this before. so it s not exactly new, but because what he s saying isn t exactly new, but because it s michael vick, because he was convicted of something so horrible and because it s the president talking about it, it s gaining some attention. so why did he weigh in on this? obviously, the idea of redemption and having a second chance, those are deeply ingrained values in the country. right. why choose to weigh in on this particular case? they are values of this country, but it s something the president believes in. he s talked about this before. the other thing we have to keep in mind, this is not something the president did publicly. this shouldn t be confused with, say, in the press conference when he was asked about the situation in massachusetts between sergeant crowley and professor skip gates at harvard and what happened there. this was supposed to be apparently a private conversation between the president of the united states and the owner of a football team, and it wa
that s what happened here. he does have occasion to clawed hop into sensitive subjects. sherrod thing with the administration being sloppy on that. the skip gates thing. and then you have got this where he kind of jumps in with big pronouncements or announcements and then says whoa. bill: the skip gates thing what was that? the skip gates when he came out speaking about how the cambridge police acted stupidly about looking into the facts of racially charged police case last year. bill: anybody can make a mistake about things like that. and but there is a pattern of behavior, leslie. you see it in the cairo speech. apologizes to the united states, excesses in the middle east. all right. then you see it in the obama on christmas day. not really a terrorist. and then in the lukewarm thing in fort hood and now he comes out and says, well, you know, i m not going to comment on the appropriateness of the mosque when fair minded people go look,
that s what happened here. he does have occasion to clawed hop into sensitive subjects. sherrod thing with the administration being sloppy on that. the skip gates thing. and then you have got this where he kind of jumps in with big pronouncements or announcements and then says whoa. bill: the skip gates thing what was that? the skip gates when he came out speaking about how the cambridge police acted stupidly about looking into the facts of racially charged police case last year. bill: anybody can make a mistake about things like that. and but there is a pattern of behavior, leslie. you see it in the cairo speech. apologizes to the united states, excesses in the middle east. all right. then you see it in the obama on christmas day. not really a terrorist. and then in the lukewarm thing in fort hood and now he comes out and says, well, you know, i m not going to comment on the appropriateness of the mosque when fair minded people go look,
that s what happened here. he does have occasion to clawed hop into sensitive subjects. sherrod thing with the administration being sloppy on that. the skip gates thing. and then you have got this where he kind of jumps in with big pronouncements or announcements and then says whoa. bill: the skip gates thing what was that? the skip gates when he came out speaking about how the cambridge police acted stupidly about looking into the facts of racially charged police case last year. bill: anybody can make a mistake about things like that. and but there is a pattern of behavior, leslie. you see it in the cairo speech. apologizes to the united states, excesses in the middle east. all right. then you see it in the obama on christmas day. not really a terrorist. and then in the lukewarm thing in fort hood and now he comes out and says, well, you know, i m not going to comment on the appropriateness of the mosque when fair minded people go look,
a particular way that s uncomfortable because wee o re uncomfortable about race. is he qualified or in some way he cannot do it. i think he believes he cannot do it, but yet being half raised and having been raised by white people, he is in a unique spot and he can provide a perspective that would be important, i think, to a lot of people. he has done that in the past, whether it was during the reverend wright controversy, during the skip gates, you know. when he actually does take the time to reflect, the american people enjoy a grown up and mature conversation from him. i posed a similar question to shirley sherrod when i interviewed her yesterday and the day before. i want you guys to take a listen, and we ll talk about it. you know, you heard your mama