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With Leaders Like That...
President Obama, apologized...kinda sorta maybe...to Sgt. Crowley and the Cambridge, MA Police Department for calling the officer's actions stupid.
I don't know what's more disturbing: the fact that an educated man such as Henry Louis Gates, a professor, immediately and unjustly plays the race card...
...or that the President of the United States jumped to conclusions in publicly and without hesitation criticizing the actions of an officer of the law.
I don't know what's more disturbing: the fact that an educated man such as Henry Louis Gates, a professor, immediately and unjustly plays the race card...
...or that the President of the United States jumped to conclusions in publicly and without hesitation criticizing the actions of an officer of the law.
posted by Robert at 8:29 PM
3 Comments:
Both.
That is most definitely true, Jonathan. But even putting the issue of a president getting involved in local issues aside for a second, his initial "gut" reaction to go against the police without real knowledge of the facts really struck me.
Robert I agree with you about the 'gut reaction' - chances are he's said [or heard from Rev Wright] the same type of thing a number of times before. But an audience of other liberals just nodded their assent or gave him an 'amen.'
In terms of damage - this is probably the one issue he felt as though, 'I don't have to worry about teleprompters or being told what to say' - that's gone too I imagine.
Silver lining here - maybe his desire for constant attention will be reduced.
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