NEW YORK — Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with "a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture." His remarks came during a discussion of Obama's reaction to the arrest of Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Gates is black and was arrested for disorderly conduct by a white policeman over a misunderstanding about a break-in at Gates' home. An Obama spokesman, William Burton, said the White House had no comment on Beck. Beck's statement was challenged on the air by Fox host Brian Kilmeade, who noted that most of the people who work for the nation's first black president are white. "I'm not saying he doesn't like white people," Beck said. "He has a problem. This guy is, I believe, a racist." Fox's Glenn Beck: President Obama is a racist | Comcast.net
Agreed, I think it was inappropriate for him to comment. I am in no way a racist, but I truly feel that if Gates was a white professor and was arrested in the same manner by a black policeman, there would be no controversy and no comment from the President of the United States about a petty domestic issue. And again that is just my opinion and I don't mean to be offensive.
I think that Gates blew it out of porportion and BO put his foot in his mouth again. When you don't have all the facts, you don't make a public comment! The officer has minorities speaking for him. So I tend to lean against Gates. Powell says it best. Powell: Both Gates, police could have handled things better - CNN.com