up that tool, no way, no how.
This coming from a President who attended a hate-whitey “church” for over 20 years and has no problem high fiving terrorists and commies who preach murder?
Please......
Words cannot describe the contempt I hold for this phony president. He’s probably the most ignorant man who’s held the office in my long lifetime.
Good
Yup, He just set race relations back big time and disrespected professionals - police and doctors last night.
After this comment about the police and how they react racially - maybe there is some truth to the secret service story.
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