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In the opening months of his presidency, Obama's close personal friend [[Harvard]] Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested on [[misdemeanor]] disturbance charges.  Gates boasted to the arresting officer, "Do you know who I am?"  <ref>http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/23/police-and-president-obama/comment-page-2/?action=late-new</ref>   

In the opening months of his presidency, Obama's close personal friend [[Harvard]] Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested on [[misdemeanor]] disturbance charges.  Gates boasted to the arresting officer, "Do you know who I am?"  <ref>http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/23/police-and-president-obama/comment-page-2/?action=late-new</ref>   

Asked about the incident at a prime time press conference, Obama attacked the police and said the arresting officer was "acting stupidly."   

Asked about the incident at an evening prime time press conference televised to the nation, Obama attacked the police and proclaimed the arresting officer "acted stupidly."   

Shortly thereafter the public's revulsion of Obama's disrespect for law enforcement and the elitist attitude of his friends and administration were revealed with the first significant decline in his poll ratings, <ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref> the biggest loss of support among poor people. The Pew Research Center noted "Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party."

Shortly thereafter the public's revulsion of Obama's disrespect for law enforcement and the elitist attitude of his friends and administration were revealed with the first significant decline in his poll ratings, <ref>http://people-press.org/report/532/obamas-ratings-slide</ref> the biggest loss of support among poor people. The Pew Research Center noted "Some of the larger declines are among members of his own party."