Just a cop, skip, and chump fron the white houes. On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:02 PM, frankg <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
