KIT, Officer Crowley looks like he's about 75 pounds heavier, a foot taller and much younger and robust that Prof. Gates. Wonder what it was about the formidable and scary-looking Prof. that the officer felt he needed to slap the cuffs on him and haul him off to jail? Guess Prof. Gates is just lucky he didn't get Tazed and Maced also. :-) President Obama is THE PRESIDENT for God's sake, not a doorman. Of course he walked out first.
On Jul 31, 10:02 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks D. B., for sharing this article! I too, found it most enlightening, > and I took the liberty of posting it in the group, just in case some of our > more "Left Of Center" members who might not be so inclined to take a > gander...From the American Thinker: > > =============== > > July 31, 2009 Obama's revealing body language (updated and expanded)) > > http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan... > *Thomas Lifson > *This > picture<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>truly > is worth at least a thousand words. > > I am stunned that the official White House Blog published this picture and > that it is in the public domain. The body language is most revealing. > > Sergeant Crowley, the sole class act in this trio, helps the handicapped > Professor Gates down the stairs, while Barack Obama, heedless of the > infirmities of his > friend<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>and > fellow victim of self-defined racial profiling, strides ahead on his > own. So who is compassionate? And who is so self-involved and arrogant that > he is oblivious? > > In my own dealings with the wealthy and powerful, I have always found that > the way to quickly capture the moral essence of a person is to watch how > they treat those who are less powerful. Do they understand that the others > are also human beings with feelings? Especially when they think nobody is > looking. > > Hat tip: Rick Richman > > Update from Thomas Lifson: > > I think this photo constitutes another major Obama blunder. > > As some AT commentators point out, this picture becomes a metaphor for > ObamaCare. The elderly are left in the back, with only the kindness of the > Crowleys of the world, the stand up guys, to depend on. The government has > other priorities. > > One of the major subtexts of the health > care<http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/07/obamas_revealing_body_lan...>debate > involves the public's fear of indifferent, powerful bureaucrats > ruling their lives. It is one thing to wait in line at the DMV to find out > which other line you should wait in, in order to begin the process of > waiting for multiple bureaucrats to go through the motions of processing > your request. I have spent entire afternoons going through this process. > > But when we get to health care, waiting often means enduring pain and > dysfunction longer than necessary, sometimes a worsening of the condition, > and sometimes death. > > That's why I think this image will have genuine resonance. It captures > something that older Americans in particular can relate to. The President > presses ahead with a program that will tell them to take painkillers instead > of getting that artificial hip. > > At every stage of the entire Gates affair, Obama has provided a revealing > tell. The "acted stupidly" blunder revealed that he automatically blames the > police and thinks they really are stupid to begin with. It didn't trigger a > single alarm bell in his mind as he figured out what to say. > > Then, the non-apology apology revealed an arrogant man who cannot do what > honest people do: admit it when they make a mistake. > > Now at stage three, the beer photo op looked OK. It didn't turn into a > disaster. > > But then in a small moment that nobody in the White House had the brains to > understand, Obama goes and send a body language message like this. > > I think he is going to get deeper and deeper into trouble. He is no longer > repeating the familiar scripts dreamed up for the campaign. He was a master > performer. > > But when he goes improv, as a president must do, he lets his true character > show. This helps widen the level of doubt that Obama is the same guy a > majority voted for. Those doubts can only grow. > > Andrew McCarthy has assembled an overwhelming case that Obama has lied about > who he is. I predict that more and more Americans will become open to the > argument that they have been had by a sophisticated and ruthless effort to > foist a phony on America. > > Update from Clarice Feldman > > A nice comparison of the character of the two most recent presidents. George > Bush with Senator Robert Byrd: > > bush%20with%20Byrd.jpg > 45KViewDownload > > afterbeers_PS-0436.jpg > 116KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
