Glenn Reynolds has this to say about Sherrod and links to another view of the stuation:
SHIRLEY SHERROD PUSHED OUT BY the “West Wing white guys?” “That contradicts the official story of a few days ago, where the White House staffers were passive, surprised bystanders and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack was to blame. I don’t know if anyone believes that, but I don’t expect to see any reporters push on it, either.”
Posted at 10:37 am by Glenn Reynolds
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Dowd - White House Sacked Sherrod
July 24, 2010
In the course of a column decrying the lack of authentic blacks in the White House (seriously), Maureen Dowd adds this to the Whodunnit on the Sherrod firing:
The West Wing white guys who pushed to ditch Shirley Sherrod before Glenn Beck could pounce not only didn’t bother to Google, they weren’t familiar enough with civil rights history to recognize the name Sherrod. And they didn’t return the calls and e-mail of prominent blacks who tried to alert them that something was wrong.
MoDo is part reporter and part high school cafeteria gossip, but the bit about unreturned phone calls and emails does not seem made-up.
That contradicts the official story of a few days ago, where the White House staffers were passive, surprised bystanders and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack was to blame.
I don't know if anyone believes that, but I don't expect to see any reporters push on it, either.
Posted by Tom Maguire on July 24, 2010 | Permalink
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