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About Bob Gorrell
Since 1983, Bob Gorrell has been an editorial cartoonist in Richmond, Va. first with the Richmond News Leader and then, starting in 1992, with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On January 1, 1998, he resigned from the Times-Dispatch to concentrate on syndicated editorial cartoons and comic panel features for Creators Syndicate.
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parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
aw mang, i really appreciate this post on another forum:
“Paul Austin, Texas
July 24th, 2009 1:05 pm ET
My guess is that no one really listens to anything.
President Obama started out saying he did not have all the facts.
What did people not understand about that statement.
He also said he knew the man and considered him his friend and his statement would reflect as such.
So no he did not make a mistake with his statement. He also has the right like anyone else to state what he thinks frankly about any issue.”
Our President didn’t make a mistake.
David
said,
4 months ago
Its different when you are the President of the United States. Put yourself in that officer’s shoes. Imagine if that remark was made about what you did – on national television! You’d be furious!
Obama made a big mistake…a common mistake made by all humans. After he admitted he did not have the facts he continued to talk about something that he knew little to nothing about.
He should have stopped after he said he didn’t have the facts.
As the President of the United States, what he says has a very different effect than when an average citizen says something, especially if it is broadcast on national television.
Words have the ability to get people in trouble faster than even actions can. Apparently President Obama hasn’t learned this very important lesson.
omQ R
said,
4 months ago
Erm, ANandy, he did just that:
Regarding the Cambridge police incident:
(sorry, don’t know the source very well but it does state it is originally from the AFP)
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_407819.html
And previously:
(from a source you’d probably accept)
“Obama Admits ‘Mistake’ in Handling of Daschle Nomination”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/03/obama-admits-mistake-handling-daschle-nomination/
And from a source I normally read:
“Obama admits errors over cabinet”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7868824.stm
fennec said, 4 months ago
It sure is a h-ll of a lot more honest than “I never made any mistakes” Bush.
nomad2112 said, 4 months ago
Would some one please lose all the race cards?
dtroutma said, 4 months ago
I think the prof was a jerk, and the cop went too far. Been there, handled it better. It isn’t politics, just human nature.
nomad2112 said, 4 months ago
dtroutma - yes, stupidity is part of human nature.
parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
by the way, he has invited both of them to the white house
4uk4ata said, 4 months ago
Obama should send Biden on some long mission to an unimportant country - some of the Veep’s propensity for gaffes is rubbing onto him.
ezdeb said, 4 months ago
ANandy, you’re gonna have to let this one go, although it will be tough for you.
Prof Gates popped off in an ill-tempered, loudmouth way.
The cop got miffed and arrested him for no good reason.
President Obama didn’t bring the subject up; he was asked a question by a reporter who thought the race issue was a good use of his question time.
The president replied in a temperate manner, except for the “stupidly” statement. Of course, this is chum for media sharks!
The president has admitted his “stupidly” remark has inflamed the situation. He has invited both the police officer and the professor to the white house for a beer, and both have accepted.
The president has stated that he hopes this results in a “teachable” moment for our nation on the subject of race.
Now tell us how you will manufacture smug outrage at this situation that has been handled reasonably by adults.
Anandy, will you take back your misspelled “mumms the word” conclusion?
ezdeb said, 4 months ago
Shoot; I forgot the link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/25/us/politics/25gates.html?hp
ezdeb said, 4 months ago
ANandy, I knew you couldn’t do it.
He’s not man enough, but still more man than GWB, as fennec noted above…
lightartsteacher said, 4 months ago
Hey parkerinthehouse= he ain’t “our” president, He for sure isn’t mine.
lightartsteacher said, 4 months ago
and ditto to all you demos… why don’t you stay on the “Left” side ? I never go there.
HUMPHRIES
said,
4 months ago
ANandy, Pres Obama is respected over seas because of the man he is and hes has brought new resprct for the US as well.. Your hero W was considered a bungling jackass who couldn’t control his VP, or much else for that matter. When W was in, the office of president was resprcted in difference to the US not the individual. Crawl out of your stump hole and see a little of the world .
Tigger
said,
4 months ago
parker,
Why is he backpedaling faster than a speeding bullet?
He admits he used poor judgment. Yes, Gates is his Friend. This Is how any Normal Thinking Man would have answered had they been in similar situation:
Yes, I am, aware of this incident. Mr. Gates is a Friend of mine. I refuse to comment on this matter until I have all the Facts.
The ironic twist to this plot, Officer Crowley’s Partner Happens to be Black, Officer Lashley who witnessed what transpired said the Arrest was Justified because Mr. Gates refused to cooperate with the Officers.
Sadly, Obama had to play the Race Card before the Country when he lacked all the facts. Obama overloaded his Shout Gun Mouth and now he’s paying the price. I Sincerely hope that both Officer Crowley and Professor respectfully decline to meet with our apparent Race Baiting President. So it seems to be with his horrible wrong response to this question.
parkersinthehouse said, 4 months ago
first, light, sorry - a little chauvinism goes a long way - what i meant was he’s our president, not your president
tks tig - actually he’s not backing up, he’s invited the two to the white house. that’s really smart, because all errors in judgment, the policeman’s, the professor’s and the president’s will be resolved in congenial privacy and it won’t be our business anymore.
unless that violates your expectation of transparency.
charliekane said, 4 months ago
Gee, light, ya feel that way because he was born in Kenya, or just ‘cause he ain’t white?
Dub’ya was “my” president, even though he was jackass.
And the right thinks they are so “damn Amerkin”?
(Apolgies to Pat O.)
petergrt said, 4 months ago
Things happen if no one is manning the teleprompter.
The Europeans and the rest of the World love 0bama like a rock star. Respect, not so much - witness 0 cooperation on all fronts. In fact he was unceremoniously rebuffed - on all fronts.
Yes, W was disliked and ridiculed by much of the populace, but he got a lot more cooperation from World governments - on all fronts.
HOWGOZIT said, 4 months ago
wow–slam Bush even over King Baroke’s biased comments.
Just think what you could do if Bush, instead of Obama
motivemagus said, 4 months ago
petergrt - what cooperation from world governments for Bush? We had to pay almost everyone who “supported” the Iraq invasion, save the UK and Australia, and that became so unpopular in their own countries that Prime Minister Tony Blair became known as “Bush’s Poodle.”
believecommonsense
said,
4 months ago
lightfarts, go blow your wind somewhere else. If you’re a U.S. citizen, Pres. Obama is your president. I didn’t vote for Bush, but he was my president as a U.S. citizen.
(oh shjt, am I going to have to try find my original birth certificate to prove it?)
Michigander said, 3 months ago
Open mouth, insert foot.
4uk4ata said, 3 months ago
@Petergrt - actually, I think people outside of the US respect Obama as a politician much more than they did Bush. Bush was respected as the President of the US, but personally pretty much anyone considered him a joke. Obama… well, let’s just say so far people take him more seriously. However, the image of the US itself - and its position - has deteriorated significantly, and that hampers him.
Asking for troops in Iraq or Afghanistan in 2002/3 is one thing, in 2009 it is something different entirely. In between a world economic crisis and wide displeasure with the policies Obama inherited, personal charisma will only carry him so far.
HOWGOZIT said, 3 months ago
Just like the press–you lefties ignore King Baroke’s actions stated above. However you will keep harping on Bush.
ezdeb said, 3 months ago
Howgozit sez: ” People like Obama! Hmmph! Lefties, most of Americans, most foreign countries and their leaders, the press AND everyone outside my circle of 3 friends seem to think Obama is a reasonable person, amicable and intelligent. While not perfect, certainly respectable. But the whole world will continue to harp on Poor Bush!”
If the whole world disagrees with your narrow-mined “King Baroke” mentality, here’s a secret. It’s you.
HOWGOZIT said, 3 months ago
Gosh ez–where did you get so many words in my so called quote from you. Wow my 2 l/l0th lines turned into six. Just shows how you lefties read into things to suit yourselves. How come no comments on what Mr. amicable has said or done as stated above. You wouldn’t mince words if it were Bush.
tpenna
said,
3 months ago
This remark was a mistake for Obama, and he has admitted as much.
And ezdeb, ANandy never lets things go. Everybody else in the world can recognize that s/he has lost a debate, but s/he is incapable of acknowledging it.
tpenna
said,
3 months ago
S/He is also fairly meticulous about not being pigeon-holed as a male or a female, hence the gender-inclusiveness in my comment.
petergrt said, 3 months ago
4uk4ata: It is not just the support for the wars. His economic programs are openly shunned and ridiculed in press. A headline in a major Prague newspaper, following 0bama’s speech here (I am now in Prague) read: Naive President …
Anyway, I don’t give a hoot, and neither should any American, about what Europeans think about the US, for they were on the wrong side of history for at least the last few hundred years, so I am not at all surprised with their obsession, however superficial, with the community organizer.
ezdeb said, 3 months ago
Howgozit sez: “How come no comments on what Mr. amicable has said or done as stated above.”
Please read my post up-thread, where I did exactly that. You got nothin.