Mama Bin Cranky

Pres. Obama is probably wishing that Lynn Sweet asked the “Boxers or Briefs” question after he surprisingly called on her last at the press conference Wednesday night.  (There has been some talk that this was a question that was possibly planted – hometown paper and push to include her in at the very end of press conference.)

Today, the esteemed Professor Gates accepted the invitation to have a beer with his friend and nemesis Sgt. Crowley. (He accepted the invitation while at his vacation home in Martha’s Vineyard.  My goodness, he really is a victim of racial profiling.)  Even Newt thought it was a classy move to issue the invitation.  But I don’t think anyone was supposed to accept the invitation and prolong the news cycle on this one.  Obama wants it to go away. 

So we have the first acting stupid moment by Obama inserting himself into the issue without having the details.  Now we have the second acting stupid moment by inviting the parties to have a beer.

Other shoes that may drop:

• The audio tape of the incident may show who did what.  What if Gates looks like a total ass?
• Professor Gates may have a bogus charity he runs to his and his friends financial advantage.
• If the tapes shows Gates as an ass and he runs a bogus charity/foundation, look for Pres. Obama to tell us “this isn’t the Skip Gates I know” as he is tossed under the bus with Grandma and Rev. Wright.