That's basically what Rove might have done to Rather, leak fake documents about a real deficiency of Bush, let them get hyped a bit knowing the forgery would get exposed, Rather destroyed, and most important the AWOL issue buried for good.
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:29 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Doug Henwood
>
> Sherrod herself wishes that Obama were behind her.
>
> ^^^^
> CB: No doubt Rev. Jeremiah Wright did , too. Wright was substantially
> correct in his controversial sermons , too.
>
> At any rate, evidently, Obama is behind Sherrod (see below). It was
> completely necessary for Obama to wait until the whole Fox News move
> was exposed as demogogy _so that most white Americans get it_ . The
> vast majority of white Americans have a very whitewashing
> consciousness of the facts on racism in America. Obama must dumb down
> to their level of consciousnes on racism, lest he be punished for
> being an "angry Black man" and , as Fox News and other rightwinger
> have been lying, "favoring Black people as President" .
>
> This whole episode is a victory toward stopping Fox News and
> rightwingers from being able to racebait the Obama administration, as
> they were exposed to the nation in this latest example. And it would
> not have been possible to expose Fox News if the Obama administration
> had not reacted to the situation like the average white American would
> - blind to the fact that all the racism is in Fox News.
>
> The Obama Administration _must_ act as if it is white on issues of
> racism. They played it perfectly so as to achieve the result of mass
> white sympathy for Sherrod as wronged by the racist Fox News. If
> Sherrod had not been wrongly fired, there wouldn't be the level of
> sympathy for Sherrod that , hopefully (smile) , exists now.
>
> Shirley Sherrod Gets White House Apology
> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011238-503544.html
>
>
> Stating that "a disservice was done," White House press secretary
> Robert Gibbs today apologized to former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod
> over her firing after a conservative news outlet posted an
> out-of-context video of comments she made two decades ago.
>
>
> "I think without a doubt Sherrod is owed an apology," Gibbs told
> reporters. "I would do so certainly on behalf of this administration."
>
> Sherrod, who watched the briefing, immediately responded on CNN that
> "it makes me feel better that the apology is finally happening."
>
> "I accept their apology," she said.
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