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Sherrod Says She'd Love to Talk Race With Obama
ABC News ^ | 7-22-10

Posted on 07/22/2010 5:15:17 AM PDT by SJackson

Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama, who's "not someone who has experienced some of the things I've experienced in life."

But she also said on morning news shows she feels there is no need for Obama to apologize for her wretched week, which started with a conservative blogger posting controversial remarks she made, and led to her ouster as an Agriculture Department official and then, ultimately, apologies from both the White House and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

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Sherrod said of Obama: "I'd like to help him see some of the things that he could do in the future."

"I really regret what they did. But as I said before, he's my president," Sherrod said. "When you get it down to where the rubber meets the road, I think you need to understand a little more what life is like. I'd love to talk to him, though, or people in his administration ... to help them understand."

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To: SJackson
Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama,

OK beotch, axe him to get rid of the national association for the advancement of colored people, the united negro college fund, the congressional black cacus, black entertainment tv, the miss black USA (or America which ever it is), etc., and you may have a point. FU&BO.

41 posted on 07/22/2010 6:26:38 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2. / Progressive is a PC word for liberal democrat.)
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To: SJackson
I went back to look at the history of Shirley and her hubby Charles. He was a Civil Rights Activist but it appears, in the footsteps of Martin Luther, i.e., provocative but peaceful.

It may very well be that Shirley lost her father because of his activities. Regardless....a terrible way to lose a father.

I think these are good people BUT I don't believe in this reparations gig.

42 posted on 07/22/2010 6:32:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: paulycy

The NAACP tried to label the Tea Party as racist. Now people saw them laughing at a white persons expense.
The Tea party is not defending themselves over race, the NAACP and odumbo is. Backfired I think not


43 posted on 07/22/2010 6:36:46 AM PDT by italianquaker (obama all hat no cattle)
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To: Thermalseeker

“Wait until these same people are running our health care system......”

Which begs the question no one has asked, how many white people has she had authority over through the years that were denied rights by her because they were white. I am betting that this black power against whites is epidemic in the government workplace and is a joke for many at the water coolers. Just out of curiosity, are there any statistics that show the percentages of various races that work in the federal government? The black population in the US is 13.5%. If the proportions are way out of line, this needs to be investigated.


44 posted on 07/22/2010 6:38:16 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: SJackson

Beer summit!


45 posted on 07/22/2010 6:38:41 AM PDT by sbMKE
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To: paulycy

My assessment of Breitbart on this one is, tactical hit, strategic blunder.


46 posted on 07/22/2010 6:38:44 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Westbrook

“My assessment of Breitbart on this one is, tactical hit, strategic blunder.”

Well FRiend, I guess we’ll disagree on this one. It takes a strong and gutsy move to make any kind of impact at all on such a tough situation like the use of the race card against us. ANd Sherrod is the perfect person to prove that there is ample racism to go around, plus she’s a marxist which is clearly good for our needs.

I see this as brave and strategically excellent because it is similar to the first bombardment of a castle. It doesn’t bring the castle down by itself or right away but it does cause enough damage for other assaults on the entire foundation of the structure. It provides an opening for further attacks. The whole structure finally gives way in at least one place and the battle is won.

Your mileage may vary.


47 posted on 07/22/2010 6:46:21 AM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality: Marxism is Evil.)
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To: SJackson

Beer Summit II


48 posted on 07/22/2010 6:50:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: paulycy

I certainly hope you are correct!

I would love nothing better than to see the race trump card taken from our Marxist opponents.

No question about Sherrod being a Marxist.

Hope that gets as much exposure as her victim status.


49 posted on 07/22/2010 6:57:33 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Bender2

But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
That he didn’t, didn’t already have
And Cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad.


50 posted on 07/22/2010 6:57:59 AM PDT by campaignPete R-CT ("pray without ceasing" - Paul of Tarsus)
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To: Westbrook

“Hope that gets as much exposure as her victim status.”

If we keep picking at this wound it will expose LOTS of ugly stuff, all to the detriment of the racist marxists in this administration.

That is IF we keep at it...


51 posted on 07/22/2010 7:03:26 AM PDT by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality: Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Krankor

I don’t think that the farmer acted superior at all. She just wanted an excuse not to help him all she could. Most farmers are down-to-earth and hard workers. If I was worried about losing my farm, I certainly wouldn’t act like I was better than the person assigned to help me. I doubt that he did.


52 posted on 07/22/2010 7:09:34 AM PDT by dfc1 (Rush Limbaugh - a man, a legend, a way of life)
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To: SJackson

Talk about luck! This woman just walked thru cow sh!# and will come out smelling like a rose. She will become a rich black racist with 15 minutes of fame guaranteed.


53 posted on 07/22/2010 7:19:49 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
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To: SJackson

Her own words she can’t ‘hear’.

She just described Obama as an elitist out of touch with what the blacks experienced. Oh, he can ‘talk’ about it, he can ‘repeat’ things about it, but he never experienced it himself, in his pampered elite world...


54 posted on 07/22/2010 7:56:20 AM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: wilco200

To: Westbrook
“Breirbart, this one backfired BIGTIME.”

Not so fast. Th woman is still a racist no matter how the media tries to spin in this first 48 hours. Key now is to keep digging. My guess is there’s definitely a treasure trove of video and sound out there. Dig it up post it and trow this back in their smug faces.

oh, and don’t forget to continue to remind people that Obama is a racist for firing a black woman without knowing all the facts.

31 posted on Thursday, July 22, 2010 8:55:02 AM by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)


REally? Backfired?

Do you hear the media now, saying the Tea party is racist?

Me either.


55 posted on 07/22/2010 7:57:37 AM PDT by Freddd (CNN is down to Three Hundred Thousand viewers. But they worked for it.)
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To: SharpRightTurn
“Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama”

Perfect. She can tell him how she knuckled down cracker farmers and he can regale her with stories from “Rev.” Jeremiah Wright’s racist sermons he sat through for 20 years.

A 'putting things in perspective' post of the day.

56 posted on 07/22/2010 8:22:23 AM PDT by TheThinker (Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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To: Westbrook
The farming cooperative disbanded over 20 years ago.

Disbanded? Try foreclosed on after being unfairly denied a loan.

Where did the money go?

The $13 million settlement went to members of the rural farm cooperative. Sherrod was a member of that group.

And was the cooperative really mistreated on the basis of race, or was it simply subject to the same “loving care” everybody gets at the hands of government agency apparatchiks?

A federal court found there was discrimination, specifically in the years 1981-1986 when the civil rights division of the USDA was closed.

You might want to read up on the specifics of Pigford vs. Vilsack before commenting on the outcome.

57 posted on 07/22/2010 9:25:34 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: SJackson
Sherrod Says She'd Love to Talk Race With Obama

Why?

So they can liplock?

They are cut from the same cloth.

58 posted on 07/22/2010 9:26:55 AM PDT by wardaddy
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To: mac_truck; Westbrook; BnBlFlag; stainlessbanner; cowboyway; manc
Your vaunted Ms Sherrod who actually got 300,000 of the 13 million awarded to her co-op for racial discrimination is a shakedown artist and is now preparing to sue Andrew Breitbart.

Does that make you happy too?

I'm not surprised to see you here defending a black extortionist for racial redress. I actually defended her myself for the tape being taken out of context but aside from that she is nothing but a socialist bigot seeking to get paid.

You can always be found on the "black" side here even if it defies conservatism. I will never understand why they give your little posse the pass they do here and good freepers get banned...probably at the bequest of your little gang.

59 posted on 07/22/2010 9:40:25 AM PDT by wardaddy
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To: Toespi

I’d be interested to know how many white folk were done over by her racism and how many gained from her racism


60 posted on 07/22/2010 9:52:32 AM PDT by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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