The Gates and Crowley get-together Thursday night, Twyman said, distracts the president from more pressing issues such as health care and might encourage kids to experiment with booze.
Posts Tagged ‘Sgt. James Crowley’
Warren Goldstein: Why This White Guy Was Not Arrested While Trying to Break into a House NOT His Own
July 30th, 2009 |
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Last October I flew to Sarasota, Fla., and arranged to stay at the home of a friend who was traveling at the time. She…
David Wild: “Police On My Back”: My Playlist For Today’s “Teachable Moment” at the White House
July 30th, 2009 |
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Today’s the day that President Obama will attempt to share a “teachable moment” with Sgt. James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. I’m…
World awaits Obama’s choice in high profile beer sitdown
July 29th, 2009 |
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U.S. President Barack Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley plan to sit down for a beer on Thursday.
The three men, surrounded by their families, will raise their glasses at the picnic table outside the Oval Office, weather permitting, CBS reports.
Asked if there would be pretzel or [...]
Doris Kearns Goodwin On Rich History Of Mixing Politics And Drinking: “FDR During WWII Had A Cocktail Party Every Night” (VIDEO)
July 28th, 2009 |
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With the news confirmed that President Obama, Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley will get together at the White House to have a beer, Ed Schultz invited noted presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on his show to discuss the history…
Lanny Davis: Obama: His Own Best Crisis Manager
July 27th, 2009 |
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The president followed the classic, three-part standard of crisis management: acknowledge your mistake, do it as quickly as possible and, ideally, do it yourself and not through a surrogate.
Sheila Shayon: Obama’s Teachable Moment
July 27th, 2009 |
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If the Relationship Age, coupled with the power of the media, is seized by leaders with intent to transform, teachable moments will become an ongoing part of our national curriculum.
Andy Ostroy: Did Obama Mean “Stupid-ly” or “Stoopid-ly?”
July 26th, 2009 |
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It’s quite possible the nation’s first African-American president was in fact paying Gates’ arresting officer a compliment.
Gates says it’s time to ‘move on’ from his arrest
July 26th, 2009 |
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BOSTON (AP) — Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he’s ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying “in the end, this is not about me at all.”
After a phone call from President Barack [...]
Gates: It’s Time To ‘Move On’ From Arrest
July 25th, 2009 |
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BOSTON — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying “in the end, this is not abou…
Yvonne R. Davis: The Unteachable Lesson: Can We Learn From Gates and Crowley?
July 25th, 2009 |
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Whether he likes it or not, Gates stands as America’s new 21st Century Poster Child for “racial profiling.”
Jacob Heilbrunn: Whatever Works: Obama, Gates, and Crowley
July 24th, 2009 |
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Now that he’s reverted to his conciliator mode by inviting Gates and Crowley over for a brew, Obama is playing to his strength. For the American beer industry this could be a great moment.
Michael J. O’Neil: The Gates/Crowley Rorschach Test
July 24th, 2009 |
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Was this an instance of racial profiling? Did Gates overreact to a reasonable police request? The truth is that we simply do not have enough information to know what really happened in this case.