{"id":2342,"date":"2010-07-22T02:08:52","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T09:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2010-07-22T02:08:52","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T09:08:52","slug":"lies-fear-and-racism-the-republican-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/22\/lies-fear-and-racism-the-republican-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Lies, Fear and Racism: The Republican Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"

The professional smear campaign that Resulted in the firing of Shirley Sherrod, which I covered yesterday<\/a>, was not an isolated incident.  It was part of an ongoing campaign of lies to stir fear and inspire racism, a desperation tactic of the Republican party through their agents, Andrew Breitbart and Fox News.  Why?  They have nothing else to offer.<\/font><\/p>\n

Rachel Maddow lays it out in detail.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And what is Breitbart\u2019s latest lie?<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"GOPRacism3\" A hoax by the farmer’s wife, that is. Or, rather, "<\/span>farmer’s wife<\/a>":<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking with CNN\u2019s John King, right-wing provocateur Andrew Breitbart challenged Eloise Spooner\u2019s \u201cpurported\u201d story, accusing King of trusting Sherrod \u201cthat the \u2018farmer\u2019s wife\u2019 is the farmer\u2019s wife\u201d:<\/p>\n

You tell me as a reporter how CNN put on a person today who purported to be the farmer\u2019s wife? What did you do to find out whether or not that was the actual farmer\u2019s wife? I mean, if you\u2019re going to accuse me of a falsehood, tell me where you\u2019ve confirmed that had this incident happened 24 years ago. […]<\/p>\n

You\u2019re going off of her word that the farmer\u2019s wife is the farmer\u2019s wife? <\/p>\n

Yes, that "farmer’s wife" is obviously not really the farmer’s wife, since she has <\/span>defended<\/a> Shirley Sherrod: <\/span><\/p>\n

Sherrod, "kept us out of bankruptcy," said Eloise Spooner, 82, of Iron City in southwest Georgia. Spooner, in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, added she considers Sherrod a "friend for life." She and her husband, Roger Spooner, approached Sherrod for help in 1986 when Sherrod worked for a nonprofit that assisted farmers. <\/p>\n

But since we all know that Sherrod is the Worst Racist Ever, obviously this "farmer’s wife" is lying\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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After Breitbart\u2019s lies were exposed, the bastard first claims that he was going after NAACP racism, not Sherrod.  But the video clearly show that there was no racism displayed at that meeting.  So he next claims that the farmer\u2019s wife is a phony.  I hope Sherrod sues him.<\/font><\/p>\n

Democrats need to grow a spine.  I want so see Barack Obama calling out Andrew Breitbart and Fox News for the warped, lying bigots they are.<\/font><\/p>\n

But the best commentary on this issue came from Keith Olbermann, breaking from his vacation to do it.  If you watch no other video on this site, watch this.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He rests my case.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The professional smear campaign that Resulted in the firing of Shirley Sherrod, which I covered yesterday, was not an isolated incident.  It was part of an ongoing campaign of lies to stir fear and inspire racism, a desperation tactic of the Republican party through their agents, Andrew Breitbart and Fox News.  Why?  They have nothing […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}