Actually, Zeb, the reporter who asked the question has said it was not scripted and the White House had no idea it was going to be asked. Personally, I have no reason to disbelieve her. His response was so misguided there's no way he thought it thru beforehand.
On Jul 24, 1:01 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know if you notice or not, but Obama's press conferences are > scripted. He has a list of people he calls on and he already knows the > questions they will ask. Its friggin sick that the media will comply > with this, but they do. > > On Jul 24, 12:35 pm, VT VirtualTruth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Sweet cheeks, I didn't post anything until I saw the lunatic > > fringe right making something out of nothing like the Letterman joke. > > > Maybe you should reread my posts, I gave blame to everyone, > > and I was clear where the issue was, the over stepping of authority > > and personal involvement, not race. > > > Once again.... > > > The charges were dropped, so the issue of over stepping > > authority seems to be correct. > > > My comment's are about President Obama's reply, no one > > else. In President Obama's reply he made a point to say > > that race was NOT part of his consideration in his answer, > > yet the Fringe only heard the word race, and ran with that > > regardless of the context. > > > Let's not also forget he was ASKED this question and also did > > mention he knew the person in question. This was not > > about race, but it was personal. > > > Republicans as usual went for the obvious but wrong conclusion. > > > On Jul 24, 11:20 am, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The pres did begin his answer to the question from a pet reporter of his > > > with these words, but then proceeded to say it was all about race. > > > > Once the police the man present lived there they were in the process of > > > leaving. Gates came out the door shouting at them and calling them > > > racist and only questioning him because he was black. They tried to > > > calm him down and he kept shouting at them and calling them names. > > > Clearly disorderly conduct. The cops have the recording from the > > > shoulder mic of Crowley showing that Gates was at fault. They were > > > there because a neighbor called that 2 men were breaking into the house. > > > > Then Gates gets arrested, calms down and gets released. Charges are > > > dropped. Gates calls his daughter who is a newspaper reporter and has > > > an "interview" with her which gets published claiming that the Cambridge > > > cops are racist and he was only arrested because he was black. He was > > > arrested because he was an a@@hole and was creating a disturbance. That > > > is bad enough but then the president, in the middle of a news conference > > > about the healthcare legislation, veers off and without knowing the > > > facts of the case, as he himself admitted, calls the Cambridge cops > > > racist because they arrested his buddy who could do no wrong. > > > > The word goes out on the Dem 8:30 AM phone call to push this story and > > > like a good little soldier VT does just that. The fact that the story > > > is wrong doesn't matter. What matters is trying to shove the story off > > > onto the cops and the GOP so that the Dems can once again try to play > > > the race card. I am just wondering how long before we have Jesse > > > Jackson and Al Sharpton showing up outside the Cambridge police > > > department with their rent-a-crowd holding a protest about the Cambridge > > > cops being racist. > > > > The other funny part is that this is a cop who has been detailed by the > > > state to give speeches and courses on how to deal with racism. The > > > stupidity of the Dems even missed that one. And the man who hires him > > > for these courses is a black officer who is a friend of Gates. > > > > VT, go back and learn what really happened and then talk about it. You > > > are making an even bigger fool of yourself than usual here - and that is > > > a REALLY BIG FOOL indeed. > > > > VT Sean Lewis wrote: > > > > President Obama began his answer with these words, > > > > Basically saying this was NOT about race but > > > > about the fact that a mistake was made. > > > > > Once the police realized the man present lived > > > > there, they should have left because it was just a case of > > > > mistaken identity. > > > > > The police should never have arrested a man for being > > > > in his own home. > > > > > Obama should never have used the phrase, Stupidly', > > > > that was just stupid. > > > > > Republicans should not have taken a matter that was > > > > clearly about misuse of authority, and turned it into a > > > > racial issue, to stoke the base with a red meat issue > > > > that takes the oxygen away from all real pertinent > > > > debates involving real important Issues that effect > > > > Americans. > > > > > But as we are finding out, the only answers Republicans > > > > have to 'fix' the last 8 years is do nothing and hope the Democrats > > > > will eventually be blamed for the lack of progress, or change > > > > the topic to a red meat issue which distracts the country from > > > > addressing the real issues. > > > > > I will not even bother with the subtext of the 'case that > > > > the core base' of the GOP seems to be unable to > > > > except the C.I.C. is a Black Man, that is a debate > > > > for the reasoning for the Birthers movement.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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