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huffingtonpost.com - 7/23/2009
Norm Stamper: POTUS vs. Cambridge Police: Stupid Is As Stupid Does?
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Nothing like a question from out of left field to elicit some bare-boned truths about policing, race, and stupidity. President Obama in a televised news conference, billed as an attempt to shore up allied support and win converts for his health care plan, turned to Chicago Sun-Times ...
President Obama on Nightline (ABC News) Defends Comments on Cambridge Police "stupidity" (video)
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youtube.com - 7/23/2009
President Obama on Nightline (ABC News) Defends Comments on Cambridge Police ...
— youtube.com — President Obama will be on NIGHTLINE tonight where he defended his comments on the actions of the... Cambridge, MA police being stupid in the arrest of Professo... (more) President Obama on Nightline (ABC News) Defends Comments ...

Comments vote down Gateway Pundit found this 7/23/2009found this
Stupid is as Stupid Does, eh Barry?
conservativeoasis.com - 7/29/2009
Stupid is as Stupid Does, eh Barry?
— conservativeoasis.com — Barry's stupid police comment reveals racist chip; Biden proves they're "guessing"; Health Care should not be trusted... to Barry... (more) Stupid is as Stupid Does, eh Barry?

Comments vote down ConservativeOasis ConservativeOasis posted 7/29/2009posted this
politico.com - 7/23/2009
Gibbs: Obama 'not calling officer stupid'
— politico.com — The White House today sought to soften the tone of President Obama’s criticism of police in Cambridge.... (more) Gibbs: Obama 'not calling officer stupid'

Comments vote down Preemptive Karma found this 7/23/2009found this

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Opinionator:  Morning Skim: Obama, Health Care, Gates

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Morning Skim: Obama, Health Care, Gates
Opinionator — ... the real America of the 21st century applauding Obama, and you’d have to be even dumber than the Washington press corps to conclude that they were - what did Republicans used to call people who decried racist cops? Oh yes - “soft on crime.” That’s the real America that is slowly, and with great difficulty, regaining a political voice that has been systematically ridiculed and marginalized over the past 40 or so years from the national discourse. Huffington Post : Norm Stamper says, “ I wish he hadn’t used the word stupid. I wish he hadn’t, in effect and however inadvertently, ...

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