Hollywood, Why are you still wasting time on this thread? I'm not sure why so many wish to see a negative in this, but IMO, I think this is a wonderful picture for Obama and race relations. Crowley and Gates were the central figures in this ugly incident, and when you consider what their 'relationship' was a couple of weeks ago, I think seeing them side by side, Crowley helping Gates, is the ONLY picture that would have meant a thing. Gates didn't need two men helping him and Obama helping Gates wouldn't have been insignificant. In fact, you can argue that Obama, leading the way with his jacket off and sleeves rolled up, looks to be playing the part of the guy that did the work in the trenches that made the Gates/Crowley photo-op possible.
On Aug 3, 10:31 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Zeb, > > Fuck you cracker. > > On Aug 3, 9:21 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Shine my shoes, boy. > > > On Aug 3, 12:05 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Zeb, > > > > Piss off. > > > > On Aug 2, 10:55 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Obama is a shoe shine boy. Certainly not above helping an old friend > > > > down the stairs. > > > > > On Aug 1, 1:52 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > 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- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. 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