Governor Haley Barbour Calls For Civility In Mississippi While Comparing National Democrats To Communists

The Daily Journal

Directing his comments to the 33 new members of the Mississippi Legislature during his State of the State speech, Barbour said, “You’ll learn that when I called Billy McCoy my friend, I meant it. And you’ll find a lot can be, indeed, has been accomplished by working together.”

Early in the afternoon before Barbour spoke, McCoy urged members of the House to attend the State of State address “to show respect for the governor.”

After the speech, McCoy said, “I thought he made a good overall assessment of where we have been and where we need to go.”

It sure sounds like he's a fan of civility. Combine that with issues we all agree need to be addressed and he's doing good right?

Well I guess it depends on the audience.

In a speech at the Republican National Committee winter meeting Governor Haley Barbour said this:

"I was worried that it was bad for us that Hillary seemed to be running in the center," said Barbour of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. "And Obama is to the left of that," he said of Sen. Barack Obama, D-N.Y. "Edwards," said Barbour "is running to the left of Mao Tse-tung."

Before a diverse audience civility sounds good, but put him in from of his friends and he compares mainstream Democrats to murderous Communist leaders.  

That's no great leap forward for our esteemed Republican governor.