Because weighing in on the beer issue went so well for him............
Then why did he comment on the Martin case at all?
President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing in Florida of black teenager Trayvon Martin for the first time on Friday, pledging to "get to the bottom" of the shooting and telling the parents "if I had a son he'd look like Trayvon."
The 17-year-old was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26. Zimmerman, a white Hispanic, has said he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense.
The case has made headlines and prompted rallies protesting the police's handling of the shooting and what black leaders call a pattern of racial discrimination in the Florida town of Sanford and elsewhere in a country that now has a black president.
Obama called the shooting a "tragedy" that should touch every parent in America and said it made him think of his two young daughters, Malia and Sasha.
"My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon. I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened."
He was responding to a reporter's question at a White House event to announce his nomination for the presidency of the World Bank.
Obama Comments on Martin Killing
Asked and answered.
Obama was responding to a set up question and had a prepared answer, he wanted to make a comment, why is one person deserving of comment than another? What about the Hispanic kid that was shot down in Arizona by a black man? Why is no comment made?
Obama's comment was political, pure and simple. He was getting pressure from the black community and planted the question with the reporter.
The reason he is quiet now? He doesn't want to piss off the black community. He knows who his base voter is.