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She complained that the president's response to what she foolishly calls "Gatesgate" -- in a nod to conservatives 'decades-long campaign to trivialize Richard Nixon's Watergate crimes:
Eric Alterman: Think Again: Why Does Barack Obama Hate America? (Hint: Blame ACORN) 2009
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This week, Barack Obama made the mistake of speaking out on Gatesgate before he had all the facts.
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Now the Gatesgate sounds the tocsin of change to boundaries of police power, thanks to our dear POTUS!
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It occurs to me that perhaps Gatesgate should not be viewed in isolation.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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It was pretty amazing to notice the sheer volume of comments that appeared both on the Boston Globe and Boston Herald stories on the Gatesgate stories. 1300 here, 500 there, ditto for the next story, etc.
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President Obama was forced to dip deep into his cache of political capital to pay for his "indiscretion" in the "Gatesgate" affair.
Norm Stamper: Drug Prohibition and the President's Political Capital 2009
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If a scandal arises as a result of the big Gates project, we can call it Gatesgate.
Silvio is getting impatient. Ann Althouse 2005
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Looking back, Gatesgate may have been a seminal moment in undoing Barack Obama's hitherto carefully crafted message of post-racial unity, because the event seemed to confirm to some whites the suspicion that black politicians often bandy about the serious charge of racism without knowing the facts.
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The resulting backlash from Gatesgate, and the broad conclusion that Mr Obama had rushed to judgment before knowing the facts, gave rise to a beer summit at the White House involving the police office and Mr Gates.
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But really, somewhere in the racial condescension on Gatesgate, the digs at ordinary Americans who opposed his health-care scheme, the robotic response to Fort Hood and the Christmas Day bombing, and the snipes at Brown's truck, it became very clear (at least to those who hadn't already figured this out during the campaign) that Obama is missing something-an affinity for and emotional attachment to ordinary Americans.
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