Shirley Sherrod's Charade

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Okay, so the story is there was a video of Shirley Sherrod saying she refused to help a white farmer because he's white. But it turns out she did help him, so that means she was lying when she said she didn't help him, or perhaps she wasn't going to help him, but wound up doing it anyway. She told the tale that has her up against the wall for being a racist to illustrate how she changed from being a racist to not a racist, we are being told. But, she told the story to a relatively racist group, the NAACP, whose audience was clapping when she told the part about refusing to give the white farmer help, and telling him to get help from his own kind. They didn't know her context, yet, but they were clapping. They appreciated her racism.

Also, with the new explaination, Sherrod is saying she was racist at one time, but became "not racist," and that is just fine by the liberals. But, if a Republican said one racist thing, and apologized later saying it was stupid or out of context, he would still be destroyed by the liberals.
I remember when Rush Limbaugh was trying to be part owner of the NFL Rams, and all kinds of accusations of his alleged racist remarks began circulating, and his deal fell apart because of it. . . and every last quote was false. None of the alleged racist remarks had been made by Rush. Many of the media types even acknowledged such after the whole thing blew over. Was there an apology? Of course not, and people are still convinced he said those things he never said.

Yet, Sherrod can be straight out racist, and the NAACP can clap as she is explaining how racist she was, but once she proclaims it was taken out of context, everyone is supposed to forget, the clapping of the NAACP is forgotten, and the Right was just fishing for racist accusations (according to the Left).

And here is what is really amazing. This came up as a response to the false accusations by leftists that the Tea Party is racist. There is no evidence, save for a few idiots with questionable signs, and a lot of accusations by the Left, that there is any racist element to the Tea Party movement. But everyone is convinced the Tea Party is racist, even though all accusations are patently false. But Sherrod, even after making her remarks, and the NAACP cheering for her being racist, is given a pass - no more questions asked.

Do I sense (as always) a double standard?

One more thought. If Sherrod's story was to tell how she was once racist, but then decided not to be racist, one must ask: Why was she racist in the first place? Is that a pre-requisite for becoming a liberal? Must you start as a racist, and then when you change to promoting class warfare like Obama is, you are supposed to drop your racism?

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