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Obama Apologizes to Cambridge Police Officer [Satire]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI ^ | July 24, 2008

Posted on 7/24/2009, 2:55:22 PM by Jewbacca

WASHINGTON D.C. In a surprising reversal, President Obama made an unscheduled appearance in the White House Briefing Room this morning at 10:00 EST. He retracted his controversial statement that the Cambridge Police Officers who arrested Professor Gates of Harvard University acted "stupidly." President Obama stated that, "on reflection and further information, the actions of the Cambdridge Police Officer demanding the identification of a man in a residence whose front door had been smashed open appear reasonable. As President, I should not have gotten involved in a purely local matter, and I fear my own biases regarding race colored my judgment. I would like to apologize to [snip, video at link]

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TOPICS: Humor; Local News
KEYWORDS: fake; henrygates; mrskippy; obama; rickrolled; satire; sgtjamescrowley
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1 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:55:22 PM by Jewbacca
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To: Jewbacca

IS this satire?


2 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:56:16 PM by nhwingut (The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
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To: nhwingut

Video at link.


3 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:56:44 PM by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

“on reflection and further information, the actions of the Cambdridge Police Officer demanding the identification of a man in a residence whose front door had been smashed open appear reasonable....”

IT’S DO A 180 TIME!!!!.....L.O.L.!


4 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:20 PM by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Jewbacca

yank it


5 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:26 PM by junta (Conservatives, the word "racism" is now ours.)
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To: nhwingut
IS this satire?

the 64,000 question.

And if it's not....?

6 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:26 PM by the invisib1e hand (The revolution IS being televised.)
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To: Jewbacca

AWESOME! I LOVE Rick Rolling!!


7 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:39 PM by Trust but Verify ( I am Jim Thompson!)
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To: Jewbacca

That was cruel.


8 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:53 PM by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Jewbacca
Is this for real???

He just admitted he is a biased individual.

This will be his albatross.

9 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:57:53 PM by gov_bean_ counter (Barak Obama: Pontificator in Chief and Poster Child for the Peter Principle)
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To: Jewbacca

Axelrod back on the job.


10 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:09 PM by the invisib1e hand (The revolution IS being televised.)
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To: Jewbacca

LOL. You didnt fool me.


11 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:15 PM by DogBarkTree (Support The American Tea Party)
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To: Jewbacca

Wait a minute. If this is not satire, did Obeyme just admit that he is a racist?


12 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:21 PM by Batman11 (Chicago, Land of Lincoln who freed the slaves and Land of Obama who enslaved the free.)
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To: Jewbacca

Well if he did apologize it is only because we all saw through him.

Sad part, POS race baiter Obama meant every bit of what he said.


13 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:21 PM by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: Jewbacca

Nice job.


14 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:35 PM by ianschwartz
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To: Jewbacca

Dirty trick Rick Rolled


15 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:35 PM by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: Jewbacca

Nice job.


16 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:58:39 PM by ianschwartz
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To: Jewbacca

Life imitates the Onion, yet again.

Will Obama apologize to his apologists who took to the airwaves yesterday, to defend his earlier statements?


17 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:59:04 PM by oblomov (Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. - Mencken)
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To: Jewbacca

Aren’t rickrolls illegal on FreeRepublic?


18 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:59:25 PM by GunRunner
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To: Jewbacca

Wow. I’d describe that apology as “abject.” Well. (He must have figured it necessary to save his presidency.)


19 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:59:35 PM by Clara Lou
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To: Jewbacca

Thanks for the laugh! :)

(Although - I prefer this version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74zVLi0mPPs)


20 posted on 7/24/2009, 2:59:44 PM by IMissPresidentReagan (I AM JIM THOMPSON! Huckaboob is Joy Behar's Favorite Republican RuPaul=W.Jennings Bryant of today.)
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