Mississippi’s Haley Barbour won’t denounce proposed KKK license plates

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Racial intolerance and general ignorance is rather widespread in the Deep South, and Mississippi may just be the leader of that gang of Red States.  Their governor, Haley Barbour, the stereotypical image of a red faced blustering  racist, is probably the leader of the leaders.  Read this story from Newser:

Haley Barbour doesn’t think Mississippi’s legislature will approve the Sons of Confederate Veterans’ proposed license plate honoring Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest—but he’s not going denounce the proposal. The state’s NAACP has called on Barbour to do so, the AP reports, but when asked about it, the governor replied, “I don’t go around denouncing people. That’s not going to happen.” Pressed further, he added, “I know there’s not a chance it’ll become law.”

Needless to say, the NAACP wasn’t satisfied with the response. “I find it curious that the governor won’t come out and clearly denounce” the proposal, the group’s Mississippi president said. “As the head of the state, he shouldn’t tap dance around the question.” The incident comes just months after Barbour sparked controversy by saying that he didn’t remember segregated Mississippi as being “that bad.” For more on the license plate controversy, click here.

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Jess
13 years ago

Oh you silly libruls, they just want to go back to the good old days.

13 years ago

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