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The Corner: Robert Gibbs on FNC
The Corner on National Review ^ | July 26, 2009 | Jack Dunphy

Posted on 07/26/2009 11:27:15 AM PDT by Dinah Lord

"On today’s Fox News Sunday, presidential press secretary Robert Gibbs admitted President Obama had been prepared to answer questions about the Henry Louis Gates arrest at his press conference last week. Bret Baier, filling in for regular host Chris Wallace, asked Gibbs, “Before Wednesday’s news conference, did you prepare [the president] for a question about Henry Gates’s arrest in Cambridge?”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bhopress; gates; gatesgate; gibbs; henrygates; mrskippy
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“Well, look,” said Gibbs, “Let’s just say it’s safe to say we went over a whole lot of topics that we thought might come up, and certainly this was a topic that was, has been in the news . . .” He then went on to try to un-ring the bell by..."
1 posted on 07/26/2009 11:27:15 AM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: Dinah Lord

“Set up.” Despite the questioner’s protestations to the contrary, I smell set up. It was the last question, and the only one Obama was animated about. He was ready... or so he thought.


2 posted on 07/26/2009 11:30:37 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (Is /sarc really necessary?)
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To: Dinah Lord

Coulter, on FOX last night, said her sources tell her it absolutely was a set-up.


3 posted on 07/26/2009 11:32:07 AM PDT by Kimberly GG (PALIN - Supports a "path to citizenship" for ILLEGAL ALIENS.........DeMint/Sessions, 2012)
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To: Dinah Lord

...and if they prepared him for the question then they damn sure prepared the questioner who asked it.

therefore, that libtard lady in Chicago is a LIAR too.


4 posted on 07/26/2009 11:33:05 AM PDT by spacejunkie01
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To: Dinah Lord

ALL his news conferences are set up. Somehow his inner rage popped out and he gave his “own” answer to the question, instead of the answer he was prepped with.

He can’t hide his hatred of both law enforcement and Whitey!


5 posted on 07/26/2009 11:35:52 AM PDT by Palladin (Obama: "Irrational black guy--GOOD. White policeman--BAD! UGGA--UGGA!")
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To: Dinah Lord

Can’t even give a straightforward answer about preparation for the press conference. Thugs are so easy to id. They always assume someone is out to “get” them, trip them up, make them look bad because that is what they themselves practice on a daily basis. Hussein’s mask slipped because his arrogance is so breathtaking. Period.


6 posted on 07/26/2009 11:37:23 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Kimberly GG

Wouldn’t surprise me a bit. This whole administration is staged.

As phony as it gets, led by the Phoniest of Them All.


7 posted on 07/26/2009 11:37:53 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Absolutely. It was not just a coincidence that he called on her and her question was about Gates; it's not even rational to buy that story.

The whole purpose of the presser was to discuss the Health Care plan and this woman just decides out of the blue to ask about Gates? Bwaahaaahaa don't make me laugh.
8 posted on 07/26/2009 11:37:54 AM PDT by Sudetenland (Without God there is no freedom, for what rights man can give, he can take away.)
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To: spacejunkie01
She read it off a piece of paper...She said it was because she wanted to make sure she got it right.

Have to believe Gates called Obama directly.

"stupid" isn't the BIG deal...that was just wrong....It was saying "white cops have been doing this forever".

Obama sounded just like Reverend Wright.

9 posted on 07/26/2009 11:40:12 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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OK so some say setup...WHO knows, BUT my question is DID it backfire on OBOZO the RACIST?? OR will we be back to business as usual Monday? If so than I say YES most definitely it worked. It took the DEATHCARE bill off the front pages! If NO, than there'll be no end to Gatesgate! I sincerely hope it's the latter!!
10 posted on 07/26/2009 11:40:43 AM PDT by RoseofTexas (Obozo de klown is going down....down...down)
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To: Dinah Lord

Geez, talk about stupid? Hownhell do you manage to screw up a staged question?


11 posted on 07/26/2009 11:41:12 AM PDT by 101voodoo
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Staged or stooged?


12 posted on 07/26/2009 11:42:47 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Dinah Lord

Wow, he knew the question was coming and he gave THAT answer? He really is arrogant and thinks he can waive his magic wand and have all of us fall in line with whatever he says/does.


13 posted on 07/26/2009 11:43:38 AM PDT by Hammer Tym (Skateboarding is a crime)
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What other answer would you expect from someone who sat in Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years?


14 posted on 07/26/2009 11:49:55 AM PDT by kempo
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To: bigbob

Both.

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk


15 posted on 07/26/2009 11:51:19 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Hammer Tym
He really is arrogant and thinks he can waive his magic wand and have all of us fall in line with whatever he says/does.

The mark of a dictator.

16 posted on 07/26/2009 11:52:27 AM PDT by melancholy
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To: 101voodoo
There was some confusion just before the last question. This may have put Obama off his guard as he was desperately trying to squeeze in Sweet's question. For the benefit of his friends in the state-controlled media, he has to finish before the hour:

STAFF: Last question --

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Lynn Sweet.

(Cross talk.)

Q (That's the wrong sheet ?). That's the one that you're supposed to call from.

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Oh! (Laughter.) Well, I said Steve Koff -- but he just stood up, huh? (Laughter.)

Well, that's not fair. Shame on you. (Laughter.)

All right. Get in there real quick, Steve.

Q Well, you got the Cleveland connection, so I appreciate that.

You cited the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinics as models for the delivery of health care in the past. The Mayo Clinic though has some problems with the House proposal, saying they're not focused enough on patience and on results.

What do you expect to achieve tomorrow by going to the Cleveland Clinic, which hasn't stated an opinion? And are you expecting some form of endorsement from the Cleveland Clinic?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: I am not expecting an endorsement. The Cleveland Clinic is simply a role model for some of the kind of changes that we want to see. I think it's important to note that the Mayo Clinic was initially critical and concerned about whether there were enough changes in the delivery system and cost-saving measures in the original House bill.

After they found out that we had put forward very specific mechanisms for this MedPAC idea, this idea of experts getting the politics out of health care and making decisions based on the best evidence out there, they wrote in their blog the very next day that we actually think this would make a difference.

Okay? All right. I tried to make that short so that Lynn Sweet would get her -- the last question in.

Q Thank you, Mr. President. Recently, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested at his home in Cambridge. What does that incident say to you? And what does it say about race relations in America?

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I -- I should say at the outset that Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here.

I don't know all the facts. What's been reported, though, is that the guy forgot his keys, jimmied his way to get into the house; there was a report called into the police station that there might be a burglary taking place.

So far, so good, right? I mean, if I was trying to jigger into -- well, I guess this is my house now, so -- (laughter) -- it probably wouldn't happen.

(Chuckling.) But let's say my old house in Chicago -- (laughter) -- here I'd get shot. (Laughter.) But so far, so good. They're -- they're -- they're reporting. The police are doing what they should. There's a call. They go investigate. What happens?

My understanding is, at that point, Professor Gates is already in his house. The police officer comes in. I'm sure there's some exchange of words. But my understanding is -- is that Professor Gates then shows his ID to show that this is his house, and at that point he gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges which are later dropped.

Now, I've -- 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 enforcing disproportionately. That's just a fact.

As you know, Lynn, when I was in the state legislature in Illinois, we worked on a racial profiling bill because there was indisputable evidence that blacks and Hispanics were being stopped disproportionately. And that is a sign, an example of how, you know, race remains a factor in the society.

That doesn't lessen the incredible progress that has been made. I am standing here as testimony to the progress that's been made. And yet the fact of the matter is, is that, you know, this still haunts us.

And even when there are honest misunderstandings, the fact that blacks and Hispanics are picked up more frequently, and oftentime for no cause, casts suspicion even when there is good cause. And that's why I think the more that we're working with local law enforcement to improve policing techniques so that we're eliminating potential bias, the safer everybody's going to be.

All right? Thank you, everybody.

Q One more, Mr. President.

END

17 posted on 07/26/2009 11:54:45 AM PDT by AZLiberty (Yes, Mr. Lennon, I do want a revolution.)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“Set Up!”-——Is correct! I totally agree with you in that the Gates question was a plant. From the moment I saw the lady in red who asked the quesetion, I knew it was orchestrated . And the more I heard Zero spealon and on about he was “not informed”, it confirmed it was a planted soapbox for him.


18 posted on 07/26/2009 12:15:19 PM PDT by NorwegianViking (Organizing for America)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
And remember what he said right before the question was asked?

"All right, I tried to make that short so that Lynn Sweet would get her last question in."

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unh-huh. In my view it was TOTALLY set up. Zero thought he'd be too cute by half and take the some of the heat off of Obamacare's implosion.

Looks like it didn't work out quite like the Community Organizer in chief thought it would, hmmm?

Hey AG Holden! Now it looks like the only cowards that don't want to talk about race are "Professor Gates" and the President .

Funny, how that works ...

19 posted on 07/26/2009 12:27:37 PM PDT by Dinah Lord
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To: Pearls Before Swine
If it was a setup, it was a really high-risk setup, unless there was collusion by the police dept.

Ranting and raving at a bunch of cops, who are responding to a nighttime break in, with visibility poor like that, is pretty dangerous.

The cops already have the adrenaline going, since they don't know what they're going to confront. They confront a very obnoxious and loud man....if he makes a move that he's reaching inside his suit for something, or the cops perceive that he's making such a move....that could have ended very badly for the professor.

20 posted on 07/26/2009 12:29:52 PM PDT by FlyVet
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