Posted on 12/23/2010 2:54:34 PM PST by Kaslin
“The Mississippi governor’s strangely muted recall of the nature of the Citizens Council in his hometown disqualifies him from seeking the presidency. “
Baloney!
Boss Hogg is finished before he ever got started.
Run Haley Run—for Pres of the USA!!
“Boss Hogg is finished before he ever got started.”
Haley just needs to pick one or two of his black friends to be his campaign manager(s) and this whole thing will be the tempest in a teapot it is.
What’s more serious is his looking old and being overweight. I’m doubtful that he can overcome that.
I like Haley.
He should confront the prejudice against white southerners. He is not guilty by accident of birth.
Not to mention, white southerners did the best they could dealing with an intrusive federal government who acted like an occupying army.
Certainly the concerns of white southerners regarding the crime and the huge social costs of black dysfunction have been born out.
It’s sad he’s getting such a bad rap. He’s a kind, decent man that as far as I know, never showed any signs of racism.
Sometimes being southern is a curse.
Oh and yes, he does sound like he has marbles in his mouth.
Looks like the media is narrowing down the choices for Republicans in 2012....Lets see Palin is out according to them and now Barbour..So I guess the only choice is Mittens?? /sarcasm
Meanwhile, Baraq was able to attend Rev Wright’s Temple of Hate without a murmur from the MSM.
I am so damn sick of people automatically assuming that someone is a racist simply because they are white and Southern. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We have GOT to stop letting the liberals set the terms of the discussion!
Barbour should run, IMO. I’d like to hear more about him and see him at work in a crowded GOP field of candidates. And when the MSM starts throwing the “racist” card at him, he (and we) need to hit back and hit back hard.
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Diddly!
This is a stupid commentary.
Haley has a long history in office and no racism. He ran the GOP and was successful. The racism charge is a smear job by democrats and it does not work. They do it to every non-socialist Republican. Americans are onto the race smear game espeically since the left overplayed that hand on the Tea Party.
I think the author is supporting someone else and is worried about Haley. Her advice lacks either honesty or street smarts.
That already happened so folks can say what they want now.
“Boss Hogg” is just how the fagstream media wants to tar Haley Barbour.
White, Southern (horrors!), noticeable accent, somewhat overweight, conservative and a Mississippian to boot.
Might as well add the Klan sheets, Confederate uniform, and white suit w/slouch hat.
But worst of all, Governor Barbour made the New Orleans mayor look even more like a total idiot in the Katrina aftermath. The Mississippi coast was hit harder and recovered much faster under HB’s leadership than the Chocolate City with its drowned schoolbuses, and for this he is to be held unforgiveable.
IMO, Haley Barbour would make an excellent President.
This reads like it was written by someone on the “moderate Left”, and isn’t what you’d expect from someone who writes for Pajamas Media. Having said that, at least she’s answering the fatuous idea that someone like Haley Barbour could be a serious nominee for the Republican Presidential ticket. The problem is not so much these eminently “exploitable” ‘racial issues’, it’s that he’s so low-profile most people don’t even know he’s holding any kind of current public office, let alone that he could be a standard bearer for a Party for which it’s now Do or Die.
His record may be good as Governor, but the man is really nowhere to be found as far as exposure goes, so it really mystifies me that his name shows up at all as a candidate.
Of course I could say the same about Romney, who’s probably way more unsuitable for the so-called “New” Republican Party as a standard-bearer.
But the thing that really burns my ass is too many conservatives fret about how the liberal media will spotlight the smallest warts on our candidates all the while the Democrat candidates can be as sleazy as they want to be.
They don't need to be listened to ~
The media has yet to attack the meaning or content of what he said. It seems that everyone is attacking him because he is from Mississippi.
I really doubt if MLK’s staffies really gave a hootin’ crap what he was saying on tour. They were focused on connecting with the women in the audience.
This great political traditon has survived all regimes over the last couple thousand years.....Don’t believe me? Just ask Jesse Jackson or Bill Clinton for updates.
I believe he would also, but what SP has gone through will be nothing compared to what HB will have tossed at him.
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