Obama Threw Gates under the Bus!!!
That’s right, folks!! Obama threw Gates under the bus! Just like he did his pastor for 20 years reverend Wright and his white grandmother. Here’s what Obama said, plus my commentary, on July 24, 2009, in a surprise appearance at the White House daily briefing room.
OBAMA: 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. I also continue to believe, based on what I heard, that Professor Gates probably overreacted as well.
Me: See, he threw Gates under the bus! The pulling of Professor Gates out of his home was not an overreaction; he was uncooperative and belligerent.
Gates was the one who overreacted when the police officer came to his house.
Note also Obama said, “based on what I have heard,” and not “based on the facts I now know.” He said what he said so you can’t blame him for anything, since there’s always that possibility he has been told the wrong and/or incomplete information.
OBAMA: 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. The fact this 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.
Me: There he is throwing the race card again. “Garnered so much attention”?? Who brought the attention level up this high!? YOU did, Mr. President! This is a testimony that you are indeed a community agitator (which he officially was for 20 years) who can’t step away from defining issue. You are the president; and the president doesn’t stoop this low to interfere at the local level.
OBAMA: And, you know, so to the extent that my choice of words didn’t illuminate, but rather contributed to more media frenzy, I think that was unfortunate.
Me: Mr. Obama, in that press conference you said you didn’t know all the facts and were biased, and still you called the cop stupid. And you are the president of the United States, so of course your “choice of words” would contribute to “media frenzy.” Your choice of words could not possibly have illuminated anybody; your choice of words did not have the capability to do that. Mr. Obama, your “choice of words” impugned the reputation and work ethic of the police officers all over the country, not to mention the hatred for cops the comment ginned up.
OBAMA: What I would like to do, then, is make sure that everybody steps back for a moment, recognize 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, African-Americans are sensitive to these issues.
Me: Who needs to step back here? Who extrapolated too much from the facts? It was none other than Barack Hussein Obama himself.
OBAMA: And even when you’ve got a police officer who has a fine track record on racial sensitivity –
Me: But still stupid
OBAMA: — interactions between police officers and the African-American community can sometimes be fraught with misunderstanding.
Me: not in this case, Obongo.
OBAMA: My hope is that as a consequence of this event, this ends up being what’s called a teachable moment, where all of us, instead of pumping up the volume, spend a little more time listening to each other and try to focus on how we can generally improve relations between police officers in minority communities and instead of flinging accusations we can be a little bit more reflective in terms of what we can do.
Me: Hey Barack, you pumped up the volume! You didn’t spend any time gathering the facts before you did that, much less listening to each other. What you said Barack, calling the cop’s actions stupid, only made worse the relations between police officers and minority communities, because what you say gets spread nationwide, Barack. Who was “flinging accusations?” You did, Barack; you engaged the accusations!
OBAMA: Over the last two days, as we’ve discussed this issue, I don’t know if you’ve noticed but nobody’s been paying much attention to health care.
Me: that’s not true. I don’t know about the mainstream liberal media, but those in the new media have continued to pay much attention to health care in spite of the distraction.
OBAMA: I just wanted to emphasize that 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 thing — that part of it I disagree with. The fact that this has become such a big issue is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society.
Me: There he is throwing the race card again. Of course he disagree with that part, he’s a community agitator. ACORN can’t step away from defining issue. This has become such a big issue because of your un-presidential actions, President Nifong. The fact that this has become such a big issue is indicative of the fact that you are still a community agitator who isn’t qualified to be the President of the United States.
OBAMA: Whether I were black or white, I think that me commenting on this and hopefully contributing to constructive, as opposed to negative, understandings –
Me: I see now, the poll is plunging; that’s why Obama chose to escalate the issue.
OBAMA: — about the issue is part of my portfolio.
Me: yep; your portfolio: your five-minute career.
OBAMA: At the end of the conversation, there was a discussion about my conversation with Sergeant Crowley, there was a 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, but we may put that together.
Me: Ho ho! Is there some prejudice that cops in Massachusetts drink beer?
OBAMA: He also did say he wanted to find out if there was a way of getting the press off his lawn. I informed him that I can’t get the press off my lawn. He pointed out that my lawn is bigger than his lawn. 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.
There you go, President Barack Nifong turning down the volume on the issue, throwing the distinguished Professor Gates under the bus in the process.
