IF SOMEONE CALLED YOU STUPID , WOULD YOU ACCEPT AN INVITE FOR A BEER PARTY AT THEIR HOME ??

Hell no, it wouldn't be me. I have too much pride in myself to fall for that. I think Gates and Obama are just trying to save face by doing this. I think Obama is trying to worm his way out of the whole situation. I think he will just be grinning and trying to put on a face like he is just a regular guy.

This incident is just leaving a bad taste in my mouth. It is really helping Gates with free publicity. He is making the rounds and plugging his latest book. I cringe every time I see this. Gates had a meltdown and he is trying to put on a happy face and trying to play the whole thing down.

The president didn't say a peep when U S Rep. Cynthia McKinney and 18 others were in an Israeli prison a few weeks ago. In fact it seems there was a media blackout. This beerfest will just be a photo op for the administration to flash all over the world.

WERE THERE ANY IPHONES AT THE GATES SAGA ?

There should have been some iphone's and footage of the Gates/Cambridge incident. Many people would like to see the footage before it ends up in court to make an opinion.

If the disturbance happened outside the home, there could be some footage. I just can't believe that professor Gates brought himself to such a level. To make it so personal and to talk about some one's mother.

People said that their opinion of professor Gates had really lessened. There was a time when there was a special on public television and they couldn't wait to get home to see a Gates documentary.

This is not an isolated incident. This happens everyday in America. The officer might not have known who Gates was. It didn't matter who he was .I have asked people did they know who he was and they said no. I probably would not have known if I were not a genealogist. And I am a public radio and NPR fan.

But now I don't think I can ever look at one of Professor Gates documentaries ever again. I see him in a new light now. He took this event to a low level," playing the dozens ". Those are fighting words when you disrespect some one's mother.

Once I went to Vancouver and I was the only one detained from the plane. They questioned me and asked me why I was there and where I was going to stay. I told them at the Abbotsford Hotel and they said there was no such hotel. I gave them the phone number and they called and verified I was staying there.

That's when they let me go. I filed a complaint when I got back home and they called me at work and said that I shouldn't be upset. But my son and I were the only black ones on the plane. I just wondered how they found out where I worked and called me. I just said I would never go back there again.

PRESIDENT OBAMA COMMITS A BIDEN GAFFE

President Obama told a reporter a few weeks ago that he thinks before he speaks. But he made a Biden gaffe when he said the Cambridge Police acted stupidly when they arrested his friend Gates. When he doesn't have a teleprompter present, he rattles on and on and then he trips himself up.

This remark has given people fodder for months to come. Because he has spoken up for his friend, the Health Care Plan has been put on the back burner. It seems that Gates wanted heads to roll, and I hate it when people ask "do you know who I am"? Or, "you don't know who you are messing with". People don't care who you are when they are doing their job.

I guess Gates thought he was going to get the officer demoted or fired, but it backfired on him. It seems he is going to milk it for all it is worth.

President Obama didn't say a word when a black police officer was first on the scene in New York a few weeks ago and the white officers shot and killed him. This has happened to several black officers in New York City. They thought the black officers were criminals. Now that is what I think is racial profiling.