Yes is most certainly was! Obama admitted he did not know the details and then said the police officer acted stupidly, and of course mentioned racial profiling.
Just read the police report below, listen to the interview of Office Crowley, and read the statement of the back up officer. Then you decide who is racist!
POLICE REPORT:
http://www.amnation.com/vfr/Police%20report%20on%20Gates%20arrest.PDF
INTERVIEW WITH OFFICER CROWLEY:
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/henry_louis_gates/2009/07/23/239550.html?s=al&promo_code=8406-1
BACK UP POLICE OFFICER SUPPORTS OFFICER CROWLEY'S HANDELING OF THE ARREST OF PROFESSOR GATES 100%:
http://wbztv.com/local/gates.arrest.Leon.2.1099853.html
BACKGROUND ON PROFESSOR GATES:
LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT THE PROFESSOR GATES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=pRlIdFcWd5k
GATES TREATISE ON THE JURY NULLIFICATION IN THE OJ TRIAL:
http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory/article-9399838
For Obama to preface his statement with 1) He didn't know the facts. and 2) He was biased because he's friend of Gates, tells one helluva lot about how he expected it all to go down.
Here's an ego maniac who's so sure that the press and the public will fall swooning to their knees and kiss his feet that he comes clean right away that what's next out of his mouth probably could be taken the worng way. He's just an arrogant enough @$$ to think he'll get away with it and come out smelling like a rose. With all his adoring fans and media cover how could he ever be wrong to begin with?
IMHO thats exactly what he thought the reaction to his response would be. I think he was taken completely by surprise that it wasn't.