Needless to say, Forrest is a pretty easy guy to denounce. This was a political gift, in a way, to Barbour. I mean, a white Southern Republican like Barbour could get himself into some trouble for denouncing, say, Robert E. Lee. But Forrest? Is Barbour really that worried about losing the white supremacist vote?

Krugman touched on this today and yesterday on his blog, but it’s worth taking a closer look at. Ron Paul held hearings on monetary policy yesterday and his star witness was a crazy person.