happy hour at the white house today...

[Staci]

what do you think about it?

discuss

 

[MoonOwl]

Good! I'd rather have a Drunk President than a Dry Drunk President. That didn't work out too well.

Bring on the Booze!

Actually, I'd prefer they all bring on the PEACE Pipe. But I'll take a happy drunk if that's the only option.runk_emoticon

oh to be a fly on the wall....

 

[Staci]

im with you on the fly issue....

dont forget it will be a teachable moment

 

[Codrus]

i think its bullshit. obama is trying to cover his ass for saying something he should'nt have and sticking up for his buddy who threw out the race card on an officer who was doing his job, if anything from looking at each of their pasts the officer is the only one who isnt a racist.

 

[MoonOwl]

ah, I thought you were kidding as I haven't surfed the news today. Is this what you're referring to?

Will White House beer help nation chill on race? - CNN.com

 

[dt3]

Other than his initial uninformed comment, I think Obama's handled the situation pretty well. :eek

 

[Staci]

but do you really think the officer is racist?

 

[MoonOwl]

i think its bullshit. obama is trying to cover his ass for saying something he should'nt have and sticking up for his buddy who threw out the race card on an officer who was doing his job, if anything from looking at each of their pasts the officer is the only one who isnt a racist.

:24: Hello MrCodrus....

I guess that's what Fuzzy was referring to then.....

 

[Staci]

ah, I thought you were kidding as I haven't surfed the news today. Is this what you're referring to?

Will White House beer help nation chill on race? - CNN.com

i am....and i love how yet again race is being brought into light with this meeting....:mad

and donnie...check your rep

 

[MoonOwl]

but do you really think the officer is racist?

I do know there are a lot of racist cops. Whether it's cuz they have to deal w/assholes of a certain skin color all day or are just racist cuz this is the South, I have no idea....

 

[Staci]

I do know there are a lot of racist cops. Whether it's cuz they have to deal w/assholes of a certain skin color all day or are just racist cuz this is the South, I have no idea....

oh im sure there are. the problem that i have with this whole issue is that obama said the police were acting stupidly, when he himself admitted he did not have all the facts. just that his friend was black and the officer was white

 

[Tangerine]

oh im sure there are. the problem that i have with this whole issue is that obama said the police were acting stupidly, when he himself admitted he did not have all the facts. just that his friend was black and the officer was white

That's pretty much textbook racial profiling if you ask me


As to how Obama has "handled" it... he should have never involved himself in the first place. This incident had absolutely no business becoming something that the White House should weigh in on.

 

[MoonOwl]

and here at first I thought it was everyone getting together & getting blitzed. Like the Prez & the Congress.....

Barack, like Dubya et al will have to learn that everything you say will be twisted and analyzed. Good or bad, one must think before they speak. Always. God I'd hate to be President. I'd be in so much trouble from so many people!24::willy_nilly:

 

[dt3]

but do you really think the officer is racist?

No, I don't. I think he did exactly what I would expect any officer in his position to do, regardless of his skin color or the skin color of the other person.

 

[Staci]

No, I don't. I think he did exactly what I would expect any officer in his position to do, regardless of his skin color or the skin color of the other person.

my point exactly. i have read the arresting officers report as well as the other officer's report. at no time was race ever mentioned by the officers

 

[Tangerine]

my point exactly. i have read the arresting officers report as well as the other officer's report. at no time was race ever mentioned by the officers

Not to mention the fact that a black officer was a part of the arrest and the woman who made the initial 911 call was not white either.

 

[Staci]

Not to mention the fact that a black officer was a part of the arrest and the woman who made the initial 911 call was not white either.

and with this post i pop my cherry! :clap

i digress....

so someone explain to me why this has now become a race issue????? also why is obama not standing with his original comment? too much backlash? why cant you just say 'im sorry' and move on from there?

 

[dt3]

my point exactly. i have read the arresting officers report as well as the other officer's report. at no time was race ever mentioned by the officers

I also think Obama was a dumbass for opening his mouth the way he did. But I'm impressed that he admitted it, and is willing to sit down with everyone involved. I don't think he should've opened his mouth in the first place, but his handling of it afterwards is commendable.

 

[Staci]

I also think Obama was a dumbass for opening his mouth the way he did. But I'm impressed that he admitted it, and is willing to sit down with everyone involved. I don't think he should've opened his mouth in the first place, but his handling of it afterwards is commendable.

but donnie, the way he admitted it? come on! and the beer drinking is just for show

 

[Codrus]

oh im sure there are. the problem that i have with this whole issue is that obama said the police were acting stupidly, when he himself admitted he did not have all the facts. just that his friend was black and the officer was white

thank you.

look at obamas past, read his book, the church he and his wife attended for 20 years, he only disassociated himself from the preacher at that church for polital reasons.

look at the proffesors past , his teachings at the college, the speeches he's given to minority groups.

look at the officers past, has the backing of his co-workers who are black, performed cpr on a black pro athelete, was hand picked to lead a class on race relations.


like i said.........bullshit