Maddy McCall
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:40 PM
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Former RNC leader Haley Barbour being sworn in now as MS Governor |
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And you have never seen a whiter crowd than that one on the capitol grounds in Jackson, Mississippi. Trent Lott's there, Thad Cochran's there. Chip Pickering's there.
I see NO African-Americans in the crowd--NONE. In case you didn't know, Barbour claimed to have the support of many black leaders, as well as many Mississippi Democrats, but I see NO blacks there today.
It looks like a 1950s Dixiecrat convention.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:41 PM
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1. Is David Duke swearing him in? |
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:42 PM
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3. The pope should arrive at any moment for the Royal Coronation |
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But I have better things to do than watch-scrubbing the toilet and watching Star Trek TNG reruns...
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:43 PM
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From lounging on a yacht taking bribes from the communist Chinese, to the governorship of Mississippi. It's the Repug way, baby.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:43 PM
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5. My condoloences to my southern friends |
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looks like we both have asswipes for governors now....mine only demonstrates his bigotry through economic policies and drivers' licenses, though.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:48 PM
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10. I'll be shocked if he doesn't have Dixie played after he is sworn in. |
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God this is SOOOO 1950s. A disgrace.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:45 PM
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6. Geez, as if Mississippi wasn't screwed up already |
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Now they get fat assed Barbour.
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:46 PM
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7. Gary Collins, Gerald McRaney, and MAry Ann Mobley are there... |
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boy, he's drawing the big names, isn't he. ;-)
Wonder where Morgan Freeman and Oprah are?
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:47 PM
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I see a very small number, MAYBE 2-3% at best. Not real impressive in a state that is 36% black.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:51 PM
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12. I've seen 4 black people in the crowd of THOUSANDS and those |
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were elected officials--judges--who were obligated to be there.
Kenneth Stokes isn't there. :-)
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:51 PM
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13. And Jackson is MAJORITY black. |
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Tue Jan-13-04 01:00 PM
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15. Jackson is about 70% black actually |
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Isn't it wild? He doesn't need them to win so why bother...
God bless Ronnie Musgrove-he was not perfect but he worked very, very hard for education and performed a miracle for the public school teachers of the state with decent pay raises. Now that Barbour and Tuck are running the show, look for them to be rescinded due to "severe economic distress". If so, look for an EXODUS from the public school system. I know many, many teachers with 25-30 years service and if they don't get that promised raise, they're gone.
Never mind that we could afford a coronation fit for a Holy Roman Emperor, stretching out for days all over the state...
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jan-13-04 01:03 PM
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16. I know...I will be leaving the state as soon as I get the parchment |
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Outta here. Not gonna stick around and wait for things to get better.
What will happen to social services in this state? Medical care?
I am scared to death of the changes that are coming.
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:47 PM
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9. You are so hateful JChild! |
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I see at least two black highway patrolmen working security! And there'll be hundreds of blacks at the ball tonight: parking cars, checking in furs, cooking, serving and cleaning. Haley Barbour's version of "inclusion".
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:50 PM
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11. Yeah, and I think I saw a black woman picking up garbage on State Street |
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You know, the JOBS welfare-to-work program.
God help our state.
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Jan-13-04 12:54 PM
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14. WTF? The mikes are still on on Haley and Marsha |
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and they are talking about "Mary Frances and 'em" and "where are the airplanes?"
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Tue Jan-13-04 01:09 PM
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17. So sorry for Mississippi |
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that you have to put up with Halley Barbour for 4 years. :-(
On the bright side, he shuts up on the national stage for 4 years. Y'all keep him tied up down there while we try to change the cast on the national stage.
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Tue Jan-13-04 01:11 PM
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His mouth, his ego and his belly are big enough to take in all America while he and his minions destroy this little state. There's not that much to loot here-they'll have it all after a couple of years.
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