Charles Krauthammer on Obama’s attempt to defuse the Gates controversy:
I think it was important, because the Democrats have suffered for almost a half a century of a reputation of being soft on crime. The flip side of that is tough on cops, or insensitive to the duties and the sacrifices of law enforcement. …When the Cambridge police came out–a multi-racial police force came out–and spoke unanimously about how this was wrong, this was not about race, and the president really ought to apologize, they [the White House] understood it was a serious political issue. It seems that a lot of the Obama presidency is a contest between his intelligence and his arrogance. And I think he thought when he was asked that question [the Gates arrest] Wednesday night that he can say anything on race and is so smart that he will be untouchable. And one reason is that he gave the famous speech in Philadelphia, the race speech, during the campaign in which, in fact, he did not renounce Jeremiah Wright. He blamed everybody for racism–black, white and grandmother–except for himself, and was hailed by a supine press as the second coming of Lincoln at Cooper Union. So after that, you think you can say anything on race and be hailed as a genius. Well, he now understands that you can’t get away with that forever, and he got really caught on this one.
Emphasis mine. One of many instances where the Obamination continues to demonstrate why he should never have been elected.
drjim on 28 Jul 2009 at 0927 #
Dear Leader Chairman MaoBama has a severe problem with not engaging his brain before putting his mouth in gear!
Minstrel on 28 Jul 2009 at 1406 #
MaoBama - LOL!
DirtCrashr on 31 Jul 2009 at 0958 #
To repeat a comment I left at Say Uncle’s, I’ve seen Mr. Gates performing on TV - on “History Detectives,” and also in the PBS episode-thing about African-American honky-white ancestry diffusion. It was obvious how very much his 1/125% Irishness (or whatever) disappointed him so - his blood defiled by ignorant potato-eating peasants. Clearly, desperately he wanted the rich blood of Nubian Princes (and Princesses) coursing through his intellectual veins.
He struck me very much as a self-absorbed, puffed-up popinjay, and I believe that unless he is treated like a Baron, he is/was incapable of any other reaction than anger, bitterness, and spite.
Crotalus on 31 Jul 2009 at 1243 #
“A contest between his intelligence and his arrogance”, eh? What little intellgence he has is losing badly!
Minstrel on 31 Jul 2009 at 1534 #
The Obamination seems to have a lot more radical friends than he’s willing to disclose. Gates, William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright are only the tip of the iceberg.