I know you're a fan of Stewart, but the fact is that he's pretty liberal. I've seen him poke fun of libs, but it's the exception rather than the rule.
Do you have a source for this?
Nothing beyond the general suspicion because Rahm has done it before. That's why I followed up with #2 ;)
He never accused the police of racism; he said the police's actions were "stupid."
Read the transcript. Point number three was that police racially profile. Why would he bring that up if it did not apply in this case? Of course, we all know that the Gates case had nothing to do with racial profiling... the cops got a call about a possible burglary at a house that they had already gotten such a call about.
His clarifying statement was also pretty lame. It amounted to "there are two sides to every story". Well dur. The fact is that he shouldn't have commented on it IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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Date: 2009-07-24 09:37 pm (UTC)Do you have a source for this?
Nothing beyond the general suspicion because Rahm has done it before. That's why I followed up with #2 ;)
He never accused the police of racism; he said the police's actions were "stupid."
Read the transcript. Point number three was that police racially profile. Why would he bring that up if it did not apply in this case? Of course, we all know that the Gates case had nothing to do with racial profiling... the cops got a call about a possible burglary at a house that they had already gotten such a call about.
His clarifying statement was also pretty lame. It amounted to "there are two sides to every story". Well dur. The fact is that he shouldn't have commented on it IN THE FIRST PLACE.