[governsleastgovernsbest]

Thanks for the info. I’ve updated the original NewsBusters item:

Update: Since posting this item, I’ve learned, thanks to FR reader NoNAIS, that Sherrod has stated that the incident occurred 24 years ago when she was working at another agency, not the USDA, and that she’s since had a change of heart. The Morning Joe crew would likely have mentioned that had they been aware of it. They were thus presumably making their comments on the assumption that the incident had been relatively recent.

[wmileo]

"Since posting this item, I’ve learned, thanks to FR reader NoNAIS, that Sherrod has stated that the incident occurred 24 years ago when she was working at another agency, not the USDA, and that she’s since had a change of heart. "

What is the difference if it was 24 years ago or 24 hours ago? And why tell this in front of a NAACP crowd with a few safe white folks in the audience?

Is this the African American version of the 'WASP Jew Joke' which used to be told in Whites Only Country Clubs with the colored help listening on?