Posted on 07/20/2010 10:58:14 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Tea Partyers are racist.....but apparently blacks cannot be. From CNN Breaking News
From your link...
“Did the Ag Department fully vet this matter before ordering Sherrod’s removal? Did the White House or its political operatives have a hand in this personnel decision? Was Sherrod allowed to fully tell her side of the story before being axed? I’d like some answers”.
Gotta love when the libs eat their own.
Win!
Bingo!
She didn’t work for the NAACP. She worked for the Agriculture department. She was just speaking to the NAACP.
He’s damned if he does; damned if he doesn’t.
Would somebody please tell Obama whose ass to kick???
Blatant racism on its face — no matter what.
Why?
So that Shiley can file another frivolous race discrimination lawsuit and settle it with Eric Holder for another $13 mil.
That’s why.
This is dumb. She admitted to not helping as much as she could a certain race.
If they do reverse they can be made to pay and they will.
Breitbart claims more video is on the way.
“The woman administered stupidly.”
I'll have a Blue Moon!
A fair administration of USDA policy should not involve any discussion of race. Our expectation should be that she not have even noticed the man was white or to have stated “I took him to one of his own.”
He’s doing a great job kicking his own.
JOHN ROBERTS, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. Department of Agriculture accepts the resignation of an employee after a video surfaced showing her telling an audience that she withheld assistance to a white farmer because of his race. Let’s listen to what she told the NAACP.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
SHIRLEY SHERROD, FORMER USDA WORKER: I was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farm land. And here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land. So, I didn’t give him the full force of what I could do. I did enough.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KIRAN CHETRY, CNN ANCHOR: Does that video tell the whole story? Joining us now on the phone from Albany, Georgia is Shirley Sherrod, herself. Thanks for being with us this morning, Shirley.
SHERROD: Thank you.
CHETRY: You say that this was part of the story and that it was part that was spliced enough to show you in a bad light, that this isn’t the whole story. Will you finish for us how this ended?
SHERROD: OK. I was speaking to that group like I’ve done many groups, and I tell them about a time when I thought the issue was race and race only. And I tell them the story of how I’ve worked with a white farmer back in 1986. I was not working for the Department of Agriculture. I was working with a non-profit organization assisting farmers throughout South Georgia and the Southeast. And this farmer came to me for help. I was telling the story about how working with him helped me to see that the issue is not about race, it’s about those who have versus those who do not have.
And I tell how I took him to a lawyer who I thought would help him. In the end, that lawyer didn’t. In the end, I had to frantically look for a lawyer because when USDA lifted — I’m sorry. When the court lifted the injunction against USDA in May of 1987, this white farmer was one of 13 that was foreclosed on by the state of Georgia. I had to frantically find a lawyer who would file a chapter 11 to stop the foreclosure. He couldn’t — at that time, we had up to 12.
CHETRY: Yes. But let me just get back really quickly, you said you didn’t give them the full force of what you could do. You said you did enough, and then you referred to the race (ph) of the lawyer as well saying that perhaps because the lawyer was white, that he would help him. So, what did you mean by that?
SHERROD: What I meant was, I didn’t know anyone else, but it thought taking — I didn’t know another lawyer at that time who was local, who knew something about chapter 12. But I thought if I took him to a white lawyer, he would definitely do all that he could to help save his farm.
ROBERTS: Miss Sherrod, let’s make it clear though, that this happened 24 years ago. You eventually worked with this white farmer. You eventually became friends, you say, with the farmer and his wife.
SHERROD: Yes.
ROBERTS: So, the question I have is, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture came to you and said you have to step down, why didn’t you just say, wait a minute, you don’t know the full story. Here’s the full story, why should I step down?
SHERROD: I did say that, but they, for some reason, the stuff that Fox and the Tea Party does is scaring the administration. I told them get the whole tape and look at the whole tape and look at how I tell people we have to get beyond race and start working together.
ROBERTS: Many people at home might be thinking if you’re recounting an old story, why did you succumb to pressure to step down, why didn’t you fight this?
SHERROD: If I tried to fight it and didn’t have any support from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, what would I do?
CHETRY: Let me ask you this. Did you talk to the NAACP about it because I just want to read from our audience what Ben Jealous, the president said. He said referring to you and this surfacing of the tape, “her actions were shameful. While she went on to explain in the story, she ultimately realized her mistake as well as the common predicament of working people of all races. She gave no indication she’d attempted to right the wrong she had done to this man. And the reaction from many in the audience is disturbing.”
This is from Ben Jealous. Did you try to clarify with the NAACP your story?
SHERROD: No, I haven’t had had a chance to talk to anyone. All of this was happening so fast. And it’s 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 with that now.
ROBERTS: Certainly, you’re coming out and telling your story now takes it to a different level, and obviously, we’re going to keep following this. It’s good to get your side of it.
Sherri Sherrod, former Agriculture Department official. Thanks for joining us this morning. And perhaps, we can get you back on again, get your face on TV as well and talk to you more about this as the story continues to develop.
SHERROD: I don’t mind.
ROBERTS: All right. Thanks so much.
CHETRY: Thanks a lot.
PMSNBC is reporting she resigned.
She’s blaming white racist tea party members for taking her remarks out of context.
Oh PLease Oh Please !!
It is not so much what Sherrod said it is how the audience reacted to it. they were all laughing and yucking it up when she said she didn’t help the white farmer.
I blame the NAACP more than I do her! Maybe they shouldn’t have started this race war by claiming the TEA Party was a racist organization when they should be sweeping around their own back door!
Well if Obama backs the bus up, he will run over her again.
Reverse what?
Possible set up to attack FOX and Tea Party???
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