I refused to go near the Shirley Sherrod smear story on my blog the past few days. I did not want to give any…ANY…. free lip service to the lowest elements of the Republican Party. What many of us suspected all along has been made known from the White House to the national news broadcasts, and as such I think it is our duty now as bloggers, and Americans to speak out.
I speak for many who feel this is a sad way for everyone to act in this country. The past 48 hours was not the best of who we are as a nation. Of course, we know it did not have to happen had the mean-spirited and devil-ridden Andrew Breitbart not allowed the dark side to take hold.
What has happened to Shirley Sherrod this week is truly one of the most gut-wrenching and sad affairs that I have witnessed in some time. The conservative echo chamber of crap started a lie which Andrew Breibart knowingly spun with his cozy ‘partner’ Matt Drudge, which was then picked up and made into a non-stop story on FAUX News, only to be regurgitated non-stop by right-wing nut radio. Meanwhile official Washington could not (or would not) stand up to the conservative crap. The mainstream media could not seemingly differentiate fact from fiction until the crap was so thick in the newsroom that someone slipped and fell.
All this has left me truly dismayed at almost everyone. Everyone, that is, except for Shirley Sherrod. This is the lady that I wish could sit at my dinner table as a guest. She is the reflection of what is best about this country, the resiliency of the human heart, the courage to grow, and the strength of redemption.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is the floater in the toilet, Andrew Breitbart. He must…..MUST…. become a target. a lesson, a poster child for what can no longer be tolerated from the ruthless, amoral right-wing in this nation. Therefore the U.S. Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section must go after Andrew Breitbart. Now! There is no way not to know that he is guilty of defamation of Shirley Sherrod’s character.