So, is Glen Beck now in charge of personnel at the White House?

[Atticus]

I heard Shirley Sherrod interviewed today about how she was forced out of her long-time job with the USDA because of a maliciously editted videotape. She said that a named deputy under-secretary(sorry, didn't catch it)at the USDA told her in several phone calls that "the White House" wanted her resignation "because you are going to be on Glen Beck this evening".

I'm trying to be patient and I would love to hear that no one at the White House was involved in this. However, if ANYONE at USDA used the spectre of Glen Beck's deranged attack-dog personality as justification for ending the career of a woman who appears to have been a sensitive, compassionate and exemplary public employee, I want THAT person's as put in a heavy-duty sling!

The willful mendacity of Breitbart and others who "ran with" the editted video clip as "proof" that the Obama administration permits or condones racism should be folded into a very sharp object and pounded up their asses every time they speak or appear in public for the next year!!!

Democrats---if this racist bullshit doesn't piss you off enough to get you involved with defeating these race-baiting wastes of skin, please turn out the lights: the party's over!

[Monique1]

1. I so agree

I'm so pissed with this story that I'm having a difficult time cooking dinner. I guess I'll never be a mod -

[joe black]

2. Me too Monique.

Van Jones, Acorn, and now Shirley.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Unfortuantely spine transplants are not too succesful

and dems, it seems, have no spine.

[Booster]

4. No spine and they're stupid to boot.

[Atticus]

9. That seems to be true of many of our "leaders", but none of the Democrats I

deal with have that problem.

The only silver lining is that many Repubs believe the cliche about Democrats being spineless. Several have reacted with genuine astonishment when their talking points were met with "Only an idiot or an asshole would say something that stupid and wrong. Which are you?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Alas I am talking of the political class

in no way did I mean the roots...

[patrice]

5. yes.

[patrice]

6. I think we're also seeing someone(s) taking the opportunity to pay off political IOUs by getting her

out of there, so someone else can be appointed.

[HillbillyBob]

7. Like others, I have to wonder why are we not running

beckerhead out of town on a rail?
WTF is it with the WH letting that asshole and others decide who should should keep their job, why doesn't the WH speak up about malicious editing?

[izquierdista]

8. I think Rahm is one of his direct reports

[11 Bravo]

11. I'm a relatively even-tempered man, slowly coming to grips with the approach of senior citizenship.

But this entire affair makes me want to beat the ever-loving shit out of someone, then grab them by the neck and proceed to choke them the fuck out.

[Atticus]

12. Sounds like a reasonable plan. nt

[opihimoimoi]

13. re instatement asap....