Video: Breitbart is Sorry for Shirley Sherrod
Andrew Breitbart says he feels “sorry” for Shirley Sherrod — after falsely smearing her as a “racist” and trying to destroy her reputation.
Andrew Breitbart says he feels “sorry” for Shirley Sherrod — after falsely smearing her as a “racist” and trying to destroy her reputation.
1 | Kronocide Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:04:51am |
He's full of it. It's about payback to the NAACP for calling out the racism within the Tea Party movement. The NAACP hit a nerve.
He does not give a crap about Sherrod.
3 | jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:05:26am |
Well whoop-dee fucking doo for you Mr. Breitbart, I wonder if Mr. McCarthy ever felt sorry for all the people he black listed....
4 | Kragar Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:07:38am |
Racist Mark Williams will be given a national audience today as he guest hosts the Roger Hedgecock show this afternoon
5 | windsagio Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:07:41am |
re: #3 jamesfirecat
He would have if he thought it would have helped him politically :p
6 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:07:48am |
and my Unicorn broke it's wing.
Fuck Breibrat.
7 | teh mantis Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:08:18am |
Andrew,
Stuff your sorries in a sack, and then beat yourself to death with it.
8 | windsagio Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:08:19am |
re: #6 Jeff In Ohio
Fuck Breibrat.
I almost posted exactly that >> Figured somebody would cover it tho' ;)
9 | lawhawk Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:08:26am |
I wont feel sorry for Breitbart when he and his organization are sued by Sherrod for his smear-merchant campaign.
His words now are all an attempt to spin away from the mess he created.
11 | darthstar Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:11:08am |
re: #9 lawhawk
I wont feel sorry for Breitbart when he and his organization are sued by Sherrod for his smear-merchant campaign.
His words now are all an attempt to spin away from the mess he created.
She should sue Fox news too.
12 | AntonSirius Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:13:05am |
re: #6 Jeff In Ohio
and my Unicorn broke it's wing.
Fuck Breibrat.
That's a pegasus, fool. Unicorns have horns and crap rainbows. Pegasi have wings and shed sparkly fairy dust like dandruff.
14 | blueraven Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:15:47am |
Breitbart...Sherrod is collateral damage. Familiar somehow.
15 | wrenchwench Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:16:21am |
re: #10 prairiefire
Crazy eyes, up close.
To me it looks like he's sneering on both sides of his face at once.
16 | iceweasel Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:17:22am |
Right, he's 'sorry'. This is like one of those greeting cards at someecards- "Sorry I gave you herpes", "Sorry you're an asshole" .
re: #9 lawhawk
I wont feel sorry for Breitbart when he and his organization are sued by Sherrod for his smear-merchant campaign.
His words now are all an attempt to spin away from the mess he created.
No way: you're assuming the guy has shame or a conscience; he has neither.
All Breitblart cares about is keeping the story going. She can't possibly sue him either-- you know perfectly well what someone like him would do that. It would be an excuse for him to air these charges over, and over, and over.
It doesn't have to be true, all that matters is that is it repeated enough times. THAT is breitbart's only credo.
Well, that and self-promotion. Look at his twitter meltdowns (too many to list)-- so long as people are talking about him and to him, he believes he is winning.
17 | jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:17:34am |
re: #13 Amory Blaine
He is the face of the teabaggers.
There's a phrase which bring regrettable thoughts to mind....
18 | prairiefire Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:17:44am |
re: #15 wrenchwench
To me it looks like he's sneering on both sides of his face at once.
Excellent observation.
19 | iceweasel Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:18:28am |
re: #13 Amory Blaine
He is the face of the teabaggers.
I am Andrew's foaming bile. I am Andrew's impacted wingnut duct.
20 | AntonSirius Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:19:21am |
Breitbart is a small, pathetic, broken human being. He's like a dinner theater version of A Face in the Crowd, starring Jeff Conaway.
His inevitable fall won't be epic, but it will be satisfying.
21 | celticdragon Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:21:19am |
re: #14 blueraven
Breitbart...Sherrod is collateral damage. Familiar somehow.
Amazing they can still scream about "librul thugs" and "lamestream media bias" while doing exactly everything they accuse the other side of.
I think John Stewart made up a name for this condition where you have the balls to accuse everybody else of what you do all the time.
The cognitive dissonance is amazing.
22 | darthstar Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:21:33am |
re: #20 AntonSirius
Breitbart is a small, pathetic, broken human being. He's like a dinner theater version of A Face in the Crowd, starring Jeff Conaway.
His inevitable fall won't be epic, but it will be satisfying.
Breitbart won't suffer any consequences from this incident. If anything, it's launching him into the national spotlight and validating his existence as a boil on the ass of humanity. Which, I dare say, was his intent all along.
23 | Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:22:44am |
He is "sorry" for her for the same reason that Glenn Beck "defended" her: it is a chance to dig at Obama and the NAACP.
But the media are doing the right thing by highlighting the role this little dog's pizzle played in this fiasco.
The USDA and the White House figure very low on the scale of culpability, even if theya re the ones who did the dirty work of asking her to resign.
24 | celticdragon Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:22:46am |
re: #17 jamesfirecat
There's a phrase which bring regrettable thoughts to mind...
I'd pay real money to see a video of Breitbart teabagging in jail.
I'd have to get a mindscrub later...
25 | Kronocide Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:23:37am |
It sorta blows up in Breitbart's face that the NAACP reacted so quickly to Sherrod. He intended that the NAACP would resist firing her and that he'd get a chance to keep up the return fire on them. But no, Jealous rolled quickly.
Jealous' quick (erroneous) response, in the big picture of things, was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Breitbart, and Sherrod for that matter. However, it's turned out much differently than he anticipated.
26 | What, me worry? Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:23:37am |
They... they... THEY did this.. Not ME. They.
Who are THEY?
27 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:23:55am |
re: #22 darthstar
Breitbart won't suffer any consequences from this incident. If anything, it's launching him into the national spotlight and validating his existence as a boil on the ass of humanity. Which, I dare say, was his intent all along.
I suppose he figures, "Why follow the pitchforks-and-torches mob when you can lead it yourself?"
28 | jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:24:04am |
re: #21 celticdragon
Amazing they can still scream about "librul thugs" and "lamestream media bias" while doing exactly everything they accuse the other side of.
I think John Stewart made up a name for this condition where you have the balls to accuse everybody else of what you do all the time.
The cognitive dissonance is amazing.
Yes he did.
Ballzheimers
An illness which damages the memory, of the person who has and at the same time gives them the balls to attack other people for the same things they've made careers of. There is no known cure.
29 | butterick Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:25:34am |
Commenting on the Sherrod brouhaha, Krugman says violence is always the answer.
30 | Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:26:23am |
re: #25 BigPapa
It sorta blows up in Breitbart's face that the NAACP reacted so quickly to Sherrod. He intended that the NAACP would resist firing her and that he'd get a chance to keep up the return fire on them. But no, Jealous rolled quickly.
Jealous' quick (erroneous) response, in the big picture of things, was probably the worst thing that could have happened to Breitbart, and Sherrod for that matter. However, it's turned out much differently than he anticipated.
And it gave them a viable excuse and a comeback: "Yes, we overreacted, but we overreacted because of our zero-tolerance policy towards racism and racists."
Which will contrast nicely to the was that the Tea Party deals with the racists (racists? what racists?) in its midst
31 | RogueOne Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:27:40am |
Anyone have a link to the full video clip so we can see what was said after he's cut off in mid-sentence?
32 | celticdragon Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:28:37am |
re: #26 marjoriemoon
They... they... THEY did this.. Not ME. They.
Who are THEY?
They are the mindless Gods who dance to thin, accused pipes and the pounding of vile drums at the center of the universe. Wise people learn not to ask.
At least that is what Lovecraft told us.
//
33 | blueraven Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:29:34am |
re: #31 RogueOne
Anyone have a link to the full video clip so we can see what was said after he's cut off in mid-sentence?
Do you think there is something redeeming words following?
34 | Stanghazi Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:29:41am |
re: #29 butterick
Commenting on the Sherrod brouhaha, Krugman says violence is always the answer.
By posting the link like you did, you illustrated EXACTLY Krugman's point:
But whaddya know, the scandal was fake. The clips were taken completely out of context. It was basically as if I said, “Some people say that violence is always the answer; they’re wrong”, Fox ran with the story “Krugman says violence is always the answer”, and the Times fired me.
35 | recusancy Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:31:50am |
re: #34 Stanley Sea
I'm pretty sure butterick's post was tongue in cheek.
36 | Stanghazi Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:32:11am |
37 | 3kids3dogs Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:32:23am |
re: #20 AntonSirius
Breitbart is a small, pathetic, broken human being. He's like a dinner theater version of A Face in the Crowd, starring Jeff Conaway.
His inevitable fall won't be epic, but it will be satisfying.
Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and actually making me laugh out loud.
38 | RogueOne Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:33:16am |
re: #33 blueraven
Do you think there is something redeeming words following?
I don't know, but if you're asking me if I'm willing to take TPMs word on it.....No. Did everyone else not learn a big lesson yesterday? The lesson here is don't take a video clip put out by an ideological partisan site as gospel. It's something I would have expected everyone to already know but after what happened to Ms. Sherrod I guess not....
39 | teh mantis Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:33:26am |
Andrew Fuckhead on Hannity:
I could care less about Shirley Sherrod, to be honest with you.
We know Andrew, you evil little shit stain.
40 | recusancy Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:34:15am |
re: #38 RogueOne
I don't know, but if you're asking me if I'm willing to take TPMs word on it...No. Did everyone else not learn a big lesson yesterday? The lesson here is don't take a video clip put out by an ideological partisan site as gospel. It's something I would have expected everyone to already know but after what happened to Ms. Sherrod I guess not...
You just learned this lesson yesterday?
41 | RogueOne Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:36:16am |
re: #40 recusancy
You just learned this lesson yesterday?
Nope but it seems others still haven't picked up on it yet, even after what happened yesterday.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
42 | Amory Blaine Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:37:51am |
re: #29 butterick
Commenting on the Sherrod brouhaha, Krugman says violence is always the answer.
You are being ironic, right? ;)
43 | celticdragon Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:38:07am |
re: #39 teh mantis
Andrew Fuckhead on Hannity:
We know Andrew, you evil little shit stain.
He is the human analog of a dung beetle:
He rolls in shit and uses it for nourishment. He is viewed with revulsion by most non dung beetles. He either needs to be stepped on, or pinned to a specimen tray and examined by future generations.
44 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:38:51am |
Andy is "sorry," as in a sorry sack of shit who should be tarred, feathered, and run out on a rail. The man truly is the modern living embodiment of yellow journalism, the lying, scheming, empty-headed approach to "news" that cares not for whose lives it scars or destroys, but simply for how it helps a select portion of the population.
A pox upon him and all who follow him.
45 | Jeff In Ohio Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:38:59am |
re: #12 AntonSirius
That's a pegasus, fool. Unicorns have horns and crap rainbows. Pegasi have wings and shed sparkly fairy dust like dandruff.
My Unicorn flys and shits pizza. You should see what my Twonicorn can do.
46 | blueraven Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:40:41am |
re: #38 RogueOne
I don't know, but if you're asking me if I'm willing to take TPMs word on it...No. Did everyone else not learn a big lesson yesterday? The lesson here is don't take a video clip put out by an ideological partisan site as gospel. It's something I would have expected everyone to already know but after what happened to Ms. Sherrod I guess not...
Ms Sherrod was a complete unknown, so yes her remarks taken out of context had to be sussed out.
Breitbart...he is a well known conservative activist, tea party hack who has proven over and over that he is willing to lie. He no longer gets the benefit of the doubt from me.
Besides, I saw the clip when it aired. Nothing new to add.
47 | celticdragon Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:41:04am |
re: #45 Jeff In Ohio
My Unicorn flys and shits pizza. You should see what my Twonicorn can do.
My uni-peg does all of that and writes my term papers too.
So there. ;)
48 | simoom Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:41:16am |
re: #22 darthstar
Breitbart won't suffer any consequences from this incident.
Fox played this brilliantly too. First they ran the clip uncritically, over and over Monday evening, calling Sherrod a racist and demanding she resign (O'Reilly). They also put it up at FoxNews.com. Fox & Friends piled on the next morning (along with Morning Joe over at MSNBC). By the afternoon the story had turned enough on the other networks the Fox reversed course with Beck denouncing the White House's "political assassination" of Sherrod and Krauthammer calling for her to be reinstated after criticizing the White House's rush to judgment. Bret Baier even responded to the NAACP's retraction by pretending Fox hadn't covered the story prior to the NAACP's first statement supporting Vilsack. O'Reilly took the bizarre alternate course of calling out the major networks for not covering the resignation (even though every last one of them devoted a segment to the story that same night).
49 | butterick Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:41:27am |
re: #42 Amory Blaine
You are being ironic, right? ;)
Yeah, maybe the wrong time / place for irony though.
Sowwy guys, I didn't mean to be trollish.
50 | RogueOne Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:42:39am |
re: #46 blueraven
He no longer gets the benefit of the doubt from me.
You're nicer than I am, I don't believe in giving anyone in the press/political realm the benefit of the doubt.
Long live cynicism!
51 | AntonSirius Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:43:48am |
re: #22 darthstar
Breitbart won't suffer any consequences from this incident. If anything, it's launching him into the national spotlight and validating his existence as a boil on the ass of humanity. Which, I dare say, was his intent all along.
From this incident, maybe not. But he will fall. It's a law of nature.
52 | Targetpractice Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:44:45am |
re: #48 simoom
Fox played this brilliantly too. First they ran the clip uncritically, over and over Monday evening, calling Sherrod a racist and demanding she resign (O'Reilly). They also put it up at FoxNews.com. Fox & Friends piled on the next morning (along with Morning Joe over at MSNBC). By the afternoon the story had turned enough on the other networks the Fox reversed course with Beck denouncing the White House's "political assassination" of Sherrod and Krauthammer calling for her to be reinstated after criticizing the White House's rush to judgment. Bret Baier even responded to the NAACP's retraction by pretending Fox hadn't covered the story prior to the NAACP's first statement supporting Vilsack. O'Reilly took the bizarre alternate course of calling out the major networks for not covering the resignation (even though every last one of them devoted a segment to the story that same night).
By this point, you'd think all this reason enough for our government to stop paying any attention whatsoever to Faux News and treat them with the same disdain one does the National Enquirer or the former Weekly World News. Or, at the very least, take any "news" they have to offer with a massive grain of salt.
53 | jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 21, 2010 10:52:29am |
re: #49 butterick
Yeah, maybe the wrong time / place for irony though.
Sowwy guys, I didn't mean to be trollish.
I checked your "recent posts" and came up empty.
Without an obvious "paper trail", sarc tags are your friend.
54 | Batman Wed, Jul 21, 2010 11:39:50am |
My mind cannot comprehend what he is even attempting to do, much less thinking. What a fucking dickhole. This is as low as you can go without actually physically harming someone.
55 | prairiefire Wed, Jul 21, 2010 12:08:58pm |
re: #37 3kids3dogs
Thank you for bringing a smile to my face and actually making me laugh out loud.
I know, very witty comment. I think I will steal it.
56 | mikhailtheplumber Wed, Jul 21, 2010 3:49:46pm |
Breitbart at CNN: Nevermind what the video shows and what the "alleged" farmer's wife says, Sherrod is a racist now, the NAACP tolerates black racism, and people have to prove me wrong even though my evidence has been debunked.
Breitbart a while later (TPM video): Oh, the lamestream media really screwed this poor Sherrod woman up and I sympathize with her. To think that they dared call her a racist and made her loose her job, when she clearly underwent a transforming experience into a post-racial self. Just like me! I'm not a racist! The NAACP and the Obama administration are racist. And I have this video to prove it... oh, wait. Never mind.