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USDA employee resigns over statements about white farmer at NAACP banquet

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Posted by gorb 2010-07-20 01:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "I figured that if I take him to one of them, that his own kind would take care of him," she said.

Certainly answers the 'preferred client' question now doesn't it? Anyone have additional question about the hiring practices within Ms. Sherrod's department, or the atmospherics and 'best practices' of her staff with regard to race? Would an investigation of the entire department be in order? Client bankruptcies, suicides?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-07-20 01:54|| 2010-07-20 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Let me see....what over agriculture, nutrition, or food based entitlement programs is the USDA responsible for? Could a 'preferred clients' situation exist in any of these programs? Could waste, fraud, and abuse be a factor?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-07-20 02:21|| 2010-07-20 02:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Any bets on how long she stays unemployed?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-07-20 05:08|| 2010-07-20 05:08|| Front Page Top

#4 The poor quality video
I watched it. It wasn't that poor quality, her words (and attitude) were perfectly clear. That whole "his own kind" bit was dripping with racist condescension.

Posted by Spot 2010-07-20 08:25|| 2010-07-20 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 ...BTW, she's now claiming that it was 'taken out of context'...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2010-07-20 13:53|| 2010-07-20 13:53|| Front Page Top

#6 I am not sure which is more disturbing - the act itself or that she was willing to openly brag about it.

Posted by SteveS 2010-07-20 14:32|| 2010-07-20 14:32|| Front Page Top

#7 IMHO her "Explanation" is every bit as racists as the original story.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2010-07-20 14:56|| 2010-07-20 14:56|| Front Page Top

#8 I have a nightmare...

Posted by Martin L. King 2010-07-20 17:05|| 2010-07-20 17:05|| Front Page Top

#9 the event she was talking about (with the white farmer) was in 1986 and it seems that subsequent to that event she did help the farmer

so her speech at the NAACP was about falsely bragging that she was racist

Posted by lord garth 2010-07-20 18:14|| 2010-07-20 18:14|| Front Page Top

#10 I haven't heard all of the tape so I'm gonna wait. I did read on Hot Air that the wife of the man she helped said she saved their farm and they are still very good friends. It just might be that she felt that way in 1986 but realized, after helping them, that she was wrong in her attitude. As I said, I'll wait for all the facts.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2010-07-20 18:48|| 2010-07-20 18:48|| Front Page Top

#11 There's BS flying from all directions. It could be a long wait for the facts.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-07-20 20:08|| 2010-07-20 20:08|| Front Page Top

#12 Hearing her full speech, it sounds like she was saying she was a racist way back then, but that she came to the conclusion the issue wasn't about black and white, but about economics and the need to help one's fellow man.

If that's the true story then she's due an apology and reinstatement.

Posted by Fred 2010-07-20 21:53|| 2010-07-20 21:53|| Front Page Top

#13 I hope that's the case. If so, I wonder if someone at Fox was baiting or if someone baited Fox. Hmm . . . .

Posted by gorb 2010-07-20 22:25|| 2010-07-20 22:25|| Front Page Top

#14 Here's the full-length video according to the NAACP.

Posted by gorb 2010-07-20 22:27|| 2010-07-20 22:27|| Front Page Top

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