Not even the man who betrayed every principle he believes in to vote for first black president thinks Gates was racially profiled
July 28th, 2009 by Rightwing Czar at 6:03 pmYou know who I’m talking about. He’s the same guy who voted for Obama while insisting that it’s important to keep our government small and efficient. Oh, and not too long ago he let us know that Republicans aren’t very nice to minorities so we should probably support Sotomayor’s nomination to make up for it or something.
That’s right, it’s Colin Powell:
“I think 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,” Powell said in an interview with CNN’s Larry King. “I think he should have reflected on whether or not this was the time to make that big a deal.”
If Powell is throwing in the towel I’m not sure who is left out there to give credible support to Gates (and Obama). The news dropped yesterday that some Obama voters on the Cambridge police force (specifically, an African American) won’t vote for him again because of this.
Is there any bright side for Obama after his indefensible accusation that the Cambridge police force acted stupidly? Maybe:
At this time, voters are skeptical about the ability of the reform effort to help control the cost of health care. Just 23% believe passage of the reform legislation will lead to lower health care costs. Most voters (53%) say it will lead to higher costs, while 18% expect prices to remain about the same.
Okay, so maybe it isn’t that bright of a side. But if we had seen this past week’s news cycle focusing solely on healthcare and Obama’s terrible press conference, the number of people thinking that prices will go up because of ObamaCare might be even higher.