The Sherrod Affair: The Obama Gang Can’t Shoot Straight
by PubliusOver at The Daily Beast, editor Tina Brown weighs in on the Sherrod kerfuffle:
Let’s NOT have a conversation about race. The calls for Obama to now make the Shirley Sherrod debacle a teachable moment fills me with panic that the president will retreat to the Oval Office and craft a soaring piece of oratory, instead of getting on with the humdrum business of firing the stumbling, bumbling members of his own team who, as the saying goes, can’t find their ass with either hand.
It doesn’t take much imagination to know how much the president must have seethed to be derailed from his policy agenda by this Republican attack mutt, Andrew Breitbart. Breitbart’s genre of dirty tricks were old news even in the Whitewater era. Public figures know from the daily incinerated reputations that any time you open your mouth near a Twitter feed, your career can go up in smoke. It remains amazing that USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack didn’t even accord Shirley Sherrod the kind of pause a minor executive in a corporate human resources department would have felt obliged to offer and have someone—anyone—listen to the full tape of Sherrod’s NAACP speech or even read the text.
But Obama can’t keep doing catch-up outrage two media cycles after the fact. On the campaign trail, he was the chief executive of a laser-guided, on-message apparatus, the candidate who seemed to lead from a head that was always the most level of the people round him. Instead, the president sounded as out of it as his old adversary John McCain when Obama said on Good Morning America that “we now live in this media culture where something goes up on YouTube or a blog and everybody scrambles.” Yeah, right. There is something loose and jittery about the atmosphere round Obama at the moment of which Vilsack’s clumsy over-reaction gives us a whiff.
It’s as if inside the White House the belief in Obama’s inspirational charisma is still such that every time the ugliness of brute politics intrudes, it’s a startling revelation. The president’s cerebral goals aren’t supposed to be jostled by the coarse irrelevance of media bandits and ideological saboteurs. Except they are. Maybe recognition of this fact is what made Bill Clinton, at almost the same moment in his first mid-term elections in 1994, shove aside purists on his team like George Stephanopoulos and return to his devilish former consigliere, Dick Morris. Clinton knew he had to fight fire with fire, or sleaze with sleaze, that was more deft, more cunning.
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Every interview she has made a racist statement. She makes Obama and his sock puppets look bad.
I think that this controversy fits Obama's agenda quite well, the more he can pull America apart the closer he is to his goal.
Another lost post
Oh well
I wouldn't be surprised if Obama didn't send Andrew the original tapes him self,,
Stirring the pot is exactly what Obama wants.
Did you all catch the BG news post above with Sherrod's husband sounding every bit a racist as his wife-? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrcJ3cBDS7Y
"The calls for Obama to now make the Shirley Sherrod debacle a teachable moment fills me with panic that the president will……………………………….."
Yeah. Yeah. We KNOW what comes next.
Why do I keep getting images from that Twilight Zone episode where the kid can make ANYTHING happen just by thinking it and everyone in the house and town had to worship the kid so he wouldn't turn them into a jack-in-the-box?
If you remember the episode, imagine that kid grew up to be president and you'll have a pretty good handle on what we've got.
Just look at the 'decisions'..yes, oh wait, no, Uh…. it's this guys fault…
This man leads the Country through the wilderness, he tells us He's 'following' the North Star… Yet we look up and clearly see the 'star' he's referring to is blinking red and green lights… Wait a minute is that an airplane?
This decision (leave race out of it), or rather the bumbling, stumbling, oh crap, what is the most politically advantageous way to react fiasco, truly is terrifying when you realize that he can't get this 'right', or Gates (stupidly), or Healthcare (England model ROCKS..er their privatizing now?), "Green Energy based on Spain's Model (uh, what they say it's a complete failure?), Afghanistan (oh, wait, on THAT decision he waited MONTHS to react)…
He's either ignorant, or completely complicent with bad decisions… A Fool, or a Thief, or a Liar..
Like my Moma always says "Stupid(racist) is as Stupid(racist) does
Tina Brown, later in the article: " It's time for this gang(Obama's) to start shooting straight and hitting their targets."
They have a lot of targets … that's the problem. Ms. Brown roots for them.
I better take cover. I'm one of them "Tea Baggers".
You a small business owner? Better hide.
FOX news viewer?
Right to lifer?
Gun owner?
Now that show was a "teachable moment".
The blindness of the left is mind boggling. How Tina Brown can write this pap with a straight face is beyond me. These people will bend themselves into pretzels to shield Obama from any blame or criticism. Vilsack didn't do a damn thing he wasn't TOLD to do by the regime. Period.
I'm just personally sick and tired of hearing about this woman. She's a racist, a hack and yesterdays news.
[×] all of the above
Have you noticed she is NOT burning up media circuit? I think Lord O gave her another call and told her to STFU.
if theres another beer summit, I better get an invite. I paid for the last one so I wnat a sixer now.
It's like Morris pointed out on O'Reilly – by firing her so quickly and then rehiring her, the admin now effectively owns her and everything she has said, says, or will say.
Racist Republicans who still can't come to grips with the fact that a black man is President should burn in Hell. The real question is, will we ever see a black Republican presidential nominee in our lifetime? I say no The party will not allow it
No she doesn't. It is the KKK wanna be Andrew Breitbart who posted a half ass video which backfired big time. As far as I'm concern Klan member Breibarts credibility is in the toilet
Ms. Sherrod will become the poster-child for the typical, bumbling, bureaucratic boobism that infect the beltway.
And its not like shes a sympathetic person, she is not likable, and shes a lawsuit happy idiot.
Is that why he and his family and friends are getting out and staying out of Dodge? Do some research on her and her hubby before you make any more foolish statements.
No she is a poster child of a black person being destroyed by the racist right wing of the Repubikkan party
I think Shirley Sherrod just opened a can of Whipazz that she can't close, LOL
She should of known that her personal and professional life would of been exposed in the proper context.
What we can't come to grips with is he is an incompetent embarrassment to the USA! Race has nothing to do with it, we would hate him no matter what his color.
I have done enough research to conclude that Breibart is a racist. Did this on purpose but backfired big time
Genesis 50:20
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good
It doesn’t really surprise us. After all, they’ve already made everything about “racism” (inasmuch as they couldn’t blame it on both Bush and “racism”).
Every conceivable criticism of His Majesty and his Democrat National Socialists’ catastrophic policies has been blamed on “racism” since he wrote his very first Führerdiktat, without fail. Not surprisingly, since to not do so would have required them to come up with actual arguments in favor of their insane ideas, which is plainly impossible.
And November is going to be just the same. There is absolutely no rational defense of or excuse for their complete and utter failure in every single thing they’ve done since their Chicago Ward Heel was crowned Boy King, so what else can they do?
It’s good because it is perfectly insane to call criticism of the worst deficit in our nation’s history “racism”, just to name one example, and anybody with an IQ above that of a turnip, heck even the IQ of a fiddy2er, will be able to see it.
And it’s good because the charge of “racism” has become meaningless thanks to the Democrat National Socialists overusing it so much.
Learn how to spell.
Race have everything to do with it. Right wing nut bags kept saying RACE had nothing to do with it when Reagan and Nixon were deploying the WHITE southern strategy. We will not be fooled again. We will call you on it
You forgot the s/off at the end of your comment.
You know, you just have to love the internet:
It's a Good Life – 11/3/61
A child with limitless powers closes his small town off from the rest of the world. The residents fear for their lives and only think good thoughts. Unfortunately for them, they don't try to stop him.
Starring:
John Larch
Cloris Leachman
Bill Mumy
Written by Rod Serling
You can find anything. Too bad it's a "destroyer of worlds."
What about Bush? Or Halliburton, maybe it's their fault? You moron!
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.</i? That's Breitbart's line. If you care about what happened, check it out further. You've got the chicken and egg confused. It was the NAACP and Obama who wanted to shut her down before everyone found out about her and her husband and their associations. This is far from over.
Lets talk about Bush and race. Why did he downgrade civil rights violations under his "regime". Why did he decide not to pursue voter intimidation when he was in power? And why didn't FOX and Klan member Breitbart talk about? You want to tell me race is not involved?
Of course is not over. We need to find out who gave the Klan member Breitbart the tapes
Totally asinine. And who cares about the RNC?
"Racist Republicans ……………………………..should burn in Hell"
Why? You feel lonely burning alone?
Here's a tip. Inviting racist 'democrats' will get you a lot more company. Like, maybe the entire kkk.
Don't thank me. Glad to help.
Sheesh, are there 342 more like you. I'll give you this, you've learned to repeat your lines well. The tape wasn't confidential. It wasn't a secret meeting. Why shouldn't the tape be posted?
You pathetic liberal Marxists would destroy a black candidate, just like you tried to destroy Sara Palin. History is littered with black conservatives, your kind has destroyed. And why do you give a damn? Just why the hell do you give a damn? If Obama and his administration are so great, you have nothing to worry about. This all will play to your benefit. So be happy and get on with your life! And hope there are many more Sherrods out there that will help your cause!
Why are you libs always so damn miserable, why? You should be happy as hell its all going your way!
Moron,
Dr. Alan Keyes ran for President as a Republican in 1996 and 2000…… crawl back to your cave now.
We care about Obama's skin color about as much as we care about his eye color…not so much, really…
We care way more about jobs for Americans, an expanding private sector, and The Baltic "dry ship" index…
Obama is not really very interesting anymore,….. only as an object of head shaking ridicule…
Sorry if this has already been posted, but I just wanted to put it out there: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/E...
Thanks for showing your tolerance to people with opinions different from yours. So are you going to call me "racist" now?
Thanks for surrendering by the way – no one will take you seriously any longer. Go sit in time-out where you belong.
Here is the plan Republican's have for our future. So, do not be fooled by leftist claims the Republican's are the party of no. Here is the sight too set you right.
http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/P...
Let US start to raise the roof, and let a little sunlight in on the left.
There is now a video of her husband ranting about blacks should only votes for backs and attacking "uncle toms:".
I'm sure the left will say his words were taken about of context.
They will start blurting out FOX, BECK, BREITBART, like they all have Tourette's syndrome. I notice these words have replaced BUSH and HALLIBURTEN in their vocabulary.
In "Hell"?
Except Jews don't believe in "Hell".
Of course neither do your typical atheist Marxists.
SHENANIGANS!
You are no Jew, liberal or otherwise.
In a way you are right, however I keep thinking of 1776 and that thing called the Declaration of Independence. It took the colonist time to get sick and tired and it's going to take us some time to get sick and tired, but sick and tired we will become and Obama will know the full wrath of a nation that is not willing to surrender it's freedom. We need to ask ourselves "What am I prepared to do?"
Herman Cain! …awesome.
The state of the world seems eerily similar to Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. If government created the latest crisis, why are people blaming the private sector? Could it be that conservatives have abandoned individual rights? Front Page with Allen Barton talks to Yaron Brook and Terry Jones about Ayn Rand's classic novel and about whether we are sacrificing responsibility in the name of collectivist irresponsibility.
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&mpid=113&loa...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP-IM7maxbI&fe...
I belong to Santee East county tea party
I don't believe in abortion
I own a gun
Are you trying to tell me something?
Like always, people fail to read the caution on the can of whoopass, it clearly states "once opened use immediately or bend over, place your head between yours knees and kiss your bum good bye". There's a warning on everything.
You are probably one of those nutbags that think MLK was a conservative. This is what MLK said about capitalism
“We have deluded ourselves into believing the myth that capitalism grew and prospered out of the Protestant ethic of hard work and sacrifices. Capitalism was built on the exploitation of black slaves and continues to thrive on the exploitation of the poor.” – MLK Jr.
and this is what he said about Racist Goldwater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SmKUSe83rg&vi...
MLK was not a Republican. He despised Goldwater
Shirley, you are such a classy dame
But the WH realizes you are quite lame
On Sunday talk shows you would merely repeat
The administration's talking points full of deceit
Now, go away, you have had your 15 minutes of fame!
He's half 'white', half 'black'…yet you refer to him as 'black'? You're a simple, small, man, who's a Bigot.
Keep talking, the digital record stands.
Liberal Schmuck.
Support Diversity……
Except When Others Disagree With You….
Then Scream Racism…
You're 'card' has been revoked….
Support Diversity……
Except When Others Disagree With You….
Then Scream Racism
You ignorant fool, the KKK was a DEMOCRAT Political arm…
I'm almost afraid to engage you, I don't want to seem cruel for picking on the Retarded.
Liberal Schmuck.
Judge a man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin…
And your "Character" is evident… schmuck.
Again, Schmuck, the KKK is a DEMOCRAT invention…schmuck.
I say the RNC and th Tea Party should nominate Michael Steele of their own volition, before he gathers enough evidence to make you do it. If he's good enough to be head of the RNC, (for life, apparently) he's good enough to be your next nominee.
There should be a photo of Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid.
They shoot with the shakey hand!
"Dear Britain: Lift the Ban on Michael Savage!"
This has given great insight into the continuing ineptness of the Not So Great One. It is so unfortunate that the leftists/progressives/socialists insist on injecting the ugly cancer of racism which can only engender hate instead of hope. It is simply amazing that these constantly unfolding events of unintended but damainging consequences to Obama, simply shows his ineptness. And Ms. Sherrod?? It seems that the more she talks, the more correct Mr. Breitbart's' assertion of racism become.
Off your medication?
The Obama Bang at the target range:
1. Ready!
2.FIRE!
3. Aim……………
Conservatism is post-racial. Freedom is every color.
Tina Brown-"can’t find their ass with either hand"
If you don't know the saying is with both hands then, you probably don't really under stand America
I would rather hear what is this whole for…BANG
I wonder how NAACP President Ben Jealous knew that Sherrod; "ultimately realized her mistake as well as the common predicament of working people of all races." from Breitbarts video, if the video never showed that she realized her mistake?? UHHMM
NAACP, Ben Jealous, said. "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."….How did he get that from the video that AB posted??
Tina, if you had listened to Ms. Sherrod's comments SINCE she was apologized to, you would know that she is as racist as they come. That's why she was not on any of the Sunday shows. Barack has shut her up. You won't here a peep out of her now…….
Well said they do seem a little ADHD dont they
Although they always remember the race card
Race, Creed, Sexual orientation the guys a loser
Ya know sometimes I wish I had more thumbs
Only if the MSM follows up which I doubt
Welcome to the dart board, you score triple.
; )
The target was Beck and Fox news, Beck ducked and returned fire taking out the NAACP, USDA and Olinsky with one well aimed shot, by first not showing it and then saying; I don't think she should have been fired, before they hired her back.
Yes! It fits nicely into the divide and concour.
The Gov. variant is "Can't find your ass with an ass finder" Big Gov. contract for ass finders I believe Haliburton got the no bid contract.
The more this Sherrod woman talks the deeper the whole Oblabla has to crawl out of. It's all theatre and am a little disapointed Andrew put the video up before he saw the whole thing!
As Ms Sherrod's husband would say … – "We must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections."
Your a nut.
What would you do with them?..
Calling someone a racist is a serious charge.
You say you have done 'research' and have concluded that Breitbart is a racist. Please, do tell what the facts you have assembled are.
I'd hasten a guess that you have no 'facts' or specific data. You have your personal opinions and slanted interpretations.
It's folks like you that make it easy for real racists to continue to operate. You make calling someone a racist completely meaningless.
As part of her speech, she gave her impression of the origins of slavery versus indentured servitude. Something she didn't mention: The first known case in the American colonies of one man being the slave of another man for life, was John Casor, a black man who was the slave of ANOTHER black man, Anthony Johnson. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Casor)
did anyone hear AB on with Savage??
Liberal_Jew,
Obama is not black, he is half white, isn't he? So, what race he really belongs to, if that really matters that much to you?
You know, ass hole liberal, you shitheads play the race card so often that it has no meaning.
Apparently you are either a huge liar or too god damned lazy to have listened to the entire speech. She is pure racist from beginning to end. Secondly, when the fck have any of you liberals taken the time to prove that anyone out of the millions that you sick shits call racist are actually racist. Do you even understand how god damned stupid and evil you sound when you pull that bullshit racist card?
Racist, blah blah blah, racist. You're a god damned liar. Now back to the sticking your head up your idiotic lying race baiting ass.
Socialism has everything to do with it. Race is just your god damned excuse for not having to defend Obama's blatant socialism.
Funny how liberals not only look down on blacks as incapable of higher thought but they also hate jews and christians too. Tell me ass hole, what group of people don't you prcks hate?
I say you're a god damned worthless troll.
Personally, I am glad this has all transpired as it has. This incident is pulling the Progressives out of their bunkers and showing them in their true light. This is all illustrating just how race baiting and racist this administration really is. This is finally bringing to light just how historically racist Democrats have always been (learn a little history). Progressiveness is all about "using". Using anything to your advantage. Lie, cheat, steal, race bate, obfuscate, what ever it takes as "the ends justify the means". In the end, these people always eat their young. For Progressives, it always, always, turns into a game of "king of the hill", and they will kill each other to get on top, on top of a pile of crap when they are finished. Socialism only works for those on top.
Just learn a little history. Same story, same result.
Yes, and the next step in the process is civil unrest. They are counting on it. They must have civil unrest in order to assume complete control. Just look at history. It is the next logical step. The best thing we can all do, is marginalize them through non-violent means. Remove them from positions of power. Stand up and shout! Engage and work together to rid our society of their control. It is all about their power. Remove them from positions of power and you remove their ability to control anything. They become marginalized. This is the ONLY way to ultimately defeat them.
We must ALL work together, organize, educate and become active, removing ALL of them from power.
In the final stages of cleansing ourselves, we will demand another nullification era. Just as in the past, we can nullify all law and policy set forth by this administration and this congress. It has been done in the past (most notably post WWI), and it can be done once again, and it shall be done.
This will backfire. I believe this is the beginning of the ultimate unravel of this latest attempt at another "Progressive Movement". This is just the beginning. The sharks are already beginning to eat their young. They are becoming increasingly desperate. They are already starting to tear themselves apart, which goes to show just how poor Progressivism is to begin with. This movement attempt will never make it. They have already made too many mistakes within their own ranks. We out number them 1000's to 1, and at the end of the day, THEY WILL LOSE. It will be painful, but we will all learn a valuable lesson (again). We will recover, and be better than at any time of our past.
We are American's ! .. Black, white, brown, yellow, green, orange, whatever. We are American's, we are the strongest, the brightest, the best of the best because we ARE black, white, brown, yellow, orange, whatever. The very fact that we are the ultimate mix of people, races and religions is what makes us so damn good. This is the very reason why we are the best. We have the best athletes, we have the best scientists, the best physicians, the best engineers, the best of every damn thing. You can't do that unless you are the melting pot that we are. We will NEVER give that up. That is what we call, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. We will die to protect it!
You know, you bring up a very good point that I believe may be our ultimate savior. "The Information Age" is exactly what will not allow this new "Progressive Movement" to succeed. There is no way now, that information can be silenced. There is no way now to silence the voices. There is no way now to "burn the books". Because of our wonderful technologies, evolving ever faster, our abilities to instantly communicate unabated, ultimately will not allow for such a "Progressive" (socialist, communist) type of society. Information and Progressivism are NOT compatible. We are the ones with the decisive advantage here. We must utilize this advantage appropriately.
Oops, Ya, you're right liberal….you caught us…there's no foolin' you! Guess we might as well fess up now.
If only the President were white……then we would love government running our health care
If only the President were white……then we would jump to support the "necessarily skyrocketing electric costs" of Cap & Trade
if only the President were white……then we would embrace the largest deficit in the history of man kind
If only the President were white…….then we would write checks for our new taxes with giant smiles on our faces
If only the President were white……then we would support illegal immigrants pouring across the border
If only the President were white……then after he took over the banks & GM, we would beg him to take over every industry in the country
If only the President were white……we wouldn't care how many new Federal agencies he created, and how much of Congress' power he eliminated.
If only the President were white…….the high unemployment rates wouldn't even bother us. (Who needs a job if you have a white President)
If only the President were white………we would simply adore the way he apologizes for us & sells us out to our enemies.
I guess the gig is up…..there's no foolin' sharp guys like liberal.
You're probably right……giving the country the first Black Supreme Court Justice & the first Black woman Sec. of State….that was just a part of our evil plan to make you all think we are not racist…just so we could make sure that there is never a Black President.
Wow, nothing gets past you liberal……you've exposed our evil plan.
Awww come on~we all know liberal jews have no religion…so the burn in hell crap, well that is for you.
Excellent! You made my day! Thank you sir!
The Obama Administration can shoot about as straight as Lee Harvey Oswald, He and his cronies are
just as much a puppet as LHO was. What ever George Soros wants, he gets through Obama and Congress, bought
and paid for stooges, almost all of them.
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