Page 71 - Doesnt Help News Today

Could cause serious problems looking ahead to november. >> and it could. i would venture to say that the democrats have more, greater problems than the charlie rangel issue. but it doesnt help. >> right. >> and exactly. there is a thing called the economy, and this new unemployment prediction that is going to remain above 9% until 2012 is a huge problem. this does not help. >> what if anything can the democrats do about it? >> well, that they can, and th con stanstant pressures for a d. and nanc...

Show me he was superior to me was i was trying to decide just how much help i was going to give him. i was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farm land and here i was faced with having to help a white person save their land. so i didnt give him the full force of what i could do. i did enough so that when he -- i assumed the department of agriculture had sent him to me. either that or the georgia department of agriculture and he needed to go back and report that i d...

Of racism, lost her job and now is being redeemed by the truth, it seems, the whole truth. her story, the whole story, says a lot about how quick we can be to judge, how wrong we can be when we do and how the truth is out there if only people would seek it out instead of trying to score political points or run from political heat. if more people did, shirley sherrod might still have a job. she was forced out as the agriculture developer of rural development in georgia over a edited videotape at ...

This department is notorious for that kind of problem and hes trying to clean it up. he says this doesnt help. this is going to affect her job. i dont think shes a racist but shes got to go because its a problem. thats what he did. >> it all seems incumbent, though, on the mistaken idea that all of this came while she was employed by the department not something that happened 24 years ago. stay right there boyce, joe and david. the bp spill and why a new plan to kill the well could leave us ne...

What he didnt know is as he was taking all that time trying to show me how he was superior to me, i was trying to decide just how much help i was going to give him. so many black people have lost their farm and here there was a white person save their land. so i didnt give him the full force of what i could do. i assumed the department of agriculture had sent him to me. either that or the georgia department of agriculture and he needed to go back and report that i did try to help him. so i took ...

Does that actually hold up, though? >> it does. frankly, from what i can tell, in talking to various individuals inside the department, also on the record, it seems pretty clear that secretary vilsak looked at this thing and said it doesnt matter what she said in the portions of the tape im not hearing. what she said there, state of mind, this is the kind of thing that affects a department that has had literally thousands of discrimination lawsuits. this department is notorious for that kind of ...

It seems, the whole truth. her story, the whole story, says a lot about how quick we can be to judge, how wrong we can be when we do and how the truth is out there if only people would seek it out instead of trying to score political pointers run from political heat. if more people did, shirley sherrod might still have a job. she was forced out as the agriculture developer of rural development in georgia over a comment she made in march. here is some of that edited video that was posted. >> whit...

Long story short, were all learning from this and this is just an ugly situation. >> joe, youve been chasing down the department of agricultures side of this story, which is that the white house didnt make the call on this. does that actually hold up, though? >> it does. frankly, from what i can tell, in talking to various individuals inside the department, also on the record, it seems pretty clear that secretary vilsak looked at this thing and said it doesnt matter what she said in the portions...

Lot of context. we want to play another clip from the speech right now. shirley sherrod in her own words, it starts with how working with a white farmer she initially was reluctant to help, impacted her life and changed her world view. take a look. >> its really about those who have versus those who dont. >> thats right. thats right. >> you know, and they could be black. they could be white. they could be hispanic. and it made me realize then that i needed to work to help poor people, those who ...

Instant news and blogging. [ male announcer ] if you have type 2 diabetes, you struggle to control your blood sugar. you exercise and eat right, but your blood sugar may still be high, and you need extra help. ask your doctor about onglyza, a once daily medicine used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. adding onglyza to your current oral medicine may help reduce after meal blood sugar spikes and may help reduce high morning blood sugar. [ male annou...