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Beerestroika: Drinking to distraction

By Doug Powers • July 30, 2009 10:27 AM

Today’s the big day. The Obama/Gates/Crowley “beer summit” will take place at about 6 p.m. on a picnic table on the South Lawn of the White House, where every belch will be filled with hope and each beer can pyramid supported by change.

Fortunately for Professor Gates, unless he has a horrible pilot, he won’t have to fly over North Carolina to get to DC.

President Obama will then sit down with Gates and Crowley to discuss in part how they can help get rid of all-too-common racial and ethnic stereotypes — as the three Irishmen drink the afternoon away in front of the entire world.

That brings up another troublesome item — did you notice that when things went bad on the public relations front for a proud “black scholar” and the country’s first African-American president, all of a sudden everybody was Irish? What gives? Are they essentially blaming their race-baiting knee-jerk statements on this one particular singled-out slice of ancestry? If so, this isn’t the kind of racial “healing” I was hoping for.

You might imagine that enterprising Cambridge burglars are now well aware that people in Gates’ neighborhood are going to be terrified to call the police and report crimes for fear of being branded “racist,” but that’s an issue for Gates’ neighbors to take up with the professor when he gets back to his home that hopefully still has all his stuff in it.

Enjoy your beers, fellas — and I sincerely hope that Officer Crowley invites Gates and Obama to his police station for coffee with his fellow officers. The offer probably wouldn’t be accepted (in the progressive ideology, there’s such a thing as “too much healing”), but it would be a nice gesture nonetheless.

Conan O’Brien put it best: “If this works out, the president is going to have Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad over for Jägerbombs.”

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#201

On July 30th, 2009 at 7:18 pm, Misscheryl said:

Are you kidding me? The 3 stooges are actually sitting in lawn chairs, with suits on, drinking a beer. If the prez had any class, he’d be dangerous.

What? No dinner?
#202

On July 30th, 2009 at 7:19 pm, Misscheryl said:

don’t look now but Biden spilling the beans on everything said in 3..2..1..
#203

On July 30th, 2009 at 7:27 pm, T-Bone said:

Maybe Crowley heard them say 2 males with black backs instead of 2 males with backpacks.
#204

On July 30th, 2009 at 7:30 pm, T-Bone said:

A beer. Beerdrinkers never have just one. You can have one martini, or one cocktail but beers require multiple trips to the fridge. Am I right? This must be a facade.
#205

On July 30th, 2009 at 8:16 pm, 31Bravo said:

He’ll eat Wagu beef but drink that swill? Dear God, that should be an impeachable offense. With all the Irish undertones in this case you would think they would have a nice pint O’ Guinness to stay with the theme.
#206

On July 30th, 2009 at 8:32 pm, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

Officer Crowley took questions and sounded like the professinal I knew he would be.

Having several officers as close friends I know them all to be calm smart and wellspoken.

Gates the bigot on the other hand apparently slinked out without a press conference…..Says a lot, me thinks
#207

On July 30th, 2009 at 8:40 pm, Misscheryl said:

All said and done, and not that my opinion matters a hill of beans but I was pleased with Crowley.
#208

On July 30th, 2009 at 8:53 pm, purplepeep said:

oldcollegeguy1980 said:
Officer Crowley took questions and sounded like the professinal I knew he would be.
Having several officers as close friends I know them all to be calm smart and wellspoken.

Agreed, Collegeguy – one of my nephews is a commander with the NYPD and I can see him, being very fair, level-headed and “calm, cool & collected”, handling himself in pretty much the same manner. Sgt.Crowley handled this with class and complete professionalism.

Gates the bigot on the other hand apparently slinked out without a press conference…..Says a lot, me thinks

Also agreed. But since Gates entire schtick and life is accurately summed up as: “Whites are racists! Yo mama!!”, would you advise this “scholar” to even give a presser?
#209

On July 30th, 2009 at 9:43 pm, jangar said:

Photo-op.

Nothing more.
#210

On July 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm, jangar said:

Obama put his big foot in his mouth, and now he’s got to wash it down with beer.
#211

On July 30th, 2009 at 10:46 pm, AlohaGuy said:

What did TOTUS have – a Windex or a Klear Screen?
#212

On July 30th, 2009 at 10:51 pm, Tazed and Confused said:

So where’s the MD 20/20?
#213

On July 31st, 2009 at 7:32 am, jangar said:

So where’s the MD 20/20?

In the First Lady’s nightstand.
#214

On July 31st, 2009 at 7:58 am, floridaobserver said:

Why in the world was Biden there? He was not involved in the slightest. Oh, never mind. MAJOR photo-op. At least his and Obie’s backs were to the cameras.
#215

On July 31st, 2009 at 8:06 am, Chief RZ said:

Foolishness. These two socialists are repulsive.
#216

On July 31st, 2009 at 5:08 pm, purealchemy said:

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