Andrew Breitbart is now on CNN, and he’s digging in and getting even more deranged and hateful about the Shirley Sherrod story; he just said that the two white farmers who praised Sherrod were liars, and probably planted by someone.
He’s repeating over and over, “It’s not about Shirley Sherrod” like a parrot on crack.
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Obdicut Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:23:02pm |
Accusing them of being liars doesn't even make any sense.
She said, even in the edited video, that she helped the guy.
The farmers, in their interviews, said she helped them.
So what the fuck would they be lying about?
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darthstar Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:23:57pm |
re: #3 Obdicut
Accusing them of being liars doesn't even make any sense.
She said, even in the edited video, that she helped the guy.
The farmers, in their interviews, said she helped them.
So what the fuck would they be lying about?
It's about the NAACP. Breitbart and O'Keefe brought down ACORN. Now they're going after big game.
| 5 |
blueraven Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:26:28pm |
John King sucks! He let Breitbart off the hook. Let him accuse CNN of not vetting the farmers, let him get away with hypocrisy. Its all about context? Really?
| 6 |
CuriousLurker Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:26:53pm |
Yeah, the old farmer & his wife are moonbat race traitor plants. /
| 7 |
Kronocide Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:28:47pm |
This is awesome. Breitbart's head may explode at any second.
| 8 |
BruceKelly Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:28:48pm |
What a POC. I've lost all respect for that man.
| 9 |
RadicalModerate Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:29:45pm |
Erick is spreading the "Tea Party Infiltrator" lie now while attempting to defend Brietbart.
| 10 |
theheat Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:30:38pm |
he just said that the two white farmers who praised Sherrod were liars, and probably planted by someone.
He's pissed off because they (non-Republicans) achieved the ability to travel back in time and rewrite history, and plant those farmers. Look at that whole Obama birth announcement thing. Like, duh.
Time travel. It's all around us.
| 11 |
avanti Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:33:25pm |
Rush said today that this is what you can expect from the Obama administration if you go to a black bureaucrat for heath care if you are white. "You'll be treated just like that poor white farmer"
Yep, the black folks will get us./
| 13 |
aagcobb Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:34:26pm |
What depresses me is that Breitbart will only benefit from the exposure. Recent studies show that exposure to contradictory facts only make wingnuts more certain of their false beliefs.
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BruceKelly Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:35:40pm |
re: #10 theheat
Time travel. It's all around us.
Ha! Mankind never invents time travel. I know because there are no people here from the future... I think...
| 15 |
darthstar Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:37:05pm |
re: #5 blueraven
John King sucks! He let Breitbart off the hook. Let him accuse CNN of not vetting the farmers, let him get away with hypocrisy. Its all about context? Really?
John King really does suck. It's hard to believe he'd be so afraid of a shit-eating troll like Breitbart as to let him get away with saying that CNN isn't even investigating the story. I suspect John King will be hearing about that one from his producers.
| 16 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:37:30pm |
| 17 |
avanti Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:38:58pm |
Here's Rush suggesting you'll be screwed if you're white and need government help from a black:
| 18 |
comradebillyboy Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:39:37pm |
Will there be any blow-back against Fox News, Hannity or Breitbart if they did doctor the tape? Will this story move out of the blogosphere and cable news?
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RadicalModerate Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:39:39pm |
Brietbart's interview is on John King's CNN page now - no video yet though, but a note at the bottom of the story says it will be posted soon.
[Link: johnkingusa.blogs.cnn.com...]
| 20 |
theheat Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:40:22pm |
re: #11 avanti
Obviously, there are still plenty of pissed off people who will tune into that fat fuck every day to listen to his inflammatory wingnut pearls of white victimhood wisdom. Fortunately, I don't count myself among them.
| 21 |
thatthatisis Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:41:17pm |
Breitbart says "It's not about Shirley Sherrod". Well, actually, the heart of this story ISN'T about Ms. Sherrod. It's about how lies are now the currency of our political discussions. And how people like Breitbart are perfectly okay with driving a bus over the facts as they advance their personal agendas.
| 22 |
researchok Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:42:08pm |
Let's cut to the chase. Breitbart is a pig.
And John King did himself no favor by inviting Roland Martin today.
| 23 |
wrenchwench Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:42:17pm |
re: #16 albusteve
not plantar?
not warts?
Oh, good, there you are. I don't have to go back to the other thread.
You were incorrect about the ACLU being involved in the lawsuit against the crosses of Las Cruces. That was two individuals.
Carry on.
/It just started raining here!
| 25 |
Nimed Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:42:34pm |
Frankly, is anyboby surprised that yet another couple of elderly white Georgian farmers turned out to be in the tank for the NAACP?
| 26 |
aagcobb Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:42:43pm |
re: #18 comradebillyboy
Will there be any blow-back against Fox News, Hannity or Breitbart if they did doctor the tape? Will this story move out of the blogosphere and cable news?
Of course not-was there any blow-back when Fox News used footage of other demonstrations to imply Tea Party crowds were bigger than they really were?
| 27 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:43:10pm |
I guess if there's anyone who knows about planting dishonest, political hacks, it would be Breitbart.
/BURN!
| 28 |
CuriousLurker Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:43:20pm |
re: #21 thatthatisis
Breitbart says "It's not about Shirley Sherrod". Well, actually, the heart of this story ISN'T about Ms. Sherrod. It's about how lies are now the currency of our political discussions. And how people like Breitbart are perfectly okay with driving a bus over the facts as they advance their personal agendas.
Sorry, the down-ding was an accident. I up-dinged to counteract it, which is what I meant to do in the first place.
| 30 |
researchok Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:43:48pm |
re: #4 darthstar
It's about the NAACP. Breitbart and O'Keefe brought down ACORN. Now they're going after big game.
There is a difference. Breitbart hired a bunch of low lifes to go after ACORN.
Sherrod has a decades long track record of being nothing less than stellar.
Breitbart screwed himself.
| 31 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:44:25pm |
Aw, dammit.
I just retweeted this, adding my own comment "craziness", and the way the tweet went out, it looks like I said "Lizardoid craziness".
NOT WHAT I MEANT.
If folks look at the article, they'll figure it out, I HOPE.
| 32 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:44:29pm |
re: #23 wrenchwench
Oh, good, there you are. I don't have to go back to the other thread.
You were incorrect about the ACLU being involved in the lawsuit against the crosses of Las Cruces. That was two individuals.
Carry on.
/It just started raining here!
good for you up there (wherever that is)....
I think the ACLU didn't want to get involved with a loser, they never filed a suit, but I did read a brief statement from them at the time....not really a good example of meddling I admit
| 33 |
wrenchwench Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:45:46pm |
re: #29 Gus 802
Complete video is up!
[Link: www.naacp.org...]
I've been pronouncing her name wrong (in my head). Unless the woman who introduced her did.
| 34 |
Gus Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:45:56pm |
| 35 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:45:56pm |
re: #25 Nimed
Frankly, is anyboby surprised that yet another couple of elderly white Georgian farmers turned out to be in the tank for the NAACP?
No.
There are plenty of good and honest people in Georgia. And Louisiana. And Mississippi. etc.
It's that you usually just hear about the assholes.
| 36 |
Racer X Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:47:09pm |
I'm beginning to seriously wonder what a successful Obama (2 term) presidency will look like, from a historical perspective.
| 37 |
AntonSirius Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:47:17pm |
re: #19 RadicalModerate
Brietbart's interview is on John King's CNN page now - no video yet though, but a note at the bottom of the story says it will be posted soon.
[Link: johnkingusa.blogs.cnn.com...]
John King is the perfect distillation of everything wrong with modern "journalism".
| 38 |
engineer cat Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:47:17pm |
White Farmers Who Praised Sherrod Were
Warning: the rate of disinformation will increase propotionately to the proximity of the next election
| 39 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:47:21pm |
re: #29 Gus 802
From the link:
With regard to the initial media coverage of the resignation of USDA Official Shirley Sherrod, we have come to the conclusion we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party Activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias.
Having reviewed the full tape, spoken to Ms. Sherrod, and most importantly heard the testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now believe the organization that edited the documents did so with the intention of deceiving millions of Americans.
I do hope this ends up biting Andy in the ass.
| 40 |
Gus Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:47:56pm |
re: #39 Slumbering Behemoth
From the link:
I do hope this ends up biting Andy in the ass.
That's the plan. ;)
| 41 |
jvic Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:49:04pm |
That's an astounding claim on Breitbart's part because records about the foreclosure risk presumably exist and they will be checked. When you've dug yourself into a hole, what's the first step to getting out? Does the Right really mean to double down on this?
On a purely partisan level, it's been written that the Democrats need a "game changer" to avoid a wipeout in November. I'm a conservative/libertarian independent who usually votes GOP and I am angry and revulsed by this incident. The more truculent the attitude of Breitbart et al and the more arrant the denial on the Right--neither PJM nor Instapundit has yet mentioned the matter--, the angrier I get.
| 42 |
CuriousLurker Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:49:22pm |
OT: Annnnd the trolls are back, posting on the dead thread again. I honestly don't know how Charles stands it. I would've given up in disgust a long time ago.
| 43 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:49:52pm |
re: #40 Gus 802
I know Andy's not a big network news anchor, but he needs to go down like Dan Rather for the shit he's pulled.
| 44 |
darthstar Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:49:59pm |
Eugene Robinson on Hardball today:
| 45 |
Cato the Elder Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:51:01pm |
And old member of the Class of '04 has put in an appearance downstairs.
| 46 |
researchok Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:51:16pm |
Hard to believe but true:
No mention of the Breitbart debacle/con job on Drudge.
| 47 |
RadicalModerate Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:52:03pm |
Rep. Andre Carlson weighs in regarding Andrew Brietbart's interview:
Statement from Rep. Andre Carson to JKUSA
“The incident on March 20th happened as I’ve described. It has been reported by numerous media outlets because it is a fact. Andrew Breitbart has tried everything possible to try and rewrite history related to the events of that day—including citing as proof a video that was shot a full hour after the incident happened.
I’ve refused to engage him in some tit-for-tat because he has zero credibility on this issue. He wasn’t even on the Hill the day the incident happened.
If he wants to spend his time inciting people and defending language and actions that the overwhelming majority of Americans find reprehensible, then that’s his prerogative. But it’s not doing this nation—or the Tea Party movement–any favors.”
| 48 |
BruceKelly Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:53:11pm |
re: #35 reine.de.tout
No.
There are plenty of good and honest people in Georgia. And Louisiana. And Mississippi. etc.
It's that you usually just hear about the assholes.
Thank you.
(Born in Charleston, SC - raised in Biloxi, MS)
You know what they say about folks from Charleston? They're always starting a bunch of shit they can't finish (civil war humor).
| 49 |
wrenchwench Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:53:53pm |
re: #34 Gus 802
The FULL Shirley Sherrod video
[Video]
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
| 50 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:54:05pm |
re: #45 Cato the Elder
And old member of the Class of '04 has put in an appearance downstairs.
breaks up the monotony
| 51 |
Racer X Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:54:20pm |
The fact that there is a HUGE number of racist assholes scurrying around on TV, leads me to believe that exposing these idiots and running them out of town will most likely be one measure of success for an Obama presidency.
America will be a better place once these assholes have their say at the mic, and then get exposed for what they are.
| 52 |
darthstar Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:54:32pm |
Chris Matthews: "This is an effort to rip the scab off of race relations in this country." Well said, Tweety.
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darthstar Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:54:55pm |
re: #49 wrenchwench
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
Breitbart can't think ahead more than two minutes.
| 54 |
webevintage Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:54:59pm |
Why does Andrew Breitbart hate senior citizens from the heartland?
| 55 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:55:36pm |
re: #35 reine.de.tout
No.
There are plenty of good and honest people in Georgia. And Louisiana. And Mississippi. etc.
It's that you usually just hear about the assholes.
This is true of anywhere under the sun, really. No one wants to see news stories about firemen saving kittens from trees, they want the red meat about assholes.
| 56 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:56:10pm |
re: #49 wrenchwench
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
because people will accept at face value, then tune out the squabbling that reveals the truth...done deal, same with Climategate
| 57 |
Obdicut Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:56:53pm |
re: #55 Slumbering Behemoth
I like the stories about the kittens.
| 58 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:57:15pm |
re: #49 wrenchwench
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
I would guess that he has been falsely embolden by his O'Keef/ACORN "victory".
| 59 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:59:04pm |
re: #57 Obdicut
I do to, but the average tv audience wants bad news. That, and bad news sells more ad space.
| 60 |
Obdicut Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:59:29pm |
re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth
I would guess that he has been falsely embolden by his O'Keef/ACORN "victory".
He didn't have much reason to think it was false. I remember that even many good people here on LGF were happy when ACORN was de-funded. I think Brietbart's mistake was thinking that everyone else understood the inherent racism in his attack on ACORN, and that they supported it-- rather than the inherent anti-liberal attitude in the attack on ACORN, that far more people supported.
| 61 |
Nimed Tue, Jul 20, 2010 4:59:40pm |
re: #35 reine.de.tout
No.
There are plenty of good and honest people in Georgia. And Louisiana. And Mississippi. etc.
It's that you usually just hear about the assholes.
Tell me about it. The farmer's wife sounded like an impossibly good and honest person on the phone.
| 62 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:00:04pm |
His insanity is only going to make him easier game. Obama really needs to go in for the kill.
Words like con artist, irresponsible, malicious liar need to be used.
The as poetic justice he can say it is not about one miserable lying hate blogger like Andrew Breitbart. It is about the entire racist tea party that he represents and the propagandists at Fox who fuel them.
| 63 |
Killgore Trout Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:00:26pm |
re: #49 wrenchwench
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
I doubt he thinks that far ahead. His audience didn't really care about the fake acorn videos so he doesn't think this will hurt him. I think he might have gone too far this time.
| 64 |
RadicalModerate Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:00:47pm |
I think that once the Andrew Brietbart interview comes online he should post it -
with his "The last thing I want to talk about right now is race" line followed by each race-trolling statement he made during the interview.
| 65 |
Gus Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:00:58pm |
re: #49 wrenchwench
Three minutes in and I can see why Breitbart didn't want the whole thing out. Five minutes in and I wonder why he took the chance that the whole thing would come out by using a little piece of it.
Complete dishonesty on the part of Andrew Breitbart. The right thing to do would have been to post the complete video. The video he provided was not only highly edited it contained clips of unrelated propaganda segments.
| 66 |
jvic Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:01:13pm |
re: #46 researchok
Hard to believe but true:
No mention of the Breitbart debacle/con job on Drudge.
Buried in the clutter on the Drudge page:
Official resigns after comments about 'white farmers'...Says White House Forced Her Out Without Hearing 'Truth'...
Farmer's wife says official helped save their land...
researchok, as a practical matter I agree with you because IMO Drudge does not intend the story to be noticed, but he leaves himself a technicality in which to take refuge.
| 67 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:01:28pm |
re: #55 Slumbering Behemoth
This is true of anywhere under the sun, really. No one wants to see news stories about firemen saving kittens from trees, they want the red meat about assholes.
Exactly
re: #57 Obdicut
I like the stories about the kittens.
I do too!
And here's a blog about cats, that's really pretty nice.
| 68 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:01:36pm |
re: #62 LudwigVanQuixote
His insanity is only going to make him easier game. Obama really needs to go in for the kill.
Words like con artist, irresponsible, malicious liar need to be used.
The as poetic justice he can say it is not about one miserable lying hate blogger like Andrew Breitbart. It is about the entire racist tea party that he represents and the propagandists at Fox who fuel them.
I disagree...BO should stay out of it and let his minions handle it, if they choose, and they probably should
| 69 |
Amory Blaine Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:02:18pm |
Aren't these farmers the demographic the republicans claim to revere? This bitter man needs to be condemned in the public square immediately.
| 70 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:03:06pm |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
He did go to far. With the O'keef/ACORN thing, he had sole ownership of the footage, allowing him to frame the narrative any way he wanted. He fucked up trying to do the same thing here, without thinking who else might have the source footage he was trying to manipulate.
| 71 |
blueraven Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:03:53pm |
The whole thing just makes me want to weep for this nation. Ms. Sherrod is a hero...not in the super kind of way, but in the quiet understanding and subsequent redemption of her own racial bias.
Breitbart is profiting form this. The NAACP and the administration jumped on this without question because they are so skiddish form the attacks by the tea party and wingnuts. It is all upside down.
I can only hope this incident backfires against the race baiters.
| 72 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:04:08pm |
re: #65 Gus 802
Complete dishonesty on the part of Andrew Breitbart. The right thing to do would have been to post the complete video. The video he provided was not only highly edited it contained clips of unrelated propaganda segments.
from who?...who are the co-conspirators?
has he named his source?
| 73 |
simoom Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:05:00pm |
Does anyone remember back during the presidential campaign, after the Fox & Friends team spent all morning ranting about the "typical white person"-Obama-is-a-racist controversy, it made Chris Wallace so uncomfortable that he came on air and took them to task?
It would be great if someone at Fox had the guts to do that again, but to their whole network, about their decent into white resentment / racial grievance politicking. Someone there has to be feeling uncomfortable with the lines they've been crossing lately.
| 74 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:05:28pm |
re: #62 LudwigVanQuixote
His insanity is only going to make him easier game. Obama really needs to go in for the kill.
I disagree. Obama needs to stay out of this, there are plenty of other players out there who will handle this just fine. He doesn't need to sully himself, and more importantly the office of the POTUS, by wrestling in the mud with this pig.
| 75 |
Gus Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:08:37pm |
re: #72 albusteve
from who?...who are the co-conspirators?
has he named his source?
Don't know. Andrew Breitbart has his signature on this. All roads lead to him and his website, Big Government. The complete video is posted upstairs.
| 76 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:09:52pm |
re: #74 Slumbering Behemoth
I disagree. Obama needs to stay out of this, there are plenty of other players out there who will handle this just fine. He doesn't need to sully himself, and more importantly the office of the POTUS, by wrestling in the mud with this pig.
Agreed, but it would be really nice, IMO, if he had a private phone call with Sherrod.
| 77 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:11:58pm |
re: #75 Gus 802
Don't know. Andrew Breitbart has his signature on this. All roads lead to him and his website, Big Government. The complete video is posted upstairs.
saw it, thanks...how close is he to a libel lawsuit?
| 78 |
A Man for all Seasons Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:12:20pm |
re: #76 reine.de.tout
Agreed, but it would be really nice, IMO, if he had a private phone call with Sherrod.
An agriculture summit! With Wheat Beer!
/
| 79 |
Gus Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:13:15pm |
re: #77 albusteve
saw it, thanks...how close is he to a libel lawsuit?
Oh, I don't know. Libel suits for even something like this would be rather difficult.
| 80 |
albusteve Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:14:11pm |
| 81 |
TedStriker Tue, Jul 20, 2010 5:21:02pm |
re: #7 BigPapa
This is awesome. Breitbart's head may explode at any second.
Maybe he needs to get some duct tape from Glenn Beck...
///
| 82 |
Targetpractice Tue, Jul 20, 2010 6:13:32pm |
I know I might be late to the party, but I'm willing to believe Andy when he says it's not about Sherrod. It's about getting at the NAACP, it's about getting at Obama, it's about getting at anybody who's not on the Tea Party and far-right bandwagon. It's about getting at the level-headed, intelligent, liberal-minded folks in this nation who are not stewing in their own hate and bigotry, who see quite clearly that the NAACP was condemning the racist elements within the Tea Party and not the movement as a whole, and see these jack-offs for what they are, which is not patriots and modern-day revolutionists.
Those are the people Breitbart wants this to be about. And he demonstrated that ruining people's lives with lies and deceit is how he plans to do that. The man's a cockroach and the fact that anybody sees him as anything more than a two-bit con-artist says more about where we as a nation stand than a hundred Tea Party rallies.
And that's all I got to say about that.
| 83 |
celticdragon Tue, Jul 20, 2010 6:25:59pm |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
I doubt he thinks that far ahead. His audience didn't really care about the fake acorn videos so he doesn't think this will hurt him. I think he might have gone too far this time.
Bill O'Reilly is already doubling down on the bullshit, and tonight he accused the MSM of burying this non story in order to protect Obama.
Seriously.
Breitbart will get away with it because the Fox News fans will not believe anything from any "lamestream" source...and Fox News will not correct the record.
Why should they? Lying works, and their fans love it.
| 84 |
celticdragon Tue, Jul 20, 2010 6:27:31pm |
re: #71 blueraven
The whole thing just makes me want to weep for this nation. Ms. Sherrod is a hero...not in the super kind of way, but in the quiet understanding and subsequent redemption of her own racial bias.
Breitbart is profiting form this. The NAACP and the administration jumped on this without question because they are so skiddish form the attacks by the tea party and wingnuts. It is all upside down.
I can only hope this incident backfires against the race baiters.
I can hope, but I don't think it will. Racial hatred is paying off for the hacks and hucksters.
| 85 |
Stanghazi Tue, Jul 20, 2010 6:33:08pm |
re: #71 blueraven
The whole thing just makes me want to weep for this nation. Ms. Sherrod is a hero...not in the super kind of way, but in the quiet understanding and subsequent redemption of her own racial bias.
Breitbart is profiting form this. The NAACP and the administration jumped on this without question because they are so skiddish form the attacks by the tea party and wingnuts. It is all upside down.
I can only hope this incident backfires against the race baiters.
A very sad time.
Ta-Nehisi Coates column:
But like all bigotry, the most potent component of racism is frame-flipping--positioning the bigot as the actual victim. So the gay do not simply want to marry, they want to convert our children into sin. The Jews do not merely want to be left in peace, they actually are plotting world take-over. And the blacks are not actually victims of American power, but beneficiaries of the war against hard-working whites.re: #84 celticdragon
I can hope, but I don't think it will. Racial hatred is paying off for the hacks and hucksters.
And I cry.
But I'm also as fired up as 2008. Hello Wingnuts!
| 86 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Jul 20, 2010 6:41:12pm |
And now the fright wing is trying to dig up more smears on Shirley Sherrod. She's become the Target of the Day, which has to suck.
[Link: www.sfexaminer.com...]
The right wing is trying to roll back the entire last 50 years.
| 87 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jul 20, 2010 7:03:38pm |
re: #86 Charles
The right wing is trying to roll back the entire last 50 years.
Respectfully that has been sadly apparent for some time now.
| 88 |
brownbagj Tue, Jul 20, 2010 7:11:14pm |
AB may have a point about planted farmers...
I bet this elderly couple is part of the corn lobby for ethanol and has therefore been "gotten" to. Or maybe they really aren't white and this was great makeup work. Did anyone rub their hands or faces?
We have to get to the bottom of this.
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
