November 6, 2009. President Obama comments on the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas in which an army major gunned down dozens of fellow soldiers:
We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.”
July 22, 2009. President Obama comments on the arrest of Harvard professor, Henry Louis Gates, arrested in his own home after being mistaken for a burgler:
I don’t know not having been there and not knowing all the facts what role race played in that (incident), but…the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home… There is a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately, that’s just a fact.
Mr. President, your hypocrisy in the Fort Hood case is glaring. The way in which you chose to respond to the news of the tragedy was a public disgrace. And in spite of the efforts of you, your administration and the sycophant press, there will be no denying that yet another mass killing of the helpless has been perpetrated, apparently in the name of Islam. Our country has a significant history in that respect as well, wouldn’t you agree?