That's what happens when you hire someone because he's clean and articulate rather than experienced.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "The Obama administration has been shamed by its rush to judgment after it > forced the resignation of a black midlevel official in the Agriculture > Department who was wrongly accused of racism by the right-wing blogosphere. > Shirley Sherrod was sandbagged by a two-and-a-half-minute clip from a > 45-minute speech in which the real message was reconciliation. > > Instead of tracking down the whole speech, the administration ran scared. > Tom Vilsack, the agriculture secretary, dismissed Ms. Sherrod from her job > as the chief of the departments rural development office in Georgia. On > Wednesday, Mr. Vilsack > apologized<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/politics/22sherrod.html?hp>that > Ms. Sherrod had been put through hell and offered her a new job with > a unique opportunity to help the agency move past its checkered civil > rights history. The White House admitted it bungled the entire affair." > > HOLY SH** !!! How messed up are things when politicians so fear the media > that they act before even gathering the facts, rather than risk further > talking heads' "analysis" > > On some level it shows that the media has influence, and that is as it > should be if the Media is to be a watchdog to politicians and bringing > information to the electorate. > > But this has gone too ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323553 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
