It does not matter that he TRIED to Clarify, he let out his true opinions.
Hey folks,
That's right. He told the world on national television EXACTLY how he sees things. Black man arrested by White Cop, White Cop is a Stupid Racist. Basically that is exactly what he said.
He said when asked, which we all know was a planted question, what he thought of the situation in Cambridge, he said that the Cops "acted Stupidly." Friday he made a cameo appearance to attempt to stop the firestorm back draft that he has been receiving ever since his Racist statement. He appeased the Obamaide drinkers, but he did not appease everyone. Not even some in the Mainstream Media. But here is the Transcript with my commentary thrown in.
2:33 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hey, it's a cameo appearance. Sit down, sit down. I need to help Gibbs out a little bit here.
Q Are you the new press secretary?
THE PRESIDENT: If you got to do a job, do it yourself. (Laughter.)
I wanted to address you guys directly because over the last day and a half obviously there's been all sorts of controversy around the incident that happened in Cambridge with Professor Gates and the police department there.
I actually just had a conversation with Sergeant Jim Crowley, the officer involved. And I have to tell you that as I said yesterday, my impression of him was that he was a outstanding police officer and a good man, and that was confirmed in the phone conversation -- and I told him that.
And because this has been ratcheting up -- and I obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up -- I want to make clear that in my choice of words I think I unfortunately gave an impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically -- and I could have calibrated those words differently. And I told this to Sergeant Crowley.
"I think the Police Acted Stupidly." Uh, how would you word that differently?
I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home to the station.
Problem. Gates was NOT pulled out of his home. He followed the Cop ranting and raving causing ALL Police and Bystanders there to become even more concerned. He was arrested on the SIDEWALK.
I also continue to believe, based on what I heard, that Professor Gates probably overreacted as well. My sense is you've got two good people in a circumstance in which neither of them were able to resolve the incident in the way that it should have been resolved and the way they would have liked it to be resolved.
That's true. Cop shows up to investigate someone breaking into your home, you cooperate and thank them for looking out for you, and they leave. That would have been the ideal situation. Not attack the Cop verbally and refuse to cooperate with the investigation.
The fact that it has garnered so much attention I think is a testimony to the fact that these are issues that are still very sensitive here in America. So to the extent that my choice of words didn't illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, I think that was unfortunate.
You think it was unfortunate that you are taking so much heat over this. NOT That you called the Cops stupid?
What I'd like to do then I make sure that everybody steps back for a moment, recognizes that these are two decent people, not extrapolate too much from the facts -- but as I said at the press conference, be mindful of the fact that because of our history, because of the difficulties of the past, you know, African Americans are sensitive to these issues. And even when you've got a police officer who has a fine track record on racial sensitivity, interactions between police officers and the African American community can sometimes be fraught with misunderstanding.
{Sigh} The Cop TRAINS other Officers in Racial Sensitivity. Why is it always the Cops that have to learn how to deal with Minorities? Why can the Minorities not just cooperate with the Cops?
My hope is, is that as a consequence of this event this ends up being what's called a "teachable moment,"
Yeah, do not automatically assume the Cops are WRONG.
where all of us instead of pumping up the volume
Calling the Cops Stupid.
spend a little more time listening to each other and try to focus on how we can generally improve relations between police officers and minority communities, and that instead of flinging accusations
As you did.
we can all be a little more reflective in terms of what we can do to contribute to more unity. Lord knows we need it right now -- because over the last two days as we've discussed this issue, I don't know if you've noticed, but nobody has been paying much attention to health care. (Laughter.)
We have here. The New or alternative Media has been. People who are learning what is in your plan have been. Sorry. The only ones that have not been talking about it is those trying to pass it in the House and Senate because they KNOW they do not have the Votes.
I will not use this time to spend more words on health care, although I can't guarantee that that will be true next week. I just wanted to emphasize that -- one last point I guess I would make. There are some who say that as President I shouldn't have stepped into this at all because it's a local issue. I have to tell you that that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue
BECAUSE OF YOU!
I think is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society.
And people like you, and even Professor Gates are NOT helping matters.
Whether I were black or white, I think that me commenting on this and hopefully contributing to constructive -- as opposed to negative -- understandings about the issue, is part of my portfolio.
So at the end of the conversation there was a discussion about -- my conversation with Sergeant Crowley, there was discussion about he and I and Professor Gates having a beer here in the White House. We don't know if that's scheduled yet -- (laughter) -- but we may put that together.
He also did say he wanted to find out if there was a way of getting the press off his lawn. (Laughter.) I informed him that I can't get the press off my lawn. (Laughter.) He pointed out that my lawn is bigger than his lawn. (Laughter.) But if anybody has any connections to the Boston press, as well as national press, Sergeant Crowley would be happy for you to stop trampling his grass.
All right. Thank you, guys.
Now go talk about my Healthcare Plan. I do not want to hear any more about this. I bet you they will dutifully oblige him. Folks, it really is simple. Look at his associations his whole life. He was a Community Organizer. This is all he knows. He thinks that the Country has been run by "Rich White Men" and that we are an arrogant and evil country that lives off the backs of other countries and the poor and minority in this country. This is who he is. This is all he knows.
This is why he reacted like he did. This is why he saw the Cops as Stupid and Racist and why he saw the poor little innocent Gates as the Victim. None of this is true. But that is how he saw it, and he said so. Now he is, as they {the Liberals} always do, he is now tried to go for a redo. A do-over. He wants you to forget what he said, and just accept what he NOW says he meant. You HAVE to know that Biden is laughing somewhere. "Hey, at least it wasn't me this time."
Peter
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