omfg fox news is all \"what a screwing shirley sherrod\" took from the obama administration

[jah the baptist]

they want to know why he hasnt personally called to apologize

the cynicism is a work of art

no mention of the rw media like themselves

[JuniperLea]

1. Sound familiar?

DU has been doing that all along.

[tridim]

3. And MSNBC is also doing it as we type.

Blame Obama first, second and last. It's all part of the plan.

[no limit]

4. Yeah, because the white house has no blame in any of this right?

[jah the baptist]

16. they certainly dont need any lectures from fox news

your finest source for race baiting

[JuniperLea]

30. Don't forget the class warfare mongering...

Which is the main reason for race baiting, imho.

[JuniperLea]

29. There's a hell of a lot of difference between...

Some of the blame and all of it. I find your question disingenuous at best.

[Warpy]

7. Yeah, but DU didn't come up with that video, get idiots screaming

to their congresspeople, and get her fired.

Fox did.

That is the difference.

Now they're trying to shift the blame away from themselves, Breitbart, and whichever scumbag edited that tape.

I hope the administration is learning a very hard lesson from this. They need to.

They need to stop blustering now and reinstate her.

Then she needs to sue, and I don't mean sue Obama.

[blm]

2. that's how they roll, with absolutely NO SHAME...which serves their sociopathic, fascist agenda well

unfortunately.

[Bluebear]

5. He SHOULD call to apologize and she DID get screwed.

Who fired her?

[Journeyman]

11. Damn straight. . .

The White House deserves every castigation it receives for their shameful pusillanimity. Most of it should come from the left but if the right piles on -- even if they are the ones who instigated the sordid affair -- so much the worse for Obama and his hapless band of dunderheads. Maybe shame and humiliation will cause them to think twice next time. Neither intelligence nor any sense of loyalty helped this week.

[Better Today]

19. Exactly! And if I had set up the admin and his admin had fallen for it with

as much gusto as Obama's did, then I'd castigate the hell out of him as well. He stupidly continues his wimpy over-reactions to FNC and republicans in general.

[jah the baptist]

21. the guy who fired her HAS apologized now the rw media should apologize, agreed? nt

[Bluebear]

37. Hell yes they should. But they won't!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Schoolyard. Recess.

"Hello, nerd. Today I'm not going to beat you up."
"Whew."
"Not so fast, nerd. YOU are going to beat YOURSELF up."
"What?"
"Do it or I'll give you TEN of the usual daily beatings."
*nerd beats self up*
"HA! LOOK AT THAT CRAZY NERD BEATING HIMSELF! LOCK HIM IN THE LOONY BIN ALREADY!"
*everybody laughs*

[reformist2]

18. Exactly.

I was thinking of some kid sticking out their foot to trip some other kid, then saying "look where you're going, stupid!" Same difference.

[tsuki]

8. It is the double Santa Claus. If Sherrod had not been fired, they would

be running, running, running with the "Obama is a Racist" meme. The Administration acted, so now they are running with the "Obama screwed Sherrod" meme. They have an anti-Obama story no matter what the outcome, and CNN won't call them on it. Only MSNBC, which is not on many cable line-ups or satellites, will call out Rupert "Beck is right, Obama is a racist" Roo.

[Lil Missy]

9. The White House does owe her an apology.

[Subdivisions]

10. Off-topic: I can't believe I never thought of escaping the quotation marks in the

subject line of DU posts. I do however use the single quote ' because it doesn't cause the thread titile to be vacant in the My DU list like the quote marks do. I have often wondered why DU's admins haven't worked that out in the coding but didn't think it was worth bothering them with as I'm sure they have their hands full as it is.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. You can use two ''single'' quotes, which look as good as "one"

Unless you're really pushing the character limit.

[MisterP]

12. they're AMAZING, aren't they? it's because they live in a total bubble that's customizable

at the drop of a hat: that's why their "wedge issues" are so fervently--yet shallowly--held, and why they can be proud of being uninformed

this works on conservatives regardless of party (e.g., anyone saying "Poor Vilsack/WH, they're being picked on by Fox"...)

[jah the baptist]

23. customizable bubble - i like that nt

[jgraz]

14. Is our Presidents learning?

Not yet...

[Edweird]

15. The WH demanded her resignation over nothing. She got screwed by them.

[jah the baptist]

20. rw media was the proximate cause

they set it in motion

i agree the wh fucked up, but they corrected their mistake

fox news is being dishonest as usual and offensively cynical

[Edweird]

25. "The media" isn't in charge of anything - the administration, however, is.

They chose to act in the manner they did. The dubious source makes this especially bizarre and insulting.

[jah the baptist]

26. and like i said

they corrected their mistake

[Edweird]

31. A mistake that was theirs, and theirs alone. They owed her due diligence.

They took the word of a known political enemy without the first hint of any kind of investigation. The WH screwed the pooch. They have no one to blame but themselves. It is not appropriate for the WH to jump whenever some 2bit hack prints something controversial.

[jah the baptist]

33. so the rw media did nothing wrong in this little episode? interesting perspective

the person who edited the tape did nothing wrong or unethical?

the people who put it out did nothing wrong or unethcical?

[Edweird]

35. The RW media are liars - but we already knew that.

Their allegations deserve a "yeah, whatever" at most. Any concerns could have been easily cleared up - as evidenced by the WH's mea culpa. Instead, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. got punked by some hack RW blogger and a good woman's reputation was sullied. The WH is solely at fault for giving any weight or merit to this nonsense. They, of all people, knew or should have known the truth. Instead they demanded her resignation in the most cowardly and sleazy way possible for the weakest of possible reasons.

[jah the baptist]

36. and now that the administration has done the right thing

we need to hold the pukes feet to the fire, agreed?

or should we keep bashing our side for a mistake they corrected?

[rocktivity]

17. Rachel mentioned it last night

(link)
She showed a Fox guy actually asking, "Did the White House railroad Sherrod?" No--YOU fucking did by DELIBERATELY not getting all sides of the story!

As they said in the movie "All About Eve," that wins the prize for running, jumping, and standing gall!

:rofl:
rocktivity

[ljm2002]

22. Of course they are...

...it's the very definition of slime. They smeared, they got caught, they deflect by pointing out the weakness in their opponent.

They are adept at this game: always play offense. When the facts change (i.e. their original assertions are shown to be untrue), find a way to continue playing offense. Adjust the facts a bit, adjust your narrative to fit. They do it instinctively. We need to learn some of it -- but only in service of the truth, never as part of a pack of lies.

[jah the baptist]

24. very very well put

seriously that is the best synopsis of their mo i have ever read

no shit

[JoePhilly]

27. CNN is playing her entire speech.

In it, she talks about how the divide is not between black and white, but rich and poor ... and that the GOP does its best to DIVIDE the races.

Which is EXACTLY what Fox has been doing.

Her full speech is, unintentionally, an indictment of Fox, who uses race to divide people.

[spanone]

28. i heard their bullshit in the airport this am

'they fired her, and of course, here comes the backtracking'

fuckfaux

[Winterblues]

32. I think Obama should apologize to Fox News as quickly as possible

:sarcasm:

[jah the baptist]

34. +111!1 nt