tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post8779324833314426999..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: TapdancingJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-87514635595357320362010-12-26T16:50:18.988-05:002010-12-26T16:50:18.988-05:00The fact that others of his ilk find no fault with...The fact that others of his ilk find no fault with the blatantly racist comments of Haley Barbour doesn't surprise me in the least. <br /><br />Barbour speaks with the ease and comfort of a man who knows he can speak freely on the subject of hunger in America, because no one is hungry at his Country Club. And he can pontificate about race because he's not been subjected to a racist squatlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00041016017342355678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58445438123955686602010-12-23T06:37:43.368-05:002010-12-23T06:37:43.368-05:00Congratulations for not throwing a brick through y...Congratulations for not throwing a brick through your teevee. The big thing that struck me about Barbour's "remarks" is that they exemplify the true fact that he has lived his whole life in the warmth and safety of white privilege, and has no clue that this fact is the truth. Sure the Citizens Council was a bunch of nice fellers down there in Yazoo City. They were his peers, his Fiddlin Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083633111240927563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-490324761908775882010-12-22T14:28:34.028-05:002010-12-22T14:28:34.028-05:00I suspect the racist/repugs are thinking "Ame...I suspect the racist/repugs are thinking "America voted for a <i>Black Man!</i> for president, so obviously they'll be willing to vote for a Southern Good Ol'Boy Racist for president! <br /><br />If Americans will vote for someone exotic looking & sounding <i>once, </i> why not twice? <br /><br />Because It's all in the packaging.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-63893644575393272222010-12-22T13:59:07.778-05:002010-12-22T13:59:07.778-05:00Republicans across the board will now be asked wha...<i>Republicans across the board will now be asked what they think of Barbour's remarks</i><br /><br />Sure they will. Across the board no less. I'd look forward to Michael Steele's response but my breath isn't all that bated.R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-58205446395966608152010-12-22T12:36:15.968-05:002010-12-22T12:36:15.968-05:00Belcher waited on him at table as a young man, and...<i>Belcher waited on him at table as a young man, and presumably was satisfied with the tip.</i><br /><br />Wait. What?M. Krebsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-54718058942703031572010-12-22T11:52:22.586-05:002010-12-22T11:52:22.586-05:00Gee, how did such erudite discussion of potential ...Gee, how did such erudite discussion of potential racial ickiness not include a matching exposition on The Southern Strategy in particular and general prognostication on the various regional differences in voting patterns with regard to skin tone? Oh, right; polite company and all that.StringonaSticknoreply@blogger.com