Cambridge police officer to Obama: Butt out of my arrest

Here we go...

Some of the police officer's response to Obama's comments last night are here:

Crowley told WEEI sports radio network that it was "disappointing that (Obama) waded into what should be a local issue that plays out here."Crowley told the radio station that he supports the president "to a point, I guess."

And now the wingnuts are seizing this opportunity on the contraversial arrest and Obama's comment from last night press conference:

TPM:

The NRCC has sent out a press release, challenging individual House Dems about whether they agree with Obama that the police "acted stupidly":

The president was slow to point out any wrongdoing in the wake of the Iranian election and his administration was quick to force through a failed stimulus plan even though they 'misread' the economy. This is certainly a questionable rush to judgment coming from a president who hasn't exactly been quick to call out unconscionable behavior by a merciless foreign dictator or gotten his facts straight before advocating a trillion-dollar mistake to address our ailing economy. Is it really presidential for him to cast harsh judgment of a law enforcement official without all the facts?

Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh is being much more blunt in a racial appeal:

"Last week, we saw white firefighters under assault by agents of Barack Obama and Sonia Sotomayor," said Limbaugh (emphasis his). He added: "Now, white policemen are under assault from the East Room of the White House, by the President of the United States, after admitting he had no -- he didn't know all the facts, what went on in there."

And don't be surprised if the GOP use this issue to distract the media, American people, lawmakers and Obama on healthcare reform and Obama's agenda...

Update: Obama's reaction to his comment on Gates

President Obama is standing by his comments about the Henry Louis Gates case, which the Republicans have been attacking him on. From an interview with ABC News:

"I have to say I am surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement because I think it was a pretty straight forward commentary that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who's in his own home," Obama said...."I think that I have extraordinary respect for the difficulties of the job that police officers do," the president told Moran. "And my suspicion is that words were exchanged between the police officer and Mr. Gates and that everybody should have just settled down and cooler heads should have prevailed. That's my suspicion."The president said he understands the sergeant who arrested Gates is an "outstanding police officer." But he added that with all that's going on in the country with health care and the economy and the wars abroad, "it doesn't make sense to arrest a guy in his own home if he's not causing a serious disturbance."

As I mention from my comments in one of the postings as this case is still an on-going investigation between the police and Gates. But, Mr. Gates was handcuffed and his picture with him in handcuffs on TV and on the internet was an embarrassment and uncalled for. We hope to get the truth of the story of this contraversial arrest. Nevertheless, the media and the GOP have nothing better else to do but to continue to spin the story. But, we shall see what the outcome unfolds from the Cambridge police-Gates saga.