Okay so when is Obama going to give Ms. Sherrod her job back?

[redirish28]

If Obama REALLY wanted to send a true message about this whole mess he should have had Ms. Sherrod at the White House today making a public apology to her and giving her job back to her.


No he expresses regret BUT he does nothing to really stop this issue of "Fake Racism" in it's tracks.


My wife is so livid about the whole situation she keeps yelling that Obama should have rehired her today.

[HipChick]

1. Obama has nothing to do with it..and no-one can force her to take her job back

She'd make better money..working as a consultant..elsewhere

[redirish28]

4. We have friends in the "Washington circle" Her firing was ordered from the White House

I'm not saying force her to take the job. I'm saying he should have had We where wrong. Here is your job back .

[babylonsister]

7. Her firing was ordered? Link? Thx. nt

[redirish28]

10. I don't have a link. A friend of ours from college works in a government

office. She got home and vented to my wife when it happened.

[Orrex]

11. So... it's unsubstantiated hearsay.

Got it.

[redirish28]

13. If you want to call it that. I realize you don't know us from Adam but

We know our friend. She wouldn't have gotten all upset and vented to my wife over gossip.

[Orrex]

14. Honestly, it's nothing against you or your friend, but...

given the scope of the situation, I'm loath to accept any story without corroboration.

[redirish28]

16. All we can do is wait than and see if anything does come.

[babylonsister]

15. Oh please. That's it? Got it. LAME. nt

[MiniMe]

18. "The White House" doesn't necessarily mean Obama

And where in a government office does she work? Government offices are all over DC, Northern Virginia, and Maryland. And all over the United States.

[redirish28]

19. You are right. nor did I say it was Obama. I just meant if he truly wanted to

end this story he should have offered the woman her job back..IMO.


She does work in DC.


I would not risk Being tombstone on this board for gossip. I believe my wife's friend to be a reliable source.

[HipChick]

Then why was she Agriculture Department's Georgia state director

with an office in Georgia?

[Tarheel_Dem]

39. I'd like to know the answer to that one as well. OP has gone M.I.A.?

[babylonsister]

24. Stop it. It's gossip til it's not. Tell you buddies to substantiate

their rumors before you share them.

[redirish28]

26. Fine! I just thought I share my opinion and infomation I know I was so wrong.

PLEASE rip my and my wife's head off.

[HipChick]

28. It's ok to have an opinion, but not everyone that works for the govt

is based in DC...facts are checkable

[redirish28]

29. OKAY check!

[MiniMe]

43. Obama did call her to apologize

Vilsack did offer her a job. It is not Obama's place to make those kind of personnel decisions. Obama did what was right, and that is to call and apologize, which is much more than his predecessor would have done. Working in DC does not mean that your friend knows what actually was going on. Government offices are very compartmentalized in DC.

And I don't think you have to worry about being tombstoned nor do I think it should even be a consideration. We did have some relevant questions about your source, I have lots of friends who work for the federal government. But none of them would be credible sources in this situation.

[HipChick]

20. ..But people want to drag him into this, like he is going to know every minute detail

going on..

USDA are hq'd in DC...and have offices in Georgia?

[MiniMe]

45. Her officed was in Athens, Georgia

Yes, USDA is hq'd on DC, near the Smithsonian I believe. At least they have an office near the Smithsonian, I'm not sure that is the main USDA office either.

[HipChick]

17. I'll up you...I have 'friends' that work over at the USDA..

they say otherwise...'friends' inside the Washington Beltway takes on a whole new meaning...

half the time, the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing inside these agencies..

[Orrex]

21. I know a woman at the CIA

She can bake a souffle that'll bring tears to your eyes.

[HipChick]

25. The irony is...

in DC/MD/VA your neighbor is prob working for the Feds..

[redirish28]

22. I'm not trying to one up people or anything like that.

[AmericaIsGreat]

2. She was offered a different position and she said she's thinking about it

I honestly don't think she's all that eager to go back to any position at the USDA.

[seattleblue]

3. They are not going to offer her job back.

They want to take her from field work where she was actually helping people and put in her into a "civil rights" cubby hole in DC. I hope she doesn't take it.

[Sebastian Doyle]

5. Bingo.

VilSuck works for MonSatan. And MonSatan doesn't want anybody helping family farmers. Black, white, or otherwise.

[Pirate Smile]

6. If she says she wants her original job back, I bet they would happily give it to her.

[babylonsister]

8. Do tell, since you are spewing, how you know what they are doing. nt

[Orrex]

12. And no eschewing when there's trouble brewing.

[seattleblue]

32. I have heard Sherrod speak on several news programs.

I sure you are too busy for that.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

23. And what orifice, pray tell, did that one come from?

:rofl: NPR has been reporting all day that she's considering her options, even the option of returning to her old job.

[seattleblue]

31. I heard Sherrod on ABC saying

"they had offered me something to do with civil rights". I guess you know more than she does.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. I think we all know about that offer. My query had to do with this....

"put in her into a "civil rights" cubby hole in DC. I hope she doesn't take it." I know that you & many others "hope she won't take it". Many were also hoping that she was going to come out trashing the WH last night, and when that didn't happen, they scurried to regroup. Hence, the outlandish ravings we see today. I think "groping" best describes it.

And for the record, I never claimed to "know better" than Ms. Sherrod. And unless you're actually her, neither do you. ;)

[Marr]

9. Give her Vilsack's job. n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

27. I definitely think this qualifies as malicious gossip. But do carry on...

:eyes: We all know that no matter how this story played out, the same people would still be unhappy. Whatever it was, it wouldn't be enough.

[HipChick]

30. Exactly how is he supposed to stop "Fake Racism", when "Real Racism" goes on everyday..

[redirish28]

33. I don't know....Maybe address the nation and say Look at what we are

doing to one another with all these "witch hunts" maybe if we are to make this country a better place we need to have an open and honest talk about racism and how it actually hurts people. (You remember the kind of thing he did when he was Candidate Obama... )Just maybe it would dial down the real racism down a couple notches and maybe make people take everything with a grain of salt before FAUX causes another problem like this.


But than maybe this is too much to believe that a President or any person would do.


I would think Obama calling a press conference that he ASK Ms. Sherrod to attend and say to the country I was wrong we all where wrong. We need to learn from this lesson. It might have really done some good instead of a ( IMO) half -hearted " I Sorry"

BUT MAYBE THIS TYPE OF THINKING BELONGS IN MY "DREAM WORLD"

[babylonsister]

36. So, you start with some gossip and get to here?

OK.

You protest too loudly to try to justify your bullshit.

I think you missed what happened this week, too. Honestly, did you? The man only has so many brain cells, I think.

Giving Credit Where It's Due

by BooMan
Thu Jul 22nd, 2010 at 02:52:11 PM EST


What should have been a triumphant week for the president has been tarnished by the stupid firing of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod and all the controversy surrounding it. So, here's a partial list of things Obama has done so far this week. Click on the links (at link) to learn more.

Issued an Executive Order on the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes.

Signed the The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, creating the strongest consumer protections in our country's history.

Signed the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (pdf) as a part of his Accountable Government Initiative, saving us tens of billions of dollars in erroneous payments.

Ushered the Tribal Law and Order Act through Congress.

Finally got the Senate to extend unemployment insurance.

Nominated marshals and judges and ambassadors (all career Senior Foreign Service members, by the way).

Expanded the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target for Federal Operations.

In conjunction with this announcement today, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor, Martha Johnson, Administrator of the General Services Administration, and Ronald Sims, Deputy Secretary of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development convened a Clean Energy Economy Forum on Federal leadership in High Performance Sustainable Building.

Saw the Senate Judiciary Committee approve Elena Kagan's nomination and send it the floor.

And hosted UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

more, and I'm tired from reading, nevermind doing it, but you go with your own bad self!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x384863

[Tarheel_Dem]

37. He's such a slacker.

:sarcasm:

[redirish28]

38. Whatever. Now I see why my wife rolls her eyes every time I come here.

Okay call me a liar or a bull shit artist Whatever makes you feel like a big hot shot. I probably expect tooo much from anyone holding the title President of the United States.

[babylonsister]

40. Does it make you feel like a big shot to

spread mistruths or gossip, then blame your info on your wife? :shrug:

No one in this thread is a big shot, including you.

Obama is, maybe, and he might address race again. The opportunity is there if he thinks he can and it would help. Very slippery slope. Whatever he does will be chastised.

[tropopause]

46. Yah and he should be made to verify the amounts on and personally sign

every social security check.

[stray cat]

41. How many of the outraged know what her job was and what job she was offered?

[Tarheel_Dem]

42. Have you abandoned your work? Yoo-Hoo?

This didn't turn out well at all, did it? On a site where rumors can get up to 200+ recs, yours must be especially suspect. I don't blame your wife for "rolling her eyes". :eyes:

[redirish28]

44. Take a look at this link--Ms. Sherrod's own words

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=8801011&mesg_id=8801011

[izzybeans]

47. It's like you weren't paying attention or something.

Pay attention.