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On CNN, wife of farmer says former USDA official is a "friend" who "helped us save our farm"

July 20, 2010 11:47 am ET

From the July 20 edition of CNN Newsroom:

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Why won't Breitbart release the full Shirley Sherrod/NAACP video?

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    • Author by nerzog (July 20, 2010 11:51 am ET)
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      Oh, crap. Now what? How can FOX portray her as a honkey-hatin' reverse racist now?

      Oh, they'll figure out a way.
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      • Author by rkcomments (July 20, 2010 1:33 pm ET)
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        USDA should reinstate her at her job. Breitbart and the other rightwing thugs need to be taught a lesson.
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        • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (July 20, 2010 3:05 pm ET)
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          from your lips to god's ear.

          not gonna happen, which is a SHAME.
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    • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 11:54 am ET)
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      Obviously, that farmer's wife hates white people and white culture.
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      • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 11:59 am ET)
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        Also, I'll eagerly await a retraction and correction from Big Andy, as well as all the trolls who jumped on this like Rush Limbaugh on the last Twinkie. You still with us, faillibrul?
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        • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 12:24 pm ET)
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          You expect too much, soze. She still thinks that the ACORN story was true.
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    • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 12:17 pm ET)
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      Rule #1: There's ALWAYS more to the wingnut Obama-haters' stories then what they want you to know. Always.
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      • Author by davemccarthymusic9410 (July 20, 2010 3:07 pm ET)
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        well, usually. In this case there's much LESS to the story.
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    • Author by Robert Stone (July 20, 2010 12:30 pm ET)
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      It is outrageous for CNN to air an interview, such as the one a few minutes ago with Sherrod, that is of such poor audio quality that perhaps one word in ten is legible.
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    • Author by GBU-15 (July 20, 2010 12:36 pm ET)
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      So now how does Fox "News" spin this story? You know they are so cutting edge and all. The other networks have to scramble to keep up. CNN did a good job by following up on this story. Fox is the network trying to divide this country by race and class. It looks like their drawers got hung up on this one. This lady seems like she was sincerely trying to help people and now her career has been destroyed by a network whose only concern is for ratings
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      • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 12:40 pm ET)
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        So now how does Fox "News" spin this story?

        COWARDLY PROGRESSIVE WIDOW BACKS DOWN IN FACE OF NAACP THUGGERY!
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      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 12:51 pm ET)
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        Blame the NAACP then. They were the group that forced her to resign.
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        • Author by Jen7 (July 20, 2010 12:52 pm ET)
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          You're right, they shouldn't have forced her to resign. No backbone. None.
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        • Author by soze169880 (July 20, 2010 12:53 pm ET)
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          Actually, it was Andrew Blartblart's intimidation techniques, which everyone saw on display during the ACORN ridiculousness, that forced her to resign. How can the NAACP force someone to resign from the Department of Agriculture, incidentally?
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        • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:00 pm ET)
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          Hahaha. Doughpoo likes getting his arse handed to him. The NAACP forced her to resign? WTF! lol. Yep always good for a laugh. Hey wheres your girl Fakeliberul?
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          • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 1:05 pm ET)
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            Even when I make a comment that is not at all threatening, I get blasted in here. See how you are? It's too bad we all can't be as perfect as you, right, conger?
            I made my correction. The NAACP made a comment calling her actions, "shameful".
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        • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 1:00 pm ET)
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          Correction. It was the USDA that forced her to resign. Not sure how.
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          • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 1:05 pm ET)
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            Ya know what: keep talking sh!t without checking it out first, dumba$$.
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            • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:28 pm ET)
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              That coming from the party of compassion, right?
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              • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 2:56 pm ET)
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                Oh, now the troll wants compassion for himself, and whines about getting "blasted" here. Boo hoo hoo. Go pi$$ up a rope.
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                • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 3:22 pm ET)
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                  Never asked for compassion. Just pointing out the harshness of your comments. Why the hate?
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                  • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:35 pm ET)
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                    Why the hate? dogpooh

                    Nawww!!! Just leave it. lol.
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          • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:09 pm ET)
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            hahaha.lol.,yea I guess Brietbarts edited video had nothing to do with it. Anyway doughpoo I hope you followed the sources I gave you on the ACORN story. I'am just trying to keep you from looking so foolish. lol.
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            • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:09 pm ET)
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              I have an overabundance of info on ACORN, thank you. My info goes back years, and I am very satisfied with it.
              I hate to deflate your hopes (but then again, not so much), but whether or not you find me foolish really doesn't keep me up at night. Your comments actually have the opposite effect, thank you. I am too "narcissistic", remember?
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              • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:12 pm ET)
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                Right.

                You never answered my question last night, doughie.

                Would appear to be your MO. You ask inane and irrelevant questions, but NEVER answer any that are posed to you.

                Reported.
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                • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:34 pm ET)
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                  OMG, you are hilarious! I have already told you 5 times that I asked my question first, and reminded you that you have never answered mine. I gave you plenty of chances, and I finally gave up.
                  One would almost think that you were now trying to harass me.

                  Reported? Believe me, that is fine with me.
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                  • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:37 pm ET)
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                    You didn't answer my question, doughie. What's the matter, no answers, just questions?

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                  • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:18 pm ET)
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                    Yes it is a proven theory dougpoo that when authoritarians are provided with facts that challenge their world view it has the opposite effect of only reinforcing thier challenged view. Really a shame you are comfortable with your ignorance,so comfortable you admit it. What made you think your ignorance kept me up at night. You have every right to dumb and you show it often don't confuse that with concern by me of your sleeping habits. lol.
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                    • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 3:26 pm ET)
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                      What "facts" have you provided that "challenge my world view"?

                      Don't worry, unlike some in here, I understand what you are saying, even if you decided not to edit your comment.
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                      • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:37 pm ET)
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                        Oh come on. I'am not playing your stupid game child.
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        • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 1:04 pm ET)
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          Fox & the other wingnut haters---like you, for example---were still dragging this woman's corpse around even tho she'd already been condemned and forced to resign. Your pound of flesh.
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          • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 1:14 pm ET)
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            It doesn't matter whether Fox was right or wrong by bringing this to light, you would find them at fault in some way.

            The woman admits to being racist, yet you call Fox "haters". Do tell us what other "haters" were "dragging this woman's corpse around".
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            • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:23 pm ET)
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              You really are dense aren't you. Faux is supposed to check it's stories for veracity not just repeat stories. You repeat stories without checking and you injure people when those lies are printed or viewed(as in this case heavily edited videos)because lies spread faster than the truth. A news organization should know better and should have checked the story before running with it. Andrew Brietbart who calls humself a journalist edited the video to discredit the administration and portray it as harboring racist. He lied. This women never admitted to be a racist just learning that the issue wasn't one of just black and white(how is that racist?)to one of being between those who have and the have nots be they black or white. You need to check yourself it's not good looking this foolish.
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              • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 1:33 pm ET)
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                If it were as simple as that, and nothing more than a doctored video from a journalistic hack, why then, did the WH contact her 3 times and force her to resign?
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                • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:54 pm ET)
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                  Because of the climate and vitrol coming from the right and Faux news attempting to portray Obama as a racist who hates white people and white culture this is the drumbeat that is coming from the right and Faux non-stop. From ACORN(have you checked the sources I provided you),to the NBPP story to this one about Ms. Sherrod to now pushing that journalist protedted Obama by not reporting on J. Wright the Republicans and Faux have seen it as their mission to bring this president down. They are trying to play to the historical prejudices and fears that whites have to try and deligitimize this president. The whitehouse in my opinion may have overreacted but stop trying to clean this obvious lie pushed by the right as having some truth to it. This follows MO of Faux and it's friends on the right. Throw do-doo and see what sticks. they know there are enough fools out there that will swallow. The question is will you?
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                  • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:19 pm ET)
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                    Fox and others are simply doing the job that the useless mainstream media is supposed to be doing, which is investigating and reporting the news, including all that goes on with this administration. Since this country is in such a deep sh** hole right now, that is what everybody wants to know about, and the only place they are getting the truth from is Fox.

                    Our media is useless, and has been since Bush left office. Bush mispronounces a word, and the media runs with it. BO mispronounces a word, Fox mentions it, and they are called haters, and the media makes excuses for him. The best we get from our media sources is the latest tally on Tiger Wood's mistresses, or how toned Michelle's arms are. What we get from MSNBC and other networks is a slobbering "tingle up the leg" Obama love-fest.
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                    • Author by raddave43 (July 20, 2010 2:24 pm ET)
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                      Fox isn't doing the job that the "useless mainstream media" is suppose to be doing. They are inventing the news to fit their political agenda, something NO respected news organization should be doing.

                      It wasn't the media that ran with Bush mispronouncing words, it was comedians doing it, but I guess you would like the real media to be comedians like the "newspeople" at FOX are.
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                      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:43 pm ET)
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                        It wasn't the media that ran with Bush mispronouncing words, it was comedians doing it,

                        You must not watch MSNBC?
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                        • Author by Johaely (July 20, 2010 3:28 pm ET)
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                          The news program ddint' do it. if somebody mocked Bush tehn it was opinion programs and it didn't take a whole news cycle like in Fox news were a small non-story is elevated to a controversy.
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                          • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 4:07 pm ET)
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                            Didn't somebody just say that Fox is not news, it is all opinion?
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                            • Author by Johaely (July 20, 2010 4:55 pm ET)
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                              In Fox, the News and Opinion are pretty much identical. I don't speak for MSNBC, i just watch it for keith Olbermann an Rachel Maddow, but i know that Fox has no concpet of journalistic integrity whatsoever.
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                              • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 5:39 pm ET)
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                                I don't speak for MSNBC, i just watch it for keith Olbermann an Rachel Maddow,


                                Yikes.

                                but i know that Fox has no concpet of journalistic integrity whatsoever.


                                How do you know if you don't watch it?
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                                • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 6:10 pm ET)
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                                  You do have a comprhension problem which is why you post so much muddled BS. Let me help you out. Johaely didn't say he watched MSNBC he said he "only" watched KO and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. He never said he didn't watch Faux he just commented that there is no difference in their news or opinion shows and that they have no integrity which doesn't imply that he has never watched it. You have your wires crossed kid.
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                    • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:26 pm ET)
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                      You really should read this. Explains your complete disconnect with reality.

                      Fox has admitted that it's not a "news" organization, doughie. It is primarily, just like the other two cable networks, an OPINION network. There is very little news reported, just garbage that stupid followers like you repeat like good little parrots in the mistaken belief that it represents "conservative" values and thought. It doesn't. If you are getting your "news" from Fox, you are WOEFULLY uninformed.

                      You never answered my question from last night, doughie. Why not?
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                    • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:51 pm ET)
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                      Is this your world view above. Bush mispronounces a word and the media pounce. That the media has not done it's job since Bush left office? That all we get from MSNBC is a tingle up our leg for Obama?

                      Did you forget Chris Matthews and the rest of the presss rolled over for Bush before the Iraq war.

                      Matthews' praise for Bush was at its most effusive when Bush gave his "Mission Accomplished" speech in 2003. Praising Bush's "amazing display of leadership," Matthews gushed:

                      He won the war. He was an effective commander. Everybody recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics. ... He's like Eisenhower. He looks great in a military uniform. He looks great in that cowboy costume he wears when he goes West. I remember him standing at that fence with Colin Powell. Was [that] the best picture in the 2000 campaign? ... The president's performance tonight, redolent of the best of Reagan ... He looks for real. What is it about the commander in chief role, the hat that he does wear, that makes him -- I mean, he seems like -- he didn't fight in a war, but he looks like he does. ... Look at this guy!

                      Later that day, Matthews was back at it:

                      We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical, who's not a complicated guy like Clinton ... They want a guy who's president. Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president. It's simple. ... We want a guy as president. ---Chris Matthews on Hardball


                      The lack of reason exhibited in your post reflect that of a adolescent. I mean logic would tell you that if Faux was investigating and reporting news that they would have investigated this story. It's obvious they didn't and this is not the first time but you completly ignore that what Faux and Brietbart reported wss not news but rumor and slander and you swallow that as investigation. The mind of an authoritarian born out right in front of our eyes. Continue to prove us right.

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                      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 4:15 pm ET)
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                        Goes to show you how much of a worthless lunatic that Chris Matthews is.

                        The story is about a CNN video. I really don't know why you are talking about Fox, or why you are bringing up rumor and slander. She has been quoted, and the story is true. What point are you trying to make?
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                        • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 4:27 pm ET)
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                          hahahaha.you worthless chump. You bring up MSNBC and tingles down your leg and how the media has not done it's job since Bush left office.

                          Who wrote this:

                          Fox and others are simply doing the job that the useless mainstream media is supposed to be doing, which is investigating and reporting the news, including all that goes on with this administration. Since this country is in such a deep sh** hole right now, that is what everybody wants to know about, and the only place they are getting the truth from is Fox.

                          Our media is useless, and has been since Bush left office. Bush mispronounces a word, and the media runs with it. BO mispronounces a word, Fox mentions it, and they are called haters, and the media makes excuses for him. The best we get from our media sources is the latest tally on Tiger Wood's mistresses, or how toned Michelle's arms are. What we get from MSNBC and other networks is a slobbering "tingle up the leg" Obama love-fest. ---doughpoo

                          What point am I trying to make? That your're a lying no thinking autobot with nothing to say that should not be taken seriously.
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                          • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 4:30 pm ET)
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                            With nothing to say that should be taken seriously. Got it! Oh and by the way this is considered YOU getting YOUR butt kicked. lol. Doughpoo always good for a laugh.
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                          • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 5:44 pm ET)
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                            What did I lie about?
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                            • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 6:18 pm ET)
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                              Are you dense or just playing dumb? The story is not true so to therefore to say the Brietbart/Faux pushed narrative is true is a lie.

                              You questioned why I was bringing up CM when you clearly brought MSNBC up last I checked CM works at MSNBC. You said that Faux was practicing investigative reporting when they clearly didn't investigate this story. So you lied. If you have nothing more than juvenile responses I'd appreciate it if you not waste my time.
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                            • Author by MiniTru (July 20, 2010 6:34 pm ET)
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                              How many posts have you made?
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                • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 1:55 pm ET)
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                  Why? Because the WH capitulated to the wingnut haters' sh!tstorm they knew--from past experience--was coming. Happy now?
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                • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:14 pm ET)
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                  Because this story feeds racist faux conservative groupies like you.
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                  • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 4:17 pm ET)
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                    Oh, the "r" word. I already said that I don't think she should have been forced to resign.
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                    • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 4:33 pm ET)
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                      Your're twisting in the wind or maybe more like a gymnist. Don't hurt yourself. lol.
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                      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 5:46 pm ET)
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                        Again, what are you trying to say?
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                        • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 6:21 pm ET)
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                          Some people just need a picture. Sorry I don't have the one showing the man with his head up his butt. Now go bug your parents.
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                • Author by raddave43 (July 20, 2010 2:18 pm ET)
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                  Now it is the WH that forced her to resign? Before it was NAACP and the USDA.
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                  • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:24 pm ET)
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                    According to her, the WH forced her to resign. According to the USDA, she resigned. According to the NAACP, her comments were "shameful".

                    Apparently a few others feel that the WH is responsible.
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                    • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:29 pm ET)
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                      No, according to her, she was forced to resign by her boss, the Under Secretary for Rural Development, Cheryl Cook. Get your faux stories straight, doughie. She said NOTHING about the White House forcing her to resign, dumba**.

                      Is that the "news" you got from Fox?
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                    • Author by raddave43 (July 20, 2010 2:31 pm ET)
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                      Well you were the one that claimed ALL three forced her to resign. I'm going to let you in on a little secret. If a Federal Employee isn't a political employee, it is impossible for the White House to force them to resign, and almost as difficult to fire them. You really don't know about the Federal Employment system.
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                      • Author by John Paradox (July 21, 2010 1:39 am ET)
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                        You really don't know about the Federal Employment system.


                        Although it's a British series, Yes, Minister/Prime Minister has some wonderful episodes about Elected Officials vs the bureaucrats. I suggest anyone interested in the 'inner workings' watch it, and consider the parallels to US Government.
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                    • Author by bintx (July 20, 2010 2:31 pm ET)
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                      I might add that the USDA has a "zero tolerance" policy for racism. Based on the comments which she made 24 years ago, it could be concluded by stupid folks like you that she was a racist.
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                      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 2:59 pm ET)
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                        Apparently her comments were considered racist by "stupid folks" in the WH and the NAACP, too.

                        I never said that she should have been forced to resign, nor did I ever say she was racist.
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                    • Author by Fugitive Pope (July 20, 2010 2:36 pm ET)
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                      Hmmm. By "White House" do you think President Obama personally called her and fired her? I wonder what a reasonable hypothesis would be? Maybe some lower functionaries overreacted to a lie promulgated by people and organizations you support and extol (e.g., that well known mouthpiece of the GOP, Faux News)?

                      The NAACP called her comments "shameful." Hopefully, they will revise this to "Based on a doctored videotape which hid the full context of her comments, we were duped into thinking these were shameful comments, when in fact they were meant to illustrate an epiphany."

                      You, sir, are what I call a "tool."
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                      • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 3:18 pm ET)
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                        A tool, because I take the levels of comprehension in here for granted, or because I choose not to obsess over whether my comments are acceptable?

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                        • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:33 pm ET)
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                          No a tool because inspite of all the evidence to the contrary you hold onto lies and swallow distortions. No one cares if you change you just look foolish you enjoy it , fine but don't expect us to stop calling you a fool or care what you feel about it.
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                          • Author by doughpro1604643 (July 20, 2010 4:27 pm ET)
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                            That's your opinion. Be thankful that nobody can take it away from you.
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            • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 1:31 pm ET)
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              Did the wingnut haters provide the full context? That the incident happened 24 years ago? Did Fox or Breitbart air the rest of the video, or an interview with the wife of the farmer? How much exculpatory evidence did the wingnuts provide? Or was their primary focus how racist this woman was?

              Also: would you please provide your link to Sherrod, herself, admitting to being "racist".
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    • Author by seahawks123 (July 20, 2010 1:13 pm ET)
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      Her words. She had trouble comming to terms helping a white guy and she referred him to a white lawyer "his people". Sounds racist to me.
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      • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:27 pm ET)
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        Yea thats why the white family she helped saw no racism at all. This incident happened over 2 decades ago and not while she was working for the FDA. Her views have obviously evolved since then.
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      • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 1:28 pm ET)
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        Seadogs it takes a special fool to continue to hype a story that has been debunked. I mean we see the video at the top of the page. Have you no shame at all.
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      • Author by New Frontier (July 20, 2010 1:32 pm ET)
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        Sounds racist to me.
        Looks like a troll and a phony doctor to me.
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    • Author by rikntx (July 20, 2010 3:44 pm ET)
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      Gotta give kudos to CNN on this. Journalism, you're doing it right...this time.
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      • Author by congero6189599 (July 20, 2010 3:59 pm ET)
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        Yea,who'd think that just calling Ms. Sherrod to get her response was such a journalistic effort. lol., but yea I give them a thumbs up for doing it.
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    • Author by StewartIII (July 20, 2010 4:50 pm ET)
         
      ChickaBOOMer: 'He's not dead!'
      http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/07/hes-not-dead.html
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