Comments on: TEA PARTY IN-FIGHTING

By: DJ

DJ — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:13:19 +0000

This has indeed become a very interesting story, even as we speak. Since it is still developing I intend to lead with this story tomorrow. Check back and be sure to comment then. I have a feeling the discussion should be quite spirited.- DJ

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:07:04 +0000

Regarding CNN: I'm watching it now BD. I should have held my fire until ALL of the evidence was in. "NAACP Retracts Criticism of Sherrod" […]Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA official, was forced to resign after comments about a white farmer; NAACP leaders are calling on the Obama administration to reconsider the ouster.NAACP leaders are calling on the Obama administration to reconsider its ousting of a black Agriculture Department worker who was pushed out of her job over racially tinged remarks, reversing their previous criticism of the employee. NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement that the group was "snookered" into believing that USDA employee Shirley Sherrod expressed racist sentiments at a local NAACP meeting in Georgia earlier this year. Jealous said conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, whose website posted video of Sherrod's remarks, deceived millions of people by releasing only partial clips. He said the full video makes clear that Sherrod was telling a story of racial unity. "The tape of Ms. Sherrod’s speech at an NAACP banquet was deliberately edited to create a false impression of racial bias, and to create a controversy where none existed," Jealous said Tuesday afternoon. "This just shows the lengths to which extremist elements will go to discredit legitimate opposition." The Obama administration said it was standing by its decision to oust Sherrod, despite evidence that her remarks were misconstrued and calls for the USDA to reconsider. Sherrod said she was on the road Monday when USDA deputy undersecretary Cheryl Cook called her and told her the White House wanted her to resign because her comments were generating a cable news controversy. […]Full Read: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38321920/from/toolbar/?gt1=43001http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38321920/from/toolbar… />I wholeheartedly retract my criticism of Sharon Sherrod. I fell for a right-wing race-baiters “bait and switch” hitpiece on this woman. There’s absolutely NO excuse for my failure to WAIT and see the evidence. The same goes for the White House_smh.

By: BD

BD — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:14:37 +0000

Hmm just as I was typing my post CNN was saying that the NAACP believes the USDA official was railroaded and that the documents were doctored by somebody trying to bring her down. Also the white farmer in question along with his family have come to her defense, saying she saved their lives. Interesting!

By: BD

BD — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:10:54 +0000

The Tea Baggers got exposed by one of their own. They were only supposed to say those things behind closed doors but that Williams guy got high and mighty and took it to the streets. So of course they had to remove him.I do believe the Tea Party is filled with mostly racists. Why else would they need their own movement if they weren't? And I'm surprised when I see a black face here or there in that group who just doesn't get it. David Webb? smhGood point Trhuthiz about the USDA official. That was just plain ignorance. Both people should have learned a great lesson here; you don't say things in a public setting unless your ready to go to battle over your words.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:39:05 +0000

Williams is an ignorant-azz and hateful to boot. My guess is, he thought his "Letter to Lincoln" would be viewed as “witty” and whatever blowback he’d get wouldn’t amount to much given his history of spewing some of the most vile rhetoric I’ve ever heard and never being held accountable for it…this is til NOW. Examples include his description of Pres. Obama as an "Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug and a racist in chief.” Then there was the “our half white, racist president” comment.How bout his theory on Islam: “Repeat after me: Islam is a 7th Century Death Cult coughed up by a psychotic pedophile and embraced by defective, tail sprouting, tree swinging, semi-human, bipedal primates with no claim to be treated like human beings or even desirable mammals for that matter.”His "hateful hits" goes on and on_but he's never been so much as even sanctioned by "movement leaders" whoever they are(?) And quite frankly, beyond causing further embarrassment for the GOP which is now controlled by Tea-Party folks, I’m not sure what his expulsion by the Tea-Party Federation really means at this point(?) And ironically, the the NAACP may now be facing its own "pot-calling-the kettle black" PR embarrassment:Today it’s being reported (along with a video) that a black USDA official in Georgia has resigned after publicly admitting she didn't help a white man trying to save his family farm to the "full force" of her power and instead referred him to "one of his own." Why is this important?_because (1.) She was a government official charged with a duty to help that man save his farm. She didn’t do it to the full extent of her power and ability because of the color of HIS skin…and…(2.) She admitted her actions in remarks made to a local chapter of the “NAACP.”She defends her admission by saying that her remarks were taken "out of context" and that she was referring to an incident that happened 24 yrs ago. But WHY on earth is she NOW telling any group about a discriminatory act she committed 24 yrs ago?_UNLESS she's already gone to that man and apologized for the act_and/or she was expressing her sincere remorse for having behaved in such a manner in the first place(?) If neither of those conditions apply, then the NAACP should have taken this woman to task! The NAACP must be as vigilant in rooting out racism whereever that road leads, including the Black community!Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38321920/ns/us_news-l…