As the controversy over Shirley Sherrod’s ouster grew last month, Tom Vilsack told President Barack Obama he was willing to resign his post as secretary of the Department of Agriculture. In an interview with Politico, Vilsack again expressed regret for his rash decision to fire Sherrod over a selectively edited video that distorted comments she [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack rushed to judgment when he fired Shirley Sherrod over a misunderstanding about comments she made on race, President Obama told ABC News. “He jumped the gun, partly because we now live in this media culture where something goes up on YouTube or a blog and everybody scrambles,” the president told “Good [...]
An apologetic phone call from Barack Obama and a new (and still unaccepted) job offer from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack should help end the media frenzy over the grotesquely unfair firing of Shirley Sherrod. There still are mysteries, like who doctored the tape that right-wing attack artist Andrew Breitbart ballyhooed to erroneously and maliciously claim [...]
Following a bipartisan outcry over the ouster of USDA regional official Shirley Sherrod, President Obama phoned Sherrod Thursday afternoon to offer his apology. According to a White House press release, the president expressed “his regret about the events of the last several days. He emphasized that Secretary [of Agriculture Tom] Vilsack was sincere in his [...]
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