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Gates says it's time to 'move on' from his arrest (gathered legal team, contemplating lawsuit)
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Posted on 07/25/2009 2:10:55 PM PDT by Dubya

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To: ExTexasRedhead

Stand on street corners with copies of that monstrous twitter. Hand them out.


101 posted on 07/25/2009 4:10:33 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Fili et Spiritus Sancti.)
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To: Dubya
gathered up his legal team

He has a legal team on call? That's just damn scary.

102 posted on 07/25/2009 4:10:48 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Dubya
"in the end, this is not about me at all."

Funny, because "in the end" I'll bet it's all about him (and Obama) and his behavior that is exposed on those tapes.

103 posted on 07/25/2009 4:12:03 PM PDT by jennyjenny
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To: Dubya
They routinely release 911 tapes (which I object to), so why not release the tape of Gates’s rant?
104 posted on 07/25/2009 4:16:53 PM PDT by clintonh8r (General James Mattoon Scott: Where are you now that we need you?!)
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To: Jean S

Probably faculty volunteers from Harvard Law....getting their diversity points.


105 posted on 07/25/2009 4:18:01 PM PDT by clintonh8r (General James Mattoon Scott: Where are you now that we need you?!)
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To: hkp123
DO NOT go to the White House for beers. Don’t play into their web of deceit. Stop by here for some good brews and screw DC. It’s only poison there, anyway.

Suspect that is the 'best offer' on the table!

106 posted on 07/25/2009 4:18:03 PM PDT by cricket ('Don't bow for me . . Obama ' (America's 'sorrCDC STOPS DEATH COUNT...y' President))
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To: calex59
Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer,. . .

Clearly; by his injection of the adjective 'white'; Gates has not moved on at all. He certainly does not want to garner more scrutiny per a Rev. Wright scenario unfolding; but hope this man gets full spotlight on whatever he is 'in to'.

And 'sure and of course'; he is 'over it'; he just wants to get down to that book on 'racial profiling' he is running in his head; and counting the dollars for his refurbished celebrity.

107 posted on 07/25/2009 4:24:50 PM PDT by cricket ('Don't bow for me . . Obama ' (America's 'sorrCDC STOPS DEATH COUNT...y' President))
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To: clintonh8r

It seems to me... the cop could request its release to clear his name.....since Gates has already smeared him and denied any wrong-doing in the media.


108 posted on 07/25/2009 4:27:43 PM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: SJSAMPLE

Below is something that singer Rob Thomas posted on Twitter yesterday. I used to love him.

“The flight I’m on was deplaned. But I did meet henry gates. That’s something. He was cool. He said obama just called him. Touch me.”


109 posted on 07/25/2009 4:27:46 PM PDT by RDTF ("I'm pretty sure this is a 2 man job once the shooting starts")
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To: Irish Eyes
Hope that someone does that soon. Rush ? Hannity? maybe Beck?

Greta is dying to hear it.
110 posted on 07/25/2009 4:33:43 PM PDT by Miss Didi ( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: cricket
It would be nice to arrange to have a beer with Obama and not show up.
111 posted on 07/25/2009 4:36:40 PM PDT by jarofants
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To: SJSAMPLE

The phone call from the Resident was probably legal counsel.


112 posted on 07/25/2009 4:37:27 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Worthy is the Lamb)
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To: SJSAMPLE
The race pimp got EXACTLY what he wanted

He, however, didn't expect that Zero would jump in right away. Their strategy is always to disassociate Zero from the Black race-baiting crowd to create an illusion that he is not one of them. The professor is smart enough to see that if he prolongs the issue, let alone sue the cops, it would impact negatively on his messiah. Hence, he tries to move on as soon as possible.

113 posted on 07/25/2009 4:38:51 PM PDT by paudio (Road to hell is paved by unintended conseqences of good intentions)
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To: Dubya
"About that charity you run, Professor Gates

Clarice Feldman

Dan Riehl explores a charity headed by Professor "Skip" Gates which takes in a lot of money, pays out very little, mostly to his colleagues and assistants at Harvard, was late filing the necessary papers and lists as its office the house Gates rents from Harvard.

Perhaps as Ann Althouse suggested yesterday on her blog there was something in his home that Gates did not want the police to see.

Crowley says that Gates's "tone" was "peculiar." And I'm wondering why the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" would have upset him so much. It could have been just that it was an invasion of his privacy, but think about this along with the fact that Gates didn't seem to want to report the damage to his door that made him need to force it open when he got home. Did Gates already somehow know who had broken the door while he was away, so that he wanted to protect that person? Was that person in the house, such that the question "Is there anybody in the home with you?" felt threatening to Gates?

Inkwell, the Gates charity is designed to help blacks trace their genealogy through their DNA. The stated purpose for Gates' trip to China which preceded this incident was to study Yoyo Ma's genealogy. Is Inkwell Gates' honeypot to pay for whatever trips he wants to make?

Does the president have yet another close associate with tax problems?"

AMERICAN THINKER

114 posted on 07/25/2009 4:54:03 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: Carlos Martillo II

I;m with you on that.


115 posted on 07/25/2009 4:57:23 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: Dubya
a marked change in tone for Gates, 58, who in the days following his arrest gathered up his legal team and said he was contemplating a lawsuit.

The reason for the change in tone is that Gates has talked to his lawyers and very likely has learned that he has potentially very serious legal exposure on his hands.

The legal problem for Gates occurred when he went outside the house and yelled to the gathering crowd words to the effect that Crowley was a racist cop.

If Crowley is NOT in fact a racist cop, then Gates has slandered Crowley.

It would not be a problem for Gates if he said that only in the presence of Crowley, but when he said that to the onlookers, he "published" the statement within the meaning of defamation law.

Gates would not be exposed if Crowley is in fact a racist cop, because truth is a defense to a slander charge.

Gates could always claim that Crowley called him the "n" word in the house, or some such thing.

However, it now appears that there are police audio recordings from Crowley's open mike, which could establish just what was said inside the house. Outside the house, there are witnesses as to what was said.

Liberals often think they can say any nasty lies they like about someone, because of the "actual malice" standard under defamation law - the slandered party has to prove the speaker harbored "actual malice" in his heart to recover.

Gates may not have realized that Sgt Crowley does not come under the "actual malice" standard because Crowley is not a public figure or a public official.

You might say, wait, isn't a police officer a public official? No, say, the courts, a public official generally is meant to include policy-making officials - not a rank and file government employee like a patrol officer.

So if police recordings exist to prove the content of the conversation inside the house, and if Crowley did not say or do anything to evidence that he is a racist, then Gates is in deep sh!t, legally speaking, because he has slandered Crowley.

Furthermore, this is probably defamation per se, which means that Crowley does not have to prove actual damages to be able to maintain a lawsuit against Gates.

However, I think a jury would find substantial damages against Gates given that Crowley appears to have an existing reputation as the opposite of a racist cop, in fact teaching police cadets about the dangers of racial profiling and having attempted to save the life of a prominent black basketball player, Reggie Lewis.

So Gates has some serious making nice to do with Crowley if he wants to avoid a possible large legal judgment against him.

116 posted on 07/25/2009 5:00:37 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: All
A Gatesgate At Henry Gates' "Bogus" Charity?
117 posted on 07/25/2009 5:01:23 PM PDT by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: Dubya

It is indeed about him. Had he not been such a loudmouth jerk he would not have been arrested in his own home. No on is coming out and saying that. You don’t shoot your mouth off to police and get away with it.


118 posted on 07/25/2009 5:06:13 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Political Junkie Too
Have not seen all segments/interviews; but what I have seen; there has been no mention that this was not first 'break-in' call received for this address. At bottom of police report Croweley mentions that Gates offers - as he departs; to the effect that door does not close properly because of a prior break in.

Find this amazing; as it clearly indicates how much more 'over the top' Gates response was on what was not a 'first occasion' for confusion at his home.

Or perhaps; Gates was just adding noxious oil to an already blazing flame and/or was writing his next book out loud?

119 posted on 07/25/2009 5:13:08 PM PDT by cricket ('Don't bow for me . . Obama ' (America's 'sorrCDC STOPS DEATH COUNT...y' President))
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

By the way, Crowley needs to be careful about how he meets with Gates and Obama.

If Crowley has a conversation alone with only Obama and Gates, they can claim Crowley said something that betrayed a racist mindset or that he said something that could be interpreted as admitting (such as an expression of regret or apology) that what he did or said to Gates at the time of arrest could be considered racist.

Crowley needs to have an objective witness present at all times during the meeting with Gates and Obama, and Crowley needs to talk to his lawyer before the meeting in order to be absolutely clear on what not to say.


120 posted on 07/25/2009 5:15:21 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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