Comments on: Gates-Gate: Time to Move On

By: SFTor1

SFTor1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:15:38 +0000

One more thing: to arrest a man inside his own home on the flimsiest pretense, only to have the charges immediately dropped, that is called “winning” now?

By: SFTor1

SFTor1 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:12:04 +0000

sinz seems to want to smear and demean the President by putting him in dodgy company.

That is not going to fly.

To Republicans who are unable to see that Obama has been saddled with considerable challenges from a Republican Administration and Congress: wake up. Take some responsibility.

As far as Republicans are concerned who would attempt to divide the country against itself: to hell with them.

By: Bulldoglover100

Bulldoglover100 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:01:09 +0000

Frnaco…..the real truth now that the police report is all over the net? Is that Gates gave his name, in his own home, and that wasn’t good enough because the cop already had his dander up. The charges were dropped because they would not hold up in a court of law. Facts are facts but go ahead and contiune to be a laughing stock to educated people.

By: Bulldoglover100

Bulldoglover100 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:58:53 +0000

Sinz54…….please dont reproduce.
Attempting to use racism as an effective tool against Obama is not going to work. It didn’t work with rev. Wright and it won’t now…that’s actually a sign of insane stupidity… to keep trying the same thing over and over again thinking that this time it is going to work.
Obama is our President and as such? Fight him on the issues, not childish racist finger pointing.

By: franco 2

franco 2 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:07:38 +0000

Y’all are so kind here at NM! Let bygones be bygones. Obama made a huge mistake weighing in on this and it also served to reveal why he may be addicted to the teleprompter. The statement he made had he done so before November would have cost him the election ” I don’t know the facts but the cop acted stupidly” is on it’s own a contradiction that a President or Senator or Judge should never think, much less say aloud.

It is a big story too because it really is about elite vs. regular guy masquerading as a racial issue. Personally I am getting tired of the elites acting this way, and it becomes worse when elites like Obama and Gates celebrate their status as elites and playing the race card whenever it is convenient.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:05:19 +0000

This is politics. And Obama’s “stupidly” gaffe is a great issue.

GOP politicians like McConnell can’t afford to dirty their hands with it. But it’s a great issue for surrogates to keep in front of the public eye. (And YouTube makes that easy; there are hundreds of related video clips, just search for “Obama stupidly”.)

Because it reminds Americans of Reverend Wright. And Al Sharpton. And Louis Farrakhan. And if Obama can be defined as being in that camp, he’ll never get out of it again.

By: midcon

midcon — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:22:47 +0000

You mean you want to focus on issues, problem solving, and good governance. Ahh, the optimism of youth! It’s not actually about solving problems though. Oh, there are a few who have that goal. For the most part it’s about power, money, authority, and the desire to reshape one’s world to meet their world view. If a few problems get solved along the way, so much the better. But that is not the objective. Call it a collateral benefit (or damage depending on the topic) if anything actually gets accomplished. Of course after over 30 years in the Federal Government, I am pretty cynical. Still take a look at Maslov’s Hierarchy of Needs and compare most politicians against those needs. Most of them rarely get beyond the lower level needs.