Do Target Dems Think Cambridge Cops ‘Acted Stupidly?’
FYI, a version of the release below went out to the following districts: Michael Capuano (MA-08); William Delahunt (MA-10); Brad Ellsworth (IN-08); Barney Frank (MA-04); Stephen Lynch (MA-09); Jim McGovern (MA-03); Ed Markey (MA-07); Richard Neal (MA-02); John Olver (MA-01); John Tierney (MA-06); and Niki Tsongas (MA-05).
Does Michael Capuano Think Cambridge Cops ‘Acted Stupidly?’
Obama Passed Judgment Without ‘All the Facts;’ Will Capuano Follow Suit?
Washington- President Obama laid a bold accusation at Massachusetts law enforcement officers from the bully pulpit yesterday, saying they “acted stupidly” while admitting that he didn’t “know all the facts.” Now that Cambridge police have been hit with this allegation by the White House, will Michael Capuano follow suit?
After watching his healthcare sales pitch unravel before his very eyes at last night’s primetime press conference, the President fielded a question about the incident in Cambridge:
“‘I don’t know – not having been there and not seeing all the facts – what role race played in that, but I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two that he Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home,’ Obama said in response to a question from the Chicago Sun-Times’s Lynn Sweet.
“Gates, Obama allowed, ‘is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don’t know all the facts.’ (Ben Smith, “Obama: Cambridge Police Acted ‘Stupidly,’” Politico, 7/23/09)
“Does Michael Capuano believe President Obama’s comments were becoming of someone who holds the highest office in the land?” said NRCC Communications Director Ken Spain. “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? These questions warrant an answer from Michael Capuano.”
Michael Capuano has acted quickly and without foresight as he pushes President Obama’s job-killing agenda. Now that the President has started hurling insults from the White House at local law enforcement officers, will his loyal follower continue to play along?
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