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JDPriestly

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10. The prominent Obama appointees that the Fox News horde has attacked
Fri Nov 23, 2012, 11:57 AM
Nov 2012

so severely that they have pushed them out of office thus far have been mostly African-American.

Tuesday's resignation of an Agriculture Department official from Georgia continued to reverberate throughout the day, with the White House denying that it pushed her out of a job and the NAACP reversing course to defend the employee.

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous had condemned Shirley Sherrod for describing at an association banquet how, 24 years ago, she did not help a white farmer as much as she could have because of his race.

But Jealous responded just as forcefully Tuesday in accusing conservative activist Andrew Breitbart and Fox News of distorting Sherrod's remarks and said the NAACP had been "snookered."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/07/usda_worker_quits_over_racism.html

Van Jones, under fire from the extremist television show host for his background in radical activism, has resigned from the administration.

Jones was Special Adviser for Green Jobs at the Council on Environmental Quality - the so-called 'Green Jobs' Czar. Jones' 2008 book, The Green Collar Economy, was a New York Times best-seller.

The saga began with Glenn Beck, a talk show host for Fox News, who hammered at Jones relentlessly the last several weeks for his radical past.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/06/glenn-beck-gets-first-sca_n_278281.html

Two examples. Racism always gets the Republicans fired up. It's a shame, but it is true.

A black female Secretary of State named Rice? jberryhill Nov 2012 #1
I agree, for the most part. GoCubsGo Nov 2012 #17
Ahhhh....but SHE was easily controlled! nt MADem Nov 2012 #18
Was she black, female, and from Stanford or not? jberryhill Nov 2012 #24
It is racism loud and clear madokie Nov 2012 #2
That is the Republican caucus, so what did they expect? Mass Nov 2012 #3
the sentence is less of an indictment than it is a statement of fact bigtree Nov 2012 #6
Yes, but the fact is that neither this statement nor Mass Nov 2012 #8
The prominent Obama appointees that the Fox News horde has attacked JDPriestly Nov 2012 #10
I totally agree with you. Mass Nov 2012 #19
generally speaking, mzteris Nov 2012 #27
Totally agree... Mass Nov 2012 #29
let me see if I understand this hfojvt Nov 2012 #20
the collective majority of voters prevailed over a compacted white male vote in the republican bloc bigtree Nov 2012 #25
Why they are going to lose 2016 too. Tutonic Nov 2012 #4
I think Wolfe was the first to notice all the witch hunts have been blacks uponit7771 Nov 2012 #5
that figures. He would be the first hfojvt Nov 2012 #21
The through-the-looking-glass propoganda is now finally being challenged Evergreen Emerald Nov 2012 #7
Where can I find a list of these congress cretins? Pathwalker Nov 2012 #9
Here... Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #15
Thank you! Amazingly, Pathwalker Nov 2012 #31
They're racists. . . RVN VET Nov 2012 #11
I wouldn't give them the time of day. LuvLoogie Nov 2012 #16
well heaven05 Nov 2012 #12
Taking Cues From Mr. Wrong On Practically Everything McCain otohara Nov 2012 #13
First truthers. Then birthers. Now Ricers. ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #14
Who could have thought The Wizard Nov 2012 #22
I'm pretty sure they would react the same way... Blasphemer Nov 2012 #23
The GOP Congress just doesn't know their place. Historic NY Nov 2012 #26
K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #28
"...either willfully or incompetently misled the American public about the Sept. 11 attack..." Applan Nov 2012 #30
It seems nearly a hundred of the House cannot read their Constitution: struggle4progress Nov 2012 #32
There may be some race, but I think what they really don't like... gulliver Nov 2012 #33
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