Blogs Jul 20, 2010 at 4:49 pm

Give The Woman Back Her Job

Dan Savage
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C'mon, Hillary, step outside the lines and kick some ass on this.
gloomy gus on July 20, 2010 at 4:52 PM Report this
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Reinstate Sherrod, fire Vilsack (D-Corn).

If the Dems have any brains at all, they won't let that farmer's wife off TV until the Rs beg for mercy.
Fnarf on July 20, 2010 at 5:13 PM Report this
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I fucking despise Vilsack. He's a shill for big ag in Iowa, and keeps pushing for subsidies for ethanol.
Zoroastronomer on July 20, 2010 at 5:13 PM Report this
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That's already the standard that was set with Yosi Sergant, and Breitbart's bogus NEA "scandal" unfortunately. http://bit.ly/es1xn
Kevin Erickson on July 20, 2010 at 5:20 PM Report this
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Wasn't Breitbart behind the whole Acorn "scandal" that was invented out of whole cloth? It's shameful and embarrassing that crap like this can be thrown out there with zero followup or criticism and major policy decisions are subsequently made, based on falsehoods. Just awful.
laterite on July 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM Report this
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To the people in the Obama administration who think knee jerk pandering to the right wing will win you pionts-you can't be more wrong!!! It makes progressives like me boiling mad. When you see polls that look bad, it's because your supporters are sick to death of you bending over for people who will never vote for you. NEVER! You offends us no end when you jump through right wing hoops!!!
Vince on July 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM Report this
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Hey, 5280, where are you? Why aren't you hear to defend Vilsack for his actions against "the pretty fucking racist" Sherrod?

I mean, come on, we all need some balance here....
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on July 20, 2010 at 5:36 PM Report this
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Give a rat-fucker a cookie, and he'll want some anti-biotic tainted milk.
vooodooo84 on July 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM Report this
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They should fire Vilsack for being a spineless douche. Then give Sherrod her job back.
Reverse Polarity on July 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM Report this
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Another reason why I hate the right: They know this woman is innocent if what they're accusing her of, but a human being's life and career mean nothing to them. All they care about is sticking it to Obama, no matter how indirectly. They are nothing but a steaming smelly pile of worm-ridden pig meat, and should all be loaded up on a garbage barge bound for Istanbul.
schmacky on July 20, 2010 at 6:06 PM Report this
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Communication class can teach you where to take a breath in your sentences so it will be more difficult to edit. You also learn to make simple sentences without double negative. I don't think it make the case more right, but it is a rookie mistake in media communication.
Égalité=equality on July 20, 2010 at 6:23 PM Report this
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@11

Hey, that's really insightful of you. Why don't you mail it to everyone in the 80's who will someday work for the fed. That'd be a big help.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on July 20, 2010 at 6:26 PM Report this
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The thing that pisses me off about this is how they (tea baggers, Brietbart FOX etc) always pick on black people for this kind of slime. They know they will get support by focusing on people of that race easily, see ACORN, Van Jones, this Sherrod woman. And Obama pussies the fuck out every time. I voted for him and I can't stand him! They should all be ashamed, Brietbart, FOX, Vilsack and Obama.
Jersey on July 20, 2010 at 7:37 PM Report this
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@10 if you had ever been to Istanbul you would know that it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Pick another place for your theoretical garbage dump.
crone on July 20, 2010 at 8:03 PM Report this
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dont fire anyone. that's just what teebags want. just give her her job back.
onion on July 20, 2010 at 8:16 PM Report this
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Contact your representatives in Congress and the White House. Vent your rage over this directly to the people it matters the most. Make it very clear you're sick of their pandering to the Republicans and you want them to grow a pair.

http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_…

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
yucca flower on July 20, 2010 at 8:39 PM Report this
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Things like this always remind me never to enter a political career.
Urgutha Forka on July 20, 2010 at 9:54 PM Report this
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That is incredible. So dirty.

Its unfortunate that things like that can even happen.
ditto effect on July 20, 2010 at 11:09 PM Report this
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People say the Obama administration has abandoned all principles, but they do seem to stand by one -- bow to right-wing idiots and throw under the bus any federal employee of color who suggests, however faintly, that racial discrimination is still relevant to our times. For Chrissakes, she was describing something that happened 24 YEARS ago, and only in order to use the incident as an example of how her racial sensibilities have developed since then! Meanwhile Strom Thurmond, who most likely raped the black maid who bore his child (decades before he recognized them), is still lionized by the right. Fuckers.
danfan on July 20, 2010 at 11:11 PM Report this
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@14: Yeah, I know Istanbul is nice. I just like the way it sounded with "garbage barge bound for..."

OK, let's say Greenland. Nothing up there but rocks, ice and Lutherans.
schmacky on July 20, 2010 at 11:58 PM Report this
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Breitbart is a lying sack of shit. Always has been. That should be the top story in the media. Will the media, and Fox News, come out and condemn Breitbart for his lying and methods of deception and their repeated fails by falling for his shit? Are you on drugs? Hell no they won't.
gttim on July 21, 2010 at 5:52 AM Report this
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"...Sherrod had to be fired because, well, because it's Sherrod's fault... Sherrod is a raving anti-white bigot. ...she's still to blame for Breitbart's actions—possibly criminal..."

Dan! I can't believe you'd say something like that!
CliffItIs on July 21, 2010 at 7:00 AM Report this
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I hope someone is working on the Vilsack video right now.
Christy O on July 21, 2010 at 7:04 AM Report this
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This administration has been such a disappointment. They had all the numbers, and they wasted it all! Obama has betrayed his base. Sigh.

I so wanted Clinton.
libraboy on July 21, 2010 at 9:14 AM Report this
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But, hey, she's still to blame for Breitbart's actions—possibly criminal (here's hoping she sues)—because she's the one who went and said something that could be twisted and used against her, says Vilsack.


Sounds a little like blaming the victim, yeah?
pales on July 21, 2010 at 10:43 AM Report this
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I thought fraud was a federal crime?
Will in Seattle on July 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM Report this
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No, fire Vilsack and give Sherrod his job.
Brooklyn Reader on July 21, 2010 at 10:56 AM Report this
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The worst thing is, after FOX spent the first day showing the Breitbart video to get her fired, the next day they showed the unedited video and said, "The Obama administration fired an innocent woman on faked evidence."
Canadian Nurse on July 21, 2010 at 12:15 PM Report this

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