Shirley Sherrod Videos: Watch the full, unedited video and make up your own mind.
I have not paid a lot of attention to the Shirley Sherrod controversy. But if you watch the unedited version, and then see the trumped one that started the scandal it will make your blood boil. First, at Andrew Breitbart (and his cohorts at Fox) for the "lying liars that lie" approach to "journalism". Next to the Obama Administration for not investigating these charges and standing up to this nonsense. And lastly to the NAACP, who initially condemned Ms Sherrod when they should have known better: this speech in question was given at an NAACP event.
Not many good guys here: except Shirley Sherrod. She should be commended for give an honest and compelling talk from the heart. We need more of this, but I fear that after this event we will get even less.
Here is the unedited speech:
And here is the despicable, highly edited version that caused her to lose her job:
