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By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 2:32pm
Teh stoopid haz clogd our server worse than teh toilet @ a a Greek train station. Plese be stoopid in less words in footur.
Obama phoned Officer Crowley
By Anonymous
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:01pm
Obama phoned Officer Crowley today and they spoke for five minutes. Said he was sorry that he played a part in ratcheting it up. Has not spoken with Gates yet. More later.
More info .. and video
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:20pm
Obama: "I have to tell you that, as I said yesterday, my impression of him is that he was an outstanding police officer...and that was confirmed in the phone conversation.
"Because this has been ratcheting up, and I helped to contribute to the ratcheting up...in my choice of words, I unfortunately gave the impression that I was maligning the Cambridge Police Department or Sergeant Crowley specifically," he continued. "I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Prof. Gates out of his home and to the station. I also continue to believe, based on what I heard, that Prof. Gates probably overreacted as well."
"Because of our history...African Americans are sensitive to these issues." (2:35 p.m.)
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More details: Obama called Crowley around 2:15 p.m. after returning from the Department of Education and they spoke for five minutes. Crowley suggested he and the president have a beer some time and Obama thought that was "a good idea."
SP, Great stuff. It deserves
By Anonymous
Fri, 07/24/2009 - 3:31pm
SP, Great stuff. It deserves it's own post. Favorite part, Obama to National Press: Get off
mySgt Corwley's lawn!