Posted on 07/29/2010 9:50:51 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.
The edited video posted by Andrew Breitbart led Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to ask Sherrod to resign, a decision he reconsidered after seeing the entire video of her March speech to a local NAACP group. In the full speech, Sherrod spoke of racial reconciliation and lessons she learned after initially hesitating to help a white farmer save his home.
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She’s a moron.
What are the chances that she is now considered a “public figure” and cannot be sued?
Re: the popcorn. Got about five pounds of Orville Redenbacher waiting by the popper. Checked the butter supply, and I’m good. I hope she DOES. Woot!
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She WAS a racist WHILE she worked for the USDA - BY HER OWN WORDS. Her subsequent conversion to decency is admirable, but moot. I would bet that discovery in a lawsuit will produce enough doubt to diffuse any standing she may have, not to mention probable criminal charges.
Bottom line, this particular story of hers is/was not a isolated incident. She should never have been hired in the first place.
Can’t wait and am sure neither can AB....
Will he exposes who sent him the tape?...It was owned by NAACP and the sender did only send him part of it....
Plenty of other material out there that proves AB point about the NAACP and I’m sure there is also plenty to prove SS is a racist.
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