Obama eats his words!

[RedOctober]

http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...rpc=22&sp=true

President Obama took back his statement about the Cambridge police officer who arrested a black Professor, Louis Gates, because he was suspected to be breaking into a home. Obama was accused of "pulling the race card" to help repair the image of the black friend.

my guess is that the white house made Obama pull some damage control and take back what he said... any thoughts?

[GrayFox]

Of course he took them back, because he knew that all he should have said was "I don't know much about this case. Gates is a friend of mine and I'll be looking to investigate more into it." Thats all that was needed to be said before he blindly accused the police of being "stupid."

[Caution]

He was all over the place the other night. I don't consider myself to be politically dumb, but I could barely understand a thing he said regarding health care.

[Italian Jew]

He said he didn't know whether race played a part or not, but the actions of the police were stupid. He then went on about how it was a bad situation made worse by the actions of both parties involved, so I think he meant to say that the incident was a stupid one to be had.

Ah well, just another week in a 24 hour news cycle. Gotta have something to show besides what some podunk town is doing to handle an overpopulation of squirrels.

[Shadowex3]

He said he didn't know whether race played a part or not, but the actions of the police were stupid. He then went on about how it was a bad situation made worse by the actions of both parties involved, so I think he meant to say that the incident was a stupid one to be had.

^^^ This. But because he's Obama everyone on EITHER side is blowing everything he's said waaaay out of proportion.

[Drox]

This issue isnt even that big, I think both sides are acting like girl scouts.

[b0red]

You can take the Man out of the ghetto but you can't take the ghetto out of the man. But i am happy to see he apologized about what he said, he acted very "stupidly" if he would say so himself

[Blank]

But i am happy to see he apologized about what he said, he acted very "stupidly" if he would say so himself

He didn't apoligize, and I don't think he ever will. He said. "I could have calibrated those words differently."

He said he didn't know whether race played a part or not

This is pop journalism 101. All he needed to say was the word "race" and that is all that 90% of the population heard.

[Flick]

after the cop arrested the guy he asked him if he wanted someone to lock his house back up for him then gates said no it had been broken into before and the lock was broken why would he break into his own house if the front door was already unlocked?

[GrayFox]

after the cop arrested the guy he asked him if he wanted someone to lock his house back up for him then gates said no it had been broken into before and the lock was broken why would he break into his own house if the front door was already unlocked?

He did break into his house, I don't know how, but he had forgotten his key and got in by forcing the door.