If tonight’s beer ends Gates affair, Obama will save American jobs
Thursday, July 30, 2009 at 10:04 am
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For America’s public servants who use social media stupidly, President Obama can’t drink beer with Henry Louis Gates and his arresting officer, Sgt. Jim Crowley, soon enough. Commentary about the Gates affair on Facebook cost an aide to the Manhattan borough president her job, and a racist email about the affair sent to the Boston Globe cost a Boston cop his badge, perhaps permanently.
Another government worker who already knows his current job is coming to an end (but might want another one) was more cautious. Gov. Pawlenty, who has said he won’t run for re-election, interviewed former Secretary of State Colin Powell on his radio show last Friday — not long after Obama told a national television audience that Crowley had acted “stupidly” in arresting Gates for breaking into his own home – without asking Powell about the Gates controversy.
The governor should stick to politics and pontificating to his party, because he missed a scoop. A few days later, CNN’s Larry King broached the question, and Powell said he had been on the receiving end of racial profiling but still found fault with the way Gates reacted (video).
6 Comments
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
Are you kidding? You liberals will find any reason to say “Obama is saving jobs!”. He’s an idiot for commenting on something he knows nothing about. Of course, that’s what his presidency has been so far.
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
Professor Gates did not constitute a physical threat to the officer. It was not necessary and very high handed of Sgt.Crowley to handcuff him. White or black is not the issue here,it is about the right procedures.Everyone has got it wrong.
It is high time that the US Govt. laid down specific conditions upon which a person can be handcuffed.A person under arrest need not be invariably handcuffed.That is the way to restrain bull headed officers.
Lecturing on race relations makes little differance.
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 1:31 pm
Arrest and not hand-cuff? that’s asking for trouble. Making it subjective would only lead to charges of group politics. By age? The man isn’t 90. Anybody who can try to push open a door and is being taken into custody is a risk.
The main point is that Professor Gates was not being taken in for a beer – he was not calm and that was the basis of the problem.
Handcuffing can also save lives, not just of police. If a big 6 foot 5 person gets agressive, and is shot, who wins? Not him, not the police, not the public. If in handcuffs, he is a bit more “manageable”
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 3:07 pm
Too bad Obama didn’t take this opportunity to promote any of the hundreds of excellent, American-made-and-owned craft brews instead of Belgian-owned behemoth (and Republican donor) Budweiser.
Comment posted July 30, 2009 @ 5:17 pm
Raj I don’t think you know what you are talking about. If you arrested you are hand-cuffed. Period. It was not high handed at all, in fact the only high handing that was happening is Gates trying to intimidate by screaming race discrimination. Gates blew it, Obama blew it worse, and you all are trying to make it look like Crowley is the bad guy for doing his Job.
I agree with Carl – we needed a good ole true American beer!
So I am wondering what you all think about Crowley taking his entourage to the white house?
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