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Shirley Sherrod Sues Andrew Breitbart Over Misleading Video
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyRemember Shirley Sherrod? The former Agriculture Department employee has sued a conservative blogger for posting an edited video of her in which she appeared to acknowledge discriminating against a white farmer. Sherrod, who initially lost her job over the incident, is African-American. Sherrod filed the defamation lawsuit in Washington, D.C., Superior Court against Andrew Breitbart, who posted the edited video of Sherrod's March 2010 speech before the NAACP. In it, she recalled an episode working for the USDA in Georgia when she could have helped a white farmer -- but didn't. That's what ...
Rebellious Arizona -- the Perfect Venue for Next Week's Tea Party Summit
By Suzi Parker - Politics DailyArizona -- with its battles over immigration and its liberal gun laws -- has become something of a poster child for the anti-government movement. Which is why the Tea Party Patriots, the largest tea party group in the country, will hold their American Policy Summit at the Phoenix Convention Center Feb. 25-27. The Tea Party Patriots, which claim more than 3,000 locally organized chapters and more than 15 million supporters nationwide, state on their summit website that they picked Phoenix because the state's tea party invited them and also to support Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's immigration ...
Palin Charge of 'Blood Libel' Provokes Controversy
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsIf Sarah Palin's seven-minute video blaming the media was meant to tamp down the rhetoric in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, she may have added fuel to the fire by hitting a jarringly off-note: Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible. To critics, Palin was reckless in her choice of words because "blood libel" is fraught with historic connotations. Sarah Palin: "America's ...
Andrew Breitbart Slams ABC for Dropping Him From Election Coverage
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 2) -- Maybe Fox News will hire him. On the day that he was supposed to provide commentary about the outcome of the midterm elections, conservative media personality Andrew Breitbart learned from ABC News that his services would no longer be required. Breitbart runs Big Government, the right-leaning website that was responsible for airing an edited clip of USDA official Shirley Sherrod that resulted in her firing. On Tuesday, Andrew Morse, the chief of ABC's political division, sent Breitbart the following letter: Dear Mr. Breitbart, We have spent the past several days trying to make ...
E-mails Shed Light Vilsack's Decision to Oust Sherrod
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WASHINGTON (Oct. 8) -- Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod pleaded with officials to hear her out after she was ousted from the USDA during a racial firestorm in July, internal e-mails show. Sherrod's pleas reached Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's e-mail soon after he ordered her dismissed from the department because of supposed racist remarks she made earlier in the year. He initially stuck by his decision despite her warnings that he didn't have the full story. Agriculture Department officials asked Sherrod to leave her job as Georgia's director of rural development ...
Why Did Tea Party Nation Cancel Las Vegas Convention?
By David Knowles - AOL News(Sept. 20) -- What happens in Vegas ... well, never mind. A prominent tea party group has abruptly canceled its plans to hold a convention in Las Vegas that was to begin Oct. 14, Washington Monthly and TPM report. Billed as the National Tea Party Unity convention, the event was sponsored by the Tea Party Nation, was to be held at the Mirage Hotel & Casino and was to feature such prominent speakers as Sharron Angle, Andrew Breitbart and Lou Dobbs. There is no longer any mention of the convention on Tea Party Nation's website, and when reached by phone, the Mirage Hotel had no booking ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton and the Questionable Audio Recording
By Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyYes, the voice appears to be that of Eleanor Holmes Norton, though we don't know the person on the other end. On the latest expose audio tape supplied by BigGovernment.com, someone is heard -- with reticence, slight embarrassment and unmistakable resolve – mentioning her position and seniority on a congressional committee and subcommittee while soliciting money from someone who is alleged to be a lobbyist. This is the site run by conservative activist Andrew Breitbart, who earlier this summer got into trouble for circulating a heavily edited and misleading videotape of Shirley ...
Andrew Breitbart Website Alleges 'Shocking' Audio of Eleanor Holmes Norton
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyA sub-theme of the GOP's 2010 midterm election strategy is that Democrats have become corrupt -- that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plans to "drain the swamp" were just talk. The ethics woes of Reps. Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel have strengthened the argument, and it's possible another name may be added to the list. BigGovernment.com -- a site run by conservative Andrew Breitbart, who created a firestorm this summer with his release of a video of Shirley Sherrod that had been edited to make her appear racist -- has obtained audio ostensibly of D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton shaking down ...
What's the Glenn Beck Rally All About? Opinions Vary
By David Knowles - AOL News(Aug. 26) -- Racist hate-mongering or the second coming of the civil rights movement? Restoring honor to American society or a shameless display of self-promotion? Depending on whom you ask, Glenn Beck's rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday may well be any of those things. Taking place on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, Beck himself has dubbed the day "Restoring Honor," and on a website promoting the event has described it as follows: Throughout history America has seen many great leaders and noteworthy citizens change her course. It is through ...
Tom Vilsack Says He Offered to Resign Over Shirley Sherrod Saga
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAs the controversy over Shirley Sherrod's ouster grew last month, Tom Vilsack told President Barack Obama he was willing to resign his post as secretary of the Department of Agriculture. In an interview with Politico, Vilsack again expressed regret for his rash decision to fire Sherrod over a selectively edited video that distorted comments she had made about race matters. The secretary said he was hurrying to make a speech July 19 in Ohio when an aide held up a BlackBerry playing the footage in which Sherrod, who is black, appeared to say she refused to provide full assistance to a white ...
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