Not too often that a President has to make this sort of effort:
Trying to tamp down an uproar over race, President Barack Obama said Friday he used an unfortunate choice of words in commenting on the arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and could have “calibrated those words differently.”
The president said he had telephoned the white policeman who arrested Gates, and he said the conversation confirmed his belief that the officer was a good man and an outstanding officer.
Then again, its not too often that a President makes such a bone-headed remark. The answer to the question, Mr. President, was “while I’m concerned about any incident which may be the result of racial profiling, I believe we should all suspend judgment on the Gates case until all the facts are known”. If your cracker-jack White House staff finds itself incapable of providing you with such answers, I suggest firing them all. In the interests of patriotism, I will volunteer, as need arises, to help you figure out answers to the really, really simple questions.
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