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White House qualifies Obama remark about arrest
AP Via Breitbart ^ | 7/22/2009 | CHARLES BABINGTON

Posted on 07/23/2009 11:06:16 AM PDT by txroadkill

The White House tried Thursday to calm a hubbub over President Barack Obama's comments about a white police officer's arrest of a black scholar near Boston, saying Obama was not calling the officer "stupid."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: crowley; gaffemachine; henrygates; louisgates; macacamoment; mrskippy; obama; playtheracecard; policevote; stupidly
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To: txroadkill

“Obviously what the president said or meant to say is not what you misunderstood him to say, because in fact he didn’t say anything of the sort at all.
Or you’re racists.”
`Mister Gibbs’, #2 WH lapdog


21 posted on 07/23/2009 11:19:13 AM PDT by tumblindice (Keeping things classy since 2005)
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To: MrB

They also acted in a caucasian manner, and I’m not saying they’re caucasians.


22 posted on 07/23/2009 11:19:40 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: JohnEBoy

You could be PRESIDENT!!!


23 posted on 07/23/2009 11:20:42 AM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: JohnEBoy
LOL

I guess "Stupid is as stupid does" is passe.

24 posted on 07/23/2009 11:21:00 AM PDT by jabchae
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To: blam

That’s what I said to hubby last night, He should not be giving his opinion. Shame on him


25 posted on 07/23/2009 11:21:11 AM PDT by blueyon (It is worth taking a stand even if you are standing alone!)
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To: txroadkill

Maybe we need to come to the realization that our country is full of black a@@holes...including our President.


26 posted on 07/23/2009 11:21:31 AM PDT by lesko
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To: txroadkill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

Chris Rock.

Clearly Gates did not observe these simple rules.


27 posted on 07/23/2009 11:21:54 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (I once had an awkward moment just to see how it felt.)
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To: MrB
something about the officer handcuffing the guy behind his back at first, until “the African American officer showed mercy” and changed the cuffs to the front

Actually, it appears from this photo that Gates was already cuffed in the front while he was still on the porch with the white officer, and the black officer was down on the sidewalk.


28 posted on 07/23/2009 11:23:22 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: txroadkill

Yeah, the stupid one was Obama.


29 posted on 07/23/2009 11:23:38 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (What if the Sanction of the Victim is withdrawn?)
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To: All

This surprises some people?
I’m not the smartest guy in the world but I knew when he was running for president that:
He’s a racist
He’s a Marxist
He’s an amateur
He’s a local thug , conman at best
That he will try to destroy America and rebuild it in a radical ,leftist image.
He is a Muslim sympathizer
He hates traditional American values.

So what’s the big surprise here?


30 posted on 07/23/2009 11:25:53 AM PDT by sonic109
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To: txroadkill
Whitehouse spokesperson says"...you see, like Obama never rode in the front seat of a Police Car..... nor did he ever wear a uniform....other than what he wore as a boy growing up Muslim in Kenya and Indonesia.
31 posted on 07/23/2009 11:27:25 AM PDT by gitmogrunt (The stupidity of the American Liberal never ceases to amaze me.)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

Who knows?

But, 0bama, for all his claims to not know the details,
sure stated that it was the white officer that cuffed
the proff behind his back and that the black officer
listened and showed mercy and cuffed him in front.

Now, why would good ol’ post-racial Barry make up stuff
like this out of thin air? Could there be some reason
that he’s perpetuating this story theme?


32 posted on 07/23/2009 11:28:13 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: txroadkill

The only appropriate response would have been “that is a local matter and you’ll have to take it up with the folks in Cambridge”.


33 posted on 07/23/2009 11:29:33 AM PDT by all the best
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To: txroadkill

Too late. He really stepped in it this time.


34 posted on 07/23/2009 11:29:46 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: oyez

zero wants his civil force to lead the charge. Just as soon as he gets them trained. Wonder where the recruits are now? Bet they’re working out of ACORN’s offices.


35 posted on 07/23/2009 11:31:58 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: sarasota

I believe one of them was standing outside of a polling place in PA last November.


36 posted on 07/23/2009 11:32:58 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Abbeville Conservative
" "Let me be clear, he was not calling the officer stupid," Gibbs told reporters "

Of course not. He was calling him a racist because he responded to a crime call of a house being broken by two black guys. The house happened to be owned by a black man. So instead of getting praise for doing his duty, he was insulted.

Maybe on second thought the cop was stupid, he should have walked away since it was a black on black crime.

But on third thought, if the police didn't respond, they would have been accused of racism. So it's racism if you do and racism if you don't. I love it when a plan comes togther.

37 posted on 07/23/2009 11:33:23 AM PDT by ex-snook ("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
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To: txroadkill

Gates hould have THANKED the cops!!!


38 posted on 07/23/2009 11:34:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: txroadkill

See, this is why I never watch 0bama’s press conferences, I prefer to wait a couple of days for them to tell me “what he actually meant”.

You didn’t miss anything. My husband and I couldn’t understand what he was talking about. Even Bill O’Reilly said he didn’t even know what Obama said. Robert Gibbs trying to explain what Obama meant is laughable.


39 posted on 07/23/2009 11:34:24 AM PDT by dfc1 (Rush Limbaugh - a man, a legend, a way of life)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

They cuffed him in the standard manner until he calmed down a little and claimed that he couldn’t walk without his cane. At that point, they recuffed in front and got the cane for him. His ‘handicap’ doesn’t seem to be hampering him at the moment depicted in the photo.


40 posted on 07/23/2009 11:37:56 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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