Then why did Obama in a later interview with ABC go on and on about it being racist?
VT VirtualTruth 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. >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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