The Audacity of Hops

maybe Obama will learn from this “teachable moment” to keep his racist thoughts and deeds to himself..same applies to Gates. And to the woman who phoned this in..you did the right thing…this is normal behavior for the left wing to go and try to destroy someone thats makes one of their own look like a fool

Glen Ford writes:
“When New York City police went unpunished for killing unarmed Sean Bell in a barrage of 50 bullets, President Obama tersely stated that Blacks should “respect the verdict that came down.” Obama had nothing at all to say when a Bay Area transit cop was video-taped fatally shooting Oscar Grant in the back as he lay face down and handcuffed. And why should Obama have spoken out, anyway? These were not his people. Oh no, they were the problem people, a problem for everybody, but especially for the Better Class of Blacks, who would now have to work even harder to disassociate themselves from the Bells and Grants of Black America.
But the “Skip” Gates case cried out for solidarity. Obama stood up for his class (at least briefly), the political fallout be damned.”

Though I think the Crowley fellow would win handily.

“The Audacity of Hops”
–> REALLY good one. Maybe this perfect phrase will put an end to Obama’s “have a beer” solution to real contradiction.
Under Obama’s “have a beer” approach tto quelling all conflict, you’d think He’d be rolling in kegs to the Congress. (Maybe He HAS been rolling kegs in to the Congress — that’d explain the “stimulus”, the joke health care bill, and much more.)

Bets on who will bring the cupcakes?

Obama is an elitist and a classist — that is obvious. He can’t help himself.

Yes, this President is just one of the boys….have a beer then go holiday in a $20 million home in Martha’s Vinyard

‘Uncle’,
You shouldn’t be shocked over the President’s comments regarding the Gates incident. You need only to read his first book to understand his remarks. He has had a chip on his shoulder since his youth and it is a reflex action on his part to defend every misconceived racial injustice he becomes aware of.
He was being dihonest the next day when he said he ‘continued’ to believe Mr. Gates also shared some of the blame for the incident.
Prior to that statement, he had absolutely NO criticism of Mr Gates….it was clear in his press conference he squared the blame on the police officer.
Of course, the press ignored his misleading statement.

Anyone who knows beer knows you can’t call Blue Moon “blue”, because it’s a crappy version of a Belgian “white” beer.
And don’t bring hops into this. American mass-produced beers don’t use hops. They might use some sort of hop substitute, but it’s a far cry from real beer.
The White House staff should support the local economy and find a microbrew.

Trying to turn this into a “teachable moment” is simply an effort for Obama and Gates to save face. The only teaching that needs to be done is for those two to think clearly before they speak.
The two also need to emphasize that the police do a dangerous job for us made even more impossible by the thoughtless jerks they have to put up with.
A great injustice has been done to Sgt. Crowley. Gates and Obama have hurt every police dept. in the country, and their ability to safely and effectively deal with all communities. A great injustice was also done to the 911 caller.
Obama has conveyed the impression that somehow Sgt. Crowley was perpetuating “historical wrongs”. The whole assumption for the beer meeting is wrong, and does a tremendous disservice to Crowley and the policing community.
What do you think will happen the next time police are called to any situation possibly involving an African American male?
Do you really think anyone’s going to call 911 again in a similar situation? Why would anybody take that risk now?
As was said below, all deference and apologies need to go to Crowley. When he’s satisfied, Obama and Gates will be free to go about the rest of their day. That’s the best way for Obama to correct the misperceptions he so recklessly contributed to.
Sgt. Crowley and others like him are charged with keeping the peace, and we the people grant them the authority to use their judgment and discretion to do it. Whether the prez or anyone else would have made a different decision is immaterial. All of that is only after-the-fact second guessing, from the easy comfort of ten days later.

Conan Obrien said the other night, “The last time the President went out for beers, he bought a car company.”
What could go wrong?

Conan Obrien said the other night, “The last time the President went out for beers, he bought a car company.”
What could go wrong?
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“President Bush has approved a $17.4 billion auto bailout, with $13.4 billion in emergency loans to prevent the collapse of GM and Chrysler and another $4 billion to be handed out in February.” (Dec 19, 2008)
Credit where credit is due. Obama supported it as well.

Conan Obrien said the other night, “The last time the President went out for beers, he bought a car company.”
What could go wrong?
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“President Bush has approved a $17.4 billion auto bailout, with $13.4 billion in emergency loans to prevent the collapse of GM and Chrysler and another $4 billion to be handed out in February.” (Dec 19, 2008)
Credit where credit is due. Obama supported it as well.
Posted by: danita | Jul 30, 2009 1:42:00 PM
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Since you seem to be calling Conan a liar, did you defend Palin with such ferocity when David Letterman lied about her and her daughter?

“I think that when people dislike Obama and criticize him so much, it all comes down to racism.”
That is what Barack and I believe as well.

Only in America could a small-town cop get the jump on the President of the United States and an elitist scholar, where he ends up holding all of the power. So whatever the outcome, God Bless America!