J. Christian Adams

Obama Administration Intimidated by Right on Race, Critics Say

The fallout from the Shirley Sherrod affair continued Sunday with a leading black commentator saying the Obama administration "has been intimidated by the far right wing," and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich blaming the Obama administration's "incompetence" in rushing to judgment on her for his initial description of her as a racist. Sherrod, an African-American who had been the Georgia state director for rural development, was forced to quit after conservative gadfly Andrew Breitbart attacked her on his website -- it turned out incorrectly -- for a talk she gave to the NAACP where one ...

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