Posted on 09/18/2009 10:02:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW:
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said in an interview that rising opposition to President Obama's free-spending policies has nothing to do with race, and dismissed rosy federal predictions that the recession is over as nothing more than "political happy talk."
"All through my political career, when the Democrats are losing the argument, they try to make the issue race. The issue's left and right, it's not black and white," the Republican governor said in an interview with editors and reporters Thursday at The Washington Times.
"This administration and this Congress have attempted the biggest lurch to the left of any administration in American history."
Weighing in on the Democratic charge this week by former President Jimmy Carter and others that GOP opposition to Mr. Obama's agenda is race-based, the head of the Republican Governors Association said thousands of health care reform opponents turned out for town halls and anti-tax "tea parties" across the country to voice their deep fear that the government is reaching too far, spending too much, and could end up hurting the programs they know and like, such as Medicare.
Mr. Barbour said he was happy to see the strong turnout at the protests.
"I think it's healthy for people who have never done anything but vote to go out and ring the bell. Politicians need to hear that every now and then," he said.
The governor maintained that the opposition isn't personal to President Obama, whose election Mr. Barbour said was hailed by liberals and conservatives alike as a milestone in American racial relations.(continued)
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I like Haley and think of him as Presidential material. He certainly would make a good VP.
My sister works for him and says he’s the real deal.
I’m undecided...although I do like him pretty much.
Cigarette tax = No Barbour for me
While the media gets everyone talking about “race” and why/how racist all us whites are, NObama cancels the missile shield protecting central Europe Soviet Breakaway countries from Iran attacks.
NObama is the new Houdini- watch this hand , while I do something nasty with the other hand.
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