Because of the way the White House handled the now infamous Sherrod Case....

[WCGreen]

They have put themselves in the position of having to win my loyalty back.

I will vote for him in 2012 simply because the alternative is not even remotely agreeable.

But as far as defending them, campaigning for them, sticking up for them...

Well, they are going to have to do some real good fence mending.

I know that I am not that different from a whole lot of other lifelong and extremely loyal democrats so I imagine that this administration is going to have to do something that shows they aren't just a mess of callow calculating political operatives.

They have to show me that they are loyal to the people who are loyal to them and that they are not so driven by what ever lunatic crap that is spewed by the crazy right wing in this county.

A person in the employment of this government has to know that their boss has their back. If not, then why should I trust them to have my back.

[DJ13]

1. The admin friends are working overtime

Every post like yours (and there have been several) gets neg rec'ed as soon as its posted.

lol

[WCGreen]

3. Up until today I was a staunch defender of the White House...

As I said I would not vote for anyone else but Obama and I would not support a primary challenge but my enthusiasm for the Whote House is really very weak now...

[ProSense]

4. "Every post like yours (and there have been several) gets neg rec'ed as soon as its posted."

All my posts do too: same people?

:rofl:

[DJ13]

6. No, thats me

:hide:

[ProSense]

11. I already knew that. n/t

[Barrymores Ghost]

54. How horrifying!

I'll do my best to sleep tonight, knowing that you're out there, somewhere, un-rec'ing posts that are in any way critical of the President I canvassed, called and caucused for, and still hold accountable.

:eyes:

[niceypoo]

2. The Obama administration needs to stop reacting to FOX news

Seriously, it is making them look like fools.

[bigwillq]

5. Agreed.

:thumbsup:

[enough]

9. + (nt)

[HughMoran]

32. Can you at least see the whole story?

Of all the horrible things that happened in this injustice, Obama is the least involved in this. Only an ass hole would ignore the involvement of Fox News, Breitbart, Vilsack & the NAACP and lay the blame solely at Obama's feet.

[niceypoo]

37. Obama's administration needs to stay above the FOX NEWS infotainment drama

[Arkana]

7. And I'm sure they'll be at your door with a fruit basket momentarily.

[ProSense]

8. .

:rofl:

[WCGreen]

13. I'm waiting....

[Beacool]

10. Their "boss" cares only about one back, his own.

It's high time that people realized that, it will lessen the disappointment.

:shrug:

[tavalon]

18. No it doesn't, not one iota

He advertised himself as someone with far more strength and far more moral character than he has been since taking the office.

[Beacool]

36. Well, that's what happens when people buy the advertisement.

He spoke in vagaries, platitudes about hope, change, receding waters, planets aligning, etc. If people had bothered to look beyond the facade and the empty words they would have seen a very ambitious man who wanted to be president beyond all else.

:shrug:

[CakeGrrl]

38. Uh-oh, the door's open for some unbridled Obama bashing

C'mon Beacool, 'fess up. This is the stuff you're always itching to say about the man who stole the Presidency from Hillary.

:evilgrin:

[tavalon]

49. I admit it. I was taken in by his magnificent oratorial skills

Skills he has to this day. Looking back, I see that we had the choice between Clinton or Clinton and we chose Clinton. His fiery rhetoric reminded me of a cross between MLK and FDR so I didn't see his Clintonesque tendencies. It was timely marketing that I mistakenly took at face value. My bad and I am repenting in leisure.

[Steely_Dan]

39. Out Of All That...

...has been written, your post sums it up in one sentence. It's sad, but nevertheless true.

-P

[suzie]

44. You think he learned that watching Bill Clinton throw everyone he knew under the bus?

Don't the perpetual "Bill was perfect" crowd believe that throwing the entire Democratic Party under the bus was fine, as long as Bill Clinton was able to maintain good approval ratings?

[jenmito]

12. 5 min. ago: "USDA is preparing some sort of new comment on Sherrod's case; don't know the content"

http://twitter.com/marcambinder

[HughMoran]

14. Someting has to happen

She is such a great person - just watching that tape shows that she's better than everybody else involved in this.

[jenmito]

31. I bet they'll rehire her. n/t

[WCGreen]

33. That would be the right thing to do....

[scheming daemons]

15. You're going to feel awfully silly tomorrow when the WH reinstates her and apologizes

... and then uses the whole affair to discredit Fox further.

[tavalon]

17. I know that wasn't directed at me

but I'll be happy to feel silly right along with the White House. If that was their plan all along, it's a really silly plan because it makes them look weak AND silly.

[obxhead]

20. How do they have the right to discredit fox further?

They had the ultimate say in how this was handled. Instead conclusions were jumped to and action was taken with zero facts available. If anything they are just as complicit in the events.

[JoePhilly]

46. They simply say they made the mistake of TRUSTING a Fox news strory ... but ...

after this incident, they won't make that mistake again ... and they hope no one else does either.

[Paladin]

21. If That Happens, I Won't Feel Silly.

I'll feel amazed.....

[WCGreen]

22. Not me....

I have been feeling kind of silly not raising a concern before this...

[Missy Vixen]

34. Imagine how silly it will be

when nothing is done by the White House to aid Ms. Sherrod, and she is cast under the bus one more time.

[Hydra]

35. And if the WH doesn't back down

Are you going to post a Mea Culpa?

Because I've noticed whenever someone on DU covers for the people in power when they are acting badly, they tend to be VERY quiet after the evidence comes out or the order is given to not mend the problem.

[Ignis]

50. That's great news! Bookmarked for a celebration by EOD today.

:woohoo:

[tavalon]

16. My position exactly

They have my vote because the alternative is worse but I was a foot soldier last time and my walking shoes are staying in the closet. I will do no more than I am obligated to. That's clearly all they deserve, heck, they don't even deserve that but I like my nose and would rather not cut it off to spite my face.

They've proven that more often than not, they do not have my back.

[Nite Owl]

19. +++++1

[azmouse]

23. whatever...

:eyes:

[WCGreen]

24. What a wonderful comment...

Glad you stopped in to add you 2 cents...

[azmouse]

25. Two cents is all your OP is worth

and it might be overvalued at that.

[WCGreen]

26. Good for you....

[Ignis]

51. Looks like it was worth at least two KICKS!

:kick: :kick:

[Aramchek]

27. breitbart thanks you

[WCGreen]

29. Come on....

I am truly pissed off about how they reacted.

That is a legitamate concern.

I could care less how Breibart reacts.

That's not my concern nor my worry....

[Whisp]

28. it's been what, one fricken day since this fake video was out

and you are ready to throw in the towel and all that loyalty you had banked up?

something tells me that may not be entirely true, but I'm too lazy to do searches.

[WCGreen]

30. Sometime it just takes a straw to break the camels back....

My loyalty has been ebbing for some time now...

[democracy1st]

40. this is a Goldman Sachs admin .

[WCGreen]

41. Good point...

But an easy way to charactorize them. There are a whole lot of people not affiliated with GS in the administration it just seems that those people in key posts are associated with the investment bank....

[Number23]

42. THIS issue, this NON-issue is what you hang your hat on??

A person in the employment of this government has to know that their boss has their back. If not, then why should I trust them to have my back.

You cannot possibly be serious. :crazy:

[babylonsister]

43. The drama around here is a riot!

Good, don't defend, campaign, or stick by them. Just sit here and ridicule and slam the first decent admin we've had in years. If that works for you, go for it.

And if you think Vilsack had a knee-jerk reaction? Consider your own.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

45. There is a troubling aspect, tho

Someone did react without an investigation. Someone in the WH issued a release saying the WH supported her termination.

Either way breitbart wins, first by crating disorder, next by us examining what really happened and asking why vilsack and the WH acted so poorly.

[babylonsister]

47. I absolutely agree this admin screwed up royally.

I'm sure it's happened in every admin since we started having them. That doesn't mean I'm ready to throw in the towel, and I bet they rectify their actions. And I sincerely hope they've learned a big fat lesson about trusting any sources w/o doing their own fact checking, not just r/w.

And I don't agree breitbart wins; it proves how duplicitous they are. For anyone who didn't realize that, this is a wake-up call.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

48. May they lose their snooze button.

Otherwise, the lesson may be forgotten.

But this is simply symptomatic of other admin. problems. They cave in too easily, too often. They appear to be without a spine. No wonder the poll numbers are so low.

[WCGreen]

53. Exactly

[WCGreen]

52. This is more an accumulation that anything that was sparked by an incident...

BTW, I am not in a position of power to destroy a persons professional career based on a bullshit charge lobbed by a proven liar.

Vilsack is a paid executive wit responsibilities to all of us and should have shown more loyalty to his people than to be willing to throw a person under the bus for purely political reasons.