Comments on: Total Victory

By: Banjo

Banjo — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:39:04 +0000

Gates is a race hustler, pure and simple. Like Jackson and Sharpton, he based a career on it. My guess is his “narrative” is swallowed whole by maybe as many as 95% of the African-American community. Uh, wait a minute. Wasn’t that their vote for Obama? (Sound of police whistle). Move on, people. No racism to see here.

By: vermontaigne

vermontaigne — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:35:07 +0000

Huh. Wonder whether Obama overreacted.

By: clankster

clankster — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:13:45 +0000

I have decided that Billy Mays has been reborn in the visage of Barack Obama.

http://www.jourtegrity.blogspot.com

By: bloc

bloc — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:17:06 +0000

P.S. Heather Mac Donald has written a fine piece on this matter entitled Promoting Racial Paranoia — it's well worth reading.

By: bloc

bloc — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:12:51 +0000

Mr. Obama said:

. . . 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.

What a delicious insight into our president’s thought processes.

Note: “. . . there was an overreaction . . .” (by the officer) and compare that to “. . . Professor Gates probably overreacted . . .” (my emphasis).

And thus, the moral equivalence in which an abusive Gates is no more culpable than a polite, duty-driven cop isn’t even reached: Crowley overreacted, and Gates probably overreacted.

Sheesh . . .

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:54:08 +0000

It’s clear from reading that piece about Professor Gates’ tricycle that he is as big a name-dropper and narcissist as the Me-In-Chief. I don’t see much chance of reevaluation and learning going on there.