As we all know, yesterday Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign over a video released by Breitbart which showed her making racist statements to the enthusiastic applause of the NAACP.

Upon her resignation the NAACP released a statement concurring “with US Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in accepting the resignation of Shirley Sherrod for her remarks at a local NAACP Freedom Fund banquet.”

Later, after a review of the situation, the NAACP released another statement reversing the first (here is an excerpt)…

With regard to the initial media coverage of the resignation of USDA Official Shirley Sherrod, we have come to the conclusion we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party Activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias.

Having reviewed the full tape, spoken to Ms. Sherrod, and most importantly heard the testimony of the white farmers mentioned in this story, we now believe the organization that edited the documents did so with the intention of deceiving millions of Americans.   Source

As reported by Brett Baier on last night’s Special Report (Fox), Fox had only reported the story after the resignation of Sherrod and played no role in “snookering” the NAACP.

Breitbart, on the other hand, appeared to swing in the wind until last night when he told John King of CNN that the video was not about Shirley Sherrod but about the NAACP’s enthusiasm for what appeared to be her racist statements. Breitbart went on so tell King “that the real context of the Shirley Sherrod videos at the NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner begins with last week’s resolution by the NAACP labeling the Tea Party movement as racist.”


Here’s the video…

Breitbart also explains his motives to Hannity and provides the details of how he came into possession of the Shirley Sherrod/NAACP tape in the following video (the original Sherrod tape is played first and the new part begins at the 3:40 mark)…

Per Breitbart.com (again note that Breitbart’s appearance in the video begins at the 3:40 mark…so move the cursor forward to avoid a repeat of old footage)…

Breitbart reiterates the first video released on Breitbart.tv features Sherrod telling a racist tale that is received by the NAACP audience with laughter and cheers. The audience wasn’t cheering redemption; they were cheering discrimination.

Breitbart clarifies he released the video to target not Sherrod, but the NAACP who had condemned the Tea Party’s alleged racism. Though Sherrod became the scapegoat, it was the delight the NAACP audience took in the racist part of Sherrod’s speech that was truly damning. Breitbart noted he’s agnostic to her firing.

Later on the Breitbart.tv Publisher argued bogus racism charges flung at the Tea Party are meant to distract the public from staggering unemployment figures and other hot-button political topics unfavorable to the Democrats and the left. Source