Sherrod's "victim": She ‘kept us out of bankrupcy … a friend for life’

[Enrique]

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/07/20/sherrods-victim-she-kept-us-out-of-bankrupcy-a-friend-for-life/?cxntfid=blogs_jay_bookman_blog

From the AJC:

The wife of the white farmer allegedly discriminated against by the USDA’s rural development director for Georgia said Shirley Sherrod “kept us out of bankruptcy.”

Eloise Spooner, 82, awoke Tuesday to discover that Sherrod had lost her job after videotaped comments she made in March at a local NAACP banquet surfaced on the web…..

But Spooner, who considers Sherrod a “friend for life,” said the federal official worked tirelessly to help the Iron City couple hold onto their land as they faced bankruptcy back in 1986.

“Her husband told her, ‘You’re spending more time with the Spooners than you are with me,’ ” Spooner told the AJC. “She took probably two or three trips with us to Albany just to help us out.”

Spooner called Sherrod Tuesday morning.

“She’s very sad about it,” Spooner said. “She told me she was so glad we talked. I just can’t believe this is happening to her.”

Let’s see the rest of the tape.

[TacticalPeek]

1. Transcript from her CNN appearance this morning:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1007/20/cnr.03.html

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8. When will people learn

rethugs LIE. ANY time the RW alleges ANY wrongdoing - before any action is taken, any comment recorded an immediate investigation should be launched. Come on, it is not that hard. Google is your friend.

[Poll_Blind]

2. There was a lot of pressure for her to resign. She should be reinstated.

I realize she wasn't fired but from the article I read on CNN she reports a lot of pressure coming down from the Obama administration that she resign over this. Given the circumstances, she should not only be given a "second chance", if you look deeper into this story there is so much more than the seemingly-incriminating little sound bite might suggest.

PB

[Hosnon]

3. Wow - game, set, match for Sherrod. nt.

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4. The cowards who forced her to resign do not deserve her service.

:grr:

[LostinVA]

6. +1

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5. K&R