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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: ex-snook
"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. " Rush just said that Gates and his driver were trying to break into the house with a crow bar.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:39:44 AM PDT
by
blam
To: txroadkill
The President was arrested?
To: SirJohnBarleycorn
It’s probably not very p.c. to say this but...Gates looks very gay in those handcuffs while being led away.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:43:05 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: ex-snook
The house happened to be owned by a black man. If you mean Gates, he wasn't the owner of the house. He's the tenant of a house rented by the University. That, in itself, would have contributed a little bit of difficulty to the problem of trying to figure out who this guy is and does he really belong here. They had the University cops come over to sort it out.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:44:44 AM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: MrB
Probably had a busload of liberals in there voting and afterward he left to get another load; and another ACORN rep took his/her place. They were everywhere and they are the reason this amateur is in the White House. It’s a disgrace.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:49:40 AM PDT
by
sarasota
To: txroadkill
Obama should have just used the word RACIST. That is what he meant.
I am still waiting to hear the nasty things being said in front of Secret Service agents by the Obamas that caused one of them to complain ..and get fired.
To: ArmstedFragg
Crowley said he called the campus cops to back him up more than to verify identity; a maintenance man arrived in the same time frame who knew Gates and I.D.’ed him.
From that point on residency was not in the equation; it became a clash of egos, made worse by a growing audience.
This set race relations back 50 years among the crusaders.
One day we may all remember our personal Crowley Moment.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:53:04 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
To: txroadkill
personally, I think the question was a plant so he could work racism into the healthcare debate.
I think you may be right. When all else fails, claim people are against you because you’re black, not because you’re a Marxist thug, trampling on our liberty!
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:15:29 PM PDT
by
Oldpuppymax
(AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
To: MrB
Cops go thru hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror. And they damned well don't do it for the stellar pay. They put their lives on the line every day to protect stupid shits like Gates, and the last thing they need is the President of the U.S. badmouthing them out of his admittedly biased-and-without-all-the-facts-ass.
It will never end if we do not start to fight back, letting black liberals have their way in destroying lives and reputations as some sort of revenge ploy has gone on too many decades. Being a doormat for racists blacks, or any blacks does no good.
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:18:58 PM PDT
by
roses of sharon
(It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt: Hoffer)
To: roses of sharon
I hope more folks are starting to see that all this catering and kowtowing has gotten nothing but resentment out of the “black community”.
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:29:24 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: txroadkill
I’ve never heard the word “stupidly” used before. Certainly not by a clean and articulate president of the united states.
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:56:32 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: txroadkill
See my tagline.
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:58:08 PM PDT
by
McGruff
(Apologize to those officers President Obama or you're no better than John Murtha.)
To: txroadkill
Has he retracted his assertion that the officers were bigots?
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posted on
07/23/2009 12:59:39 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: Deb; Revolting cat!
"You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!" - Barack Obama, Plan Nine From Outer Space
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posted on
07/23/2009 1:02:15 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: ladyjane
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posted on
07/23/2009 1:02:52 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: txroadkill
personally, I think the question was a plant so he could work racism into the healthcare debate. If true, it was probably Axelrod's idea.
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posted on
07/23/2009 1:11:40 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Big government more or less guarantees rule by creeps and misfits.)
To: txroadkill
It’s OK. You see, Obama is not really the president. He’s just acting like he is.
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posted on
07/23/2009 1:20:12 PM PDT
by
foxfield
To: NMEwithin
“The cop isn’t stupid...he just acts stupid.”
The spin on this is bizarre. I wonder if it was intended as a diversion from his plan to Communize health care....which is what we SHOULD be focusing on!!!
To: blueyon
When, and I don’t understand why, you listen to obozo talk remember that not a word of truth ever crosses his lips.
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posted on
07/23/2009 2:31:31 PM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: SirJohnBarleycorn
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.Looks like the crook Gates was running his mouth at top volume, too. 0bama and his crew are caught in yet another lie.
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posted on
07/23/2009 11:54:06 PM PDT
by
Post Toasties
(Conservatives allow the guilty to be executed but Lefties insist that the innocent be executed.)
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