Thomas Lofton writes:Sergeant Crowley, the sole class act in this trio, helps the handicapped Professor Gates down the stairs, while Barack Obama, heedless of the infirmities of his friend and fellow victim of self-defined racial profiling, strides ahead on his own. So who is compassionate? And who is so self-involved and arrogant that he is oblivious?
That may be an uncharitable conclusion to draw from a single photograph. I'm sure if Lofton or I was photographed as much as President Obama, we'd come off looking pretty unflattering more than a few times too.
But what really amazes me about this photo is that it originates not from some conservative, Republican blogger trying to make Obama look like a jerk, but from the White House blog! Seems like some PR guy at the White House fumbled the ball on posting this pic, no?
(Here's a writeup of the meeting between these three, for those who are unfamiliar with the story.)
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