Snookered

Finally, in regards to the term snookered, in the billiard world this term is used to describe a situation when a shooter finds the cue ball in a position from which he cannot make a direct hit on the intended object ball; he is snookered, not deceived, just blocked from a direct route to make a legal shot. ❋ William Safire (2004)

The fact that bloggers of color could respond forcefully to the Shirley Sherrod vs. Breitbart imbroglio and provide a truth squad to the "snookered" is a bold step forward from where we were just a few years ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hence, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous should have been the first to push the pause button before jumping to "snookered" conclusion - the former Executive Director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a longtime consortium of African American newspapers, should have exercised journalistic restraint and investigated further. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We surmise that Jealous and his colleagues don't want you to think about that, and that this is why they are so eager to shift the blame to those who "snookered" them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said his group had been "snookered" by the reports that began circulating in the conservative media on Monday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Even the NAACP, which had initially criticized Sherrod, beat an embarrassing retreat, after viewing the full tape -- and complaining that it had been "snookered" by Fox and Breitbart. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(To its credit, the civil rights group quickly recognized its error, retracting its call yesterday and saying it had been "snookered" by Breitbart and Fox's falsehoods.) ❋ Unknown (2010)

A second statement from the organization lashed out at Fox News and Andrew Breitbart, claiming they had "snookered" the NAACP and the media. ❋ Unknown (2010)

NAACP officials have also been critical of Breitbart, who they said "snookered" them with a deceptive video edit of Sherrod's remarks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The NAACP publicly condemned Sherrod; USDA officials, claiming to be acting on behalf of Vilsack and the administration, forced Sherrod to quickly resign; and Obama himself supported her firing and, as NAACP head Ben Jealous said about his own organization, was "snookered" by right wing zealots. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After seeing the full video, it said it had been "snookered" into misinterpreting her views. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The NAACP, in its statement just now, says it has reviewed the full tape and admits that they were "snookered" by Breitbart and Fox News into believing that Sherrod had withheld help from the white farmer for racial reasons: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Berger is "snookered" by the Pentagon when it forces the NATO commander who had been too blunt in his demand for ground troops, General Wesley Clark, into retirement. ❋ Lelyveld, Joseph (2003)

Organised business felt rather "snookered" by the speech, as all the issues Sacob had highlighted over the past week had been addressed with "typical Mbeki precision". ❋ Unknown (2000)

The NAACP, which had released a statement Monday critical of Sherrod, backtracked Tuesday, saying it was "snookered" by Andrew Breitbart, whose Web site biggovernment. com released the edited video. ❋ Unknown (2010)