If a Republican says it, it’s probably not true
Barack Obama learned this hard lesson today. Here’s the deal. Shirley Sherrod, who apparently works for the U.S. department of agriculture in Georgia, was accused of discriminating against a white farmer. She got fired.
The accusation came from Andrew Breitbart, a known right winger of questionable honesty. He had a tape on which she said something like she would help him slower.
Well, turns out that the editing of the tape was really heavy handed, it was a single phrase taken out of a 40 minute speech in which she specifically addressed the need to go beyond race , the farmer in question still has his farm, thanks in large part to Shirley Sherrod and he and his wife have nothing but praise for her.
But the damage had been done. Tom Vilsack, Obama’s secretary of agriculture and one time presidential hopeful, had sacked her. I’m guessing the big O had to know about it.
Really, I’m still rooting for team Obama, but I’m bummed that they could be taken like this. I mean, it’s not as if dishonesty from Republicans is anything new. There were the Acorn tapes, which were eventually proved to be totally fraudulent but not until after ACORN was defunded, there was Sarah Palin’s death panel charge, the whole birth certificate thing, and many, many other cases not to mention the entire Bush administration.
I’m not asking for Barry to put aside his bi-partisanship completely. Apparently, it’s important to him. I’m just saying that when a Republican, a right winger or a tea bagger says something, you shouldn’t believe it. Certainly not Andrew Breitbart.
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