powerlineblog.com - 7/24/2009
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The poll data on President Obama's intervention in the Henry Gates matter must be very bad. Earlier today, Obama made a surprise appearance at Robert Gibbs's press briefing for the sole purpose of addressing the controversy. Just before the briefing he called Officer James Crowley to talk about ...
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/24/2009
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President Obama, in a brief appearance before the
press, expresses regret over how he addressed the incident...
involving Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Cambridge police department.
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Obama Expresses His Regrets On Gates Incident
reuters.com - 7/24/2009
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Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama
backed down on Friday from a statement that police...
had "acted stupidly" in arresting a black scholar in a racially charged case that was rapidly becoming a distraction for Obama. The ...
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Obama regrets remarks in racially charged case
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Fisking the Obama “apology”
neo-neocon —
I don’t have to spend a lot of time at it, since John at Powerline has already done a fine job.
But I would like to add just a little tidbit concerning the following sentence of Obama’s:
And I could have calibrated those words differently…
Note the word “could.” That’s a very subtle qualifier, a weasel word extraordinaire. The word Obama should have used is should, as in “And I should have calibrated those words differently.” “Could” means essentially nothing; ...
Larwyn's Linx: Henry Waxman, Fraud King
Doug Ross @ Journal —
Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email or reply via Twitter . Nation [image] Why Obamacare Is Sinking : Hammer 'Are rich black people above the law?' : Examiner Obama Regrets : Power Line Blue Dogs Balk at Budget-Buster : Ace The Mayo Clinic Weighs In : Power Line Sen. Boxer In Trouble : Jumping The real FAIL of the Obama presser : Greenroom Who will he drum up hate against next? : AT (Marcus) When to smile, when to sneer : PJM (Fernandez) Gatesgate At Henry Gates' ...
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