[Editor’s Note] Barbour’s Cross to Bear

. The only folks trying to keep the racial division going is liberal trash like this publication.

Go Dawgs, out of this whole conversation and everything in it, that's the best you can come up? An ad hominem attack?

I'm sorry, but history and facts are important to us here at the JFP. And there is nothing about that that makes us "trash." Funny, though, that's exactly the kind of phrase segregationists used to complain about people fighting for racial equity in the 1960s. So, in a twisted way, I take it as a compliment. I sure would hate to be on the other end of that insult.

Oh, and Go Dawgs! I agree with you on that part. ;-)

Great article Ladd! I can bear witness that the JFP does not instigate or go out of its way to bring message about MS and its painful, cruel and inhumane treatment of African-American during the 60s and all other years preceding that period; rather, the JFP has served as an instrument for truth and enlightenment.

There are so many Whites that I have met agross the years, to inclde some of the people I worked with, who said, "I didn't know." To hear the Governor of the State of MS say that "things were not that bad" during the 60s is a testimony to his distortion of the facts and his admission that he (Barbour) is insensitive and without sorrow for the tragedies that happened to Black people. Klan Murders, Firings, Dog Bites, Injuries from Firemen Water Hoses, Beatings, Home Burnings and this list does not include acts of discrimination: The back of the bus, the back doors to medical offices, the inability to access or borrow a book from a library are conditions lived by blacks. Resturants were off limits as were hotels. In Vicksburg, MS, my home town, there was a fast food place called, Burger King. Blacks had to knock on the back door and receive their orders from the back.

The JFP did not drum up or make up these stories. They actually happened. This is our history and healing from it will not include denial, criticism or disgust from those who read here.

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Go Dawgs

What keeps you reading the JFP if you think that it is nothing but "libersl trash"?

Just asking?

Gov. Barbour's latest is accusing President Obama of deliberately causing the severe increase in gasoline prices. He said that "Obama is trying to promote his clean energy program."

It seems that this man will stop at nothing! My question to Mr. Barbour is: Did George Bush deliberately cause the severe increase in gasoline prices during his administration?

Increased oil prices is not a new ball game.

Simply a marvelous and award winning piece. This and Lacey's story too. The truth ministers to the mind and soul and moves us all forward.

It seems that this man will stop at nothing! My question to Mr. Barbour is: Did George Bush deliberately cause the severe increase in gasoline prices during his administration?

You should've seen my Facebook status this morning. I wonder where his criticism of Bush when prices were even higher in 2008. And if Obama is being blamed for rising prices because of his energy policy, what's the reason for prices rising under Bush?

Why did gas prices drop from a high of $4 gallon 2008 to $1.60 a gallon before Bush left office and have done nothing but rise since Obama has been in office?

justjess and golden eagle,

I agree. How can we blame Bush for high prices but not Obama and vice-versa?

How many times did Pelosi and Co. blame Bush/Cheney for gas hikes? Where is she now?
Both parties playing the blame game, per usual. Enjoy choosing between the lesser of two evils.

@breland- I think by "creating" a war in Iraq, Bush caused an increase in oil prices and much instability. Obama is setting a new path to energy freedom, one where 300 billion doesn't roll into the hands of the Middle East every year. How Haley gets misconstrued over this topic makes sense if you've been listening to his logic.... on most things (Oil Spill,Drilling,Civil Rights in the 60's,Funding Education) . Bravo to the JFP for getting into the "meat" of this his-story.

Folks, I'm going to have to ask you to take the oil conspiracy conversation to another thread (feel free to start one in the forums). This column and following comments should be about Barbour and his use of the southern strategy, even as I know many of you would like not to talk about *that*. All comments going forward here must stay on topic.

(If someone starts a thread about it, feel free to post the link here to redirect folks.)

Thanks,
Donna

Why am I reminded of Homer Stokes from O Brother Where Art Thou?

"Is you is, or is you ain't, my constituency?"

That ain't gonna work on a national level.

@ Tre - lol!!!!! "Gimme dat mic-a-phone, gimme dat mic-a-phone, mic-a-phone, mic-a-phone"!!!!

You shouldn't have brought that movie up, that movie is hilarious

Is it possible that maybe he appointed a black judge or was involved in whatever capacity with the museum for reasons other than he was running for president? I realize that's insane thinking here but since no one person can know what another persons motives are without being that person I would think it would be a question rather than stated as fact.

Alex, of course it's possible, but the circumstantial evidence isn't good. Barbour used to have a hard time finding black judges to appoint. Now he's gotten better. And his renewed efforts for the civil rights museum came out of nowhere right soon after one of his race gaffes, with him not suddenly turning on a dime away from support of it being at Tougaloo (pissing them off in the process).

This one just ain't hard to figure out. But as a political strategist, Barbour has seldom been subtle. He's never had to be.

I feel like he's been an excellent governor in an impossible state to govern. He, like the rest, is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't you know? He may not have spent alot of time pacifying those who scream to be pacified but I don't think he's been overly unfair given what he has to work with. Mississippi will always be where it is because everyone's so scared everyone else is getting something they're not and the end result is no one gets anything. It's a shame but I guess it's the world we live in. Everyone wants to win the argument, no one wants to solve the problem

@Alex0393, I feel like he has been an excellent governor in an impossible state to govern..............."
I am among those who want "to solve the problem". I'm concerned about the language in your comment. You said, "I feel like he's been an excellent governor". There are things that we feel that are far removed from facts: What actually happened. Can you list a few things that Gov. Barbour has done that you are placing into your category of excellence?

Barbour hasn't made any bones about his position on certain issues. For starters, he said, when first elected, that he did not have any jobs in his administration that women were qualified to hold. His reason for not appointing any blacks to Judgeships was his problem with finding blacks who are qualified.(Blah, Blah, Blah) It was not by accident that all of a sudden, he has finally found a qualified black lawyer to serve as Judge.

Barbour is now trying to straddle the fence. He wants to keep his "Southern Strategy" alive while staying away from toxic situations that he can not defend and expect to become a viable candidate for President. When he puts on his pseudo-sheep suit, the buttons fall off and it doesn't matter what you FEEL, it's what you see that counts.