Quote of the WeeK: "The entire Shirley Sherrod affair is so disgusting, such a stomach-churning episode of right-wing lies, propagandists posing as “journalists,” and craven political cowardice and gullibility, that it’s hard to know who to be most enraged at." 

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Shirley Sherrod and the Right: A Day That Will Live in Infamy

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