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I disagree. I think it was the only honest moment in the entire news conference.
I don't mean to say Obama was lying, but it was so scripted, so refusal to go off message even to the point of evading questions. Slick and kinda sickening. (appropriate for a health care news conference, though, eh?)
With the "stupid" comment (in response to a direct question, btw), at least I felt he went off script and said what he really felt without regard to propriety. And since that disregard didn't extend to anything outrageous, I applaud it wholeheartedly.
And ya know what? We want to be all color-blind about it, but let's acknowledge (as he did) he's the first black president, and commenting on race issues in this country is more than appropriate, it's laudable.
He said he did not know all the facts ... but that, on the face of it, arresting a middle-aged black man on a break-in charge who has shown documentary evidence of residence is at the very least STUPID.
Yeah, the Cambridge Police Department is upset about it. They should be. The President of the United States called them on misconduct. Now go ahead and be petty about it, and complain about the messenger. Pfft. They roughed up the wrong black man this time. Bound to happen one time out of ten thousand.
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