Crowley pleased by president's phone call

[HughMoran]

Crowley pleased by president's phone call
Email|Link|Comments (0) July 24, 2009 03:52 PM
By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff

Shortly after the surprise phone call, Sergeant James M. Crowley told a fellow officer that President Obama expressed regret for jumping to conclusions and commenting that Cambridge police had "acted stupidly."

The call pleased Crowley, according to the colleague, a veteran officer who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to speak publicly about the issue. Crowley told his fellow officer that he joked with the president.

"Jimmy said, 'I'd be happy to come to the White House and sit down with you and Gates and have a beer,' " the veteran Cambridge officer said. "The president said he was acceptable to that."

Crowley also asked President Obama if he could use his influence to oust the news media from his front lawn in Natick. "The president said, 'I can't get them off my front lawn,' and Jimmy said, 'Well, your lawn is a lot bigger than my lawn,' " the officer's colleague said.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/07/crowley_pleaded.html

[ellie]

1. Maybe

now the cop will shut up.

[MichiganVote]

4. Maybe now, everybody will wind down. Let's get back to health care.

[MUAD_DIB]

9. Well, you can at least say Obama appears to be civil about this.

Perhaps the DU elites could learn something from him. ;)

[MajorChode]

31. We can all learn from Obama's lead

Especially those on the right.

Somehow I don't see the right changing, though. That's what being a conservative is all about. You throw the baby out and conserve the bathwater.

[Cha]

33. Most of us know that PO

is an inspiration and I aspire to be as level headed as he is.

[MADem]

2. ....acceptable to that....

I'm certain that Obama didn't use that phrase.

I'm guessing "amenable" is outside the colleague's vocabulary.

[MUAD_DIB]

12. Is that your smarmy reply of the hour?

:rofl:

[Name removed]

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[Canuckistanian]

29. I see "Ignored" is at it again n/t

[FarPoint]

21. Now this is a good thing....

I hope Professor Gates accepts the offer to have a "group visit" at the White House. Oh yea, this is how peace is made. I do hope the Officers cop-partner attends as well.

[HughMoran]

23. I'd like to see Obama make lemonade with the lemons he's been given

If anybody can pull this off, he can.

[FarPoint]

35. My thoughts exactly.

Obama needed to stay out of the entire issue as a President. He's now under higher standards that mear mortal man....he is still withing the learning curve. :hug:

[napoleon_in_rags]

3. Good. The sooner those three can sit down, have a beer and laugh, the sooner the media has to STFU.

And actually focus on real issues.

[MichiganVote]

7. Agree.

[TheCoxwain]

11. But ..but the media never sees the egg on it face .. it is too busy either gazing at its navel or

chasing the next breaking news

[napoleon_in_rags]

22. I LOVE seeing the thread against the MSM as number 2 on the greatest page.

I am rapidly moving to the point where I see them as the problem here, more than the Republicans. How can you blame the Republicans for doing what they do when nobody ever holds them to a higher standard? When they never get media pressure? Taking off my Democrat hat entirely, this country worked for a long time as a sort of dialectic process, with competing ideas, accurately elucidated by the media being evaluated and chosen by the public. But this well working machine has been entirely shut down by the media not doing its job. I believe its actually screwing up our country at a level deeper than partisanship. I feel like the time is really ripe for somebody in the media world to take this thing by the horns, and give us a new kind of media, a long term kind of media that even if it doesn't focus on the latest piece of gossip, tells us the things we really need to know so we will learn to love it. Its really about helping the country out.

[scheming daemons]

5. This is a President we can be proud of... turns his enemies into friends

Instead of the other way around, like President Dumbfuck in 2001-2009.

[countingbluecars]

6. Maybe something good will come of this. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

10. Only if all three get to piss on a line up of media reporters

after drinking their beer. :rofl:

[HughMoran]

14. Heh

I like that idea - the media deserves nothing less :)

[yellowcanine]

8. Officer Crowley may be satisfied but you know the wingnuts aren't.

The barfers will cite this as proof Obama isn't a citizen.

[MUAD_DIB]

13. Well, phuck the wingnuts.

[TorchTheWitch]

18. As if people here will be satisfied

Nothing DU seems to like better than raging about cops in general.

[cbdo2007]

16. Crowley and Gates can learn a lot from Obama.

He said something stupid and jumped to conclusion, now he's coming out apologizing and saying he was wrong.

Now Crowley needs to call Gates and apologize for how the situation escalated.

and Gates needs to apologize to Crowley for how the situation escalated as well.

[theoldman]

17. This is an example of how smart Obama really is.

It also shows how he will work with countries that are at each others throat. Both Gates and Crowley will be forced to face each other. They will have to admit that they both made mistakes and each will be a better man. Of course the Republicans will not accept the outcome of the meeting.

[HughMoran]

19. I think this is a great move

I wonder if some DUers will accept the outcome of the meeting. This has been a really contentious topic!!

[MUAD_DIB]

20. I think that it will be great if they meet and defuse the situation.

It will certainly put a damper on all of the egoists here, but I'm sure there will be something to thump their chest at next week.

[Cha]

34. I expected this..

I knew before I read it that they would all meet at the White House ..am I psychic?..no, I just know the PO's history after reading about him for the last two years.

And, this all had to happen just the way it did.

[EFerrari]

26. Yep. He's modeling conflict resolution and how it doesn't hurt

and you get to keep your dignity. lol

[TexasObserver]

24. Recommend

[spanone]

25. the cableshit 24/7 gates/crowley/Obama has ended in my house

cartoon channel

[HughMoran]

27. I didn't mind discussing it here,

But when I turned on cable opinionews, I really didn't need to hear the spin.

[paulsby]

28. good for obama and good for crowley

obama's comment was a gaffe, as i have explained. props to obama for making good and i think they should all sit down for a beer.

[Naturyl]

30. Maybe this can take a back seat to health care now.

[Lorien]

32. Why does Crowley still have a job?

If he doesn't understand the law he shouldn't be in charge of enforcing it.

[polmaven]

36. Congrats!

Way to piss on a positive thread!