… did you notice that when things went bad on the public relations front for a proud "black scholar" and the country's first African-American president, all of a sudden everybody was Irish? What gives? Are they essentially blaming their race-baiting knee-jerk statements on this one particular singled-out slice of ancestry? If so, this isn't the kind of racial "healing" I was hoping for.

Michelle Malkin implying that President Obama and Professor Gates are using Irish customs to cover up bad publicity.

Alternate headline: "Teachable Moment Results In Nothing Much Learned." I'll be away from the computer while The Drink-up That Saved America is happening, sad to say, but we need a thread open so that commenters can document the inevitable media cooing about The One's "brewski diplomacy" or "suds summit" or whatever stupid name they're cooking up for this stunt. No presser or public statement is being planned by the participants as far as I know, but some reporter's bound to corner Gates or Crowley afterwards outside the White House for the obligatory "productive discussion" soundbite.

Allahpundit calling this discussion a stunt.