On Tuesday, the Obama Administration demanded that United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) director of Rural Development in Georgia, Shirley Sherrod, resign after she was “caught” on camera telling members of an NAACP banquet that she was slow to help a white farmer. By the way, Sherrod is black.

A conservative website posted a partial video that showed Sherrod in a negative light. It was a gotcha moment in the world of political videos that was posted on the internet. It was a cheap shot. Fox News ran with the story without all the facts. They like “gotcha” moments, too.

Sherrod was forced to resign by the Obama Administration. They did not have all the facts, either.

Was the Obama Administration too quick to pull the trigger on Ms. Sherrod? Maybe. The event Sherrod was referring to in her speech happened in 1986 – 24 years ago. Sherrod wasn’t even working for USDA at that time. She was telling a story in her life about how this white farm family opened her eyes and she came to realize that poor whites were having the same problems as poor blacks with their farms.

According to the Associated Press, the “white” family Sherrod helped said she should keep her job:

“We probably wouldn’t have (our farm) today if it hadn’t been for her leading us in the right direction,” said Eloise Spooner, the wife of farmer Roger Spooner of Iron City, Ga. “I wish she could get her job back because she was good to us, I tell you.”

Sounds like she did OK by these farmers, and I’d bet there are others (white and black) that were helped over the years by this lady.

The Obama Administration should reconsider their action and allow Sherrod to return to her job.