Chris Wallace: ‘I Hope the President Doesn’t Speak With Her’

Fox News' Chris Wallace discusses the Shirley Sherrod / NAACP story. He explains that Fox News said nothing about Shirley Sherrod until after she had been fired. He also expresses his concern over a single person having the ability to demand to sit and talk with the President of the United States.

July 22, 2010 at 9:54 am - Johnny Dollar
Dateline: Washington DC
papercanteen   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:01 pm

Honestly though, wouldn't it be more surprising if he DIDN'T cave and see her? Obama has routinely done the opposite of the "prudent" thing to do, and appears to have no problem setting pretty horrific precedents by regularly taking stances opposite reality.

secularstupid   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:02 pm

Chris, you are a fair player! But, to be fair, don't let the false narrative of the interviewer stand unchallenged. It sounds as though you did not listen to the whole speech, or her outrageous background. They lie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI5ntZk0Un0

LostinOregon   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:04 pm

Chris Wallace is about the only Democrat that I have ANY respect for. He is a true journalist. Probably still remembers what his father taught him.

UrinalMint   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:04 pm

What kind of beer are they drinking this time?
Do you think she will get to pet the Portugese water dog?

AmericanParch   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:10 pm

Obama hates being criticized or talked down to and I think she would let him have it. Though she blames the right, they never fired her. They showed a video and the idiotic W.H. did not check into it. Glenn Beck said he would not cast judgement until the rest of the video came out. ( http://www.americanparchment.com/library/naacp_ra... ) Even though I don't like her misguided attacks I hope she tells him what is up. Don't let him off the hook.

This is not about Sherrod or Breitbart, it is about the NAACP attacking normal Americans calling them racist.

This is a distraction to what is important to the economy and what is really happening.

jpsaid   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:18 pm

Phone call already happened. Jeez.

LoriGirl   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:21 pm

I believe Fox News said something about this before even O'Reilly did. On Glenn Beck's show that day, which airs two hours before The Factor, he brought up Ms. Sherrod and her story, saying "Context Matters." Beck was concerned the whole story hadn't been played, and indeed it hadn't. The entire text of her speech can be found here: http://bit.ly/9cRgTu. The National Association for the Advancement of Double Standards can bash Fox & Breitbart all they want – it won't make any difference to those of us who know that The Bigs are completely dedicated to the truth, unlike all the Journ-o-listers on the yellow-stream agenda-driven television network "news." Those of us who recognize Truth when we hear it know that the REAL story in all of this is that the term "racism" has been severely cheapened and over-abused by the Liberal Left. And it's still not working. Sticks and Stones, y'all.

Dave_in_Oregon   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:25 pm

She's black Chris… and if you look back at their voting record they are all (90%) in this together.

Call me a racist, but I call things as I see them and facts are facts !

TexasStomp   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:27 pm

TRACTER SUMMIT!

Temple62   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:27 pm

Obama the great divider! Well, America gave the new black president a chance and this "experiment in social justice” has just backfired. He is more prejudiced than all previous presidents combined and not what America needs at this time. Obama tries the patience of all Americans with incessant falsehoods and promises that never come true. He has not created new jobs, only expanded government jobs which are a parasitic drain to the taxpayers. He has not removed the troops for the Arab civil wars, he has only perpetuated it as Bush was doing. He has not saved the automobile industry, he has only taken it out of free enterprise and interfered with it's success or failure by putting it under government control. My Hope for Obama is that he stays on vacation for the next 2 1/2 years so the spending stops until we have a responsible government again. Obama is in charge and he needs to stop pulling out the Bush or GOP card and act responsibly in governance of America.

TexasStomp   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:29 pm

By the way, kudos to Wallace!

First and so far only decent mainstream journalist to stand for JOURNALISTIC PRINCIPLES!

TexasStomp   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:34 pm

That's my point in this whole story, AP,

By cutting that tape where it was cut…..it opened the door for all this off topic crap that followed. Had the tape covered BOTH the NAACP audience clapping for discrimination against a white person, but gone ON to show even Ms Sherrod felt that was a WRONG THING TO DO….which the full tape showed….we would not be in the middle of this hysterical flap about UNFAIR TAPE EDITING instead of the point….NAACP RACISM!

Someone else said it first and best. This was a total CF and the fallout for EVERYONE is gonna be huge. The only winner here is that MSM is getting a bump in revenue. great. They SO earned that one.

MrGJG   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:36 pm

Of course your a racist.
All us white folks are, merely by virtue of being white.

mandinkawarrior   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:40 pm

Breitbart did the same thing he has been doing for a while.Fanning the flames of racial hostility.

After he got away with helping to take down Van Jones and ACORN,I guess he reach the conclusion that he could continue to take down people in the Obama administration and paint him to look like a black radical.

The media did not do due diligence before reporting the Shirley Sherrod story.The NAACP let the fight they had with the Tea Party make them jump too fast to try to disprove accusations of reverse racism
Obama is a coward, every time Fox News and the right wing noise machine tell him to jump,all he wants to know is how high.
He wont get re-elected not because he's black but because he has no guts.Yes the progressives are fired up and ready for HIM to go if he don't grow a pair.

mariodebarrio   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm

This is the fallout from the decisions of these so called "Blue Ribbon" intellectuals. They have no common sense for business decisions (nor government decisions).

CrisD   July 22nd, 2010 - 5:54 pm

I agree with ONE thing for SURE! She will tell him off! This is one lady that loves her "loves the smell of her own cooking."

He'll probably cave.

Dave_in_Oregon   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:00 pm

I bet she will get to shake hands with the Slimey Racist Kenyan Dog.

NoRightHope   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:08 pm

"Context is everything"-

As Dandy Andy 'bright-bart' recently said……..

Clearly its the taking things OUT OF CONTEXT, along with the hate for the current commander & chief audience that blindly gives him his power to hypnotize that allows this turd blossom to spin his golden nuggets of media.

Never underestimate the determination of the right wing neocon movement-

Take a history lesson on right wing 'spin' & read about the illustrious life & times of Lee Atwater-

Rove was his prodigy-

Within this despicable human beings' story lies the Achilles heel to take all future attacks from the right wing down like the elephants they are.

These losers who hate the current President for no good reason other than they lost are very predictable in their pattern of attack yet the progressives always get caught by their surprise left upper cuts made by their horrid lies & edited videos.

The key to exposing their media war machine is at hand-

It's just sitting there waiting to be loaded into the .50 caliber elephant gun…one shot kill..dropped like a used rubber.

But it won't be used until they trip on their own self-importance & false confidence. Thats inevitable cause they always do. They wont even see it coming.
Thats whats gonna make it all the more sweeter, & it will reduce the right wing neocons in the media back to the status they were holding shortly after the most popular & most important presidency was ever sworn into office, Barrack Obama.

antilibtards   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:20 pm

Gee your post is so insightful. Not!!!!!!!! Maybe Mr Beitbart should falsely accuse people of calling him the n-word and keep saying it happened despite the fact that there is video evidence showing without doubt that it did not happen. Maybe Democrat Carson can teach him how to do this.

alfogue   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:26 pm

Would we be surprised if he did? It is a trademark of his entire presidency, apologize for what he considers unfair. When you do it at all time cannot be sincere, simply is to have you drop your guard and obtain something. Logically, the MSM and his liberal followers believe it to be sincere. It is similar to an airline pilot announcing the weather inflight and apologizing for it, what an ego trip, as if he had something to do with it. Besides, I do not elect a POTUS to take requests; he is not a radio DJ, treat the office with dignity and respect, as it deserves it.

SubjectofUSSA   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:31 pm

It's okay, she just wants to set Oilbama straight because he doesn't have any slave blood in him. She's a Real African American, she's the only one qualified to speak about race….

She's a racist lefty whacko, that's all I learned by watching the rest of her speech

SubjectofUSSA   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:32 pm

Sorry All Breitbart did was expose the racist members of the NAACP cheering this woman on

It wasn't Breitbart or Fox News that fired her dumb ass last I checked

It wasn't Breitbart of Fox that had the whole 45 minute speech, it was the NAACP that did, and promptly threw her under the bus like Obama did.

kmichaels   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:34 pm

Go to hell mandika you ass hole racist troll. All you ever do is fan the flames of racial hostility. It is all you ever do you drooling racist troll.

kmichaels   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:35 pm

God you liberal liars are boring and stupid.

mandinkawarrior   July 22nd, 2010 - 6:44 pm

i see you not only drink the Breitbart Kool-Aid but swim in it.
If you think that video of Sherrod wasn't doctored.

What does Carson have to do with my post?If you know it didn't happen step up to the plate and say Carson is lying.

yourjewishnews   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:03 pm

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RRR   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:07 pm

What Ms. Sherrod said is not the issue for me; the reaction of the NAACP crowd to her comments about discriminating against a white farmer is the REAL example of racism.

Hardciderarrest   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:10 pm

Chris, my latest take on this is that the Administartion should have brought in Donald Trump to do the firing. Everybody knows and respects Donald Trump and that if he fires you then you deserve it.

Just think how much easier it would be for the Administration now – there would be no cloud of suspicion hanging over their heads for this action.

It would have been a one-day story.

What_what_what   July 22nd, 2010 - 12:16 pm

You better believe it. They tried to discredit this woman using the tactics that have been successful for them in the past. This time it went too far as it always does with the right-wing. They just don't know when their tactics reach the limits of decency.

What_what_what   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:18 pm

You think this is about "slave blood"?

Your ignorance is laid bare. The racism again exposed.

CitizenSH   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:18 pm

I don't know why everyone is back pedaling. The NAACP says the Tea Party is full of racists. Breitbart says any group could have racists in it and proves his point by showing a video of someone saying something racist and the NAAPC crowd liking it. Not just one or two mind you. Most in attendance. It doesn't matter what she went on to say. It wasn't about her. It was about the crowd there. You can debate her all day but you can't deny what the audience did.

LostinOregon   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:27 pm

"The Racist Formerly Known As Dave" has a nice ring to it……….

mikeflagg   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:30 pm

His father, Mike, is in reality truly embarrassed by his son's journalist abilities, or lack thereof.

SubjectofUSSA   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:51 pm

Sherrod said Obama, who spent many of his formative years in Hawaii, is "not someone who has experienced some of the things I've experienced."

That means, I grew up in the racist south treated like a real black person and he doesn't know what it's like….
Am I wrong? You need to listen to this dingbat in her interviews as well, she's been taking the tours all day today from NBC to ABC to CBS, etc.. Why does she keep using the word "we"?

Could I tell you you need to go see a Black Lawyer because you're black and he'll take care of his own kind? Isn't that racist? Yep, so why isn't she a racist?

You liberals are the biggest hypocrites on the planet, you can throw around the term racist all you want, doesn't make it true. I'm not the one who doesn't think Obama is a real black because he isn't from the South. It's blacks that think that.

fulljump   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:55 pm

This the truth I do not hear in all of this. LAST week, all week Andrew was having a debate with The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and he ask them to back off the Tea Party. He clearly told them that he had tapes to prove that The National Association for Colored People had racist in it. Andrews goal was to point out the racist reactions in the National Association for Colored People AUDIENCE. And now everybody is going; why did he do it…………

Coyote12   July 22nd, 2010 - 8:45 pm

How is it fanning the flames of racism if it is Liberals who keep pulling out the race card the moment there is any critic on Obama?

CitizenSH   July 22nd, 2010 - 9:09 pm

"The National Association for the Advancement of Double Standards". That's funny and sad at the same time. So true.

BHO_UMM_UMM_UMM   July 22nd, 2010 - 9:36 pm

For god's sake, you Democrap jackasses put a militant racist basturd in as President and you want to complain about Breitbart publicizing video of an NAACP racist bigot briefing the ranks?

The Neanderthals Advocating Assassination of Cracker Progeny/New Black Panthers operate with impunity harrassing voters at the polls, publically advocate the murder of Crackers and their babies, and actively seek to displace Crackers from their earned positions in society, replacing them with reparations based minority nincompoops as retribution.

Obama was trained in racism by Revrearend Wright, trained in guerilla warfare against the US by William Ayers, trained in manipulating and aggitating the ignorant masses by Saul Alinsky, and elevated in society by affirmative action. Obama is to race relations what Achmadinijad is to Muslim-Jew relations.

RoninNH   July 22nd, 2010 - 9:40 pm

Well said Lori.

Refudiater   July 22nd, 2010 - 9:48 pm

Why shouldn't Obama speak to her? Honestly, these right-wing media types are so twisted and contrarian. If Obama had said he has no plans of speaking to her, you can bet Faux News and their ilk would be DEMANDING he speak to her.

Baloshka   July 22nd, 2010 - 3:35 pm

Chris is a dinosaur. How the hell does Wallace have any license to talk about integrity?

Objection   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:05 pm

Chris – It's plain common sense. Any person of tremendous CURRENT media prominence who's in the media spotlight, AND … who calls anyone who disagrees with Obama's health care program a RACIST, has, ipso facto, earned a gab session with him. Don't forget, Chris, she said that she didn't think it appropriate for Obama to apologize to her. Rather, if she got her chance to yak with obama, she said she wanted the yak session to be about their favorite topic: Racism in America — a surefire winner every time.

handleit   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:14 pm

I don't beleve any of it ! To me, she is a BLACK racist ! I have met my fair share. You don't have to look hard. They will come to YOU ! Cut the crap you black racist. Just like when Byrd was spouting his KKK crap. I believe them when they are in their prime. She will be a RICH FAKE !!

300Mhz   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:27 pm

Chris Wallace? Daffy Duck wasn't available for comment?

outerlimits   July 22nd, 2010 - 11:36 pm

For goodness sake, of course he called her. What could possibly be more important than a black woman, who has a bone to pick with all things white, loves big government spreading the wealth (to her), has sued the very department she works for and was awarded 13 million (her share 300,000), AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, KNOWS BILL AYERS. You can't make this stuff up.

sammytobe   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:02 am

You know honestly it dosent matter. Since when does the president of The United States of America, base his decisions on whats in the media.

handleit   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:16 am

Nothing more to add to what you said. I hope her easy money rots her very soul. She is a typical "player" a horrible piece of greedy dirt. She can have her dirty money, I will continue to toil so that this dirty scum can run down America. When we burn they are also going down, no matter what they believe !

Guckert   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:28 am

His dad is so embarrassed !!! As would any father would be if their son turned out to be Chris Wallace.

leroitroisieme   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:29 am

Obama is the ultimate micro-manager. He can do this as a community organizer or senator, but this does not cut it with the Presidency.

EightiesSupport   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:32 am

Good drugs, eh?

EightiesSupport   July 23rd, 2010 - 12:38 am

Chris is more or less right. The One is running a fire-first, ask-questions-later operation over there. He is so desperate to control the "news cycle", like an immature teenager fretting and pulling hair, "Oh, oh, what do they THINK of me"

Sherrod is just a pawn to him and if I were her, I'd take any phone call or margarita-summit invite with some trepidation

Chameberlain   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:01 am

Just what does Mike Wallace's son know ? I suppose its good to have Liberals on Fox News, as Wallace and Smith along with Geraldo, sure are. I think that is what make Fox News fair and balanced, but these three ought to admit it. As far as Obama meeting with her; he will and give her a medal. They are alike. And I do not believe Obama was not in on the original decision to fire her. The reactionaries in the white house wanted to fire her before it hit the Fox News telecast. Ms Sherrod was not part of the NAACP and Obama plan to stir up the lone constituency group he has left [other than the unions and Sorros, who will never abandon him]. Exposing her, as Breitbart did, just helped to expose the plan that no one except RUSH has determined. My thanks to Andrew Breitbart – don't relent.

Multirodeoed   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:17 am

Maybe listen again because she clearly states that the behavior of 'these Republicans' over healthcare is A-racism and B-because we now have a black President. The behavior couldn't possibly be because a stunningly dangerous plan was shoved down the throats of the majority against our will – it can only be because of racism. And that IS the issue for me, when she will cling to and defend something evil simply for the sake of propping up the race of the individual behind it.

TheUltraworld   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:26 am

Just goes to show why nothing gets done by this guy. He's giving away so many sound bites for the Republicans to use in 2012. They will have a have hard time deciding what to use.

Objection   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:28 am

The next black Celebrity Apprentice? Then Trump can say, "you're fired" and get away with it without being called a racist.

chaspol   July 23rd, 2010 - 1:32 am

Doesn't spinning like that cause vertigo. I seldom read blogs like this. They make me sad. Whatever your political allegiance, you can't be serious about being a patriot if half of this country is your enemy. Every one of you is responsible.

Julio Lopez   July 22nd, 2010 - 7:05 pm

Chris Wallace is lower than a piece of shit.

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:52 am

Educated elite idiots from poison ivy league schools.

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:53 am

"dignity and respect" are all sold out in DC. That is soooo last year in the fashionable city!

SunshineConnie   July 23rd, 2010 - 2:57 am

I do not recall inviting you so please do not make yourself ill. Just leave.

dzflyover   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:12 am

The Context Matters discussion on Beck was the day after she was fired. Beck didn't even get involved in this until the night she was fired as she was told "you are going to be on Glenn Beck tonight". it is so weak that a President can have his strings pulled so easily.

dzflyover   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:26 am

How was the video doctored? It was her words and even with the context of her "pivot point", the support of her perspective from the audience is concerning. Unless you have seen the whole footage you would not understand the support for the racist comments she made by the audience.

We are a long way from "post-racial" and that is exactly what Obama wants.

dzflyover   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:30 am

Decency??

Who on MSNBC is Decent? Matthews? Olberrman???

All Fox did was play the video. Noone on Fox called for her to be fired or for her to resign. That all came from Obama and his "i've never had a job in the real world" lackeys.

dzflyover   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:33 am

Amazing how just one news station, FoxNews has this Administration in such a bind that they are looking at Net Neutrality, changes in FCC rules and ways to silence Talk Radio. Must be sad for all of the other networks to know that they don't have the pull combined that FoxNews has individually. If they did, Obama's opinion polls would be raising, not falling.

mandinkawarrior   July 22nd, 2010 - 8:36 pm

kmichaels you have the mind of a pathetic six grader.All you know how to do is name call.Is that why they kicked you out of the military?

dzflyover   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:36 am

Obama has nothing better to do than this issue? Oil spill cleanup, jobs, the economy, North Korea, Iran???? Pick a topic. This proves that he has an inept group working for him, that he has to be involved in this.

mandinkawarrior   July 23rd, 2010 - 3:42 am

@ BHO_UMM_UMM_UMM ,You forgot candidates for senator advocating dealing with your opponents with second amendment rights.

You people only see what you want to see.Obama militant LMAO.

Makahala   July 23rd, 2010 - 7:09 pm

Obama makes me sick. Where was he when the NAACP falsely accused the Tea Party to be racist? Where was he when John Podesta and his Center for American Progress produced a video claiming the Tea Party was racist and proved their point by showing a KKK member making statements that were taken out of context?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mN2wByHXf0

Where was he when the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case was dismissed? Playing golf?

All this man does is lie, and I'm sick of it.

GregZ   July 24th, 2010 - 7:03 am

Fox News' Chris Wallace explains that Fox News said nothing about Shirley Sherrod until after she had been fired.The Obama administration had the knee-jerk reaction to fire her. He also expresses his concern over a single person having the ability to demand to sit and talk with the President of the United States. The story is the reaction of the people of the NAACP of laughter to her comments. Obama is a polarizing and divisive figure. Regarding Wallace's concern over a single person having the ability to sit and talk with the President what about Andy Stern, Van Jones, George Soros, Al Sharpton etc.

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