Posted on 07/20/2010 8:29:39 AM PDT by kristinn
Former Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod says she was forced to resign last night under orders from the White House over racist comments she made at an NAACP dinner in March that were revealed by Big Government yesterday morning.
The Associated Press reported Sherrod's claim this morning:
Shirley Sherrod says she was forced to step down by the White House even though her comments, in which she says she withheld support for a farmer because he was white, were really part of a story of racial reconciliation. In an interview, Sherrod said the White House's wishes were relayed by an Agriculture Department undersecretary.
Speaking on CNN this morning, Sherrod criticized the NAACP for abandoning her:
Sherrod said Tuesday that it was "unfortunate that the NAACP would make a statement without even checking to see what happened. This was 24 years ago, and I'm telling a story to try to unite people."
Sherrod also accused the Obama administration of running scared from Fox News and the Tea Party movement:
She said she tried to explain to USDA officials, "but for some reason, the stuff Fox and the Tea Party does is scaring the administration. I told them to get the whole tape and look at the whole tape and see how I tell people we have to get beyond race and work together."
Asked why did she resigned instead of fighting, Sherrod said, "I didn't have any support from USDA. What would I do?"
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a statement last night announcing Sherrod's forced resignation and denounced Sherrod's racism, a move that would only have been done with the blessing of Obama.
Three down...
Remember Breitbart and the ACORN story? Release a video, let them scream that it’s not representative of the organization, that it’s not the whole story, yada, yada . . .
Then release the next one.
And the next one.
Watch.
Fox News could go to the other side at any time, but I'm glad they're "scared" of the Tea Party.
On the other hand, I doubt the truth of anything this Sherrod person says.
All we need to see is the whole video then. Simple fix.
tks Kristinn
Ok...I’ll bite...who are the other 2? (been out of town lately)
I’m sure everyone who has had to resign or been disgraced by racist comments has had a good explanation.
This is a civil rights case. A member of the shadow government abused the powers of her unelected office to deny the rights of an American on the basis of race.
That would make Obama “Defender of the White Man”...right??
“Loose lips sink ships.” A famous WW-II poster saying.
She’s gone, but we have the entire DOJ management sitting comfortably after declaring that no cases with white vicitims will move forward. Where are the firings, the investigations, the congressional hearings, the media?
Again, it’s the typical person surrounding Obama. They are all like this. Socialists, Communists and racists.
My only question is whether I have enough time to go to Wally World and get some more popcorn before the next video drops.
Sounds like a way has been found to attack the Admin with their own weapons. The fact that it scares them is comforting.
One of them is Van Jones. Don’t recall the other, though it should be the perv “safe schools” czar.
She asked for it, I am surprised the idiot let her go.
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