Posted on 07/28/2009 5:31:20 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA
General Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-American leaders, put some of the blame on Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. for the confrontation that has become a raging controversy.
Asked in an interview airing on CNN's "Larry King Live" tonight whether Gates was wrong to confront Cambridge police Sergeant James Crowley before being arrested in his own home, Powell replied, "I'm saying that Skip, perhaps in this instance, might have waited a while, come outside, talked to the officer, and that might have been the end of it.
"I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal. But, he's just home from China, just home from New York. All he wanted to do was get to bed," added Powell.
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Was he asked to come out and help Obama by smacking “Skippy” Gates?
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Who knows???
I remember reading a report that flitted across the news a few months ago, shortly after The One ascended to power. I don’t remember if it was the AF1 crew or the helicopter crew or some other set of people who are regularly in contact with him, but Obama said that he wanted people who “looked like him.” I thought it was truly bizarre that this would be the criterion used by a US president in selecting employees.
Did Bush want only late middle aged white men as his flight crew? I doubt it.
Aside from what appears to be a suntan, Obama doesn’t look at all black, in the sense of “African American,” and I thought this was a truly strange basis for personnel selection.
“.....one of the nation’s most prominent African-American leaders......” LMAO
All my heros are cowboys.
That should give you an idea of how smart he is.
If I place my life in someone’s hands: Expertise is what I am looking for, not the flavor of the day.
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