John Jons News Today

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Martin you dont think thats the bigger picture here. >> john, i dont give a damn what rush limbaugh thinks. he called george steinbrenner a cracker the day he died, so hes utterly irrelevant to me. erick has to be connected. the naacp was very clear. they did not call the entire tea party racist. there was never in the resolution or stated, so thats actually incorrect. what theyre talking about is certain individuals. thats what he said. at the end of the day theres no doubt that shirley sherrod...

Did the naacp in quickly applauding that decision to fire shirley sherrod rush to judgment? perhaps because it wanted to prove conservative critics it would condemn black racists as quickly as white raisss. a short time ago the naacp issued a statement saying, quote, we were snuckered. were going to walk through what happened as best we know it and what it says about youre political and media culture. our lead panel is senior correspondent john jons and eric eriksson. just who is shirley sherrod...

If there was any white or black or whatnot involved whatsoever. we ate up there together and everything. heck, you know, i spent six years in the navy in world war ii, and i met all kinds of people. i never met a nicer person than her, if you want to know the truth. >> eric, one of the remarkable things as this drama played out today and you live in macon, georgia and you know the south, you have this white farmer and his wife, who clearly are of anch to remember the horrible day, talking about ...

Speech not doing enough for this person is based upon race? absolutely. she says it was a thing she actually learned from. we all should be able to do that. what i still desire, though, is for people not to get to that point where they have to have the corrective action that from the get-go they look at somebody as an individual and say, if im here to help you, im going to help you, and not have any preconceived notions about race, gender, or anything else. >> john and roland, i think roland you...