A firestorm erupted this week when Andrew Breitbart posted a highly-edited video portraying black USDA official Shirley Sherrod as a racist, resulting in her forced resignation.
As is often the case, however, the truth differed from Breitbart's portrayal.
After a full, unedited video of Sherrod's supposedly racist speech was released, it was immediately clear that she is not a racist.
In fact, quite the opposite, according to the supposed victims of her supposed racism.
But could they be lying?
Fuck no.
Morning lineup:
Meet the Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; Roundtable: David Brooks (New York Times), E.J. Dionne (Washington Post), Former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, President/CEO of the National Urban League Marc Morial and Rick Santelli (CNBC).
Face the Nation: Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Abigail Thernstrom; Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson; Princeton University Professor Cornel West; John Fund (Wall Street Journal); Michael Gerson (Washington Post).
This Week: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R); Roundtable: Sam Donaldson (ABC News), Cokie Roberts (ABC News), Democratic Strategist Donna Brazile and Stephen Hayes (Weekly Standard).
Fox News Sunday: Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA); Former DNC Chairman Howard Dean; Rev. Jesse Jackson; Roundtable: Brit Hume (Fox News), Mara Liasson (NPR/FNC), Bill Kristol (Weekly Standard) and Juan Wlliams (NPR/FNC).
State of the Union: Former CIA Director Gen.Michael Hayden; Mort Zuckerman (EIC of US News & World Report); Steve Forbes (EIC of Forbes); Dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law Christopher Edley Jr.; John McWhorter (New Republic); Reliable Sources: American University Professor Jane Hall; Matt Lewis (PoliticsDaily.com); Joan Walsh (Salon.com); Eric Deggans (St. Petersburg Times); Amy Holmes (America's Morning News); Carole Simpson(Formerly of ABC News).
The Chris Matthews Show: Amy Walter (The Hotline); Howard Fineman (Newsweek); John Hellemann (New York Magazine); Cynthia Tucker (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Fareed Zakaria GPS: US Special Representative to AfPak Richard Holbrooke; Richard Haas (Council on Foreign Relations); George Packer (New Yorker); Bret Stephens (Wall Street Journal); Harvard University Historian Niall Ferguson; Economic Historian Lord Robert Skidelsky.
Primetime viewing:
60 Minutes will feature: a report on "The Narrative" — an ideology which states that America is at war with Islam (preview); a report on lab-grown body parts (preview); and, an interview with film director Tyler Perry (preview).
Mad Men will kick off its fourth season at 10 pm on AMC.
When a big story dominates the news, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are usually in reruns. This week was no different, and as such, there are no new videos to share.
Instead, here's Jon Stewart's latest examination of "Race In America."
The Daily Show
Monday: Author William Rosen ("The Most Powerful Idea in the World")
Tuesday: Host Fareed Zakaria ("Fareed Zakaria GPS")
Wednesday: Author Robert O'Connell ("Ghosts")
Thursday: Actor Liev Schrieber ("Salt")
And Stephen Colbert's take on the subject.
The Colbert Report
Monday: Author Hephzibah Anderson ("Chastened")
Tuesday: Actor Kevin Kline ("The Extra Man")
Wednesday: Elon Musk (CEO, Space Exploration Technologies)
Thursday: Host Andy Cohen ("Watch What Happens:Live")
Back to the Future:
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), leader of the diversity-est Tea Party ever, knows exactly what to do if Republicans win control of Congress this November.
BACHMANN: Well I think that’s all we should do. I think all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another and expose all the nonsense that has gone on. And it’s very important when we come back that we have constitutional conservative leadership, because the American people’s patience is about this big. [...]
And this is the year, this is it. All of our chips are on November. If we don’t get it back and then starve the beast, the House – we have the power of the purse – so we can starve Obamacare, we don’t have to fund any of these programs. And that’s exactly what we need to do: defund all of this nonsense and then unwind it.
But what if they don't win control? Well, current Rep./Gov. hopeful Zach Wamp (R-TN) has an idea.
"I hope that the American people will go to the ballot box in 2010 and 2012 so that states are not forced to consider separation from this government," said Wamp during an interview with Hotline OnCall.
This new country of theirs would presumably have far more in common with a theocracy than a democracy, at least if Newt Gingrich has his way.
There should be no mosque near Ground Zero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia. The time for double standards that allow Islamists to behave aggressively toward us while they demand our weakness and submission is over.
The proposed "Cordoba House" overlooking the World Trade Center site – where a group of jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks – is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites.
What's less clear is whether English would be the primary language.
THE END.
- Trix