Breitbart: I Was Targeting The NAACP. Honest!

[Donnachaidh]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/breitbart_i_was_targeting_the_naacp_honest.php

After we reported yesterday that the Shirley Sherrod scandal came the same week as the Senate may vote on authorizing $1.15 billion in restitution for black farmers, Andrew Breitbart wrote us that that had nothing to do with it.

"No. Seriously. On everything I hold dear," Breitbart swore in an email to TPMmuckraker. As he has since the full-length video of Sherrod's speech came out, sparking a backlash against him, Breitbart reiterated that none of this was ever about Sherrod personally.

"This was never about Sherrod. It was CLEARLY telegraphed at NAACP -- on Thursday when I, gulp, told Ben Jealous to "go to hell" for spending week attacking racism with Tea Party. That the media and White House have turned this into me versus Sherrod is silly. My consistent angle is defending Tea Party from this predictable line of attack," he wrote.

The restitution, known as the Pigford settlement, is the result of class action lawsuits by black farmers who say they were discriminated against by the USDA. President Obama announced the new settlement this February; Congress has yet to authorize the funds. Some conservatives have publicly railed against the settlements, and suggested that Sherrod's pressure to resign had something to do with her winning her own settlement just before her hiring in 2009.

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[mike r]

1. Whatever, asshole

[BlueIdaho]

2. I think his 15 minutes of fame are up. nt.

[Donnachaidh]

3. from your lips to god's ears. n/t

[SpiralHawk]

4. This may well be the High Water Mark of Republicon Homelander Disinformation

Just as Gettysburg was the high water mark of the FAILED Confederacy.

[UTUSN]

5. He soaks in his own crap

[Donnachaidh]

6. ewwww -- my eyes! n/t

[Bitwit1234]

7. Regardless it was still racism. AND

since the Democrats fainted dead away and let him sink ACORN he must have thought the could make them do away with the NAACP. He has gotten away with all this crooked, common, asinine actions so far. Why should he stop. A heavy fine and a prolonged lawsuit might sink HIM tho and wouldn't that be nice.. I also think Drudge Report should be mentioned every chance people get. Drudge is his mentor.

[chelsea0011]

8. Right! And those lynching and killings during the civil rights struggles were really just

people concerned about an over-reaching government.

[mediaman007]

9. To make matters worse, Sherrod was addressing

high school kids. The audience wasn't totally NAACP. Breitbart wasn't very honest about that either.

[Johonny]

10. but Breitbart we don't think you have a personal vendetta against Sherrod

we think you have a personal vendetta against minorities. So I'm glad to see we're all now on the same page. You Breitbart are a racist activist with a personal white power agenda. Thanks for clearing that up for us.

[Orsino]

11. Therefore, he wasn't. That was easy. n/t