Barbour looks like he needs a tax hike on obesity foods for adults.

Did Barbour wax nostalgic about future Mississippi license plate fashion model Nathan Bedford Forrest? Nope, apparently not. But don’t worry, Mississippi has nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to race relations!

I don’t understand. How can taxes be too low?

he did it because he could (get away with it)
principled guy, sarcasm off

They can’t! Raising taxes is the enemy of fucking over the poor controlling spending.

Has america ever had a ‘fat man president from Misssippi’? I don’t think so, this guy has zero chance.Well I shouldn’y be so fast because america elected Bush and Palin is still swimming around.

Really. Shouldn’t revenues be higher when taxes are low?

that comment was snark, maybe, but definitely a boojum. didn’t expect it needed labeling, especially for you.

I gotta be me.

Willie Stark would know Haley Barbour for what he is.

Haley really is as dumb as he looks in that picture. He’s so bad for Ms and would be awful for the country. But he won’t be elected because most of the people won’t even be able to understanding what he’s saying.

Absolutely. With low taxes we get a full employment economy like we have now.

Not a problem. SpanishDict will come out with a version of HicDict so we can interpret Mr. Tons of Fun.

Do you think he’ll make more sense in Northern?

You never know. In Northern he might sound as eloquent as Barbara Jordan.

Or at least Zsa Zsa Gabor.

I miss Barbara Jordan. That is all.

What would Haley think about taxing white sheets?

He’s a “Dahling”.

It should be noted that not everyone in the south sounds like Haley. And it’s not just his accent – his issues won’t make any sense either.

I’d love to hear what Barbara would have to say about “Jim Crow” Barbour running for high office.

Repeat after me: “It wasn’t that bad at all.”

I am really, really tired of the current First Lady being referred to by these teabagger buffoons in public office as “some politician’s wife.” I don’t recall The Xanax Lady, Laura Bush, ever referred to so disrespectfully except in, you know, corners of the internet frequented by the hopelessly uncivil and very funny, like Watertiger.

Nor does Virginia, which elected to the Governorship and the United States Senate a man who now wants the latter position again and who named one of his sons for Nathan Bedford Forrest, George “Southern Californian” Allen.

I think I understand now why The National Enquirer called The Boehn ‘ruggedly handsome’ in its expose’ about his several affairs. The part left off the sentence was “compared to Haley Barbour.”

And, by the way, B-A-R-B-O-U-R — isn’t that kind of, um, French?

Ah, yes, George “I Wrote That Myself” Allen. What a cutup he is.

Good point -

those taxes are generating too much income, which is the enemy of small government.

They need to raise the tax rate so as to decrease the amount of income received by the government from that tax.

And if the do the tax on junk food Mississippi might no longer first in bad diet http://247wallst.com/2011/02/09/ten-states-with-the-worst-eating-habits/3/

“We did it for health reasons…”

So, now we know what the republicans have to offer in health care reform.

Haley Barbour and his chins have about as much chance of becoming President as Glenn Beck and the voices in his head.

The cigarette tax, like the infernal lotto, is a tax on the poor. Still – I thought progressives liked the cigarette tax. Am I wrong?

I am opposed to “sin” taxes in general. The PTB jump on things like smoking and alcohol etc. because a lot of people disapprove of those things and users pay taxes that everyone should be paying – not just the sinners.

Mississippi has a Forrest County, named for Nathan Bedford Forrest, and carved out of an existing county in 1908. Hattiesburg is the county seat. The University of Southern Mississippi’s main campus is in Hattiesburg. I-10 only travels 75 miles through Mississippi at its very narrow bottom, but it’s fairly easy to spot a tag from Forrest County.

Alabama has a Barbour County. James Barbour was a friend of Jefferson, Secretary of War and US Senator from VA. I don’t know if Haley is kin.

George Corley Wallace was a native of Clio, Alabama, in Barbour County.

Haley may be dumb, but he’s probably the most street smart and well-connected lobbyist in Washington, DC. While he officially severed ties with his old firm when he assumed the governorship, he continues to commute to DC monthly, as if he were Doyle Lonnegan, by private jet and secure limo, to have chats with friends at his old firm, empty a bottle or two of scotch or home brew and, rumor has it, go over the books. He is wealthy and owed a long list of favors by yet wealthier private and public figures. It would not pay to underestimate him, or to assume he does anything for the public good.

You mean that stare in Laura’s gaze, blanker than Shrub’s, wasn’t natural, but was assisted by “nutritional supplements”?

Thanks Twain.

Advocates for sin taxes are, IMHO, self righteous ass holes. But such is the human condition. It’s the regressive nature of the tax that bothers me. Eating is not generally considered sinful yet here in Louisiana we pay a sales tax on food.

agreed

You could also say Barbour is the lowest form of ANY life found, so far, anywhere.

Even the bacteria in the seething slime pits at Yellowstone have more brain power than Haley…Truly a dinosaur in every sense of the word.

Book Salon up with Wendell Potter’s Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans hosted by John Chandley (Scarecrow)

Part of it is that tobacco and alcohol tend to create additional costs for everyone else, usually by health problems, but also the costs of cleaning up after fires and vehicle accidents.

There a page with his ancestry here, but it doesn’t go back far enough to show any connections. (In fact, it’s a pretty skimpy family tree. The current president has a much more extensive tree, even on his father’s side.)

Food taxes are wrong , and it’s too bad sin taxes aren’t used to help fight alcoholism and helping people to quit smoking.

Interesting that Haley Barbour’s father and paternal grandfather both died in the same year: 1950.

http://politicalgraveyard.com

You made me curious. I looked at this site. There are Barbours all over: CT, CA, etc. No definite link that I could see.

I dug around in the census. His Barbours came from Ireland sometime in the 19th century, by way of Tennessee. I wouldn’t bet on the legality of the immigration, either.

…then he said, “And tell em Large Marge sent ya!”

Barbour is an excellent candidate for President.

He will do just as well as Newt Gingrich.