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Gates sends flowers, note to woman who called 911
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/31/09 | AP

Posted on 07/31/2009 6:12:21 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

BOSTON – Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sent flowers and a note to the woman who unwittingly sparked a national debate on race by calling police to report what she thought might be a break-in at Gates' home.

Wendy Murphy, the lawyer for Lucia Whalen, called the flowers a "gesture of gratitude." She declined to say what was in the accompanying note.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: blackkk; flowers; gates; henrygates; henrylouisgatesjr; luciawhalen; mrskippy; obama; skipgates; stupidgate; whalen
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A Bev'Mo gift certificate for a 6-pak would have been a nice touch, don't you think?
1 posted on 07/31/2009 6:12:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

“Thank you for allowing me to race-bait the nation and give Dear Leader another nice soapbox to stand upon at the expensive of police everywhere!”


2 posted on 07/31/2009 6:13:10 PM PDT by the Fun in Fundamentalist (Obama dated while the unemployed waited...)
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To: NormsRevenge

So even Professor “Yo Mama” has more class than the Prez.


3 posted on 07/31/2009 6:13:18 PM PDT by exist
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To: NormsRevenge

...does she have to return the horse head?


4 posted on 07/31/2009 6:14:23 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: NormsRevenge

This proves that this matter hurt the idiot in the WH far more than we know. This guy would never have done this without Bozo urging him to do it.


5 posted on 07/31/2009 6:15:38 PM PDT by calex59 (I, me, myself, am actually Jim Thompson)
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To: NormsRevenge

Meanwhile, the Obamacom eunuchs in the MSM have been trying to paint her as a racist. Obama’s daily “rare race forays” are going to catch up with him.


6 posted on 07/31/2009 6:16:09 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop the DemocRATS' War On America!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Cop: Gates Told Him "I'll See Your Momma On The Porch"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/24/cop_gates_told_him_ill_see_your_momma_on_the_porch.html

7 posted on 07/31/2009 6:16:09 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: the Fun in Fundamentalist

Gates is demented.

Thanks for calling in a racist white negro-hating cop to help preserve my property.

Folks, That’s the mentality we have to deal with. And as they take higher and higher orifice, that’s what will keep us at bay.


9 posted on 07/31/2009 6:21:14 PM PDT by plangent
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To: NormsRevenge; devolve; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; MeekOneGOP
I felt sorry for Lucia Whalen when I saw her on TV. She seemed like a nice lady. Gates should be glad she was watching out for his house!!


10 posted on 07/31/2009 6:22:51 PM PDT by potlatch ( There is no education in the second kick of a mule.)
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To: exist

We should all thank Mr. Gates for opening up the fact that the majority of our Police, FBI and CIA do not profile blacks. More scientific studies need to be done to prove it also and brought out in the open. He has done his people a great dis-service.


11 posted on 07/31/2009 6:23:13 PM PDT by RC2
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Gates should also send flowers and a note to Crowley’s mother.


12 posted on 07/31/2009 6:23:41 PM PDT by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

Gates should also send flowers and a note to Crowley’s mother.
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Damned straight. Now that WOULD be a ‘teachable moment’.


13 posted on 07/31/2009 6:32:11 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
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To: potlatch

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I wonder how many WH staffers have zipped over here to quietly get chuckle at your .gif


14 posted on 07/31/2009 6:32:13 PM PDT by devolve (- - When you're out of beer you're out of luck - -)
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To: NormsRevenge

I wonder if Crowley suggested Gates do this.


15 posted on 07/31/2009 6:32:55 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: devolve

Do you really think they ever see them? Someone said I should have put a dollar in Biden’s hand. I may go back and do it but by then this will be all over and it will join the ‘lonely gifs club’ in my picture folders!


16 posted on 07/31/2009 6:36:31 PM PDT by potlatch ( There is no education in the second kick of a mule.)
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To: NormsRevenge

This is ridiculous. Even if the card was a “thank you” card, if Gates really meant it, he would have sent it in the first place, not after he was shown to be a total ass to the American public. Attempted damage control, that is all this is, LOL.


17 posted on 07/31/2009 6:40:57 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: NormsRevenge

Norm...as this is (hopefully) going away...to the archives for Jeopardy questions to be formed from...can we all stop calling Gates a ‘scholar?’ Its bugged me in every news account...’scholar’ as opposed to the more run of the mill, and not so pandering ‘Professor.’ The ‘scholar’ usage, IMO, rigged the story in Gates favor (why he is tooo smart to have been in the wrong...the problem had to be that ‘stupidly’ acting white cop)....

Just my ‘mom’ thoughts...


18 posted on 07/31/2009 6:59:50 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom ("First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win!" Mahatma Ghandi)
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To: exist

Gates denies saying anything about his mother in much the way that Whalen denies Crowley’s report that she spoke to him personally at the scene and described the men as “black” and wearing “backpacks”.

So between Whalen, Gates and Crowley, someone is lying and there are two involved people denying his accounts of what happened.


19 posted on 07/31/2009 7:02:30 PM PDT by Shade2
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To: calex59
This guy would never have done this without Bozo urging him to do it.

Maybe it's dawned on Gates that not one of his neighbors will EVER see anything unusual enough to call the police.

If I was his neighbor and saw 6 black men loading up a moving van at midnight, I'd stay out of it. Probably wine drinking upper class puffed up professors having fun pranking him...

20 posted on 07/31/2009 7:33:35 PM PDT by GOPJ (Destroy cars to stop nonexistant global warming & tax citizens $4,500 each time? Crazy.)
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