“You know, I was reading my newspaper this morning, and it seems Tom Vilsack did something really unfortunate to you, ma’am.” Yes, President Obama has finally called Shirley Sherrod. This may seem like a token expression of common decency after what his administration caused her. But for a long time it didn’t seem he could do this little thing, as it would somehow “connect” him to this whole controversy, his advisors thought. (Guess what? Barry was already connected anyway! And then he just looked like a jerk and even more cowardly for being afraid of his phone.) So what did they talk about?
READOUT OF PRESIDENT OBAMA’S CALL WITH SHIRLEY SHERROD
The President reached Ms. Sherrod by telephone at about 12:35. They spoke for seven minutes.The President expressed to Ms. Sherrod his regret about the events of the last several days. He emphasized that Secretary Vilsack was sincere in his apology yesterday, and in his work to rid USDA of discrimination.
The President told Ms. Sherrod that this misfortune can present an opportunity for her to continue her hard work on behalf of those in need, and he hopes that she will do so.
Umm, alright. Sherrod told ABC this morning that she would like to share some of her life experience with Obama if the president called, experience she said he doesn’t have and would benefit to know, but that probably doesn’t fit in seven minutes.
You know what does fit in seven minutes? A duet of “I Got You Babe.” That’s what they probably did! Yay! Everyone is friends again! [TPM]
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What with all Shirley’s agricultural experience, Michelle could invite her to spend the weekend and give some advice about the WH farm; then they could all three have a sweet tea summit and Shirley could unload some reality on our president.
Wait, are you saying Sonny and Cher were both gay TOO? This is just crazy.
When does Vilsack get fired for being a dick?
I am trying very hard to still love Hopey, other than on just a physical level.
Anybody else wondering if maybe poor Shirley was beaten up by some racist goons. And THAT’S the life experience she wants to share?
[re=623376]I Heart Accuracy[/re]: Given that it would take Vilsack all of 10 minutes to point out that it was the White House that pretty much told him to fire her, I’m guessing, um, never.
Shirley, how about you drop by, we’ll have a couple of beers and take turns kicking Vilsack in the sack? Waddaya say?
[re=623374]user-of-owls[/re]: Adding to the crazy is the fact that Chastity is now a man (Chaz).
Also I agree Shirley should do some schooling of Barry seeing that her father was shot in the back by some white farmer in 1965. The things Barry has suffered via Fox is nothing compared to what this woman has endured in her lifetime.
Beer summit–including Reichfart, of course–or GTFO.
What? No beer? This matter could be solved if Obamar got Brite-Bart drunk on beers, tied his shoelaces together, wrote “White Power” on his forehead with a Sharpie and dumped him off in Compton at 1am Saturday morning.
[re=623384]Dave J.[/re]: I wished upon a star and everything. Thanks, Dreamcrusher Dave.
WTF? Where’s HER BEER WITH Barry, VILSACK, AND BREITBART?
SEXISTS!!!!!11
If this ends up resulting in a Rose Garden beer party between Obama, Sherrod, and Andrew Breitbart, I am off to France for good.
Don’t call him, Shirley!
Hey all right, problem fixed.
Definitely.
I suppose this phone call is better than nothing, but Ms. Sherrod deserves further oppportunity to speak (for longer than seven minutes!) and be listened to.
Seven minutes in heaven!
[re=623395]One Yield Regular[/re]: Oh, it could be good if Obama ties down Breitbart, hands Sherrod a tazer and tells her to have some fun.
“I was listening to some Public Enemy, and I too became tired about America was dissing my sisters. Frankly, exhausted.”
[re=623395]One Yield Regular[/re]: It’s okay, it’s just Barry and Shirley getting shitty and breaking their empties over Breitbart’s head.
To give credit where it’s due (sorry, ABC) Anderson Cooper interviewed Sherrod last night and asked if she’d spoken to Obama (no), would she like to (sorta) and is she going to take the new job offer (have to think about it).
He really did a great job, devoting about half an hour to this story and focusing on the quaint angle of reporting the truth without an agenda. Right or left.
Barry has got ten million other things to think about other than a Reichfart video, so I sincerely doubt that he knew much more in the beginning than “hey there’s some trouble over here, Vile Sack is taking care of it.” Still, though, I was hoping he would offer her the help of the finest Black Panther lawyers in the rolodex.
Speaking of BatShit Crazy — and I know all of you Liberal Commie Pink SCUM consider me an expert, because, well, I am — how about the “Obama Murdered His Gay Lover Pastor!!!!!” number that is picking up speed in supermarket tabloids, and Fox News, even as we speak:
http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLvVEzb0edPE
Oh, wait a minute: I just wrote something REALLY BatShit Crazy. The above implies that there is a distinction between “supermarket tabloids” and “Fox News.”
Better increase my meds. Before I go to the shooting range this afternoon, that is. Or was it the local schoolyard? Decisions, decisions . . . .
Neilist
Media Monitor & Range Safety Officer
N.R.A. Wonkette Outreach Desk
Is Barry wearing a Snuggie while he talks to Shirl?
Sorry, I am not yet familiar with this commenting system. When I said “definitely,” I was not referring to Manos: Hands of Fate’s above comment; this problem is nowhere near solved, just bandaged over on the surface. (And yes, I do realize that said comment was probably meant in sarcasm.)What I was responding to was Texan Bulldoggette’s most sensible suggestion that “Shirley should do some schooling of Barry.”
“Umm, alright. Sherrod told ABC this morning that she would like to share some of her life experience with Obama if the president called, experience she said he doesn’t have and would benefit to know, but that probably doesn’t fit in seven minutes.”
Translation: Obama grew up in exceptionally tolerant Hawaii while Sherrod grew up in exceptionally intolerant rural Georgia.
[re=623373]torera[/re]: Shirley would take one look at Mrs. Obama’s operation and declare, “You can’t make any money on that.” She works with commercial farmers, not dingbats with some ‘maters out back.
[re=623382]user-of-owls[/re]: Well, in addition to her and her husband being forcibly blocked from registering to vote (i.e. pushed down the stairs) by a New White Panther county sheriff, her father was shot to death by a cracker in the dell who was let off the hook by an all-white grand jury when she was only 17.
So no, no relevant life experience to share there, no siree.
The question is: Has Breitbart taken the dick out of his mouth and called Ms. Sherrod to apologize?
The other question is: Where did Obama get that cool Snuggie?
[re=623417]Hedley Lamar[/re]: Are you serious?! Barry wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a cheap ass, piece of shit Snuggie®.
That’s clearly the original sleeved blanket, the Slanket®®.
“Sheeeet, man, that honkey mus’ be messin’ my old lady got to be runnin’ col’ upside down his head!”
“Hey Holm, I can dig it! You know he ain’t gonna lay no mo’ big rap up on you man!”
“I say hey sky, s’other say I won say I pray to J I get the same ol’ same ol.”
“Knock yourself a pro slick. Gray matter back got perform us down I take TCBin, man’.”
“Cut me some slack jak! Chump don wan no help, chump don git no help. Jive ass dude don got no brains anyhow.”
[re=623382]user-of-owls[/re]: Her father was shot and killed by the KKK.
She dreams about him, too.
What goes through a woman’s mind for seven minutes of intercourse..with Barry?
What university gave BO an honorary degree the day that picture was taken?
[re=623438]Oblios Cap[/re]: New Black Panther University in Stokleysville, SC.
BitPart (done in nasally Jerry Lewis Voice): Your powers are weak, old woman.
Shirley Sherrod: You can’t win, Andy. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Donna Brazile says, next!
http://twitter.com/donnabrazile/status/19274067639
[re=623432]Sharkey[/re]: Excuse me, Stewardess, I speak jive . . .
[re=623374]user-of-owls[/re]: Well, Sonny Bono was a scientologist, it wouldn’t surprise me.
[re=623435]madtowngooner[/re]: Thank God I am very moist?
[re=623414]Neilist[/re]: That angle was put forth by Larry Sinclair, fatty tuna douche grifter a few years ago. You can read up on his misadventures at theregulator.net. It originated with him, but the tabloids and conservaspiracy sites have been perpetuating it.
[re=623440]norbizness[/re]:
OMG! He’s the fourth graduate!
Well, I don’t know if all that’s true, but you got me, and, baby, I got you.
Happily, Alan Keyes has managed to get at the TRUE controversy in the Sherrod mess: “She eschews the temptation of race hatred that pits black against white, in order to foment and exploit the class hatred that pits the poor against the rich.” Also, the godless atheist Muslins in the Obama administration hate her because she’s a Christian.
[re=623435]madtowngooner[/re]: Seven minutes?! (Whistles, checks Spam folder)
Sonny and Cher were not in ACORN, but clearly they were nuts.
Can we please move the fuck on from this mind numbingly stupid story. Oh, and to the Wonkette journalism flunky that wrote this story. I’m willing to bet Obama has been a little bit busy lately. But hey, Afghanistan or the Economy pale in comparison to some civil servant nobody heard of till this week who got fired due to a right wing media smear campaign.
Yea, the Prez should just drop everything and micromanage that stupid incident as well.
PFffffffffffffffft!!!!!!!!!!!
[re=623377]Limeylizzie[/re]: Me too, honey, me too.
Here is the moral of the story: in the working world, a middle-aged middle-level woman = ZERO (substitute expletive)
Until America turns on Andrew Breitbart like a pack of rabid hyenas, this story is not over.
[re=623390]iburl[/re]: he doesnt need to be taken to compton…just drop him off at SE DC…that will so learn his ass.
[re=623576]mustardman[/re]: HEY…YOU…GO WRITE YOUR OWN BLOG..sorry for the caps..Also.
[re=623435]madtowngooner[/re]: Not just that, but
” WTF Barack, you been fallin’ for these winger crackers too many times now! Hawaii is not the real America, Mr.
And if you get punked one more time by these racist enemies of yours, I’m going to run for POTUS against you. And win.”
I don’t understand why this is somehow all Obama’s fault. Cabinet members are pretty much in charge of their departments and act fairly independently. Obama’s staff may have known a tiny bit, but they would have basically left it to Vilsack to deal with. We’d be in a huge fucking mess if the president and his staff micromanaged all the departments too.
So, first it’s “Sherrod was fired, and it’s all Obama’s fault!” Then Vilsack admits he made a big boo-boo, in part at least because Obama’s administration called him and told him so and to fix it, and it’s still all “Wah! Obama! He should call and apologize!” Then he DOES call and apologize, and it’s “Damn Obama! He didn’t talk long enough!”
Come on already. This kind of crap is Repub-style.
I’ve seen the face of Jesus in a grilled cheese sandwich.
I’ve seen the Virgin Mary on a screen door.
Ive seen the face of Andrew Breitbart in a pile of dogshit.
It’s a miracle!!!!!
[re=623667]Ruby[/re]: You appear not to appreciate the impact of timing. I wouldn’t characterize this fiasco as “all Obama’s fault”, but I would say that the Administration (and that is “the Obama Administration”) utterly botched handling it. All of their responses — from the initial “burn her” to the more recent “Oh, oops” — have been entirely reactive.
They got jerked around by a fat dipshit with an internet connection. Feel free to defend whoever you want. The damage is already done.
[re=623387]Texan Bulldoggette[/re]: [re=623433]sati demise[/re]:
Something tells me that the legs on this story are really all about her and it could teach us all about the racist roots of the deep-fried, Southern Cracker tea party. It could turn out that Bratfart messed with the wrong bureaucrat. And that would be good for America. Or, at least, it should be.
[re=623576]mustardman[/re]: Yeah, methinks Mr. Steuf has some serious anger management problems. Also, I miss that Jim Newell guy who bolted Wonkette for the greener pastures (softer padded walls?) of Gawker.
[re=623667]Ruby[/re]: which might make sense if it was only this one issue.
Obama and Co. have been punked 4 times by these rat bastard assholes in the right wing media.
They better start paying more attention to Maddow (the Oxford scholar) and less attention to Beck-Hannitity-Breitfart-Billo-and the fat fuck child rapist Rushbo.
I mean seriously! When Obama takes the wrong side, innocent people get hurt.
[re=623798]sati demise[/re]: Yeah, when Obama takes the wrong side, millions get health care and financial reform and consumer protections etc etc.
Methinks you’re doubling down on the silly, milady.
[re=623787]rottenart[/re]: One would hope, but I doubt it. Ms. Sherrod would do best to stay out of the media after today and not try and ride this little 15 minutes. Already, people are trying to use her own story against her.
[re=623834]eclecticbrotha[/re]: I am not talking about legislation, but the people in ACORN certainly got slammed over false charges and now they closed shop, Van Jones got fucked, Sherrod got humiliated over nothing,….if he keeps kow-towing to this strategy : the right wing just cold making stuff up, causing a big right wing media kerfluffle?
Fool me once, shame on you…fool me twice shame on me……wont get fooled again or some crap like that/
[re=623634]missevans[/re]: And that’s the trooth.
I just had an epiphany. Breitbart cannot possibly be a better person than he is right now at this moment. Which I guess is a small miracle considering that he has the classic profile of a serial killer. I guess that it is better to be a gay conservative nutter how routinely assassinates the characters of innocent people than actually going out and murdering people.
Did he suggest she should have blown him first?
What it seems like to me, though, is that this isn’t Obama per se, it’s a couple nitwits in his staff. I can’t say which they are, because who knows where this crap starts and how it gets passed on, but I’m hoping that they either figure their shit out or have a staff shakeup. I find it really hard to believe that it’s Obama that is reviewing all the press releases, comments, etc. That’s staff, and it’s crap and should change, but it’s still not Obama actually doing it. I’m pretty sure he’s got bigger fish in the frypan.
[re=623926]Ruby[/re]: yea, but it is becoming a pattern. They better start to realize that the right wing media is their enemy, and will never be their friend. Only then will they start to view all the nutso rabid winger crap with true skepticism instead of flinching and looking like fools.
okay, Shirley, you passed the first hazephase of being in my administration…surviving the 24hours news echo chamber…with flying colors! now how about you get on up to DC here cause i’ve got a job for you…
I just watched the entire Shirley Serrod speech and all the snark left me. Watch it. The woman is amazing. A victim of the worst white racism, she overcame it to be a hero, and now has fallen victim to Breitbart’s racism. Shirley is all class. Watch the speech. Please.
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