I was watching Obama's prime time press conference on health care when the question about Gates arrest was thrown at him which happened to be the last question in the press meet and was in no way related to health care. He did blurt out that the police did 'act stupidly' by arresting a man in his own house but concluded that he has not heard the complete details yet. I thought that he spoke a bit more casually with some bad choice of words given that he is generally very eloquent. The original issue, overblown because of Obama's comments and his subsequent so called 'beer summit' (the term, apparently coined by the media) to appease the uproar became the main stream news for the media. Talk shows and comedians were having a blast with this controversy. Well, in a way I am very glad that this issue at last got the media talking about something else other than Michael Jackson's life and death. Phew! At any rate, I think it was a smart move by Obama to just call in the police officer and Gates for a beer rather than apologizing directly or getting pulled into this issue far more than he already was.
