Haley Barbour Defends Bob McDonell's Confederate History Proclamation, Slavery Omission (VIDEO)

On Sunday, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss) defended Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's omission of slavery from his "Confederate History Month" proclamation.

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," Barber said that the firestorm of controversy raised by McDonnell's proclamation is "just a nit". "It's trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn't matter for diddly," Barbour claimed.

McDonnell apologized for the omission, but when host Candy Crowley asked Barbour if he thought failing to mention slavery in the Virginia proclamation was a mistake, Barbour replied, "I don't think so." He pointed out that Mississippi's Democratic legislature has also approved measures commemorating Confederate history.

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[ladcrp]

02:34 PM on 05/05/2010

Isn't that just like Haley? That kidder.

[keepitreal50]

10:21 AM on 04/17/2010

Haley barber is depicted as a fat greasy sheiff in the movie Mississippi Burning. I hope he runs for POTUS. The best thing Obama has in his favor is the disfunctional polititians that will run against him. I am looking for something familiarly over the top from the rethugligans or their fellow racist friends. They know very well that they have absolutely no answer and no game for president Obama. They will be shown to be complete fakes and sad commentary for those they REPRESENT. Know what I mean? See ya in "12", losers. Check your facts first or be rendered ignorant fools.

[BigHound1]

09:44 PM on 04/13/2010

I'm confident that the good governor of Mississippi expressed his honest opinions the way he see things. He has never attempted to serve as governor of all of Mississippi; his goal has been to serve those people that thinks just like him.

I would have been surprised if he did not enlightened us on Southern Hospitality via Mississippi Governorship.

[valley boy]

04:09 PM on 04/13/2010

confederacy = secessionists
secessionists = Palin/Tearrorist Party
Palin/Tearrorist Party = threat to US

some things never change, just the faces

[Miketou]

03:20 PM on 04/13/2010

This is no different than the Germans celebrating National Nazi Month. Truly sick and disgusting.

[joeinvt]

02:52 PM on 04/13/2010

That Mr. Bo Diiddly to you, cracker!

[ManiDeli]

02:33 PM on 04/13/2010

I’m for setting time aside for a BULL CONNOR DAY to commemorate the wonderful Southern way. Parades with Confederate flags, police dogs and fire hoses should show the American people that there still is a large united front for bigotry. Haley Barbor could be a chief marshal.

[Gould123]

02:47 PM on 04/13/2010

Rewriteing history seems to be on these Republicans minds lately! Do they want to strengthen the KKK while they are at it, will they burn a cross to?

[Sean Myers]

02:09 PM on 04/13/2010

what about the confederacy's treason against the united states, does that go without saying too?

[Zapatista]

01:50 PM on 04/13/2010

-----> Teabaggers are a DIVERSE bunch:

- racists
- xenophobes
- birthers
- klan members
- confederate re-enacters
- middle school dropouts
- rednecks
- morons
- minute men
- yokels
- wal mart greeters
- flat earthers
- militia men
- survivalists
- neo-cons
- birchers
- snake handlers
- red-baiters
- and people who think Jesus rode on the back of a triceratops

[BigHound1]

09:37 PM on 04/13/2010

I'm sure you've left out some diversity. How about "people of (no) color?" I'm sure if we look into the crowds hard enough, we will find "people of (no) color."

[GlenRast]

01:45 PM on 04/13/2010

"It's trying to make a big deal out of something that doesn't matter for diddly,"

One could say the same thing about the Confederacy itself.

[londongal]

01:31 PM on 04/13/2010

Well, first of all, Mississippi's Democratic legislature IS the GOP (former Dixiecrats), so let's get that out of the way. Of course they were okay with not mentioning slavery!

There's an anti-African-American, Latino, colored immigrant trend out there among SOME vocal caucasian men of a certain age (including elected officials), and it's getting louder, building momentum, and has become unashamedly overt.

The tea party attendees, Palin and Bachman with their references to a "real America" that simply does NOT exist, and Limbaugh and Beck with their anti-anything-that's-not-caucasian hate-speech reaching millions of listeners and viewers have continuously thrown fuel on this bonfire!

[politicalpollyanna]

02:03 PM on 04/13/2010

"Well, first of all, Mississippi's Democratic legislature IS the GOP (former Dixiecrats) . . "

No. Not really. Our GOP pols are certainly "former Dixiecrats". However, we have many true liberal Democrats in the legislature that differ from their Republican colleagues.

[Hysterian68]

05:54 AM on 04/20/2010

and all three of those liberals have their hands tied trying to fight off the Republican -led lynch mobs.

[multiculturegirl]

02:31 PM on 04/24/2010

I think she may have been referring to when he was speaking about Dems of the past clearly until recent history those were the same people note I live in Mississippi we do have dems they just don't tend to be very liberal

[supertim]

12:43 PM on 04/13/2010

http://crooksandliars.com/jon-perr/the-unbearable-whiteness-of-being-a-tea-bagger

[johndab]

12:12 PM on 04/13/2010

THATS WHY BARBOUR WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT, BECAUSE BEING PRESIDENT, YOU ARE THE LEADER OF ALL AMERICANS NOT WHO YOU CHOOSE .

[Hysterian68]

05:56 AM on 04/20/2010

You tell that to George W. Bush.

[TomJoad1965]

12:07 PM on 04/13/2010

Day one of confederate month is pi s s on Rosa Parks grave. Day two T.P. the Lincoln memorial...wait a minute... he's a republican (only here they MAY think that this could be wrong)

[rain33]

11:48 AM on 04/13/2010

don't worry barabour is uneducated racist governor who wants to make a honest living like his slutty peer whalin palin!