More On Gatesgate

Gatesgate - hey, how could I resist? But it's important to note, as Sister Toldjah does here, that Obama betrayed the post-racial theme throughout the campaign. But he was allowed to get away with it by the press.

Actually, the biggest shame of all is that the mainstream media, liberal Democrats, and black “leaders” have gotten away with perpetuating the myth about Barack Obama being a post-racial politician. He repeatedly proved he wasn’t once the primaries got going last year, and continued to play the race card whenever he felt it suited his political needs during the course of his campaign. And don’t even get me started on his spiritual mentor Rev. Wright.

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[Xerocky]

If you read Obama's statement, it's kind of funny how screwed up it is:

""I don’t know – not having been there and not seeing all the facts – what role race played in that, but I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two that he Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home," Obama said in response to a question from the Chicago Sun-Times's Lynn Sweet. "

Admits that he doesn't know all of the facts, right off the bat, but keeps on yakking anyhow.

"Gates, Obama allowed, "is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all the facts."

Ok, so you're a little biased? And you admit to that? Nice coming from the former head of the Harvard Law Review. What would have been said if he were friends with O.J. Simpson?
It also sheds light on Obama's attitude toward the whole Gerald Walpin/Kevin Johnson affair, doesn't it?

""Separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-American and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately," the president said, eagerly engaging the issue of racial profiling, a concern earlier in his career that has seen little White House attention to date.

"That’s just a fact," Obama said of profiling. "That doesn't lessen the incredibly progress that has been made."

Well, it's also a fact that for only being 13% of the population blacks perp a disproportionate amount of crime. So perhaps the police are just, at least in some cases, trying to do their job? You would think that the president may want to say something peaceful and encouraging to the nation (and the world for that matter) on the subject.

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/race.htm

In fact

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aQ9o.B5rNDpg&refer=home

[Tim]

Here's the great irony: according to the police report, Gates told the officer at the time of his arrest that his front door was unsecurable due to a previous break in attempt. So the neighbor had good reason to call the police and report it. But is that old bastard greatful that people are watching out for him? No - eveerybody else is racist, not him. Right.

[Anna Knapp]

This whole story takes place in America everyday. That is, reverse discrimination. I worked for the Pasadena, Ca. school system during the days of forced integration. I was an advocate for integration. There was a lot of racism and I denounced it and spent a great deal of time defending integration. However, at the age of 70 we had a young black lady move in next door who was a probation officer. She was a whitie hater from the word go. She pulled out yard dividers and plants that were put in long before she moved in and on and on. Her mother was a retired judge. When my husband and I would approach them on the damage she would do to our property during the time we had been given an award by the city for beautifying the city, they accused us of being old and not remembering and that we did things purposely after she moved in. My husband has MS and she was brutal in the comments she made to him. On one occasion she turned the hose on him as he was working out there and I finally called the police. She called me an old white lady in front of the officer and when he said " Excuse me, what did you say?" the mother went to the police department and accused this long time officer of being prejudicial. This is only a small part of the story. But I feel there are many untold stories by a lot of us who had spent our lives caring that all people are treated fairly in this country, only to be treated as unfairly as this officer has been. Oh, my and I am very familiar with MF language the professor used on the police officer.