Andrew Breitbart Owes Shirley Sherrod and Us an Apology

Pajamas Media ^ | July 21, 2010 | Ron Radosh

[HarleyWoodrowMantz]

I also agree with the author. Breibart has done some admirable stuff in the past, but he devalued his brand here.

[OldDeckHand]

"Even though he clearly explained that it was a partial tape and that he didn't know what was on the rest of it? "

Yep. If he was unable to view the entire source material, and unable to share with his readers the provenance of the tape, he shouldn't have released it.

What's the net effect of this, it has destroyed whatever credibility Brietbart had built for himself, at least in the short-term. Also, whatever comes out later about this woman and how she obtained her job, will be discounted.

[cripplecreek]

Breitbart went well above and beyond what liberals do in truthfully explaining the context.

[FrankR]

The video - doctored or not - shows here clearly using racist terms tht would have been the total demise of any white GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL who might have said those things about blacks.

She and her husband already sued because of "racism", and her subsequent actions and rhetoric plainly shows that "race" is the first and last thing on her mind.

That said, obama is stepping in it with both feet...

[cranked]

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP, the vast majority of lamearse, libtard, idiot-ridden, Obama-protecting MSM, etc., etc., etc. OWE the Tea Party an apology for repeatedly making false assertions of racism without providing one iota of realistic evidence..........first. KKthx. =.=

[kabar]

The NCAAP had her speech on tape all the time. They didn't have to depend upon Breitbart. Moreover, the 43 minute tape now on the NAACP site is more damning than the original when Sherrod goes into rant about Obamacare and the racist-based opposition to it.

"You know, I haven't seen such a mean-spirited people as I've seen lately over this issue of health care. Some of the racism we thought was buried. Didn't it surface? Now, we endured eight years of the Bush's and we didn't do the stuff these Republicans are doing because you have a black President.

[jimbo123]

Sherrod never should have gotten a job at the USDA in the first place. The job was an extortion payoff that was part of her $13 million race-baiting shakedown of the agency.

She is a race-baiting shakedown artist and her advocates and defenders on FR should take a closer look at this woman before going liberal batcrazy over her.

[fullchroma]

There was adequate context in Breitbart’s original video* that plain-as-day I understood Sherrod’s epiphany. I found the change in her perception of the man needing her help from “white” farmer to “poor” farmer touching. I even fantasied that maybe there was a Martin Luther King unifier in Ms. Sherrod.

The real racism depicted was in the NAACP crowd reaction to the early parts of her narrative where she remembers mocking and planning to screw Whitey. They affirmed her.

The repetition of the lie that Breitbart and Big Government removed all exculpatory context is driving me nuts. It was there. WAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Leave Andrew alone!!!

*http://biggovernment.com/abreitbart/2010/07/19/video-proof-the-naacp-awards-racism2010/

[fml]

My thoughts exaclty.

[jimbo123]

Shirley Sherrod, the $13 million dollar race-baiting shakedown artist thanks you for your support.

[cripplecreek]

Yep. If he was unable to view the entire source material, and unable to share with his readers the provenance of the tape, he shouldn't have released it.

Maybe he should have just waited for the white house to release the tape for him. Fortunately he isn't a coward like those who are rushing to throw him overboard.

[Trust but Verify]

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Do you love it when Rush or Glenn Beck are taken out of context? If you do, you should be consistent. Otherwise you’re no different than the opposition.

[vbmoneyspender]

What's the net effect of this, it has destroyed whatever credibility Brietbart had built for himself, at least in the short-term.

Snicker.

[FreedomPoster]

>>Whatever the circumstances are (or are not) of her hiring, her firing was unfounded.

Actually, given her “rich vs. poor” class warfare mentality as revealed in this speech, along with the fact that she’s an agent for a Governmental entity I don’t think should even exist with a budget that has been quoted at over $1B, I don’t have a problem with her firing. And that has nothing to do with any racism, or lack thereof, on her part.

I also think we need to know more about this lawsuit settlement with the agency that hired her. That’s clearly an odd thing.

[hampdenkid]

No way. Not now. Not ever. The woman is a racist, viewing the world through brown-tinted glasses. To this day — as she made clear in her self-serving tale — it is still “my people” against “them” honkies. Unless, of course, the honkies are poor women, then her version of God has told her it’s alright to treat them like humans (though, of course, “my people” know that they are not).

Can we call off the cannibalism? Andrew Breitbart did the world a service by exposing the ugly virulent reality known as black racism. Hand the left his scalp, and the rest of our heads will follow next.

Carter L. Clews

[kabar]

It was at least a 43 minute speech--there was an unexplained audio/video gap presumably because the NAACP edited it before releasing it. Breitbart didn't have to provide the context. The clip speaks for itself. He couldn't show the entire 43 minutes even if he had the complete tape. The NAACP condemned her even though they had the tape.

Here is the complete text of the speech. The woman is a racist. She sees everything thru the prism of race.

[Sir Gawain]

Ron Radosh, you’re a tool. Get bent.

[thecabal]

I would never claim that we are above mistakes. I admit that for a brief moment, I started to feel sorry for her as well. But Breitbart offered the clip as-is, without making any commentary on Sherrod. The blowback she got was from the Obama admin and the NAALCP throwing her under the bus so quick it made your head spin. AB did not call for her head, he was using that tape as a weapon against the NAALCP. Her job was collateral damage.

I would agree that AB should be a bit more careful about this kind of thing in the future. Not because I think he did anything wrong, but because of how we start every game down 3 touchdowns.

[allmendream]

Breitbarts point was NOT and NEVER was that there was ONE racist in the NAACP and that Sherrod was the one.

His point was the AUDIENCE REACTION to her story, long before they knew the story was going to come ‘full circle’ to a story of racial reconciliation; they were applauding her not helping someone and instead sending him to “one of his own”.

[DJ MacWoW]

This was NEVER about Sherrod. It was about the NAACP’s REACTION to her story of racism. They hooted and applauded. It was about outing the NAACP’s racism. The left is again reframing the debate and the right, is again, falling for it.