Author Topic: Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' in Gates arrest (Read 17734 times)

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:03:46 PM »

Quote from: RightCoast on July 23, 2009, 03:55:50 PM

barack is an asshole.

From the moment I heard this, I smelled a set up. Barack and the professor are both a-holes. I am pretty sure this will backfire .... I say keep on doing what you're doing and he won't get anyone but Michelle and his mother in law to vote for him in '12.

thundley4 · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:11:07 PM »

Quote from: Schadenfreude on July 23, 2009, 04:03:46 PM

From the moment I heard this, I smelled a set up. Barack and the professor are both a-holes. I am pretty sure this will backfire .... I say keep on doing what you're doing and he won't get anyone but Michelle and his mother in law to vote for him in '12.

I disagree, he'll still get the majority of the black vote.

SilverOrchid · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:12:24 PM »

Just saw this. The cop who made the arrest was a racial profiler expert. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_harvard_scholar_disorderly

What does Obama have to say about that?

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:14:46 PM »

Quote from: SilverOrchid on July 23, 2009, 04:12:24 PM

Just saw this. The cop who made the arrest was a racial profiler expert. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_harvard_scholar_disorderly

What does Obama have to say about that?

He'll say, "Expert in profiling? Aha! I toldja so!" LOL.

Seriously... along with the fact that he adminstered CPR to Reggie Lewis.... this story just gets better and better. Gates picked the wrong cop to be his bitch. m-m-m-m.... the sweet smell of schadenfreude.

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2009, 04:16:02 PM »

Quote from: thundley4 on July 23, 2009, 04:11:07 PM

I disagree, he'll still get the majority of the black vote.

Probably right and he is a racist pig.

Chris_ · « **Reply #30 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:06:40 PM »

This is probably the most objective editorial IN FAVOR of the President's assertion I've seen since this whole flap erupted.

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Look, there is no doubt that Prof. Gates had a chip on his shoulder. There is no doubt that he acted rudely and was insulting of a police officer. It sounds to me like Prof. Gates is a complete jerk with a persecution complex. But the police are there to deal with threats to the public safety. Prof. Gates was not a threat to anybody. Time for the police to leave and go find some real criminals.

<snip>

Prof. Gates went way, way, way out of his way to provoke the police into doing something stupid. But the point is that they took the bait. If they had simply left him alone, the story would have ended there. Now we have an ongoing racial drama for the next several months that is completely unnecessary. Not too smart on the part of the Cambridge police.

seabelle · « **Reply #31 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:18:17 PM »

Just adding another link which has pretty detailed information. Yes, Gates still looks like a fool

The other two officers were minorities.

http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/07/23/obama-i-dont-know-anything-about-it-except-the-white-cop-acted-stupidly/

Chris · « **Reply #32 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:27:06 PM »

All you mufuggin honkey crackas keepin' a brotha down wif yo' racist jibba jabba.

The Fraternal Order of Police had Gibbs doing damage control after his boss shot his mouth off... it's hilarious.

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Jim Pasco, executive director of the FOP's legislative office, noted that before Obama made the remarks, the president acknowledged that he was only vaguely familiar with what happened.

"That being the case, it's unfortunate that he chose to say anything," Pasco said. "He wasn't there, and he doesn't know what happened."

On Thursday, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs sought to walk back the president's comments.

"Let me be clear. He was not calling the officer stupid, OK?" Gibbs told reporters on Air Force One. "He was denoting that ... at a certain point the situation got far out of hand, and I think all sides understand that."

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/police-union-condemns-obamas-stupidly-comments-2009-07-23.html

Mufugin' Robert Gibbs... cracka' ass cracka.

Chris_ · « **Reply #33 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:40:29 PM »

Ok, who turned off the teleprompter and let the Rookie talk all by himself?

Chris · « **Reply #34 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:46:08 PM »

I read the entire police report. Gates acted every bit of a ****ing idiot and got called on it. Here's a hint... when the cops show up at your house investigating a 911 call about a burglary in progress, they don't care where you work or who you think you are. Do what they tell you and STFU.

SSG Snuggle Bunny · « **Reply #35 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:49:41 PM »

I'm going to go out on a limb and say: looking to the long-term - I'm starting to enjoy the Obama presidency.

TheSarge · « **Reply #36 on:** July 23, 2009, 05:57:31 PM »

Quote from: SilverOrchid on July 23, 2009, 04:12:24 PM

Just saw this. The cop who made the arrest was a racial profiler expert. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090723/ap_on_re_us/us_harvard_scholar_disorderly

What does Obama have to say about that?

He's not gonna say anything else. He's gonna let the talking heads like the two I saw on CNN today defend what he said and trash a good cop just doing his job.

whiffleball · « **Reply #37 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:01:10 PM »

Open mouth, insert foot.

All the immense bonfires on Skins Island about how proud they are of their president getting involved personally, yet I seem to remember major league outrage when politicians became involved in the Schiavo incident.

SSG Snuggle Bunny · « **Reply #38 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:06:35 PM »

Quote from: whiffleball on July 23, 2009, 06:01:10 PM

Open mouth, insert foot.

Then shoot self in foot.

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All the immense bonfires on Skins Island about how proud they are of their president getting involved personally, yet I seem to remember major league outrage when politicians became involved in the Schiavo incident.

She was white.

Schadenfreude · « **Reply #39 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:09:47 PM »

Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on July 23, 2009, 06:06:35 PM

She was white.

Worse, she was a white vegetable, a complete drain on society.

thundley4 · « **Reply #40 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:16:50 PM »

Quote from: Schadenfreude on July 23, 2009, 06:09:47 PM

Worse, she was a white vegetable, a complete drain on society.

Then shouldn't the DUmp have supported her as one of their own?

rich_t · « **Reply #41 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:22:52 PM »

Hell, Zobama acts stupidly everytime he opens his mouth.

Who is he to judge?

Chris_ · « **Reply #42 on:** July 23, 2009, 06:39:01 PM »

When and if the Zero does make another comment it will come out way too pretty because unless he has it written down infront of him all we will hear is the stammering uh uh uh

TheSarge · « **Reply #43 on:** July 23, 2009, 07:17:24 PM »

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and I think all sides understand that.

Ummm...wrong again Robert.

Just saw this on the FNC :

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Obama Surprised by Controversy Over Remark About Arrest of Black Scholar

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/23/obama-surprised-controversy-remark-arrest-black-scholar/

Gratiot · « **Reply #44 on:** July 23, 2009, 07:53:46 PM »

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The white police sergeant criticized by President Barack Obama for arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. in his Massachusetts home is a police academy expert on cultural diversity.

Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley has taught a class on diversity for five years at the Lowell Police Academy after being hand-picked for the job by former police Commissioner Ronny Watson, who is black, said Academy Director Thomas Fleming.

"I have nothing but the highest respect for him as a police officer. He is very professional and he is a good role model for the young recruits in the police academy," Fleming said on Thursday.

NPR

Reality vs DU · « **Reply #45 on:** July 23, 2009, 09:02:31 PM »

Oh what a great development in this story.

libertyfirst · « **Reply #46 on:** July 23, 2009, 11:25:19 PM »

I'm guessing TOTUS really gave him what for...

He is the President of the United States and he didn't have the details of this incident before a very carefully scripted news conference? Not likely.

jtyangel · « **Reply #47 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:16:30 AM »

OK, the more I hear about this I either suspect

a)set up by the neighbor and Gates to cause a racial incident given how foolish Obama is looking at the moment

b)the question should at least be asked why Gates own neighbor didn't know it was him? Is there bad blood between them and the neighbor was being a prick or is this guy so isolated his own neighbor didn't know him by site?

Either way, if the police officer is given a description by the NEIGHBOR, one would think the neighbor could discern the owner from a burglar and the police officer only has a description to go on. I think they are expecting a police officer to be a friggin mind reader and know who lives there to begin with. NOt to mention, given what I've read of Gates it was probably his own beligerant attitude contributed and escalated the situation. BTW, haven't police officers cuffed homeowners before until things get straightened out? Certainly Gates isn't the first one who has had to endure this 'abuse' while the officers protect themselves while they are figuring out who is who and what is going on.

DixieBelle · « **Reply #48 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:42:43 AM »

great point jty. I was wondering that myself.

0bama freely admitted to not having all of the facts but passed judgment anyway. And this moron sits in the Oval Office.

DixieBelle · « **Reply #49 on:** July 24, 2009, 07:44:03 AM »

Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on July 23, 2009, 05:49:41 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say: looking to the long-term - I'm starting to enjoy the Obama presidency.

Me too. I'm stocking up on popcorn.

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Author Topic: Obama: Cambridge police acted 'stupidly' in Gates arrest (Read 17734 times)