President Obama Said Sec. Tom Vilsack ‘Jumped the Gun’ on Shirley Sherrod’s Ouster

So much for “the buck stops here.” Again.

Always blaming someone else. I bet he blames Bush next

“my agencies?” Funny I thought they were MY agencies (the taxpayer’s).

I sure hope she took the time to discuss the health care plan not being a mandate anymore, but a tax. Are you going to grill him about the administration fighting the lawsuits in court by calling them a tax? You have to ask the question are you lying now or were you lying then. He can’t have it both ways.

What a gutless wonder. Will he ever accept responsibility for anything that goes on under his watch? Obviously NOT.

Obama:Solid B+
More delusions of grandeur and myopic denial.

This guy was a fool when he duped the public (with the media’s help) to get elected with ZERO experience–and it shows like a naked emperor!

Obama lies again. There is no way this guy fired sherrod with his approval at theast via Rahm…

Obama lies again. There is no way this guy fired sherrod without his approval, at the least via Rahm…

What does Obama mean,
Vilsack jumped the gun.
Didn’t he stand by his
decision even after the
full video came out?

Jumped the gun My backside, From the conversations to Sherrod it sounds more like “scared to death of Beck”. That’s the guy that defended her. While we’re talking about bucks… What Bucks? I thought they gave them all away.

It’s good to see Obama agrees with everybody else that Vilsack is an idiot! Almost as big an idiot as Obama is for appointing him as Secretary of Agriculture…

Barack Obama is the right wings worst nightmare. They were going to resort to their usual distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies no matter which Democrat was elected President but the fact that the first African American was elected President caused the right wing to go into panic mode and desperation. They have questioned where he was really born, questioned the allegiance to America of the first lady, called him a socialist, accused him of favoring Black Americans over White Americans, accused him of being a closet Moslem out to destroy America and Israel, and they do whatever they possibly can to turn the American people against him.
They disparage every contribution he has made, and let there be no doubt, whatever your political leanings may be, without the stimulus package the United States economy would have melted down and we would be in a deep Depression and more than twice the millions that are out of work now would be out of work today without the stimulus. Obama had a choice between huge deficits or saving the country from outright collapse and he chose the only wise course any true leader would.
Although the health care bill needs to be revised to enact more cost containment and to include more robust tort reform the fact remains that more than thirty million Americans will have medical insurance that never had it before. That alone is an achievement that has eluded every President for the past sixty years and should be lauded, not denigrated.
The financial reform package isn’t as strong as it should be but it is far better than anything we ever had before and it will help enormously to prevent more Wall Street barons from bankrupting our country while they abscond with the savings of every day workers.
Obama is a Black man and that alone has caused the right wing to go apocalyptic and predict the end of America because this Black man is in the White House. The right wing in America, and the far right whackos like Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, and Coulter are doing whatever they can to scare the bejusus out of every day men and women in America with their lies about Obama wreaking havoc on our country. They fail to acknowledge anything he has done that is bettering the lives of everyone. The war in Iraq is winding down, a war we never should have fought that has taken the lives of 5,000 soldiers while wounding more than 30,000. He is trying his best in Afghanistan, a country we ignored after 911 while putting all of our resources attacking Saddam Hussein who had no part in 911 nor did he have any weapons of mass destruction. He has restored the reputation of America as country that seeks multilateral solutions to the worlds ills rather than acting unilaterally like a bull in a china job the way Bush did.
The right wing in the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party will deny they are racists and that Obama’s race has anything to do with them working day and night to tear him down but like most of their agenda and their beliefs, it is one giant lie they will never publicly admit. It’s driving them crazy to have a Black man in the Oval Office and what they have yet to learn is that hatred and racism will not put people back to work, will not heal the sick, will not help the elderly and infirmed, nor will it restore America to be the light of nations it once was that Obama is working hard to see make happen again. Their deep seated racial antipathies towards Obama is what is hampering our recovery and our greatness as a nation, not anything Obama has done or has tried to do. Let the truth be told.

He isn’t President of the United States, he’s the Blamer of the United States. C’mon Little O, take responsibility for something….anything….just for once in your gutless career take responsibility.

Did Vilsack ‘act stupidly’?

Too bad they don’t react to things like the Iranian nuclear program or the Taliban insurgency with the same urgency. We can kick a single working class American to the curb, but those foreigners seeking global tyranny and genocide … we have to think about that for awhile.

I don’t understand. Her comments are still racist, but she attempts to justify them as being too ignorant 24 years ago. And simply because she is sorry we are supposed to let it go??
For what she did, she should have been fired for 24 years ago. That was 20 years after Martin Luther King hoped that sons of slaves and sons of slave owners would live in brotherhood. Thirty years after Rosa Parks dared to sit with those that weren’t ‘her kind’. Did that not get covered in her school??
It wasn’t the 40′s or 50′s when she did that, when society and the government in some areas encouraged people to stay with ‘their kind’. Twenty-four years ago was 1986, we were all supposed to be enlightened by then.
Whatever……I don’t think very much of her. Just like I don’t think very much of anyone that thinks a certain of of a person simply because of the color of their skin. No matter how many years ago it was.

I can’t wait until Hillary (by a proxy, maybe Bubba) slips the word out that Obama acted stupidly (again). Then she will resign after the November elections to start her campaign.
You can bet the house on this one.

Did Obama jump the gun when he said the Cambridge cop acted “Stupidly”?
Obama is the “anti- Harry Truman”. The buck always has to stop elsewhere. The farther from Obama, the better.

“We have to take our time and, and think these issues through”, Obama says.
Oh, really? Did you take your time and think through the issue before offering that stupid comment regarding the Cambridge Police Department?
Nope.
How about walking the walk instead of just talking the talk, big guy in the White House?

Not buying it. The incompetence here smells like the White House. This Vilsack dude takes one for old JC…Jimmy Carter 2.

Jumped the gun? So what was the actual signal Vilsack was waiting for before he axed Sherrod? A light in the church belfry? A call from Rahm? A wink from Obama on network TV? An envelope hidden under a park bridge in Fairfax County? Do tell.

A beer summitt is in order to clear up another “acting stupidly” moment as related to race.

Obama told throuh a messenger the woman had to resign. The Clown in the WH is not credible. ABC will not like this: Obama, Reid, Pelosi, and 98% of Congress need to go!

Yea-yea-yea–
Let’s blame Bush, let’s blame the Tea Party, let’s blame those racist Rebulicans, let’s blame Vilsack, let’s blame BP—–BUT LET’S NEVER BLAME BOBO!!!!! He’s the One–He’s the Messiah–HE CAN’T DO NO WRONG!!!!!
Excuse me while I go puke!!!!!

I have a checkered past: Hire me as the director of the federal treasury. I’m a Christian and I’m forgiven. I don’t steal anymore.

Is it just me, or isn’t our President supposed to have just a little bit of judgement and leadership ability.. let’s all hope we don’t have an actual crises involving him to actually make a decision while he’s in the White House.

And under the bus he goes. The buck gets passed by Obumbler again. Beer summit anyone?

Such arrogance. There was no need to PIN the blame on anyone. This is a convergance of events that were judged too quickly by many.
Leave it at that.
Instead, O just HAS to find a target for his “pointing finger”, and Bush was in the clear this time.

Hey ABC News !!
Isn’t this “blame the other guy” crap getting a bit old?? Haven’t you figured this guy out yet? Or are you just to embarassed to admit it?

It’s funny how people are willing to jump on Obama when his administration acted in good faith (wipe out racism in the administration) albeit it was unproven. But they defend the malicious and deceitful Breitbart and Fox News who took advantage of a black woman to promote their own malignant agenda. Breitbart has now been defined by his racist views. There is no question now about it.
As for all these people that claim to be taxpayers and it’s their agency. Obama pays taxes as well and paid more last year than many of you “conservatives” will in a life time.

As is typical Obummer gotta blame someone so lets blame the media, youtube, ect. So are you gonna fire Mr. Vilsack for not following up properly. Come on “Big Chief” show us what you got. Fire him for doing poor work.

Although the health care bill needs to be revised to enact more cost containment and to include more robust tort reform the fact remains that more than thirty million Americans will have medical insurance that never had it before. That alone is an achievement that has eluded every President for the past sixty years and should be lauded, not denigrated. HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. YEAH 70% OF USA HATED IT. YOU ARE A GOOD ONE.

Has Obama EVER said, “It was MY fault”?
Has Obama ever taken the blame for ANYthing?

Mark Jeffery Koch, you’re pathetic.

So Obama holds accountable the man who is directly responsible for her firing and that’s not okay – but it IS okay for you to blame HIM for every single little thing that goes wrong in this country. Can someone explain to me how it is that the POTUS is suddenly the ONLY person responsible for everything that happens? If you tripped on the curb today, did you blame Obama for the failing infrastructure in your own state? And you got hit in your car today because a street light was out – that’s his fault too, right? If he said “Nice sunny day today” would you gripe and moan because it’s overcast in your city? Betting you would.

So this President actually believes that sane people will believe that it was solely Vilsack idea to fire this race baiting lady? Puh-leez! Furthermore, where is his condemnation of the archaic, race baiting organization, the NAACP, for jumping to conclusions?

Oh no! Someone got fired over a misunderstanding! That’s so much worse than, like, Abu Ghraib, lies, illegal war, etc. My God, how quickly we forget!
On the list of terrible presidencies, although it isn’t over yet, so far this one ranks pretty near to the bottom. Nutjobs, please calm down.

Ain’t my fault, someone acted stupidly, I inherited it. Get Obama on the next bus outta here.

Just read this article now – - Sherrod was on TV this morning saying the White House forced her out. Voted for Obama but quickly regretting it. What a fool he was to believe anything he’d see on Fox News. Who would believe that lying, hateful crap? Oh wait……a whole ton of stupid people do…..

UN-BEEE-LIEV-ABLE
He blames Vilsack, when he was brief on the situation that day after she was let go AND APPROVED IT.
He blames the “media culture” for his and Vilsack’s inexcusable knee jerk reaction that affected the life and livelihood of another human being.
He takes no personal accountability for failing the most basic job of anyone in a high level position, let alone President of the United States – to NOT jump to unfounded conclusions without bothering to take a moment and find out the facts involved. Its downright scary to see this sort of behavior, repeatedly, in a man who holds so much power in his hands.
Failing to acknowledge his OWN rash decision, he admonishes those below him to behave better in the future.
I believe psychologists call it projection when one sees or calls out one’s own faults in another person, while failing to recognize it in themselves. Obama is, no question, the Finger-pointer-in-Chief, yet he goes on about how others shouldn’t point the finger.
VERY VERY SAD, and downright scary in a President of the USA & Commander in Chief.
Grow up Mr. President, learn to be a man and be accountable for your own mistakes, starting learning FROM your mistakes instead of serially repeating them, stop pointing the finger at everyone but yourself, and stop blaming everything on anyone but yourself. Start acting with at least a modicum of the dignity that the office of the President of the United States and all her citizen DESERVE.

Someone needs some serious thrashing. Obumbler’s teleprompter does not tell him what to do in emergencies and he is screwed! Ha! Ha!

For a guy who is supposed to be ‘The one where the buck stops’, there is a whole lot of hand offs being made.
Not to worry too much Tom, you have a lot of company under Obama’s bus. In fact, I’m surprised that it even can go forward there are so many people that have been thrown under it. It started with his ‘typical white woman grandmother’ and now you are the latest.
Me thinks that before long a few others will join you. Enjoy the ride.

Obama says we shouldn’t jump to conclusions and point fingers – like “the police acted stupidly?”

Minor correction… in my last post I said Obama was in control of billions of taxpayer dollars.
That should have been TRILLIONS of taxpayer dollars.

LOL…the funniest part of this story is the fact that Ms Sherrod met with the Black Caucas to discuss the situation………Black Caucas??????? How racist is that???????

dear so-called Prez Obama:
The instructions came from the white house. Face up, take the blame, and move on.
I’m getting really sick of gross political incompetence by the WH — along with gross economic and diplomatic incompetence.

re: Mark Jeffery Koch | Jul 22, 2010 7:23:58 PM
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Mark, the stimulus has been widely acknowledged by economists, including Obama’s economists, and other non-partisan governmental research groups, as a FAILURE. It has not helped this recession, nor would things have been worse without it. It was packed with waste, pet projects, etc. It has, if anything, slowed the recovery as have many other Obama actions. Your claim that “more than twice the millions” out of work now would have been unemployed is ludicrous. Not even Obama or Biden have claimed anywhere near that.
ObamaCare will NOT give 30 million American’s who don’t have health insurance coverage. There aren’t that many AMERICANS without coverage, and something like 17 million who are without coverage earn more than the nation’s average salary and choose to go without coverage either because they are wealthy enough to pay for any health problems they encounter or they are young and healthy and rarely use the medical system. Look to examples from Mass., Hawaii, and a few other states, or overseas, and its pretty clear that this bill will significantly raise our premiums, reduce coverage, delay care – in other words, cause things to be far worse than they are now. The taxes from ObamaCare start next year, but the bulk of the coverage doesn’t even begin until 2014. Its a disgusting joke.
The financial reform package is grossly flawed. It utterly fails to address a couple of the main causes of the recession – it does NOTHING to fix Fannie Mae and Freddi Mac (re housing bubble, and over $200 Billion in bailouts to them so far). It also utterly fails to address the “too big to fail” issue. What does it do? NO ONE KNOWS. Even Chris Dodd said ‘we won’t know what it does until after it’s been implemented.” That’s begging for horrible unintended consequences and massive problems.
Obama’s skin color doesn’t have a blasted thing to do with it, and your race baiting isn’t appreciated. Its NOT about race, its about his POLICIES.
Contrary to your claims, Obama hasn’t bettered the life of much of anyone. By any metric, any actual DATA, almost any catagory you mention is far worse now than when he took office. That’s a result of his policies and this gross triumverate of Obama/Pelosi/Reid with large majorities in both House and Senate. There are no checks and balances at this point, its government run wild.
You need to open your eyes, learn a little history and economics, and pay attention to facts rather than wishes.

Mr. Mark Jeffrey Koch, it isn’t Obama’s skin color that riles the right, it’s the fact that he is vain, incompetent, and hopelessly inexperienced. Have you ever heard a president use the word “I” the way Obama does? Again, it’s competence not race that is the issue.

Mark Jeffery Koch,
You must be smoking some good stuff.
Obama has just about ruined this Country, he has no Experience running a Company, never mind the USA.
The Experiment is over, Obama Singlehandedly destroyed the Democratic Party and the United States as we know it.
It will take decades to correct his mess.

Joe, “The far-right has an agenda and they want Obama gone and the best way to do that is to bring up race”.
Are you kidding Joe? Quick, name the last time the right attempted to use race against the left…
Yeah, that’s what I thought. However, maybe even you and certainly I could list several cases of the left attacking the right on race from within the past 6 months.
You pathetic minion.

re:
I am glad she got to speak with Obama. This is just way too much of a touchy subject and area and it will not be resolved until we address it; but I would add this is just one part of a larger strategy. It’s obvious. It is almost the same thing every time. The far-right has an agenda and they want Obama gone and the best way to do that is to bring up race
Posted by: republicanblack | Jul 22, 2010 7:12:21 PM
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Um, no. The NAACP slandered the Tea Party as racist, using video from BEFORE the Tea Party even existed, and liberal plants, and edited video to grossly misrepresent a Tea Party member. They were forced to retract some of it.
Breitbart released the NAACP/Sherrod video as a DIRECT response to the NAACP slander, in order to show the racism within the NAACP itself. Watch the original video, and note the reaction of the crowd as Ms. Sherrod is telling how she discriminated against the white farmer.
The far right didn’t start this at all. It was the NAACP and the left/liberals, who have been using the race card left and right. This video was in direct response to some pretty heavy provocation, unfounded allegations and nastiness from the left.

Is this the same Obama who rushed to say that the Cambridge police “acted stupidly”?

Who Wants to Know:
THANK YOU. I was chafing at the bit to address those issues and you did it so well!
Here’s the thing: I’m thinking that MOST people’s lives haven’t been effected very much since 2008 (unless they lost jobs, etc). There are far too many people who are still oblivious to what’s going on here if they aren’t outraged.
That will change – dramatically – come January 2011 when the largest tax hikes in HISTORY hit the public. Obama’s primary campaign promise – to not increase taxes at all for the middle class – will go up in smoke and no one will be able to deny that he has betrayed us all.
Heaven help us…

Beck should be out of this story. Why? Because he didn’t comment about this fiasco until the day after. He reserved judgment until he had the full tape, which he recommended to everyone. Did you? I did. Beck said Sherrod should not have been fired. But my opinion is different. It’s not too comforting to have a woman with such anger in a position of power. She needs a good psychiatrist to work out the anger she has about white people. She hates because of her father’s killing. She canned FOX for no reason. They reported on her AFTER she was fired. They invited her on – she refused, including four tries by Beck. You lefties need to get your story straight.

Stop blaming others, Mr. President. It’s never you, eh? You look more and more immature and childish everyday.

I just knew obama couldn’t make a mistake

@ Sailordude – nice cut and paste! Your IT skills are improving – congrats! I support the POTUS – he’s impressive, has divided this country like no other, refuses to accept the blame for a damn thing, and will throw you under the bus like it’s nobodys business (own grandmother and pastor) … you fools!

Hey Hilsack! Like so many others before you, get ready to have an up-close-and-personal encounter with the underside of Obama’s bus! Oops! It appears that just this morning, BHO already saw to that … didn’t he?!?!

I can not for the life of me see or understand why American who were here in 2006 when unemployment was at 4.3 %. The debt was to high at 5.3 trillion because of two wars and 9/11 but the country was in great shape. Bush tried to do Immigration reform the DEEMS and some Republicans blocked it. He tried to reform and regulate Fannie mea and the DEEMS blocked it causing the financial meltdown that followed because of the housing market and bank collapse and yet we fist voted these absolute nuts into the congress in 2006 they have been in power fir 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and yet there are some that believe Obama has or is doing a good job with 17 % real unemployment and 9.7 reported, with now 13 trillion dollars in debt, and after he literally through out the window in wasted spending with nothing to show for it THREE TRILLION dollars. America is the most brain dead nation on earth.

A grown up perspective as always from Obama. He nails the media circus everytime with perfect logic, but we still fall for the traps of the sharks and weasels with microphones, cameras and well funded right wing malfactoblogs.

As always with this narcissist clown .. “The buck stops with .. THAT guy! Over there.”
All of you Hoax’nChains voters can bite me!

Don’t worry Tom, BO is right behind you. Hey is that a bus?

BTW — I’ve listened to the entire tape. She’s a RACIST! She SHOULD have been fired. And she SHOULDN’T have been re-hired! But I guess racism is okay .. as long as you’re black (yes .. I’ve heard many blacks say that they “can’t be racist, because they’re black!”)

re: Posted by: AB | Jul 22, 2010 9:32:26 PM
Who Wants to Know:
THANK YOU. I was chafing at the bit to address those issues and you did it so well! >
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Thanks AB!! Yeah, I don’t know how quickly its going to hit, but sure looks like we’re looking at a ‘lost decade’ (a la Japan) at the very best. Far worse entirely possible. I just very much hope that with Nov elections we at least get some balance back such tha there can be some checks and balances again.

please remember Obama is biracial according to his biography.
did anyone every meet his grandparents????????????

Wait for it, wait for it… waaaiiitt…
It was Bush’s fault!!!
The_Pilgrim

I don’t like Obama or any US President acting like a stupid, ordinary American.
He’s making us look bad to the North Koreans.
Go back to Kenya Obama!

Add to the list that she has said anyone who opposes ObamaCare is only doing so because he’s a black president. Like, it couldn’t possibly be because we disagree with his policies, with the various provisions and massive cost increases entrained in ObamaCare, the increased power of the IRS in it, and so on? The ONLY reason the majority of the American people – and it is the majority who oppose Obamacare per multiple polls – could possibly oppose it is because he’s black.
Riiiiight.

Sounds like the buck never got there. We were told early on that President Obama had been briefed on the situation and my thought was, there goes the culpable deniability if the you-know-what hits the fan.
No worries, He can always blame someone else.

How’s this for an ever changing story. Wasn’t the earlier version, as quoted by the former employee, that she was explicitly told that the WHITE HOUSE wanted her to resign immediately over her Blackberry? Now Obama is throwing his AG secretary under the bus. If I were him I’d quit in disgust. Obama is hypocritical and America is undeserving of his Reign.

I’m getting really, really tired of these people who accuse anyone who disagrees with the administration’s disastrous fiscal policies as being racist. Most people I know think his policies are ruining the country and not one of them cares what color anyone is. I watch both Fox News and MSNBC in the evening, and I will tell you that it is MSNBC where I hear the racist comments.

The President “acted stupidly”

Of course Obama is throwing Vilsack under the bus…. but he is also admitting that Fox News is NOT responsible for getting Sherrod to resign!! —- He knows that it will come out that Fox’s first call for a resignation, made by Bill O’Reilly just before 9:00 pm on Monday, came roughly an hour after Sherrod had actually resigned!! —– So throw Vilsack to the dogs… anything but admit he was responsible!!

the buck stops “somewhere else”

“Jumped the gun” or “acted stupidly?

The Buck stops ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. at his desk, not mine.

Unfortunately things has not changed all the way yet ! Why is this racist crap come about so much sence Obama took office ? Could this be something the Democrats came up with to just to stay in office ! (- Loling -) I myself wouldn’t put it past them !

Hey, He is not the only one that jumped the gun, now is he?
Why so much dishonesty in this administration?
Give me a break?

OB…I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD AT THE COP YOU CRITICIZED AND TRIED TO SMOOTH OVER IN YOUR PATHETIC BEER SUMMIT….WHAT A JOKE!!!

Just like a child beside the empty cookie jar, yet again, “It’s his fault! Not me?!! Uh Uh!!” We need to send this child clown back to Chicago and all of the career politician spend happy nimrods. I’m sure they’ll still find someone to blame when we retire them.

Spot on Mark! America has yet to realize that there’s really only one race on this planet….the human race! Perhaps after the old guard and baby boomers all take their dirt nap, and the younger, more moderate generation takes takes over this country, we will finally handle our important issues as american citizens vs hatred-taught racism that permeates throughout our great nation.

VOTE OUT ALL DEMOCRATS NOV 2ND!
Posted by: sailordude | Jul 22, 2010 7:21:44 PM
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ALONG WITH ALL THE REPUBLICANS!!!!!

When did George Bush ever take responsibility for anything while he was president or ever admit to making a mistake? Hypocrites!

Obama would blame someone else if he was the last guy left on earth.

I think what Obama really wanted to say is that Vilsack fired her because he is a racist. He grew up in a segregated Pittsburgh thinking he was better than the blacks, then moved to Lilly-white Iowa to get away from them. He reminds me of Miss Millie in the Color Purple, and is probably a closet Republican. Vilsack should resign, Sherrod should be appointed the Secretary of Agriculture.

Doesn’t this guy ever own up to anything? Did his dog pee on his homework when he was in school? Oh, that’s right…his academic records are sealed.

‘Jumped the gun’??? When you have Obama’s boot to your throat you do as you are told.
Posted by: SurrealWorld | Jul 22, 2010 7:12:42 PM
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He is not the guy who passed the Patriot Act in two days and nobody had the time to read it. People, you just hate the guy because he “got in”. That’s the truth.

sailordude, take another hit and put on another Boy George CD, because this is about lack of leadership, competency and integrity. This guy has no character and the world knows he is weak in the extreme. The good news is, America is to strong to be taken down by the likes of clown like this.

Wow Mark – sorry to say but you’re delusional. the stimulous was a grab bag of nothing projects and stipends to anyone who didn’t pay tax – that’s not a stimulus – that’s welfare and paying off everyone’s pet project. Thge health care bill and financial reform packages are all disasters waiting to happen.
And look at all of this racist talk from you. (I say it all started with Janene Garafallo – she said early on anyone who disagreed with Obama was racist). And that’s all you guys do.
Thomas Sowell doesn’t agree with him – is he racist?

Koch, you long-winded, kool-aid drinking, Daily Kos reading, non-critical thinking, frontal-lobe missing zombie. You went and bought the whole package now, didn’t you? You’re saying that there is no legitimate reason to oppose Obama? Try to read and really understand what the opposition is pointing out. All the stimulus did was put off reality for a few short months. Notice that its effect was wearing off? Obama’s logic is impeccably consistent – he does exactly the opposite of what’s needed. Deficit too high? Well, borrow more. Want businesses to invest, hire, and expand? Make the future unpredictable, raise their costs for energy, increase regulations, make it hard to get credit, take them over by decree, and, increase their taxes. Obama is a piece of work.
Educate yourself so you don’t have to retreat into calling your opposition “racists”. All that tells me is your argument’s weak and your brain is lazy.

Yet another example of the great and powerful Obama and his complete lack of any qualities presidential.

How did Vilsack act any differently than the President who jumped to conclusions that led to the Beer Summit? Yet he lectures Vilsack. Obama’s worst enemy is not the GOP but his own pride.

Why is Obama on TV looking like an idiot? Doesn’t he have anyone advising him?

Mark,
Your apologies for the President are accepted.
By the way there maybe an opening for a new Presss Secretary at the White House. Interested?

GS is a liar from the beginning who cannot ever be trusted in any capacity.

In a full retreat. She said what she said. You can spin it any way you like but that’s all there is. Makes you wonder how she has approached her duties over the last 24 years as well. Since she never said the farmers name how is it we know it was him and how would he know given she must have seem many hundreads of farmers. And how is telling a farmer thats going bankrupt to see a lawyer helpful? Isn’t that pretty much common sense? By the way, if I told someone “I sent him off to be with his own kind” I would be fired just for that. Sounds racist to me. President O’Bama got it wrong twice.

I would like to correct several obvious mistakes in one of the previoous postings, beginning with:
“the first African American was elected President”
To begin with, there is no such thing as an African American.
You have the right to call yourself an American if you are a citizen.
You may well be an American of African descent.
If you insist on using African American to refer to/describe a person,
then any reference to any othe American must be qualified as Chinese America, German American,
Russian American, etc. If you insist that only Americans of African descent can have their country of historical origin referred to, you are a racist.
“They have questioned where he was really born”
A legitimate question which today remains unanswered. Apparently the writer is afraid of what the truth might show.
“questioned the allegiance to America of the first lady”
It is the words of the first lady that lead rational people to question her allegiance.
Note, the operative phrase above is ‘rational people’.
“called him a socialist”
How else would you describe the takeover of the auto companies and banks, the handing out of money in terms of extended unemployment insurance, the take over of the student loan business, or the distribution of money to the UAW for delivering votes?
“accused him of favoring Black Americans over White Americans”
What would you call his attack on a Connecticut police office, which led to the ‘Beer Summit’?
Why has he allowed Eric Holder not to prosecute The New Black Panther Party for obvious voter intimidation?
“accused him of being a closet Moslem out to destroy America and Israel”
Explain to me why he goes out of his way to curry favour with Muslim leaders.
Explain to me why he bows when greeting other heads of state or politicians.
Explain to me why he shows contempt for the Israelis.
“they do whatever they possibly can to turn the American people against him”
This is such a stupid comment it deserves a response to the apparent ATD writer.
The Republicans are no where near doing ‘whatever they possibly can’ here.
There is no need.
The President is his own worst enemy.
His ego causes a vacuum around him, which partiall explains Michelles’ gaffes.
He talks so much that people stop listening.
He spends so much time on TV that people stop listening.
He shows his ignorance of what the American Citizen wants by his actions;
- more spending
- more taxes, from fewer works
- less healthcare
- open borders
- appoints racists to government jobs (Van and Eric to name two)
Alas, I find that the first paragraph of the article being reviewed has worn me down.
If you who read my commentary after reading the original posting, you should reconsider if you are Americans.

Really Mark, sit down. You are saying a bunch of nonsense. Just tatoo a liberal sign on your forehead.
The man cut his teeth on Chicago politics. He is well experienced on being mean spirited.

I love how everyone blames Glenn Beck for “tricking” them into firing her… without him even playing the video. It was they who fired her, and they were in a hurry to do so not because they were “scared” of the media, but because they knew the full context and wanted to victimize her “because of FOX”. They used her with or without her consent, and now they are in damage control mode. She’ll be reimbursed.
This whole thing was a setup. Just another rushed smear job that backfired. Regardless, the fact is a woman speaking at an organization (one dedicated to advancing one race that is relentlessly attacking the Tea Party) said she used to be racist but is now just a Marxist. You can even hear the people in the audience approving of her racism before she elaborated on the story.
Black History Month, Black Entertainment Television, Black Biker Week, Black Business Initiative, Black Journal, National Association of Black SCUBA Divers, Simply Black, Black Comedy Festival, blah blah blah… I could go on all night.
It’s clear where the organized racism is these days, where the media is, and where the department of justice is thanks to their siding with the New Black Panthers who want to murder white men, women, children, and babies.
Barack Obama is a domestic terrorist, and MSNBC, CNN, Huffington, Media Matters and all the other compliant “media” outlets are domestic terror organizations. The fact that they jump all over this but completely ignore much more vital, factual information proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
When your family is dying in WWIII, remember who allowed it to happen. Remember who spent all the money, wore out the military, divided the population, and allowed our enemies to flourish.

If he ever loses that pointing finger he will have to resign. He speaks and acts like a true community organizer.

uh Mark… slow down and take a breath. There’s no way you can paint this as anything positive for the President. His administration jumped the gun on this one and while it’s fine for President Obama to wag his finger at Vilsack, there’s a pattern of snap racial judgements going on in his administration, including from him that are wrong and do nothing but roil up racial angst in this country. Should I make you a list? Major ones I could point to in the recent past are:
1) Obama called the Harvard police department stupid for arresting a black professor and insinuated that it was racially motivated, only to have to back down later when it was shown that the police used tremendous restraint in the situation
2) Attorney General Eric Holder gave a speech calling us cowards when it comes to race relations and talking about it. Never mind that we’ve now had a black president, a black attorney general and two black secretaries of state in the previous administration. Seems like only Eric Holder wants to think we’re still mired in the 60′s or 70′s.
3) The DOJ under Holder’s watch dropped the case against the Black Panthers who were intimidating voters at the polling places, even though they had it on tape and federal prosecutors recommended taking it to sentencing… still waiting on that one, where’s the investigation?
4) Sonia Sotomayor – the Supreme Court Wise Latina Justice that was nominated by President Obama, who repeatedly had said prior to her nomination that she as a wise latina can be a better justice than a white man.
The list just goes on and on… this president and his administration are healing nothing… they are part of the problem, not the solution, and maybe they should wake up and realize that America is much further along than they give credit when it comes to race relations. No, I don’t think we need any lectures about race from this president, when it comes to race and injecting race into the poltical arena, he’s doing plenty of it on his own. Good try Mark, but I’m not buying it.

@sailordude, Some one is blind or in denial. Clinton brought up his Birthplace. As well as his religion. And he defines himself as a Marxist. Sure not on the campaign trail but in his books. Anyone with TiVo can prove him a lier. He’s told so many We can’t keep track without a database. And you forget the fact that she was fired before any media picked up the story. And the Video wasn’t made 24 years ago, It was Made This Summer. And sent to Breightbart by the NAACP. It was the Administration that framed the narrative and Fired Her. Setting the tone for the Media coverage to follow.

Obama didn’t know anything about the firing prior to its happening? Then why did Vilsack’s flunky tell Sherrod that the “White House” wanted her resignation, and not that The Secretary of Agriculture wanted her resignation?
I’ll admit that I voted for Obama, and that I didn’t really think this nation could endure another 4 years of right-wing idiocy. I’m still not ready to vote for some right-wing nut-job, and especially not one that couldn’t win 5 bucks on “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth-Grader” like the last one.
But I’ll confess that I can’t have any faith at all in a President that refuses to even take responsibility for his own mistakes.
Count me out next time, Mr. Obama. This was the last straw. You’ve lost me.

If Obama’s administration jumps the gun about something, Obama also must take the blame. I voted for him, and I am completely behind the man, but he should have said…” WE jumped the gun.” I get that he probably had no idea what was going on since it wasn’t presidential stuff, but somebody better get their head on straight. It only makes him look bad, and the GOP makes up crap with nothing, so I’d hate to get them ” something”

I enjoy seeing the Hope and Change crowd eat this utter nonsense from POTUS.
The Obama WH was involved in the woman’s firing.

Mark jeff Koch, you need therapy.

So how’s that “Hope & Change” workin’ out for ya’?
I will guarandamntee ya’, The order to fire her came all the way from the top. This Administration is a joke!

Andrew Breitbart, Fox News, Vilsack and the NAACP acted on behalf of Obama’s aversion to the appearance of favoring Blacks in any way. Obama is ultimately responsible for this mess because that is the tone he set in his administration. Breitbart, Fox and their ilk knew this and gleefully set Obama up to behave in the knee-jerk way in which he did. And Obama fell for it hook, line & sinker. In one fell swoop, Breitbart & Fox News destroyed Sherrod’s livelihood & reputation. Then Fox ran to her defense while Obama’s team & the NAACP were about the business of making her the second coming of Satan. The evil genius of the right and the stupidity of the left who did not think it necessary to vet a Fox News report (Vilsack), & especially the NAACP at whose fundraiser Mrs. Sherrod was speaking were a perfect storm in this regard.

Tom Vilsack did not fire her without pressure from the White house. They are throwing him under the bus. What’s next Obama going to Invite them for a beer.

There is something deeply and profoundly disturbed in Obama. What was his relationship to his Muslim step father? We don’t know. Why did his Mother send him back to live with his Grandparents? Abandoned by his African father. A flawed relationship with a step dad? A mother who essentailly abandoned him. Mmmm. so amny questions. but. We can’t look into these matters. Bush that.

Obama is such a hypocrit….what a small man. No one is more reactionary than this moron. This Administration continues to “act stupidly”.

Obama is THE “Racism Play!! Stimulus ? Health reform? Jobs? I said jobs? Environment?Hmm, what are the talking points for November? Well, if poll numbers’s were higher, you know our pals in Journolist would run with the magnanimity and historical fluff. Where are those Greek columns? But,But, But we need to change the subject and darn, race and class are so tried and true. Call the groups, NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, & OUR team with” tingles up their legs”, it’s back to the bottom of the deck. Truth is so yesterday, especially when the lie detector is broken. The “watchdogs” are really our mascots, don’t ya know. Blame Fox and talk radio, after all everyone else is on vacation and only G-d knows everything.Isn’t that right, Bob Shieffer? The NAACP really ran with the ball. After all we can’t have racists resonating with African Americans and women? We take care of those folks, what’s wrong with a little dependency and group identity politics in exchange for votes and power retention? Inner city moms really don’t care about school choice, after all we’ll put them to work in government where no one gets fired.When do you suppose the Black Caucus will meet with Breitbart to collect the $100,000.00 reward that any of the hundreds of video cameras at the Health Care Bill signing must have captured anyone yelling racial epithets, the N word anything.Hey, CBC forget about all those video cameras that exposed no “N” word or epithets were yelled,find a Tawana Brawley already. Anyway, the suits at the networks have our backs. Let’s show the Tea folks how the race card is really played. Where’s my golf bag?

Pass the buck, obama! This situation is **your** responsibility alone. Why, you’re the CHIEF EXECUTIVE! No excuses. YOUR administration jumped the gun (certainly at your demand) and now you blame your employee. What a turd of a leader!! You are a pathetic looser, barry sartero hussein obama.

posted by: DCC | Jul 23, 2010 7:13:58 AM…………..Here is the elephant in the room? Who gave Andre Breitbart an edited NAACP tape and why was their motivation? Why didn’t the NAACP release the full tape instead o waiting? Who’s interest is served by changing the subject from jobs, economy, Heath Care “Tax” , tax George was lied to, or any other important issue. Want to discuss the oil spill in the GOM? Hmmm, lets gin up race, now who benefits?

What a load of crap Mark you’re asking everyone to just accept your lame assertions? Explain how the stimulus saved 2x as many jobs, and how health care will be paid for. I’m sure there’s more wrong but it’s long and boring and lies.

Mark Jeffery Koch, you seem to be very familiar with the tactics you accuse the right-wing of using. That’s because the left-wing uses the same tactics. Both sides will twist the facts anyway they need to in order to “prove” their point and the majority of Americans are finally becoming fed up with it. Of course moderates are considered to wishy-washy to run this country because they are too easily swayed by the real facts (not the left or right’s version of them).

Well, the president ought to know about jumping the gun considering his “acted stupidly” comment last year.

just one word BUFFOON; nah changed my mind, two words ~ LYING BUFFOON.

Most kids grow out of the “it was his fault Mom” when they leave elementary school. It appears that Mr. Obama still struggles with that behavior issue.

Wasn’t the plan of the Obama administration to have a rapid response team which “hits back” in real time? Maybe haste makes waste!

Guess Vilsack was just acting “stupidly.” Jump the gun my a$$.
It’s obvious from her comments, her superior, condescending tone, and her “his own kind” comments that Shirley girl has a race problem…..that is, with races other than her own.

Vince: “…apparently you wouldn’t know the truth if it hit you in the face. It’s not about RACE, it’s about POLICIES!! Obama is putting us deeper and deeper into debt which will be a huge burden on future generations.”
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LOL… funny how it’s “Obama” who is putting us deeper and deeper in debt.
The fact is, we have been in a spiral of accumulating debt for about 10 years now, when we decided to fund two wars, Medicare Part D, and tax cuts for the upper 10% income brackets… all by borrowing.
SAMPLE FACT (go look up “Foreign Debt Holders History” at the Treasury.Gov webpage):
FACT #1: January 2001-Clinton leaves office, Bush takes office. Debt to China = $65 Billion
FACT # 2: January 2009-Bush leaves office. Debt to China = $745 Billion
FACT # 3: During the Bush years, because of the accumulating U.S. debt to foreign nations ($4.9 Trillion during the Bush years), more and more of tax revenue collected went to pay for interest on the national debt. By the time Bush left office (Fiscal Year 2008) we were paying 474 Billion in interest on the debt accumulated.
The federal government ONLY takes in approximately $2.5 Trillion in revenue. When almost 20% of that (474 Billion) is going to pay for interest on the debt, that means less revenue to run the other parts of the government… thus, an annual deficit… thus, greater and greater debt.
The “debt death spiral” we are currently in, DID NOT start with Obama. He’s trying to fix this problem. Yet one more mess from Bush that needs to be mopped up.

Mark Jeffery Koch, you sir are delusional! You do not have a grasp on reality. For instance you said…” whatever your political leanings may be, without the stimulus package the United States economy would have melted down” Unless you have speacial powers, or can go back in time and find out what truely would have happened if things went the other way, you CANNOT make this truth claim (it is simply YOUR opinion NOT truth). I assume your a lefty (kool-aide gulping) person by you comment. You make a lot of claims WITHOUT any PROOF. You constantly play the race card when it has NOTHING to do with race! I would refute most of your claims but I will not waste my time. It is near impossible to enlighten someone who refuses to hear the truth.

Chriti Said: “Blame, blame and blame some more…that is all this administration does. They blamed the GOP for not passing legislation when they didn’t need a single GOP vote in order to pass it, but somehow the GOP is the party of No…”
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I guess you don’t understand how fillibusters work. It takes 60 votes to invoke cloture on a fillibuster.
Now, tell me Chriti… the current congress is the 111th congress. “Wiki” the 111th congress and tell me EXACTLY when the Democrats had 60 seats in the 111th congress…. and don’t go counting independant votes because CLEARLY, “Judas” Joe Lieberman is not on the Democrats side.
I dare you to find an answer to my question!

“Think things through” Obama?
Like the white cops that “acted stupidly” when your buddy was arrested before you knew anything?
Good thing you had a white guy to blame this one on too!

Mr. Koch, it is not about the color of someones skin. It is about the content of their ideas. When will those of you on the left join those of us who have long since moved beyone color.

Thank you Mark Jeffery Koch for your post. You are absolutely correct – the GOP’s agenda is to continue to castigate President Obama because as long as they are making all that noise, the citizens of the U.S. may forget the GOP is who got us in the mess we are in today – and that includes being hated all over the world because of Bush policies. Even what is happening in the Gulf is because the Bush administration’s need to relax the rules in order to support their big oil partners.
However, what I don’t understand is why the “liberal spokespersons” are so inept at putting the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, and Coulter, who are blatant liars, in their respective corners for a “time out.” Where are the people who know and understand how far we’ve come recovering from the Bush years during President Obama’s short time in the White House and why aren’t they “over speaking” Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, and Coulter so maybe someone out there will start hearing the truth?
And, where are the bloggers who should be castigating that idiot who posted the doctored video about Mrs. Sherrod in the first place? He needs to be SUED – this man attempted to ruin the life of a wonderful woman and should be held accountable yet we make Pres. Obama the target. American is not that stupid. Yes, there were mistakes made in the administration but none were as mean spirited as posting this video in order to destroy a life.

Obama certainly has no room to talk! Who jumpted the gun on saying the Cambridge police officers acted stupidly? Give me a break. BTW, it seems to me that Obama, and the dems, are the ones always playing the race card. Add all the Asians, Latinos and Africans of color, and then tell me who the minority is? It’s time to tell the truth. Most conservatives don’t care about color/race. We want responsible government that stops the spending!

That’s the hypersensitivity, that happens when the “race” card is played way too often, over non-racial issues.
Time to tell the NAACP to get a reality check.

Reminds me of back when the US President jumped the gun on calling the arrest of his professor buddy a racist incident. I can remember the campaign on how Obama would bring us all together. The post-racial president. He is dividing this nation at it’s core. Enough of it.

How long will ABC provide cover and support for this Anti-American Socialist Regime?
Obama the is great Deceiver.
Mark J Koch, poster, bought into the Administration’s Media race-baiting propaganda – hook-line and sinker.
Same race-baiting tactics used by Sharpton, Wright, Jackson, and the panfers.
Great job by the chumps that voted for the Kenian.

EVERYONE SING ALONG NOW!!…..”Oohhh…the wheels of the bus go bumpety bump…bumpety bump….bumpety bump….YEAH…the wheels of the bus go bumpety bump so early in the morning….First went grandma (bumpety bump)…then my pastor (bumpety bump)…Poor pal Rezco(bumpety bump) that slumlord had it coming…Remember Ayers (bumpety bump)…Van Jones also (bumpety bump)…Now Tom Vilsak (bumpety bump) I’m running out of stooges!…”

Hey Mark–Remember how conservatives went after Clinton? I know Clinton said he was the first black president, but I’m not so sure about that; I know there were plenty of things conservatives didn’t like about him. Sometimes a person just isn’t a great president, whatever his (or her one day) color. Oh, and where was Obama born? I’m not really sure. I also think to assume all republicans are racist people is pretty inaccurate. You’re obviously a smart guy as evidenced by your huge essay; I just think you are over-generalizing a bit.

I think there is still some misinformation reflected in some of these posts.
1) I understand Breitbart posted two clips at the same time, one of which clearly said she was talking about how she changed her viewpoint somewhat from what she felt 24 yrs ago. So anyone could have known that from the beginning. They weren’t doctored; they were just part of the speech. (Those clips must have come from someone who was in that NAACP meeting).
2) The NAACP apparently came out against what she said but it was at one of their sessions she made her comments and they had the complete tape. What was that all about?
3) She was asked to resign before O’Reilly’s show aired, so don’t blame Fox News. O’Reilly admitted he didn’t have the whole story at the time and apologized the next show. Although, he probably thought that based on what the NAACP said and the fact that she had been asked to resign that he had “the story”.
4) She did make current racist comments. She said that people who are against Obama’s health care plan are against black people. That is quite a statement all on its own.
5) I have heard many comments on MSNBC the last couple of nights accusing those on the right of being racist.
It isn’t the right that is playing the race card.

Oh yeah, Mark Koch, we’re scared to death of the idiot in the White House. What is really happening is the Dems are getting a taste of their own medicine and don’t like it. Why do you Dems always pull the race card? It’s getting so cliche.
Speaking of racism (and Obama talking about ‘not jumping to conclusions’), why hasn’t anything been mentioned about Obama’s great jump to conclusions over his buddy Skip Gates and the Cambridge PD?

Obama is a great orator but a horrible President.

Secretary Vilsack showed exemplary character and humility by graciously apologizing to Ms. Sherrod. Ms. Sherrod has accepted the apology. Let’s move on!

Why is always OK for black people to make racial remarks? If she was white
they would have fired her on the spot
and Al shapton, Jesse Jackson, the black panthers and every other idoit would be camping out in front of her house. I always heard what is good for the goose is good for the gander. So it seems now it does not apply when the goose is white and the gander is black !! Had the farmer been black, I guess they would have paid off his farm,gave him money to feed his animals and family and then sent them to college
Oh dont forget the John Deer tractor with spinners!!!!!!

Most of these posts are simple and conclusive yet the liberal in the house (Mark Jeffery Koch) can’t seem to make a point without a diatribe of spitting and ranting. Typical of progressive liberals who will admit to ANYTHING but the truth.

Where’s the reporting about Obama’s comments this morning about savings plan interests rates? This morning on ABC he cited interest rates of 2-3% on savings accounts as he described efforts to instruct his daughters on money matters. His example was: 2-3 % and how much $ 100 would grow in six months.
I don’t know where he and his family bank, but our savings account is earning a paltry 0.6 % a year. Interest paid on savings held for 6 months would be an even more negligible 0.3 %.
Obama’s ignorance is reminiscent of HW Bush’scluelessness about milk prices back in 1992 that helped cost him reelection that year. Obama’s misinformation though is more critical than Bush’s in that millions of seniors have depended on the money that they derive from healthy interest rates. The dirty little secret about holding interest rates unrealistically low for stimulus purposes is that many others suffer.
Obama’s ignorance is scary!

In just over a year this administration has done so much damage to race relations in this country. What a shame, Obama was in the perfect position to make huge strides and he has ruined it. MLK must be rolling in his grave.

Just like the Cambridge police, Vilsack (and whoever ordered him to fire her) acted stupidly.
But in this case he REALLY DID act stupidly. That video was not enough to fire Sherrod. It was enough to put her on administrative leave and launch an investigation into her past, and the the outcome of the investigation would have determined the action to take. Personally, I feel she would have been restored to her position.
And Mark Jeffery Koch, you are so full of it you are overflowing. To come up with your argument, you must have about the smallest mind possible and still be able to function as a human being. You and your other lefty sympathizers aren’t intelligent enough to determine the outcome of 0bama’s policies on the country, so you just fall back to your hateful accusations of racism. FYI, the right wing was against government-run healthcare long before 0bama was even a politician (ask Hillary about that), so there is strong evidence right their that your theories about race are wrong (but I don’t expect you to reflect on that fact).
And the only people who say the stimulus worked are partisan Democrats; every REAL economist says that it has been a major boondoggle to Democratic Party supporters only (see the latest report on the GM / Chrysler dealership closings, and the benefits received by various labor unions), and a major waste of tax money. That’s why the unemployment rate is still hovering near 10%, a year and a half after 0bama promised it wouldn’t go over 8% if the stimulus plan were passed.
I don’t expect you to sit and think “Hmm, maybe 0bama isn’t so great after all”, but maybe some of your friends who read these postings will laugh at how foolish you are.

I just read the post by Mark Jeffery Koch on July 22. This is a distorted view of reality.
The Tea Party Movement is NOT RACIST. I am a member. I do not consider race when I attend to get…READY…Smaller Government, Constitutional Government, Less Spending. That is it in a nutshell. I will even touch the third rail about the Hitler signs. They have Obama depicted as such because of his policies…meaning the man wants to be a dictator. Don’t believe me…Ask the board members of GM when the government nationalized GM/Chrysler. How about the Government dictating that every citizen “MUST” buy health insurance. Where is the freedom. So…the Hitler thing is not about race or Jewish people…it is about nationalizing everything…or doesn’t anyone know he trying that…INCLUDING EDUCATION…which Obama is trying to do.

After reading all of this commentary, how did he ever get elected and how could Americans be so stupid? Don’t forget to vote November 2nd. The best we can do is make him a lame duck at the mid-way point.

I’m sorry, is this ALL that this inept, incompetent, teleprompted stooge of George Soros can do!!!???
BLAME EVERYONE, OTHER THAN HIMSELF!?????
Every time he goes on TV, he loses 50,000 VOTERS!!!
He best stay off the air, while he still has a few voters who MAY vote for him!

Vilsack did fall on the sword…but why didn’t they call the NAACP who had the entire tape? Vilsack said it was a knee jerk reaction.
The NAACP called for her resignation BEFORE…Vilsack even came into the picture.
Why would they do that when they had the entire tape and knew that she was speaking to the audience about the “poor” NOT the “race”. This thing is so clear as a bell…it is amazing.

Obama ““I’ve told my team and I told my agencies that we have to make sure that we’re focusing on doing the right thing instead of what looks to be politically necessary at that very moment. We have to take our time and, and think these issues through,” Obama told Leamy.
First of all, Obama should have correctly stated that we have to focusing on doing the “left” thing…not the “right” thing.
Has this president told the truth about anything…YET!!! Stestak…you were given an Executive Order that Abortion would not be paid for in the healthcare bill…WRONG…It is. Where is YOUR outrage? What about the Congressman from SC who said “you lie” at his state of the union address. The Congressman was vilified…Obama..well…he lied.
How about the cost of healthcare? Was it under a trillion…NOPE…He lied.
Did Obama regulate everything that he could get his hands on…banks, cars, private business and kill the free market…YEP. How about his new financial reform bill. He and his tax cheat can put any business “out of business” if they “deem” it necessary.
What about no new taxes for the middle class. Lied again. Want to sell your house..3.8% tax between what it cost and what it sold for. What about “nationalizing” college education…the government and one small bank in South Dakota can finance college. Wonder if they are affiliated with Shore Bank. What about ignoring a Federal Judge’s order to lift the moratorium? How many people is he putting out of work. How much more do they have to suffer? How about our gas prices…going up? Yep. But…remember…he is for spreading the wealth. Look what he did to New Orleans. Oh…how about this…GM is building a plant in Brazil. Andy Stern…how you like those apples? When he bankrupts the country…no money to bail out pension plans…you’ve been “had” also.
So…who gets rich? Well, we have his carbon exchange board. That will make the NYSE look like a midget. Who funded it…Obama…through Shore Bank.
If he cared about the environment…like he says…we would all be walking and not eating beans…but no…you can “trade” your carbon footprint and keep on doing what you’re doing…as long as the carbon exchange board gets its cut.
He continues to usurp the Constitution that he swore to uphold. Oh…and for you progressives out there…who thought he would follow through with his promises…Gitmo is still open, the war in Iraq and Afghanistan are still raging and he is still wire tapping.
And as a final closing…let’s not forget he is getting ready for his 9th vacation and North Korea is threatening us. Oh well, maybe Hilliary can do the heavy lifting…you go enjoy the tar balls.

I find it typical Obummer to blame someone who “jumped the gun” by following his own , Obummer example, .. you know.. the ” stupidly comment regarding the Cambridge incident” , the AZ Law having NO a Clue of what exactly they were at the time of the Photo op…
Does anyone really believe that Vilsak acted alone????
Please stop oicking on Tiger, Obummer is screwing the whole Country1

Hmmmmm……………..sounds just like what Obama did with that White Cambridge cop……jumped the gun….hmmmmmmm……..another ‘teachable moment for the Boy King.

Mark Jeffrey Koch put the kool aid down Obama drone. Obama is the savior of the universe! I love him he’s my friend. He’s saved us all from ourselves and he really deserves that noble peace prize! Thanks for the laugh sap. Only an out of work liberal would have two hours to write a book about all of Barrys non-accomplishments! LOL

If I were in charge Tom Vilsack would have been fired last week> Dr Glen Whitten

Finally something that Bush isn’t getting blamed for. Has Obama ever in his life taken responsibility for his actions????????

“Jumped gun…”? Don’t you mean, “Acted stupidly.” Mr. President????

sailordude,what flavor Kool Aid are we trying today?

Oh, gee, Ryan, being in bed by 10, that’s so EARLY!! What a crime.
Bush typically started working, in the office before 7am. Obama typically starts his a few hours later than that. So what?
I also note that you totally failed to address the fact that Bushed worked full days while at his ranch or Camp David, where Obama does not while he is on vacation.

I guess the lesson could never be “investigate allegations before running your mouth (like Obama with the Gates incident) or Vilsack (in this incident).
Hey Mark:
“The right wing in the Tea Party movement and the Republican Party will deny they are racists and that Obama’s race has anything to do with them working day and night to tear him down but like most of their agenda and their beliefs, it is one giant lie they will never publicly admit. ”
Hooey! What’s driving us crazy is what’s being done to America. You *like* what’s being done to America, so you don’t see how it could upset people.
Remember, belittling folks who disagree with you doesn’t get you anywhere in the long run.

Pretty soon 4 years will have passed and Obama will not have taken credit or blame for anything that has happend during his watch. He has Bush to blame for that. Right liberals!!

My apologies. I meant to say “According to Mark Jeffery Koch…,” not Cox. I wouldn’t want to get his name wrong as he is the author of such a perfect response to all complaints about President Obama, and deserves the highest measure of recognition for it.

This time the error and back tracking was not any worse than it was last year with the beer summit results.
Next time jumping the gun could have irreparable results.
Obviously, prudence and critical thinking are not in the WH lexicon.
What happened to the teachable moments?

How can Obama look at himself in the mirror in the morning. He has no scruples, no credibility and is a liar without limits–always has been.

Doesn’t Obama ever get sick and tired of having to backtrack and explain and apologize for tactless and impolitic conduct by himself and his staff.
They have to do it so often. How can he stand it, over and over and over again.
I voted for him most willingly but I’m weary of the constant pop offs and seeming incompetence.
Democrats just don’t have much of an infrastructure do they? They’re thin on the ground.

Obama has divided this country more than it has been in 50 years~!

Dear SailorDude,
The most obvious racism nowadays stems from the New Black Panther Party’s voter intimidation tactics along with “kill the cracker” mantras and the NAACP who were giggling and applauding Sherrod PRIOR to her disclosing her moment of redemption,
* Let’s not forget Obama knee jerk condemnation of a white cop in defense of Gates, another racist hiding behind a socialist veneer.
*DOJ’s initial refusal to investigate NBPP
* Jeremiah Wright’s infamous “sermons”
* the continued shakedown of businesses by the Reverends Al & Jesse who have made millions from extortion while the “community” the claim to champion is being devasted.
This angry white male, another racial slur from your enlightened side of the fence, has always supported Alan Keyes. Do you even know who he is? He happens to black and has run for the presidency as a Republican more than once. Your side called him an Uncle Tom. Your irritable mental gestures that mimic thought only illustrate that your untenable views cannot stand scrutiny and that you must resort to name calling of the lowest kind to claim any ground.
Your attempt to divide us racially, unlike the pledge made by Mr. Campaign Obama to unite us, demeans all Americans.
May God help you see the light.

Like everything else, it’s someone else’s fault (please insert: Bush, Republicans, Conservatives,tea party, the dog eat my home work, etc,) This is getting old isn’t it.

Please prove that opposition to Obama is based on race. Is it possible the real source of racial hatred is in your own heart. It’s too easy to level the claim of racism against white people because of historical precedent…but it is only cheap shot used only because you can not because you should. Keep it up…and you will discover soon enough that the real oppressor is you.

This so called failure of a President is so full of it,acts so innocent,and again puts the blame on someoneone else ,sorry sorry sorry individual.

This so-called race mess has been caused by Obama “acting stupidly.”

Mark…Obama is AMERICA’S worst nightmare! He is a political HACK who is in WAY over his head and controls the votes of more sheeple then one would imagine exist in all the world. How many Republicans do you believe live in Europe? They now think we are a joke because of YOUR vote. The murderous radical terrorist think we are weak because of YOUR vote. The Mexicans think we are their ATM because of YOUR vote. The Dems created this mess more then 20 years ago and it will take a LEADER to get us out in any less time. Instead we get Obama, BECAUSE OF YOU!!

Nasty, patisan moderators.

JOURNOLIST moderators, I presume.

God decided to create the perfect imbecilic invertebrate. First he created jellyfish. That was merely practice. Then he created ABC moderators and perfection was achieved.

Tea party:25
Mark Koch: 1
Kool-aid is drying up there Mark.
that is all.

Fire Vilsack.
Fire Vilsack.
Vilsack is a racist.
Vilsack is a racist.
Burn Vilsack — uh — fire Vilsack.

what if a republican had said something similar, and the most damning was hearing all those naacp morons hoot and clap when she started talking about not want to help the white farmer. double standards are cool.

Mark Jeffery Koch has dengue fever.
Barrack Hussein Obama is Eddie Haskell.
IMPEACH BROCCOLI OBAMA ! ! ! !

Come on Mr. Koch. Get out of the White House basement and smell the roses. Let me get this right. I disagree w/ President Obama because he is black. Did you disagree w/ Bush because he was white? What does race have to do with any of this? Who are the true racists and race baiters in this country? I think you and your buddies need to do some self examination and stop drinking the Kool-Aide.

Obama isn’t the right wing’s worst fears come true. He is not a “black man in the white house”…he is a “half white president who is also half-black”. The math is really easy. And he doesn’t descend from Afro-American culture. His father was purely of the Kenyan culture, not Afro-American. That is a huge difference when speaking strictly of culture and not of race.
Show support for this man!

Always looking for a bus to throw somebody under.

Obama received 69.5Mil votes Obama received we can assume most were from non-African American races. But a full 32% were from African-American voters. Thats quite a block. Nothing racist in this, just an analysis.
To calculate the estimated # of black votes, we take the overall African-American population of 37.6Mil, assume only 60% are of voting age =
22.7Mil. Thus, a total pool of 22.7Mil African American voters, who we can assume 95% voted for Obama. Bottom Line: 22.5Mil African-American votes for Obama, or about 32.4%.
And, totalling 49.3Mil non-black votes for Obama. Of which 65% (the % non-hispanic whites in usa) were white-votes=32Mil votes, or 46% of the Obama popular vote. I submit this as the maximum possibility.
Considering African Americans overwhelmingly vote Democratic in every election, the results were laregly expected. And for next election. But the swing voting block is the white voting block.

Come on Obama. Throw someone else under the bus for your foul ups. Obama declared war on Fox News and Fox News won. And it was not Fox News who told her to pull off the road and resign.

Forget the wars, forget the economy, forget the oil spill. Obama could have done one great thing for this country by dealing with the race issue and bringing us together as one people. Instead he uses race to divide us for his own ideological purposes. That’s what community organizers do, they unite their faction against everyone else. We may as well have Jessie Jackson as president. What a shame.

So nice to have an adult in the White house and not some nasty tattle tale huh?

This rushed judgment is as bad as the one that led to downfall of the samaritans that were trying to help poor people through the ACORN organization. The fake, lowlife, republican pimp and prostitute that secretly videotaped their conversations with ACORN better enjoy getting away with their felonious and doctored video recordings and the fraudulent claims they aired with the aid of the sick, perverted, fabrication of a tv station. Any racist demon can sit back, laugh, and enjoy the evil they do to seemingly get a win over the poor, humble, and down trodden. Better enjoy the sunshine today. There’ll come a time for every single one of them when God will turn up the heat to an unfathomable reality and they’ll spend an eternity dealing with it. God gets the final Victory whether you want to believe it or not. And no tv station, no tea party, and no perverted agenda is too big for God to overcome. If He can end salvery, He can certainly handle those lowlifes!

Nonsense! I heard Ms. Sherrod say that she was told by “Cheryl” in the White House to pull over and resign right then and there.
The real story is that the NAACP is rife with anti-white racist sentiment seeing their own reflections in their racist mirror and blaming white people for every imaginable wrong from the past and today.
The NAACP is an anachronism and continually plays the racism card for donations. No one with a brain is listening to these “clowns” anymore.

Don’t mean to be shallow, but I can’t get past the ears on the photo.

Vilsack was mentored by his boss…Obama. Remember the Cambridge PD incident last year, Barry…when you shot your mouth off without knowing the facts?

In the video Obama comes clean. He publicly states that his administration needs to take their time, so that all of the facts are in order.
I submit this question: What about when Obama (himself) came out on national television at a press conference and said “the Cambridge Police Dept. acted stupidly” when dealing with Professor Gates. That statement was made before Obama had all of the facts. Just another knee-jerk reaction from the President or his staff.
Hopefully, Obama won’t have his finger on the “button” next time he over reacts without having all of the facts.

@ Mark Jeffery Koch | Jul 22, 2010 7:23:58 PM
Nice try to deflect the rhetoric. Why cant’ you accept the fact that this president’s record is what is in question? You, my good friend, are the one playing the race card. Look at the record.
Record unemployment. Record deficit spending. 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Now, look at the polls. Are you telling me that he is falling like a meteor in the polls because Obama is black? Nice try, but I think not. It is his policies and performance.
Have some more Kool-Aid.

no spine, no integrity, no common sense, no experiene at anything, no character. an acceptable resume for president of the united states?

Mr. Koch,
You should realize that you have failed to substantiate the very serious assertions you make in your comments. Unfortunately this is what the administration also does and expects the American people to buy it. The majority don’t, and this is why Obama’s rating are sinking so quickly. You seem to imply that his ratings are dropping because more and more Americans are discovering that he is black?
Why is it that only the liberals (like you) try to frame every dissent or challenge to the administration’s unsubstantiated assertions in terms of racism? Liberals are not wrong all of the time or on all of the issues, but every time they defend their position by claiming racism they lose by default. It is time to grow up and learn to stick to the issues.

Above his pay grade? Certainly above his competence level.

Didn’t Obama jump the gun when he tried to frame that white Mass. cop as a racist for just doing his job?
…Obama also “jumped the gun” several X’s before this incident; He’s an absolute disgrace to the office and a HYPOCRITE!

Mark Jeffery Koch | Jul 22, 2010 7:23:58 PM,
You sir are seriously lost in the democrat propaganda forrest. I feel sorry for you since you obviously are suffering from the anxieties the left wing indoctrination has plagued you with.

Inexperience….Obama has never had to contend with anyone who failed to agree with his views. The man is not black, he is “green”. He’s lost like a pup. His lies, commitments and promises, all unkept, have caught up with him. I’m sorry for the country, that they put their hopes, faith and confidence in someone ill-prepared for the presidency. I’m sorry for Obama for not realizing academia and practice share very little in common.

Does anyone seriously believe that Vilsack dumped Sherrod without any input from the man above him? A white guy who serves at the pleasure of a black President fired a black woman all by himself? Not hardly…

This interview is somewhat like the one where he said the Cambridge police force acted stupidly. Again, his administration (and the NAACP) jumped the gun on this one. Also, this statement is just like a number of his previous ones, he just will not take the heat for anything and passes the buck on to someone else. What an idiot!
NOVEMBER 2010 & 2012!

If Fox is racist for it’s coverage of this event is Vilsack a racist for firing her?

Mark Jeffery Koch: Odumbo has made this country a laughing stock. We are no longer looked up to but as weak. Your 1st paragraph sums things up nicely. Where was he born? Records are unavailable. As for our poor excuse for a 1st lady – she’s the one who said she was never proud of her country. He is a racist i.e., Black Panthers. When he wants distribution of wealth – that is socialism. He is a muslim. As for Rush etc. – Why are they so afraid of Beck, Hannity, Rush et al? Because they are telling America the truth and the WH is not happy about it. Otherwise why would the WH have acted so quickly re: Sherrod. You sound like you are a plant or living off the fat of the land and don’t want to spoil your freebies. You might need to go out and work come November

Well said, MJ Koch. You have written the REAL truth, which is they can not get over the fact that a black man is now President. Until this racism and hatred stops, this country will not progress!