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April 30, 2012
13:58 • 1 year ago
Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa dream act face the nation haley barbour immigration immigration reform marco rubio Politics television
I think that Sen. Rubio’s version of the DREAM Act would create a second class status for folks.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa • During an appearance on CBS’ Face the Nation this weekend, during which he also predicted that Mitt Romney’s stance on the DREAM Act will damage his reputation with Hispanic voters. Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, a Republican, agreed with some of what Villaraigosa had to say, specifically the fact that Republicans needed to do more for their Hispanic constituents. “The fact that people come and serve in our military certainly ought to give them some status in the United States,” said Barbour, adding, “as long as they pay taxes, as long as they don’t break the law, now maybe there should be a different path to citizenship.” source (via • follow)
March 13, 2012
20:28 • 1 year ago
Tags: haley barbour mississippi mississippi primary gop 2012 alabama primary reblog of the night from c-newt
Mississippi would do that, but Haley Barbour pardoned all of them.
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January 11, 2012
20:26 • 1 year ago
Tags: barbour pardons blocked haley barbour haley barbour pardon mississippi mississippi barbour mississippi pardons pardons
Mississippi judge blocks 21 of Haley Barbour’s pardons Checked by the judiciary: Thanks to a request by Mississippi’s Democratic Attorney General, Jim Hood, 21 of the 208 pardons issued by outgoing Governor Haley Barbour yesterday have been blocked. Hood objected on the grounds that the convicts in question failed to give sufficient notice they were seeking the pardons, which he claims amounts to a violation of the state’s constitution on Barbour’s part. Barbour defended his decision today, in a statement emphasizing the relatively low rate of currently serving prisoners released, as well as medical considerations. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) source Follow ShortFormBlog

Mississippi judge blocks 21 of Haley Barbour’s pardons

Checked by the judiciary: Thanks to a request by Mississippi’s Democratic Attorney General, Jim Hood, 21 of the 208 pardons issued by outgoing Governor Haley Barbour yesterday have been blocked. Hood objected on the grounds that the convicts in question failed to give sufficient notice they were seeking the pardons, which he claims amounts to a violation of the state’s constitution on Barbour’s part. Barbour defended his decision today, in a statement emphasizing the relatively low rate of currently serving prisoners released, as well as medical considerations. (Photo by Gage Skidmore) source

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15:18 • 1 year ago

Mississippi ex-Governor Haley Barbour goes on pardon spree on last day in office

Tags: haley barbour haley barbour mississippi haley barbour pardons last day pardons mississippi mississippi pardons pardons

  • 208 pardons by Haley Barbour on his last day in office source

» The power of the pen: In a move that shocked the Mississippi political system and jumbled up the traditional left-right orthodoxies on law and order, outgoing Governor Haley Barbour used his last day in office to pardon 208 inmates, among them 14 convicted murderers, as well as the older brother of former NFL quarterback Brett Favre. This deluge has both led Democratic lawmakers to push for future restrictions on the gubernatorial right to pardon. To be sure, it’s wrong to decry a particular pardon without knowing all the facts. But waiting until the last day of an eight-year tenure, with no more accountability in sight? That’s always going to cause controversy, and rightly so. Edit: Fixed an error. Sorry about that all :/

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November 8, 2011
22:41 • 1 year ago
Tags: mississippi referendum abortion fertilized egg haley barbour abortion fertilized egg
And in other big news, Mississippi decided in a referendum of its own that a fertilized egg is not a person. A major victory for the pro-choice movement.

And in other big news, Mississippi decided in a referendum of its own that a fertilized egg is not a person. A major victory for the pro-choice movement.

November 4, 2011
19:55 • 1 year ago
Tags: abortion fertilized egg personhood pro-life pro-choice abortion rights controversial haley barbour

Is a fertilized egg a person? Depending on how Mississippi votes on Tuesday, an amendment could force the issue.

After a little hemming and hawing, Gov. Haley Barbour supports the law: ”I have some concerns about it,” he wrote in a statement. “But I think all in all, I believe life begins at conception, so I think the right thing to do was to vote for it.” What do you all think? Good? Bad?

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April 25, 2011
21:55 • 2 years ago

Ron Paul to run for President again

Tags: 2012 president gary johnson gop12 haley barbour mitch daniels ron paul

  • one Establishment favorite and GOP company man Haley Barbour surprised everyone today by announcing that he won’t be running for president in 2012 (probably a good idea, given his poll numbers).
  • two Hours later, Dave Weigel at Slate confirmed that everyone’s favorite scrappy libertarian, Ron Paul, will announce tomorrow an exploratory committee to run for president. Let the ReLOVEution begin again — for the first time. source

» What this means: One thing to keep in mind about presidential primaries is that every time a potential candidate announces their intent to run (or that they won’t be running), the calculus for every undecided candidate changes. For example, Haley Barbour is good friends with Mitch Daniels, who is half-heartedly considering a run of his own. With Barbour out, Mitch Daniels has one less excuse not to run. Meanwhile, Ron Paul’s entrance into the race effectively puts an end to his son’s quixotic flirtations with a bid, as Rand Paul already ruled out running against his father. Next question: Will the presence of another libertarian on the ballot put a dent in Paul’s loyal following?

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15:16 • 2 years ago
Tags: Haley Barbour presidential run 2012 election not so much from nationaljournal

BREAKING: Haley Barbour not running for president, National Journal’s Beth Reinhard reports.

April 2, 2011
12:09 • 2 years ago

Rally at Mississippi Capitol for Scott sisters pardon

Tags: Gladys Scott haley barbour Jamie Scott life sentence pardon prison

  • NO Haley Barbour won’t give the Scott sisters a full pardon source

» The Governor won’t have it: A rally was held outside the Mississippi State Capitol building yesterday, urging Governor Haley Barbour to grant a full pardon to the Scott sisters, Gladys and Jamie. It’s been 16 years since the two received double life sentences for armed robbery, a punishment that was absurdly severe even if presuming the sisters’ guilt- check out this great article by The New York Times’ Bob Herbert to brush up on the story. Barbour suspended their sentences indefinitely earlier this year, because Jamie had kidney disease and Gladys was offering a transplant, so they now have their freedom back. Barbour’s response on properly pardoning the two, though? “Tell ‘em don’t save any space in the newspaper for that to be announced.”

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March 21, 2011
21:44 • 2 years ago
Tags: 2012 president haley barbour mississippi mississippi governor presidential hopeful
They have yet to learn what a Haley Barbour is, and that will be a challenge.
Haley Barbour • Speaking about himself in the third-person in a profile piece about him for the New York Times. He’s a likely 2012 presidential candidate, but his profile is a tad low — more Herman Cain, less Sarah Palin. If anyone needs an idea of who this Haley Barbour character is, we have a pretty good collection of posts about this guy. In his defense, he did some great work as Mississippi governor in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But on the other hand, he has said a bunch of other stuff that voters may not like. And he has a career as a lobbyist under his belt, which doesn’t exactly mesh well with the current anti-lobbyist vibe right now. source (via • follow)
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February 28, 2011
21:58 • 2 years ago

Haley Barbour remembered stuff that actually didn’t happen

Tags: 2012 president civil rights gop haley barbour martin luther king yazoo

  • memory Attempting to burnish his non-racist credentials, Haley Barbour recalled a 1962 Martin Luther King speech in his hometown of Yazoo. “He spoke out at the old fairground and it was full of people, black and white,” he said in December.
  • reality A heartening tale, but according to Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Garrow, there’s no record of it actually happening. MLK only came to Yazoo once, in 1966, and didn’t hold a rally when he was there. Whoops!
  • candid According to Barbour’s comments, he “paid more attention to the girls than to [Martin Luther] King.” We don’t doubt that, if the speech had happened, this would have been the case, so at least he isn’t being 100% disingenuous. source

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February 17, 2011
22:36 • 2 years ago
Tags: 2012 president 2012 primaries council of conservative citizens haley barbour mississippi race racism
No candidate can successfully run for president if he doesn’t understand you should rebuke efforts to honor the man most identified with the KKK.
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin • On Mississippi governor and likely presidential candidate Haley Barbour’s latest racially-tinged blunder. After praising the racist, pro-segregationist Council of Conservative Citizens last year as “an organization of town leaders,” and insisting that that the civil rights battles of the 60s weren’t “that bad,” he’s now refusing to condemn an effort in Mississippi to make commemorative license plates honoring a leader of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest. For a while, members of the GOP establishment have been urging Barbour not to run for President. We think they’re onto something. source (via • follow)
February 7, 2011
23:45 • 2 years ago

2012 field starts to solidify, but still lots of uncertainty

Tags: 2012 2012 president bob riley gop haley barbour john thune

  • in It’s looking very, very likely that Haley Barbour will seek the nomination for President: an unnamed advisor said that “he’s running until he says he’s not.”
  • out John Thune, who up until recently seemed like an almost-definite yes, looks to be having some second thoughts about running (or, more specifically, his wife is).
  • odd Apparently, Bob Riley (who?) is now also considering a run. Because, you know, there aren’t enough obscure candidates in the race already. source

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December 30, 2010
18:09 • 2 years ago

Haley Barbour: Want early release? That will cost you one kidney

Tags: dialysis Gladys Scott haley barbour Jamie Scott kidney donation mississippi mississippi governor

  • $11 the amount two Mississippi sisters stole in an armed robbery at a nightclub 16 years ago
  • two the number of life sentences they got for the crime (really); they had no prior records
  • one number of kidneys one sister has to donate as a condition of her sentence getting suspended source

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