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Friday, July 24, 2009

President Obama backing away from his stupid statement

My bad. I should have said his 'stupid' statement. I'm referring, of course, to his primetime remark about the 'stupid' arrest of Harvard Professor Gates at his home.
The president took the podium at the daily press briefing to say that he had spoken to Sgt. Crowley, the officer who arrested Professor Gates. He went on to say that Crowley and Gates are both decent men, but that blacks are sensitive about such things, and maybe they could all sit down for a beer, blah blah blah.
Bet he wishes he had kept his mouth shut about this one.

4 comments:

  1. The President hasn't been able to calibrate his "stupidity" for 7 months now. He did NOT apologize for his "stupidity", nor will he. He can't because of his narcissistic defects of character. The 800lb gorilla is the fact that the professor is a racisist.

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  2. Nice blog, Inspector Clouseau, and very good advice.

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  3. This shows the impotance of the words of the office of the president of the united states. As we have talked before with the young republicans, what you say will be scrutinized and analyzed for content intent and mistakes. We do expect the person who ascends to the presidency to make statements based on facts and not to make a statement of judgement on someone based on emotion. It is a minefield the president walks through when he speaks. Sometimes the less said is best, though sometimes not saying anything can give the enemy a wrong impression also.

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  4. Darrell, you're absolutely right. I wondered at the time if he fully realized the impact that his words have.

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