Haley Barbour's race blinders

[Still a Democrat]

Despite his just-released statement of contrition, Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) has a blind spot the size of the Confederate flag when it comes to race. I'm not saying that this son of the South is a racist. I am saying that, for the second time this year, Barbour has displayed a stunning lack of insight, knowledge or even sensitivity to the role race played and continues to play in his own backyard. Note that I said this year. Greg Sargent yesterday pointed to some of Barbour's race missteps from years past.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/12/haley_barbours_race_blinders.html

[Va Lefty]

1. It will be fun to watch the fat man tapdance away from this one!

[Golden Raisin]

2. Yeah but I bet he'll keep

getting reelected.