What a welcome piece of news...

Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday
she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way
that made her appear racist.

Sherrod was forced to resign last week as director of rural
development in Georgia after Andrew Breitbart posted the edited video
online. In the full video, Sherrod, who is black, spoke to a local
NAACP group about racial reconciliation and overcoming her initial
reluctance to help a white farmer.

Speaking Thursday at the National Association of Black Journalists
convention, Sherrod said she would definitely sue over the video that
took her remarks out of context. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has
since offered Sherrod a new job in the department. She has not decided
whether to accept.

Sherrod said she had not received an apology from Breitbart and no
longer wanted one. "He had to know that he was targeting me," she
said.



The legal pole up Breitbart's ass will cause him discomfort. It's
about time someone did to him what he's been doing to others.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:37:20 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0700, jps wrote:

Breitbart is an asshole who should get his ass kicked but I imagine he
will win on first amendment grounds.

i dont think 1st amendment will enter into it. libel requires intent.
breitbart's an idiot, but it probably wasnt his INTENT to libel her.

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says...

What a welcome piece of news...

[ SNIP ]

The legal pole up Breitbart's ass will cause him discomfort. It's
about time someone did to him what he's been doing to others.

Sherrod resigned. She wasn't fired or otherwise forced out. If she has a
suite it is with OMB.

If the press was sued for printing half the story they would not exist
any more regardless of whether you classify them as main stream media or
another type of media.

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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0700, jps wrote:

Breitbart is an asshole who should get his ass kicked but I imagine he
will win on first amendment grounds.


Doubtful. This was likely a willful act designed to "ruin" her. That's not
protected by the First.

"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:37:20 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0700, jps wrote:

Breitbart is an asshole who should get his ass kicked but I imagine he
will win on first amendment grounds.

i dont think 1st amendment will enter into it. libel requires intent.
breitbart's an idiot, but it probably wasnt his INTENT to libel her.

Ummm... he's stated as much. Think foot-mouth.

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

What a welcome piece of news...

[ SNIP ]

The legal pole up Breitbart's ass will cause him discomfort. It's
about time someone did to him what he's been doing to others.

Sherrod resigned. She wasn't fired or otherwise forced out. If she has a
suite it is with OMB.

If the press was sued for printing half the story they would not exist
any more regardless of whether you classify them as main stream media or
another type of media.

You're deluded. Everyone involved has acknowledged she was forced to resign.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:37:20 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0700, jps wrote:

Breitbart is an asshole who should get his ass kicked but I imagine he
will win on first amendment grounds.

She's not a public figure and he targeted her specifically and
unfairly characterized her in order to cause her harm.

That isn't protected under the 1st amendment.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:22:10 -0400, BAR wrote:

In article ,
says...

What a welcome piece of news...

[ SNIP ]

The legal pole up Breitbart's ass will cause him discomfort. It's
about time someone did to him what he's been doing to others.

Sherrod resigned. She wasn't fired or otherwise forced out. If she has a
suite it is with OMB.

If the press was sued for printing half the story they would not exist
any more regardless of whether you classify them as main stream media or
another type of media.

She was pressured into resigning as a result of a false smear
perpetrated by Breitbart.

Her only quarrel seems to be with the asshole who smeared her
unfairly.

That's the beauty of a free society. You get to choose who you sue
and for what reasons. If this scum bag hadn't have purposefully
targeted her with concocted accusations, her life and employ would
have continued undisturbed.

Breitbart has it coming. Perhaps it'll be a lesson to he and others
who think they can smear people with impunity.

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:20:02 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:


"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:37:20 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:32:29 -0700, jps wrote:

Breitbart is an asshole who should get his ass kicked but I imagine he
will win on first amendment grounds.

i dont think 1st amendment will enter into it. libel requires intent.
breitbart's an idiot, but it probably wasnt his INTENT to libel her.

Ummm... he's stated as much. Think foot-mouth.

gee. it would be an early birthday present to me to see him get
bitchslapped in court.

In article ,
says...
Sherrod resigned. She wasn't fired or otherwise forced out. If she has a
suite it is with OMB.

If the press was sued for printing half the story they would not exist
any more regardless of whether you classify them as main stream media or
another type of media.

She was pressured into resigning as a result of a false smear
perpetrated by Breitbart.

She was pressured into resiging by a knee-jerk reaction by Obama and
Vislack, both of whom are Democrats.

Her only quarrel seems to be with the asshole who smeared her
unfairly.

Her quarrel seems to be with herself and how she is a racist.

That's the beauty of a free society. You get to choose who you sue
and for what reasons. If this scum bag hadn't have purposefully
targeted her with concocted accusations, her life and employ would
have continued undisturbed.

You mean if she had kept her mouth shut and not outed herself as a
racist.

Breitbart has it coming. Perhaps it'll be a lesson to he and others
who think they can smear people with impunity.

Sherrod is the cause of all of her problems. The fact that the cleansing
light of sunshine and transparency has cleaned another racist out of
government is a plus in my book.