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Last Word on Beer: That Teachable Moment Was About Obama
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyI'm not sure what, if anything, the nation learned about race relations from the White House Beer Summit. It's not news that things can get tense between cops and black people. If we'd been able to hear what was said at that table in the Rose Garden, maybe we'd have more insights, more hope or despair. Instead we got a silent, awkward tableau of President Obama, Skip Gates, James Crowley and Joe Biden. But there were teachable moments in this episode -- about Obama himself. First there was the press conference last week that kicked off the mess, when he said he didn't have all the facts but ...
Robert Gibbs: Beers at White House Will be 'Poignant Moment'
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyWhite House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gave reporters guidance on Tuesday about the president's upcoming plans for beers and reconciliation at the White House. Here's what's on the rundown:Who: President Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates, Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge Police Department, who arrested Gates at his own home while investigating a possible break-inWhat: Cold beers and "a teachable moment" to send a message about race relations in America, ie we can all get alongWhere: The White House picnic table, weather permittingWhen: 6 p.m. Thursday Why: Because ...
Should Skip Gates Apologize to the Cop, or Vice Versa?
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyShould Skip Gates apologize to the cop? Should Sgt. Crowley apologize to the academic? I don't care who starts, but an olive branch is surely in order after their first encounter. The unscripted moment, to which both men brought baggage last week, was indeed "regrettable and unfortunate" but there are already too many versions for any one of them to be 100 percent accurate. ...
Gates-Crowley Drama: Forget Assumptions, Focus on Lessons
By Donna Britt - Politics Daily"Who do you think you are?" Of all the angry words tossed about in the brouhaha around black Harvard professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates' arrest for disorderly conduct on his front porch by a white Cambridge policeman, that question -- the one millions of us ask when confronted by someone who has clearly overstepped his bounds -- seems most apt. Even if neither Gates nor Sgt. James Crowley -- the policeman who'd rushed to Gates' home in response to a report of two men forcing the door -- never asked the question aloud, both men seemed to have been motivated by it. The policeman, regarding the ...
Obama: Gates Case Provides 'Teachable Moment'
By Carl M. Cannon - Politics DailyPresident Obama was full of surprises Friday. First, he placed a conciliatory early afternoon phone call to James P. Crowley, the Cambridge, Mass., police sergeant whose intelligence and judgment Obama questioned during a prime-time press conference for arresting a prominent African-American Harvard professor in his own home. Then Obama reacted favorably to the sergeant's suggestion that he and the president have a beer together at the White House – along with the professor, Henry Louis "Skip" Gates. And then, the president strode to the podium in the White House briefing room to tell ...
Obama 'Stupidly' Reinforces Dems' Softness on Law and Order
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWhen our own Lynn Sweet asked President Obama about Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates the other night, he took the bait. He should not have. Or, at least, he shouldn't have said that Cambridge police handled the matter "stupidly." In fact, I would say the president's commenting on that issue was, well, stupid. ...
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