We might have to start addressing Obama as “Sir Robin”

Awesome title for your post.

“Brave Sir Robin ran away.
Bravely ran away away.
When danger reared it’s ugly head
He bravely turned his tail and fled”

Let’s see if we can remember the name “Breitbart”, and associate it with the word “video”. I get the feeling this might come in handy.

ACORN, tho, was deep-sixed by Congress when its funds were cut off. It’s still used as a mythical dragon to slay by the right, without any rational basis, but that’s the right wing, all about demons and falling off the end of the flat earth. Not sure what the WH had to do with that?

just wait for the racist shrieking from the disgusting vile flotsam on the right if obama forces Sherrod’s rehire – it will be proof positive to them that obama is racist against whites. The facts of the deception and the misrepresentation by the right of what Sherrod actually did, that she is the opposite of their racism wouls be completely overshadowed and lost under their shrieking.

From one of the links in the diary:

Shirley Sherrod may have found an unlikely ally: Glenn Beck…

“Now if she is relating a story from 1986 to make a point about how her racial perceptions have changed, this woman deserves her job back.”

This is funny, especially since she was forced to resign because the White House feared the awesome power of Glenn Beck. Oops. Also, Vilsack shows less sense than Glenn Beck.

“Second, state rural development directors make many decisions and are often called to use their discretion. The controversy surrounding her comments would create situations where her decisions, rightly or wrongly, would be called into question making it difficult for her to bring jobs to Georgia.”

I think there’s a brewing controversy, rightly or wrongly (mostly rightly), over whether Tom Vilsack is an incompetent moron. He should resign because he makes many decisions at his discretion and he’s clearly an idiot.

A quote from HP”you can take a republican out of the cesspool but you can’t take the cesspool out of a republican”

obama is the servant of the rich, selected by the rich and it’s rich we think we chose him.

What the hell is rahm doing for his boss or to his boss?

Hire her back?…..And have him and his administration appear indecisive and flip-flopping on issues?

Obama is scared of the right wing and they know it.

Add Rev. Jeremiah Wright to that list.

The only time Obama is tough and ruthless is with fellow Democrats.

You make a good point, but imho, they SHOULD hire her back with apologies for listening to Fox. Someday, maybe, they will stop listening and be ready to respond to this race-baiting. Are you listening Rahm?

Just which votes is he going after with his foolishness. If the scheme is to not lose white, progressive/liberal, votes he is going to lose them anyway. If his aim is to gain white votes by demonstrating decisiveness in the face of racist remarks (hah!) he is not going to get them anyway. The political “gain” here is mystifying. If it is “backbone” that he is trying to demonstrate then he needs to do that by standing up to the racist idiots and fulfill some of the campaign promises that he made.

On the other hand if corporate america is happy with him in there doing their bidding then he will be in the WH for another term and will continue to be the lying, sleazy, money hungry, hypocritical bastard he is.

Good call. It’s hard to fathom how timid and unprincipled Obama behaves. His presidential campaign is looking like the biggest disingenuous charade ever. The irony is overwhelming.

Good morning, pups. It’s Dowd and Friedman today. In “Ancient Grudges, Anew” MoDo tells us of a merchant for modern times: Shylock, still nettlesome after all these years. She’s apparently been to the Delacort Theater in Central Park to see Al Pacino… The Moustache of Wisdom, in “What 7 Republicans Could Do,” says the stakes are high for getting an energy bill passed this year. What will it take for a compromise? Pigs flying is what it will take, Tommy.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, the cold drinks are in the fridge, and I’ve got toasted Thomas’ English muffins with your favorite jam. Between the Sherrod clusterfuck and yesterday’s primary results I’m in a foul temper, so rather than inflict it on y’all I’ll slink off. Have a great day.

They’re the only ones spineless enough to let him get away with it.

Vilsack needs to grow a sack of testicles! He is no man of character. He places his finger into “political flagellations” based on knee jerk reactions in the absence of all the evidence!! A loser by definition! The only class act here is Mrs. Sherrod. The lack of journalistic integrity of the web site which manipulated videos to create a false perception for political reasons has left it’s testicles wide open to litigations! Do scumbags like Joe McCarthy have any sense of decency? No! A teachable moment!!! God Bless Mrs Sherrod!

Barak Obama, the ballless wonder.

It is a case of “wrongful termination!” Mrs Sherrod’s reputation has been maligned and those responsible for this “BULLSHIT” should be sued to high hell! A bold faced lie for political reasons! The Ghost of the dysfunctional Joe McCarthy lives! Vilsack should be replaced! A suggestion for his replacement! Mrs. Sherrod!

? GFY!

One wonders if Ms. Sherrod will now be told to go to the back of the bus that just ran her over?

This is garbage all the way around!!!!

yup

james joyce, that is one excellant suggestion

The only thing besides corporate money that will keep Orahma in the W.H. is the pack of GOP corporatists led by the half-term, half-wit princess from Alaska. Should be interesting. He’s lost my vote.

McCarthyism has always been essential to the rightwingers.

“it appears the President has indeed literally placed his balls in a blind trust”

So much for testicular fortitude. Maybe that would explain his low confidence poll numbers.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703900004575325263274951230.html?mod=WSJ_Politics_RightTopStoies#articleTabs=article

I want my vote back.

He flip-flopped on Gatesgate so he can flip-flop on this. Glenn Beck says it’s OK now. Apologize and re-instate her!

Acorn unfunding and Van Jones firing was good..Acorn are a bunch of thugs and Van Jones is a Marxist, neither of which is helpful in a Democratic Republic..But the firing of Shirley Sharrod, before all of the facts are aparent, shows how thin skinned this administration is, and always has been. #44 was no more prepared to be president than Sarah Palin. My mother always said, “BEWARE OF THE SILVER TONGUED DEVIL”. No truer words were ever spoken. I hope that finally, all of you who voted for this disaster have finally come to your senses.

He may be a disaster, but he’s OUR disaster, so go back to Faux News you aren’t done being brainwashed yet.
We’ll stick a fork in when you’re done!

Always looking for your contributions here M-in-S. Enjoyed and appreciated.

I still think the null hypothesis should be that Breitbart is an O operative. O caved in too easily to his stupid schemes for him to be anything else. Now the blowback that always happens in attempted deceptions.

Good morning all.

NPR has story this am that Sherrod may be re-hired….

I totally agree, she should be hired back, but it’s not gonna happen.

Note also that Breitbart & Sherrod provide the convenient shiny objects to take attention away from Dana Priest’s blockbuster investigative report, which has disappeared with nary a peep from the rest of the corp media.

See my link at 32.

¨#44 was no more prepared to be president than Sarah Palin.¨

And what pray tell of the clown who got us into this mess? What about junior?

Totally OT.

I have found that a salad spinner works as an able substitute for a centrifuge when extracting honey.

Interesting. My beekeeper’s been too busy with other stuff to start the extractions. I’ll ask him about it when the time comes.

Beck is a coward. For him to be backing up from his tantrum is his way of trying to save face.

I hope she sues him and Breibart.

Honestly, I think Breibart and Beck are just about cooked. I realize there is the issue of wondering why the President did not investigate and call out the liars, the manipulators. That is what they are. They manipulate to cause division just like addiction behavior.

Here’s the concern. What do you think Breibart and Beck would then tantrum about had there been an investigation and the President defended her? The race baiting would increase. This. Is. Their. Goal. Division. Through. Race.

I do not think this was handled well first and foremost by the media. The media failed to find the context until it was pointed out to them. Then the media ran with the “how unfair Mr. President. How could you let those weenies bully you?” It has been the exception that Beck and Breibart have been held accountable in the media. So, the media picked this up and ran with the false story and then ran with the “not fair” and “weak decision” story.

However, I think it was Breibart and Beck’s goal to create a “no win” situation for a biracial President. I just hope people keep the focus on the behavior of Breibart and Beck (two white men attacking an African American woman) because their deceptive behavior is extremely bad for this country.

Please keep the focus on Breibart and Beck. They need to be seen as liars and manipulators who only care about themselves.

CBS says V. “reconsidering…”

Absolutely…some talk about responsible journalism should be loud. Wouldn’t that be a new concept.

It was the same pattern with ACORN and Van Jones. The media carried Beck and Breibart’s water by retelling the lies until it was too late to realize the consequences. Then suddenly, the guilty parties inferred it was the fault of everyone else, not Breibart, Beck or the media’s fault for retelling the lies and failing to investigate them and call them out.

This divisive pattern of retelling the lies until they are believed and then the distant quiet retractions is getting old and needs to be seen for what it is. Deception for division.

The next time Beck and Breibart tantrum and the media jumps to further their deception, people will see the joke of the coverage. This is the MSM’s fault first. Bunch of gossips.

No no no, it’s eleven dimensional chess! See now Obama can say that he’s not just wrongfully terminating the gays! He’s an equal-opportunity Wrongful Terminator!

/snark

“Nope, you just let Vilsack force her out, because you were afraid of frauds like Breitbart and Glenn Beck”

That’s a conclusion that I’m not sure is true. I think it just as well could be part of Obama’s war on whistleblowers. Sherrod was a successful prefectly legal whistleblower who used the courts and since Obama couldn’t lock her up criminally for leaking, they used this as cover to get rid her so that they could get rid of a known whistleblower.

interesting.
links?

Clearly, Obama doesn’t mind offending progressives.

“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”

Mark Twain

Put another way “With friends like the Obama Administration, who need enemies.”

“ACORN, tho, was deep-sixed by Congress when its funds were cut off …”

We must remember that the Republicans in Congress do not have the votes to do anything without the help of at lest a few alleged Democrats.

“NPR has story this am that Sherrod may be re-hired….”

My bet is that they offer her job back after they find her a better one outside of government.

Sherrod was “screwed” by Barack Hussein Obama. Vilsack and the other sacks at the USDA are cowardly creeps, but the main mover in this piece of Kabuki is BHO.

Like eCHAN, I wonder if Brietbart isn’t actually operating covertly under BHO’s orders. It’s all too convenient and all of a piece. Breitbart farts out some lie, and BHO knee jerks into firing someone who might possibly be honest and helping the “small people.” Connect the dots.

Breitbart’s a creep and deserving of scorn, but I think he’s just doing what his corporate masters want him to. Look: here’s a bright shiney object “small” people!!! Look over here at this, and pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Ugh. Feel sorry for Sherrod, but she’s not really “the story,” although I wish her well. Certainly not the first decent person to be screwed by “the man.”

And Obama’s cowardice plays right into it.

“Clearly, Obama doesn’t mind offending progressives F**king R****ds.”

Fixed it.

He’s abusive to his own and extremely deferential to those that hate him and he wonders why there is no enthusiasm for him or his party anymore?

Please stop, you are insulting idiots.

Obama should fire the brainless twit and give her his job.

OT

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/187597.php

Did you know about this? 2 undergraduate women from Rice University are using a salad spinner as an inexpensive centrifuge to diagnose anemia in underdeveloped countries. I just read about it in the last day or so on yahoo.com

We must remember that the Republicans in Congress do not have the votes to do anything without the help of at lest a few alleged Democrats.

But we are always being told that the Democrats do not have the votes to do anything!

Like eCHAN, I wonder if Brietbart isn’t actually operating covertly under BHO’s orders.

I don’t think Brietbart works under Obama’s orders — I think they are both gofers for someone, as yet unnamed, in the shadows.

Hey Obama…ClusterFOX is running a story about you…PEE YOUR PANTS and fire someone that’s black! Now – Pronto – Don’t waste a minute or Rahm will get mad at ya…

Well, ok. I can go along with that theory, too. Whatever, they’re all doing what the *real* powers that be want. Look! Look! Look at that shiney object!!!

WH and HUD refused to continue to fund ACORN who had contracts to help people avoid foreclosure.