But while I am a staunch Obama supporter, this time I think he’s made a mistake. In general, Obama has been EXTREMELY smart about tackling the root causes, as opposed to the symptoms, of racial inequality.

Now, we have the President passing a value judgement on a controversial situation he did not witness… his first non-level-headed response I can remember. And because he’s sticking to it, that’s all anyone is talking about, even though the first nine-hundred minutes of his nine-hundred-one minute talk were about the need for us to come together on health care.

Timing, dude. Health care is your biggest issue, and it could help fix the growing economic divide in this country… put this aside, get the conversation back where it should be.

But while I am a staunch Obama supporter, this time I think he’s made a mistake. In general, Obama has been EXTREMELY smart about tackling the root causes, as opposed to the symptoms, of racial inequality.

Now, we have the President passing a value judgement on a controversial situation he did not witness… his first non-level-headed response I can remember. And because he’s sticking to it, that’s all anyone is talking about, even though the first nine-hundred minutes of his nine-hundred-one minute talk were about the need for us to come together on health care.

Timing, dude. Health care is your biggest issue, and it could help fix the growing economic divide in this country… put this aside, get the conversation back where it should be.

The officers were simply responding to a burglary call. It’s their job to get his ID, search the house for HIS safety and leave. As soon as they asked for his ID, Gates lost his composure and went crazy. According to CNN, there are recordings from the police trying to radio in the call, with Gates saying “I’ll meet you and yo mamma outside.” He wasn’t arrested for “breaking into his own house.” He was arrested because he wouldn’t cooporate with police. He obviously realized that he would have to turn this into a race issue to keep his prestigious job as a professor…hence the media hellstorm. It’s nobody’s fault but his own that he got arrested. Cops were just doing their jobs.

And Obama apparently still thinks (like most of the ill informed people reacting to this story) that Gates was arrested for breaking into his own house. Hence his own stupid comments about the cops.

The officers were simply responding to a burglary call. It’s their job to get his ID, search the house for HIS safety and leave. As soon as they asked for his ID, Gates lost his composure and went crazy. According to CNN, there are recordings from the police trying to radio in the call, with Gates saying “I’ll meet you and yo mamma outside.” He wasn’t arrested for “breaking into his own house.” He was arrested because he wouldn’t cooporate with police. He obviously realized that he would have to turn this into a race issue to keep his prestigious job as a professor…hence the media hellstorm. It’s nobody’s fault but his own that he got arrested. Cops were just doing their jobs.

And Obama apparently still thinks (like most of the ill informed people reacting to this story) that Gates was arrested for breaking into his own house. Hence his own stupid comments about the cops.

I’m actually glad he said it. It was not a politician’s answer. And I love that he’s sticking to it.

It saddens me that Obama jumped on the wrong incident to make a very valid point that needed to be made. Now everyone talks about this one idiotic incident rather than looking at the larger point he’s making. Ugh.

It saddens me that Obama jumped on the wrong incident to make a very valid point that needed to be made. Now everyone talks about this one idiotic incident rather than looking at the larger point he’s making. Ugh.