[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=paramount]Obama enters the discussion, no doubt in part to deflect attention from Benghazi and other issues.[/quote]

Paramount: While I don’t disagree that Obama & Co. are undoubtedly welcoming this as a distraction, I will personally say that I found his remarks very sincere and made in the spirit of unity.

Given the off-the-cuff nature of the remarks, it was even more impressive. I don’t have much love for the man, especially due to his policies, but he was a national leader in that speech.[/quote]

I agree with this basically.
– He was very careful not to stake out a position with regard to the trial outcome while appearing to at least sympathize with family and show that he wasn’t pleased with the outcome.
– In a gentile way perhaps it was probably a big heads-up to the folks still race-baiting that there is no way the DOJ can bring a Civil Rights lawsuit against Zimmerman. It’s been show over and over the guy isn’t a racist and no sense wasting everyone’s time yet again.

I might have preferred him to mention more about this being a nation of laws, having our day in court, etc. But he didn’t.

That said there is a lot of mumbling out there about this weekend, if there does happen to be some smash and grab violence/vandalism he might be asked why he didn’t say more.

As far as the stuff on profiling, I find it’s somewhat idiotic for him to mention that, but I also understand he’s got to show some street-cred here. Cardiff understands the way the game is played, and right now I am content to give him a pass on this. I think he did enough to say “brothers I am with you in spirit” while at the same time tipping his hat, that this is probably over at the Federal level.