Tonight, They're Laughing At All Of Us

[KingOfLostSouls]

tonight andrew breitbart is laughing at us

tonight sean hannity is laughing at us

tonight glenn beck is laughing at us.

tonight the teabaggers are laughing at us.




shirley sherrod, a valued public employee, her life and career was ruined and destroyed based on a lie.

and our supposed leader and his administration has proven they will not stand up for us. they will accept whatever lies the right wing offers up to destroy innocent people. shirly sherrod is just another victim to be tossed under the bus.


you couldn't wipe the smile off hannity's face as he extolled how this shows the obama administrations incompetence, their inability to manage a small crisis, wiling to throw people under the bus to appear to be legit. they continue their narrative as if nothing happens but moreso with the knowledge they've managed to ruin a poor black ladies life for fun and was a small price to pay to frame the debate as the obama administration more worried about PR than results.


tonight they're laughing at us. they're laughing at obama. and they're laughing at poor shirley sherrod.

thanks, mr president. I'm SO glad I voted for this.

[babylonsister]

1. Woo woo. Who gives a crap what they're doing? They don't

merit anything from me. Or any of us.

[w8liftinglady]

6. lol..don't spank me-I almost said the F word...along w/what you said

[scheming daemons]

2. Over-reaction.... she'll be reinstated with an apology as early as tomorrow... n/t

[Paladin]

18. You Really Think So? (n/t)

[scheming daemons]

21. Watch and see... n/t

[Paladin]

79. I Guess The Administration Could Have Fucked This Up Worse....

...but I doubt it. Absolutely shameful.

[arthritisR_US]

44. i sure hope so. That and a beerfest with her at the WH will do. n/t

[eridani]

50. Not hardly. The reaction was to the initial kneejerk gutlessness

It was entirely appropriate. Of course making it right later will help, but there is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for the original cowardice.

[progressoid]

59. Golly, that should fix it up just fine.

[Skittles]

3. Ms. Sherrod joins us all under the bus

[Raine]

53. Yup and it's getting more and more crowded under here

there is not going to be anyone who will be up to getting out from under here and voting...they need to start remembering that.

[AnArmyVeteran]

73. President Obama: Call out Fox News Now! Stop this madness!

Deliberate lying to incite people into possible unspeakable acts is dangerous. I believe in the 1st Amendment, but Fox News has long ago destroyed any legitimacy it was once a 'news' organization. And when they sponsored the Tea Party events all across the country they should have had their FCC license pulled.

President Obama: Stop cowering and start leading. If you can't do it then let someone with balls, like Alan Grayson, do your job. You could remain a figurehead while Alan Grayson could courageously lead our country. Grayson doesn't put up with the constant crap as you do Mr. President. We elected you to lead and to fight the evils of the right wing. If you cannot or will not do that, then step aside so someone with guts can do it.

Frankly, the progressives who worked their asses off to get you elected are getting tired of changing your diapers. It's time for you to stand up and be a man who is a leader. Your knee jerk reactions to Fox News stories demonstrate you are not leading anything. You are an enabler of Fox News, making them even stronger because you constantly fall for their idiocy. Just when in the hell are you going to wake up and be a damned leader?

There is a way to get a real leader into the White House and it wouldn't take any time at all. If both the president and vice president resigned the Speaker of the House would fill that position. And if Alan Grayson was voted by his fellow congressmen and women he could be that speaker of the house. I'm sure Alan Grayson would gladly assume the duties as President of the United States, and he certainly wouldn't cower at the sight of anyone in the right wing.

[JoePhilly]

4. Can we now stop fighting each other and fight them???

[backwoodsbob]

74. could the president start fighting them? nt

[Pirate Smile]

5. They are especially happy that you turn on the President instead of focusing your energies on

attacking them. That is exactly what they want.

[Hydra]

20. And if you go under the bus

Shall we all cheer?

[enough]

7. The idea that ANYBODY gets fired in the blink of an eye, without some fact-checking

and investigation, is the scariest thing about this story. They couldn't take 24 hours to find out what actually happened?

[depakid]

9. Agreed- it just underscores how gunshy and conflict averse this administration is

and the damage from *that* realization (if people hadn't already figured it out over the past 18 months) is far more damaging than anything that went on in this particular case.

[glitch]

28. Wake up call.

Having to apologize may teach them something about themselves and exactly what they are appeasing.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Thank GAWD they won't use flimsy evidence to decide whether to launch our ICBMs

I feel soooo secure now.

:crazy:

[Skittles]

16. that is indeed the worst part

it speaks VOLUMES about incompetence

[Ignis]

29. You're not kidding about "in the blink of an eye":

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8782787#8783837

[Raine]

54. Yup and everyone piled on

it's sickening. :-(

[mod mom]

70. especially when the source is the scoundrel Breitbart!

whoever made the decision needs to see the boot. A boss should give a trusted employee the benefit of the doubt with a leave of absence until the incident is investigated, ESPECIALLY with an edited tape from sleazebag breitbart!

[MadMaddie]

8. A mistake was made

Now in order to make it right an official apology and reinstatement needs to be made in the public. To admit one has made a mistake is a noble deed. I hope that Vilisak does this and I hope that a lesson has been learned.

[KingOfLostSouls]

10. the unrecommenders

sure don't like the facts.

sorry but some of us voted for a democratic leader and president, not one who jumps when andrew breitbart tells him to.

[scheming daemons]

12. Vilsack "jumped".... the WH is in the process of cleaning up the mess as we speak

She'll be reinstated with an apology.


Vilsack acted without the facts.... the WH took his word for it. That's the mistake.


A mistake they'll rectify by tomorrow.

[malaise]

15. I agree 100%

[Skittles]

17. the WH took his word for it

that is sheer fucking INCOMPETENCE

[scheming daemons]

22. No... it's trusting the people you delegated authority to. They're fixing it as we speak....

You're just looking for a reason to be outraged.


After the White House fixes the mistake and reinstates her, what will you say then?



Vilsack made a mistake. The White House trusted their cabinet secretary. It's a correctable mistake, and it is being corrected.


The over-the-top nature of your outrage speaks volumes.

[Ignis]

30. And what do those volumes say?

:shrug:

[Skittles]

33. oh yes

her reputation will be "corrected" in a snap - W.T.F. - this is all INEXCUSABLE....when people make these kind of BAD DECISIONS I question their OVERALL JUDGEMENT - and I do not have to LOOK for reasons to be outraged these days, not at ALL

[truth2power]

62. So who is accountable here? It's certainly Vilsack, and I wouldn't call it

a mistake. Whatever hapened to due diligence? Why isn't Vilsack gone? Does Obama have the power to fire Vilsack? If so, why hasn't he?

Judging by what happened to Ms. Sherrod, decisions about whether people stay or go can be made in the blink of an eye. Will Obama appoint a commission to study whether Vilsack should go?

I can't understand why you think outrage is inappropriate here. Is it because it's one of our own?

[PufPuf23]

68. Vilsack was a stupid appointment in the first place nt

[madmax]

13. Maybe tomorrow they'll be getting their asses sued. nt

[Celebration]

14. it aint working

Nobody looks good in all of this, least of all Faux and Breitbart. They come out stinking to high heaven.

We know they are the dregs, but we shouldn't have to fight our own administration.

[Canuckistanian]

19. Lesson learned

Don't fight the smears.

Give in.

Capitulate.

Live to fight another day.

[girl gone mad]

37. You mean..

live to cower and roll over another day.

[Canuckistanian]

41. Yup

I was being charitable.

[asdjrocky]

23. Accorn, Van Jones, and now this.

The bus never stops with this administration, Fox says boo, and they jump.

[scheming daemons]

24. The WH had nothing at all to do with what happened to ACORN... as for Van Jones...

...his case is a little iffy-er than Sherrod's.


He had some issues, and it was best for him to step aside.




And Sherrod will be reinstated tomorrow.

[asdjrocky]

27. Well, then everything is just fine.

I look for the video of our President defending Acorn.

And if Sherrod is not reinstated? What will the talking points be?

[eridani]

51. The criticism for gutlessness applies to Dems as a group n/t

[Jennicut]

25. Uh, they laugh at us everyday no matter what. I talked to my Dad tonight, he is a die hard

conservative. He is convinced I am a loon. Me, a moderate Dem. Like I said, they laugh at us no matter what.
I do hope the NAACP and the WH realize they overreacted or were mistaken by the original small clip and reinstate Shirley Sherrod.

[Skittles]

36. THEY WERE PLAYED LIKE FIDDLES

it is PATHETIC

[BrklynLiberal]

26. yep.

Seeing themselves as Lucy and the Dems as Charlie Brown...once again.

[unkachuck]

31. K&R....n/t

[provis99]

32. regardless of what the White House does, the republians won this one.

Breitbart is going to be lauded like a conquering hero by the right; he managed to manipulate the White House into firing an innocent person based on his lie. Whether they reinstate her or not, the White House looks stupid and cowardly when confronted by republican bloggers.

[Skittles]

35. NO SHIT

the sheer incompetence for falling for what should be EASILY RECOGNIZABLE FAR RIGHT SMEAR TACTICS is just too fucking MUCH

[scheming daemons]

39. Do you feel that way about the NAACP too?

They fell for it too.


In fact, Vilsack was responding to NAACP calls for her resignation.


They got taken in. A mistake was made.


It will get rectified.

[Skittles]

40. YES YES YES

they should know just as well as THE WHITE HOUSE should know how fucking SICK these right wing freaks are - heads should roll - THIS KIND OF INCOMPTENCE IS INEXCUSABLE

[scheming daemons]

38. Won the battle.. but Breitbart lost the war.. what little credibility he had left is completely gone

..

[spanone]

34. fuck them...they are wrong and all the laughter in the world won't change that

laugh on morans

[blogslut]

42. Wrong

Tonight the truth won out over the lie.

[napi21]

43. Did O'Reiley appologize for this LIE? Chris Matthews said on his show tonight

that he believed Bill would appologize, and that he was sure of it. I'm not so sure and if he didn't, what will Chris have to say then?

[Number23]

45. And folks like you are doing everything you can to help

I swear, I've seen more damn posts on how "Obama has failed us" on this issue than showing support for this poor woman or for putting the blame where it really belongs -- on the damned liars who came up with this story and placed it before a compliant media.

This is so damn tiresome.

[lfairban]

46. Why?

Because we expect Obama and the people he relies on to be smarter that Bill Friggin O'Reiley!

Is that too much to ask?

[KingOfLostSouls]

47. glenn beck is laughing

you couldn't wipe that fucking smug smirk off his face today, knowing that he has the white house jumping at his call.


thanks again, mr obama.

[Qutzupalotl]

81. Man up and grow a pair.

We should be laughing at Breitbart, who has just shattered what was left of his credibility.

[KingOfLostSouls]

48. and turning it to his advantage

portraying her as maoist and not a racist and the obama administration should promote her to fit in with their communist agenda, while obama focuses on character assassination.


jesus christ, way to complete fuck this one up.

[raouldukelives]

49. Sometimes you have to laugh

To keep from crying. I prefer him laughing. When he starts crying I worry it'll make some overprotective teabagger try to take out a liberal school bus.

[FrenchieCat]

52. They are probably wanting to kiss you

and those like you who obviously don't have a problem so much with the real culprits,
the fucking liars, manipulators and fraudulent assholes.....who perpetuated this edited videotape,
and had it playing on air where alleged "Journalists" reside....
and instead have decided to make the President personally responsible
for everyfuckingthing that happens bad ever....
and decided that this administration can't ever make a mistake,
cause that's like so unforgivable.......
and even if Pres. Obama rectifies it the next day, he still gets treated
like shit....cause you know, he was supposed to be perfect
and know everything, and fix everything, and know exactly
who was being fired and hired and why at all times....
and so a 24 hour turn around just ain't good enough,
cause far as some are concerned, his job is just like managing
McDonalds....where one knows exactly who is stealing those Fries. :eyes:

I swear, I'm getting tired of those who believe that Pres. Obama
should be micromanaging this giant government.....
and act like if it was them, they'd do it perfectly......
when that's just a bunch of dogshit.

Some folks are just intent on ignoring, discounting and certainly not giving credit
for all of the good (cause then it wasn't Obama's doing),
and are ready to almost literally hang him for the bad.

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[bvar22]

69. Hey man...have some compassion.

Insisting that the Moon is Made of Green Cheese gets tougher every day.
I wouldn't want that job.

[Bloofer_Lady]

55. Who cares if they are.

I mean really, they are nothing but parasites anyway.

[disillusioned73]

56. I never got the "weak-kneed" stereotype

that was associated with Dems..... until I REALLY started following politics a few years ago. I have realized that it is not a stereotype - it is a sad fact and I can't stand it!!

It is one thing to root for a pathetic sports team and stick with them through thick and thin... Hell, at least there is that sense of optimism at the begining of every new season. But politics/government affects our daily lives and I shouldn't feel like I am rooting for a "pathetic team"

[ecstatic]

57. I'm sure the problem will be corrected and soon

From what I've seen in the past, President Obama has no problem with intervening and undoing the mistakes *of his employees when he is made aware of the problem.* He cannot be all places at once. Will you people calm down already? All the faux concern is getting annoying. On any given day, most of the people with all the concern are bashing Obama for something else, so excuse me if I don't take your concern seriously.

[KingOfLostSouls]

58. Anyone blaming us are the ones missing the point

the fact that the white house is still even giving Faux Noise a seat in the press room shows they're not fully prepared.

the fact that secretary vilsack, rather than wait for the facts or even look at the fact it was ANDREW BREITBART, fire shirley sherrod, shows they're more concerned about faux noise crying than saying, "hey...fuck off...we're taking care of this."


it's EXACTLY like rachel maddow said, who's next?

who are they going to throw under the bus because faux noise has cooked up a story to smear them.


they allowed faux noise to set the tone and the story rather than stand up for their own people.

it shows that they take breitbart's scare tactics more importantly than our faith and votes.


and more than that, people are saying shirley sherrod is lying when she said the white house pressured her out. this is bad policy and obama and his advisors once again disappoint and throw us under the bus than realizing that the source of the information was andrew breitbart....

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

60. Sherrod was "collateral damage" sacrificed for political expediency in this administration.

Of course, the bobble head "political realists" and "pragmatists" will promote the necessity of it all for the good of the party.

[Octafish]

61. And today we are laughing at them.

What do they say about laughing last?

[Whisp]

63. not all of us.

only the ones that ran with this ridiculous story.

plenty here.

I've been laughing a bit myself. ;)

[newtothegame]

64. adly, this is the environment of race relations that ALL OF US have helped to create.

We've used cries of "racism" and "sexism" as political tools of convenience for so long that the general populace can't tell the difference between the fake and the real thing now.

[lunatica]

72. I don't take blame for things I don't do.

I'm not accountable for what others do either.

[Kalyke]

65. And Ms. Sherrod will laugh last when she sues these bastards

for slander.

She who laughs last, laughs best.

[Gin]

66. I'ts embarrassing for the WH to have acted so fast .....after watching

Ms. Sherrod do an interview today on CNN....she was shocked by the reaction... but...went on to say she always wanted to do a book about her father's life..so...in an odd way..this was a gift for her from that ass breitbart.....IMO a book deal will be offered....she will get mucho rewards and all will be well with her....the WH on the other hand has egg on its face.

[lunatica]

71. And today they're crying in disappointment

Today being the next day when the situation went totally into major reverse gear for them.

[McCamy Taylor]

75. Hold on there. I am angry at the RW media whores. Why should I be angry at Obama?

He got fooled just like everyone else. He isn't all knowing and all powerful. He is a human being like everyone else. I do not feel that he let me down one tiny little bit.

I think that the press is full of idiots, but that is nothing new. Now, can we forget about this political distraction and get back to work?

[McCamy Taylor]

76. And why should I care if anyone laughs at me? What is this? Kindergarten?

[DevonRex]

77. Good grief. Get over yourself already.

:eyes:

[bvar22]

78. The Administration is simply playing Chess...

Sacrificing Pawns to protect themselves.
.
.
.
It only sucks if you're a Pawn.

[treestar]

80. Her life is not ruined

This is not a big deal. Quit letting the M$M lead you around by the nose.