Haley Barbour praised by NAACP for sisters' release

[Still a Democrat]

Source: USA Today

A week ago, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour had drawn the ire of the NAACP for insensitive comments about growing up during the 1960s civil rights era.

Today, the potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate is being hailed by the leader of the nation's oldest civil rights group as a "shining example" of a governor.

Why the change? Barbour on Wednesday decided to free two sisters who have been imprisoned on life sentences since 1994 on armed robbery charges. The plight of Jamie and Gladys Scott had long been championed by the NAACP. Gladys Scott was released on the condition that she donate a kidney to her 38-year-old sister, who requires daily dialysis.

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[CBGLuthier]

1. Put your goober covered feet in your mouth about civil rights

and then suddenly such an act of kindness. Are people really that stupid?

[hlthe2b]

2. Yup.. he has played them like a puppeteer...

I am damned glad they are finally being released as it should have come years ago. But, the ONLY reason he is doing so, is to avoid the state prison having to shoulder more medical costs for her, including that of the transplant. Give me a break.

[bullwinkle428]

3. The same Ben Jealous that was quick to condemn Shirley Sherrod

before the entire story came out.

Sorry, I'm not in a big hurry to let a gigantic racism apologist like Barbour off the hook so quickly.

[EFerrari]

4. Ben Jealous apologized for his mistake, iirc. n/t

[valerief]

5. I can't believe they got life sentences for their mugging. nt

[onehandle]

6. Haley Barbour harvesting prisoners' organs. nt

[NorthCarolina]

7. So, is this Haley Barbour's mea culpa?

December 20, 2010

Haley Barbour's Account Of Civil Rights Era In Mississippi Assailed By NAACP, Historians

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/20/haley-barbour-civil-rights_n_799365.html

[butterfly77]

8. He is not fooling anyone..

blacks are suppose to take this as an olive branch,he will use this in his campaign to say see I'm not a racist. I have known it for years,go back and look at his fat ass during the reagan bush years.

[No Elephants]

9. Good grief. WHY is the NAACP giving Barbour cover?

[provis99]

10. In their next press release: James Earl Ray was misunderstood.

[Loge23]

11. Barbour is a racist pig.

Fortunately for this piece of garbage wrapped in skin, he lives in a place and time that legitimizes racism.
The NAACP has no business expressing anything other than outrage at this case.
A "shining example"? Yes, of a disgusting sub-human.

[Odin2005]

12. SHAME on the NAACP for supporting this racist monster.

[pettypace]

13. Props to Gov. Haley Barbour

A gentleman and a statesman.

[Paladin]

14. Forget The Satire Alert, Did You? (n/t)