Comments on: Your Turn: Reading The Beer Summit

By: Sarah Deere

Sarah Deere — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:14:29 +0000

um, “ALL” get along.

By: Sarah Deere

Sarah Deere — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:14:12 +0000

What is, “Can’t we al just get along?”

By: Michael Shaw (The BAG)

Michael Shaw (The BAG) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:10:21 +0000

Just a quick note. Last night I jettisoned my second Beer Summit post uploaded Friday afternoon. I agree with the comments — I was beating a dead horse.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:45:36 +0000

I think it looks more like his legs are so long he can’t get closer; also, end of another late July day in muggy DC. Can you imagine the number of things on his mind?

By: Stella

Stella — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:37:23 +0000

Why do I berate myself for wasting time?
I thought I heard somebody say “talk about stupid!”

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:56:12 +0000

An idea that the police should have considered in connection with Prof. Gates is whether he has some kind of incipient dementia. His angry ranting seems abnormal, but more so does his breaking his own lock. Most people would not have lost their own keys, but also would find a solution other than breaking down their door! The subsequent statements he has made seem foolish and extravagant. I just wonder about his mental state.

By: stated4all

stated4all — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:23:00 +0000

What is “Much Ado About Nothing,” Alex?

By: heydave

heydave — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:23:48 +0000

I find it hard to believe, or possibly just too sad to consider, that this tripe gets labeled as anything less than a yawn.

By: Two Dishes

Two Dishes — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:31:15 +0000

Here in New York, the two battling Dailies (Metro New York and AM New York–the free ones everybody reads on the corner)
went for slightly different shots. I was surprised that the more liberal paper, Metro, went for the more (subtly) inflamatory.
Metro (liberal headquarters in Sweden)– The cop is talking to Obama. Viscerally it registers as the white cop is airing his complaint, the others are passive. The viewer is invited to identify with the white man complaining to the guy “who called white cops stupid” (I suppose).
AMNY (Centrist Liberal):: Gates and Crowley are addressing each other, equitably, just as Obama Administration had probably hoped.
Washington Times (Rev Sun-Moon?, far right?) — the table is pictured from afar on an enormous lawn. The moment is diminished and un-grand, like the toppling of the Saddam statue in 2003 in Baghdad: silly when viewed from afar, impressive if framed closely.
(http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/31/suds-summit-falls-flat-as-obama-skips-harmony-lect/)

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:17:50 +0000

Obama body language for the most part very very disengaged. Biden, for all the negative press about him, is a more humble man and has taken over the role of host.