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"What Do You Call A Black Man With A PhD?"

By The Daily Dish
Jul 26 2009, 12:23 PM ET

by Chris Bodenner

In his Sunday column, Andrew sounds off on Gatesgate:

So was this an example of excessive racial grievance on the part of Gates or excessive racial insensitivity on the part of Crowley or a little bit of both? Such moments are fully understood only by the individuals involved and even then the truth is murky in such emotional circumstances. But it is indeed unusual to arrest someone for “disorderly conduct” when he is on his own property.

(No need to fret much further: our fearless leader should be back from his blog sabbatical tomorrow.)



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