A few things on my mind about this rigmarole:

*Obama should not have opined. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but he needs to learn that his personal opinions can change the direction of any conversation or debate. Even the use of the word ’stupidly’ (which was slightly accurate) should have been flagged by his internal brain cops as inflammatory as soon as it hit his cerebral cortex.

* Gates shouldn’t have acted like a loudmouth jerk. The only person making an issue of him being black was him – not the cop and not the hispanic women who called the cops.

* After learning that Gates owned the home, Crowley should have turned around and walked away, not arresting Gates for being ‘belligerent’. Being rude to a cop (while not very bright nor socially acceptable) is not illegal.

Balloon Juice makes some good points here.