[Dubya]

t was 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. He even vowed to make a documentary on his arrest to tie into a larger project about racial profiling.

[GOPJ]

So he doesn't think this has anything to do with members of dem victim groups thinking they're above the law?

The "I'm a victim so I'm too special to be held to the same standards as others" is getting old. Real old.

Might be time for an honest talk.

[Mr. Mojo]

Gates says it's time to 'move on' from his arrest

Ok, let's move on to other things.

[spacejunkie01]

Sounds to me that he’s having an ‘oh chit’ moment, in thinking about his scam charity and whatever else he’s doing that’s questionable.

I say we keep the heat on this loser and expose him for just what he is, and obummer, by association

[southernnorthcarolina]

This background story on Dr. Gates, written by Hillel Italie of the Associated Press, was printed in many papers both in the U.S. and abroad. The version I linked is from the Taiwan Times, and ran under the headline Gates, an intellectual drawn back into the arena. My hometown paper, the Charlotte Observer, ran the article under the headline Gates drawn back into racial arena. Nothing sinister about the varying headlines; papers commonly write their own. But what is sinister on the part of the Observer is its curious and highly selective editing.

The Taiwan Times version of the story contained this interesting bit:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To his eventual embarrassment, he wrote in his Yale application:

"As always, whitey now sits in judgment of me, preparing to cast my fate. It is your decision either to let me blow with the wind as a nonentity or to encourage the development of self. Allow me to prove myself."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That crucial bit of data was edited out of the Charlotte Observer. I wonder why. It certainly seems relevant background information to me. It says a lot about the man that he disparaged "whitey" on his Yale application (it says interesting things about Yale, as well, but that's a discussion for another place). Does he still have a chip on his shoulder? It certainly seems so to me. But why not give the reader all pertinent information? Why edit this very telling bit of information out of the story?

[ResponseAbility]

****He even vowed to make a documentary on his arrest to tie into a larger project about racial profiling****

*Tin foil hat time* Rather convenient. was this whole thing a setup?

[frankenMonkey]

"..."in the end, this is not about me at all."..."

Translation:
Please don't look at my past writings.
Please don't look at my academic record.
Please don't look at my past associations.
Please don't look at my affirmative action based promotions.
Please don't look at my lack of real-world productive work experience.
Please don't look at my call for reparations, even though I've lived off the government teat for my entire life.

[Heart of Georgia]

“not about me”

That seems to be THE talking point about every mess they find themselves in.

At any rate I think he’ll find himself under the bus pretty soon and he’ll be on his own.

[savedbygrace]

Obama called and offered him a deal - Back off lawsuits and anything else that would keep this thing in the news, and Obama will give him something valuable down the line. A cherry spot in the administration, an ambassadorship, cash, something.

So Gates backs off.

Obama never does any quid pro quo where both sides of the deal are paid off at the same time. Most times, one party waits for a year or two before getting their payment. That’s The Obama Way.

[Political Junkie Too]

I've seen enough episodes of "Adam-12" to know that it isn't the job of the police officer to decide whether Gates' disturbing the peace was trial-worthy or not (as was suggested by a woman on O'Reilly with Huck the other night). The job of the police officer is to maintain the peace, which is why they arrested Gates when he was belligerent and exacerbating the situation. It's not their job to decide whether the charges would stick or not, it's only their job to maintain the peace.

The woman on FNC who was interviewed by Huckabee makes her living defending against police officers, she said that Crowley shouldn't have arrested Gates because the charges would not be sustained, and that he was a bad cop who was a detriment to the Cambridge police force. She was clearly going over-the-top, and she and Huckabee both new it, and tacitly agreed that it was her job to be over-the-top in that segment.

-PJ

[calex59]

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer,

They can't just say arrest can they? They have to make it about race, and yet they always call the other side(us)racists.

[NormsRevenge]

the ‘encounter’ ?

He’s gonna get a WH photo op with one of his buddies..

What a country.

[kcvl]

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Race hustler Henry Gates

[hkp123]

Right. He’s moving on up to the East side. Where’s his Weezie? In the White House. Screw these parasites. Come and get ‘em. I’m ready. They aren’t.

[kcvl]

Release the emergency call!

[SaraJohnson]

Race baiting ain’t what it used to be, I guess. Suddenly Gates have a homey in the White House looking like a big fat racist like his preacher.

[ScreamingFist]

Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer

Gates lost.....bigtime. He screwed with the wrong white man.

[backtothestreets]

I've been away, but have listened carefully to reports of this incident. Weighing all that has been made public, I've reached the conclusion Gates was the one profiling. He made the assumption that a white police officer would be profiling based on race.

In the wake of this incident, President Obama acted stupidly by judging the police actions without full knowledge of the facts. By weighing in without full benefit of the facts, President Obama has created racial conflict.

[Dubya]

In regards to the break in a couple of weeks before this was there an Insurance claim?

[TalBlack]

“Gates says it’s time to ‘move on’ from his arrest”

It wasn’t time to move on when Sgt. Crowley was trying to walk away? Moron? Tap tap tap...is this thing on?

[apocalypto]

Absurd for President Obama to have gotten involved in the first place. Revealed a lot about him. His "wonderful response" was later orchestrated by his spin masters.

btw, Neil Cavotu was terribly slandered with outright lies by the White House. Any apologies there?