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Friday, July 24, 2009

EN UNA BOCA CERRADA, NO ENTRAN MOSCAS

Literal translation of the title of this post: "Into a closed mouth, flies do not enter."

BHO would do well to learn that lesson, especially before commenting on an incident about which he himself admits not knowing the facts.

I am referring, of course, to his recent comment at a scripted press conference: "The police acted stupidly," in reference, of course, to the arrest of Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who acted the fool by mouthing off to police investigating a possible break-in at his home. In a recent essay in the Washington Post, journalist Neely Tucker put it this way....

Read the rest at Always On Watch.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Gates made his reputation as an angry black man a la Al Sharpton; his novelty being he also has a doctorate. He has produced next to nothing as a scholar. Instead, he has devoted his time on Ivy League payrolls writing hip hop lyrics and shallow journalism. But he is pals with Obama, and that counts for a lot.