Presidential Apology

I believe the President owes an apology to the nation for his comments he made regarding the arrest of his friend, Professor Gates.

At the end of a hand fed press conference, the President then made some ill-advised comments. The trouble he has when there is no teleprompter.

The President even had the perfect out, he said at the beginning of his statement that he did not have all the facts of the case. If you don't have the facts, why are going to make comments that sound like they are based in fact. Say "I don't know the facts, therefore I can't comment on that." It would be better than offending law enforcement officials and playing the race card. Since when is it a law that people can't be arrested in their house? I see it all the time on Cops.

I waited to comment on this until I heard facts. I've heard the copies of the arrest report (you can view them on smokinggun.com), the 911 call and even the conversation between the arresting officer and his dispatch (where you can hear Gates in the background yelling). From everything I've seen/read/heard, the President was way out of line in his comments and the Cambridge Police Office deserves an apology.