Posted by
Bill Crawford on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:07:08 AM
I don't even care about the details, or whether the Harvard Professor or the cop caused the commotion.
It doesn't matter what the subject is. The President was asked a question about it, and his response started with a caveat that he didn't have all the information. That was followed one sentence later by the conclusion that the "Police acted stupidly", which he has been cleaning up after ever since.
Now he is going to have the cop and the Professor over for a beer and a reconciliation. Here are your "teachable moments", Mr. President: first, after admitting that you aren't up with all the particulars, shut up. Second, after you screw the pooch on that one, don't use the parties of interest to cover up for your own failings.
Geez, just shut up and move on. If you want to be the one who brings us all together on race, why don't you start by assuming most of us are past that already? Or is part of the problem here that you aren't past it yourself?
If that is the case, how much longer will we all have to pay for your arrested development?