What A Waste in Washington

At what point did we elect a media hound? When the people of America went to the polls, we expected to elect a President of the most powerful country in the world. Instead it seems that we elected a President that cannot get enough camera time verses solving our problems.

In the most recent Gates arrest, our President (and I now use the term loosely) has dusted off his race card and has returned to the hood to fight a "cry-baby Gates" battle.....


The Associated Press
Published: July 22, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest.
"This still haunts us," Obama said.

Obama called Gates a friend, and said he doesn't know all the facts of the case. Nonetheless, Obama said, anyone would have been angry if treated the way Gates claims police in Cambridge, Mass., treated him. Gates, a Harvard University professor, claims he was arrested in his home after showing ID to police who responded to a report of a possible burglary.

"Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof he was in own home," Obama said during a prime-time news conference that otherwise focused on the health care debate.

Gates' arrest followed a report of a possible burglary. A woman apparently saw Gates force the front door and called police. Police came and demanded that Gates show identification. Gates was arrested shortly afterward for alleged disorderly conduct, a charge that was dropped Tuesday.

"What I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately," Obama said. "That's just a fact."
That disparity is a reminder that "race remains a factor in the society," Obama said.


With all due respect Mr. President, stop acting like a Jackson or a Sharpton and get on with what you are being PAID to do. Lead the Country. Your approval ratings are tanking and you have the time to "fight in the hood"???? This is NOT what I am paying you to do. If race becomes an issue in your presidency, it is because YOU brought it here. You Mr. President are the racist among us.

Lead Me, Follow Me, or Get the Hell Out Of The Way.................