Haley Barbour just doesn't remember the civil rights era being all that bad in MS; amazing and

[EV_Ares]

I wonder from what perspective that is from.

In a profile published Monday in The Weekly Standard, Mr. Barbour also talked about the White Citizens’ Councils of the late 1960s, which opposed racial integration. Mr. Barbour, a teenager and young adult during the 1960s, said that in his town, they were a positive force, praising them as “an organization of town leaders” who refused to tolerate the racist attitudes of the Ku Klux Klan.

Man and this guy wants to be President.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/us/politics/21barbour.html?_r=1

[Rincewind]

1. I'm sure it wasn't too bad,

if you were white, and didn't pay attention to what was going on.

[Caliman73]

6. BINGO!!

Like a billionare saying the recession isn't too bad, sure it's eaten into the yacht money abit, but I can't understand why everyone is so worried.

[ljm2002]

2. "Mississippi God Damn"...

...performed by Nina Simone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBiAtwQZnHs

[Bluebear]

4. Thank you.

[Skittles]

3. that's because he is a racist fuck

[Loki]

7. He is the poster child for racist fuck.

[Selatius]

5. Of course it wasn't that bad. He was a white person growing up in a middle class household.

If he were a black person growing up in Yazoo City, he'd probably remember incidents of discrimination because he would be a victim of it.

[SoCalDem]

8. And we have Mrs. Greenspan covering for him ..claiming it was his "childhood"

He was a teenager & young adult..

and today we routinely try 13-15 yr olds as ADULTS when they commit a crime..

Wonder what Ole Haley's stance on juvenile justice is these days...

By the time one is about 10 yrs old, their "moral compass" has been set by the adults in their lives..

[surrealAmerican]

9. I'm not a bit surprised he feels that way ...

... but I am surprised he isn't ashamed to admit it.