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| − | '''Haley Barbour''' is the [[Republican | + | '''Haley Barbour''' is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Governor of Mississippi. |
| − | Barbour won the Mississippi gubernatorial election on November 4, 2003 in part on a pledge to keep Mississippi's state flag design intact, which contains a miniature representation of the Confederate battle flag. [http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=145] | + | Barbour won the Mississippi gubernatorial election on November 4, 2003, in part on a pledge to keep Mississippi's state flag design intact, which contains a miniature representation of the Confederate battle flag.<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=145 Intelligence Report: "'Southern Strategy'. In Mississippi, race and flag color gubernatorial campaign,"] Southern Poverty Law Center, Winter 2003.</ref> |
| − | While campaigning, he also appeared at a fund-raiser sponsored by the Conservative Citizen's Council. The CCC is a modern-day version of the White Citizen's Councils that fought racial integration throughout the South in the 1950s and 60s. [http://www.cofcc.org/] | + | |
| + | While campaigning, he also appeared at a fund-raiser sponsored by the Conservative Citizen's Council. The CCC is a modern-day version of the White Citizen's Councils that fought racial integration throughout the South in the 1950s and 60s.<ref>[http://www.cofcc.org/ Council of Conservative Citizens] website.</ref> | ||
Since his election Barbour has championed [[tort reform]], which he describes on his website as a "fight against lawsuit abuse", through the passage of the Tort Reform Act of 2004. | Since his election Barbour has championed [[tort reform]], which he describes on his website as a "fight against lawsuit abuse", through the passage of the Tort Reform Act of 2004. | ||
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==Barbour's background== | ==Barbour's background== | ||
| − | Barbour was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years during the term of President [[Ronald Reagan]]. [http://www.governorbarbour.com/Governor.htm] | + | Barbour was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years during the term of President [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[http://www.governorbarbour.com/Governor.htm Governor,] GovernorBarbour.com.</ref> |
Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and has strong ties to both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. | Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] and has strong ties to both [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]]. | ||
| − | In 1991 he founded and, until 1999, was the Chair and CEO of [[Barbour Griffith & Rogers]]. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the [[Interpublic Group of Companies]] in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company. [http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7713777.htm] | + | In 1991 he founded and, until 1999, was the Chair and CEO of [[Barbour Griffith & Rogers]]. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the [[Interpublic Group of Companies]] in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company.<ref>This ''Sun Herald'' [http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/state/7713777.htm link] is no longer active.</ref> |
| − | "In 2000 Haley chaired the Bush for President Campaign Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush’s National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999," a biographical note states. [http://www.haleybarbour.com/Biography.htm] | + | "In 2000 Haley chaired the Bush for President Campaign Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush’s National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999," a biographical note states.<ref>[http://www.haleybarbour.com/Biography.htm Biography,] HaleyBarbour.com.</ref> |
==Barbour on climate change== | ==Barbour on climate change== | ||
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In August 2001 Judy Pasternak reported in the ''Los Angeles Times'' that while working as a lobbyist for electricity generators on March 1, 2001 Barbour wrote to [[Dick Cheney]] urging the [[Bush administration]] to reverse its promise to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. | In August 2001 Judy Pasternak reported in the ''Los Angeles Times'' that while working as a lobbyist for electricity generators on March 1, 2001 Barbour wrote to [[Dick Cheney]] urging the [[Bush administration]] to reverse its promise to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. | ||
| − | "A moment of truth is arriving," Barbour wrote. "Clinton-Gore policies meant less energy and more expensive energy. Most Americans thought Bush-Cheney would mean more energy, and more affordable energy," he wrote. [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0826-02.htm] | + | "A moment of truth is arriving," Barbour wrote. "Clinton-Gore policies meant less energy and more expensive energy. Most Americans thought Bush-Cheney would mean more energy, and more affordable energy," he wrote.<ref>Judy Pasternak, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0826-02.htm "Going Backwards: Bush's Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout Cheney-led task force consulted extensively with corporate executives. Its findings boosted their interests. Environmental groups had little voice,"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (''Common Dreams''), August 26, 2001.</ref> |
| − | "The question is whether environmental policy still prevails over energy policy with Bush-Cheney, as it did with Clinton-Gore," Barbour wrote in the two-page memo. [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0426-04.htm] | + | "The question is whether environmental policy still prevails over energy policy with Bush-Cheney, as it did with Clinton-Gore," Barbour wrote in the two-page memo.<ref name="New">Christopher Newton, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0426-04.htm "Going Backwards: White House Shifted Carbon Dioxide Emissions Policy After Lobbyist's Letter,"] Associated Press (''Common Dreams''), April 26, 2002.</ref> |
| − | Associated Press reported that Barbour wrote that "he was 'demurring' on the idea of whether regulating CO2 emissions was 'eco-extremism.'" "We must ask, do environmental initiatives, which would greatly exacerbate the energy problems, trump good energy policy, which the country has lacked for eight years?" he wrote. | + | Associated Press reported that Barbour wrote that "he was 'demurring' on the idea of whether regulating CO2 emissions was 'eco-extremism.'" "We must ask, do environmental initiatives, which would greatly exacerbate the energy problems, trump good energy policy, which the country has lacked for eight years?" he wrote.<ref name="New"/> |
| − | == | + | ===Comments on Hurricane Katrina=== |
| − | *[ | + | *[http://www.governorbarbour.com/Katrina.htm "Governor Haley Barbour and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran,"] MEMA Press Conference, August 31, 2005. |
| − | *[[ | + | *John Aravosis, [http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/gov-haley-barbour-just-lied-on.html "Gov. Haley Barbour Just Lied On National TV,"] [[AMERICAblog]], September 1, 2005. |
==Contact details== | ==Contact details== | ||
| − | + | Official website: http://www.governorbarbour.com/<br> | |
| + | Campaign website: http://www.haleybarbour.com/<br> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Resources== |
| + | ===Also see=== | ||
| − | + | *[[Climate change and Hurricane Katrina]] | |
| + | *[[Climate change and hurricanes]] | ||
| − | + | ===References=== | |
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| + | ===External links=== | ||
*[http://100towatch.com/2008/haley-barbour.html Latest news about Governor Haley Barbour]. | *[http://100towatch.com/2008/haley-barbour.html Latest news about Governor Haley Barbour]. | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.governorbarbour.com/Governor.htm Official profile: Governor Haley Barbour.] | |
| − | + | *Bill Moyers and David Brancaccio, [http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript329_full.html Transcript: ''Now with Bill Moyers'',] [[PBS]], July 16, 2004. | |
| − | * | + | *Wayne Slater, [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0830-05.htm "Energy Firms Buy Bush Favors, Critics Say,"] ''Dallas Morning News'' (''Common Dreams''), August 30, 2004. |
| − | + | *Michael Tomasky, [http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9369 "The Domestic Bolton: Opposition to the UN nominee has centered on his international record. But it’s his history as a party hack that’s the real story,"] ''The American Prospect'', March 21, 2005. | |
| − | + | *Mark Leibovich, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/09/AR2005100901586.html "Buddy Story,"] ''Washington Post'', October 10, 2005. | |
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| − | *Bill Moyers and David Brancaccio, | ||
| − | *Wayne Slater, | ||
| − | *Michael Tomasky, | ||
| − | *Mark Leibovich, | ||
*Donna Ladd, [http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comments.php?id=7551_0_9_0_C "Haley's Unholy Alliance. Barbour Client Indicted in Nursing Home, Delay Scheme,"] ''Jackson Free Press'', October 18, 2005. | *Donna Ladd, [http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/comments.php?id=7551_0_9_0_C "Haley's Unholy Alliance. Barbour Client Indicted in Nursing Home, Delay Scheme,"] ''Jackson Free Press'', October 18, 2005. | ||
*Larry Margasak, [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1902161 "Miss. Governor Helped Implicated Firm,"] Associated Press (ABC News), April 28, 2006. re [[2002 Election NH "Phone Jamming" Case]] | *Larry Margasak, [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1902161 "Miss. Governor Helped Implicated Firm,"] Associated Press (ABC News), April 28, 2006. re [[2002 Election NH "Phone Jamming" Case]] | ||
| − | *Paul Kiel, [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000528.php "Barbour Had Controlling Interest in Phone Jamming Firm,"] '' | + | *Paul Kiel, [http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000528.php "Barbour Had Controlling Interest in Phone Jamming Firm,"] ''TPMmuckraker'', May 3, 2006. |
| − | + | *[http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/05/giuliani-barbour/ "Giuliani: Corruption-Laden Haley Barbour ‘On The Top Of Everybody’s List’ For VP,"] ''Think Progress'', September 5, 2007. re [[Rudolph W. Giuliani]] | |
| − | [[category:politics]][[category: | + | [[category:politics (U.S.)]][[category:elections (U.S.)]][[category:corruption]] |
Revision as of 17:31, 6 September 2007
Haley Barbour is the Republican Governor of Mississippi.
Barbour won the Mississippi gubernatorial election on November 4, 2003, in part on a pledge to keep Mississippi's state flag design intact, which contains a miniature representation of the Confederate battle flag.[1]
While campaigning, he also appeared at a fund-raiser sponsored by the Conservative Citizen's Council. The CCC is a modern-day version of the White Citizen's Councils that fought racial integration throughout the South in the 1950s and 60s.[2]
Since his election Barbour has championed tort reform, which he describes on his website as a "fight against lawsuit abuse", through the passage of the Tort Reform Act of 2004.
Contents
Barbour's background
Barbour was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for two years during the term of President Ronald Reagan.[3]
Between 1993 and January 1997 Barbour was the Chairman of the Republican National Committee and has strong ties to both George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush.
In 1991 he founded and, until 1999, was the Chair and CEO of Barbour Griffith & Rogers. According to Barbour, the firm was sold to the Interpublic Group of Companies in 1999. Part of the sale deal was that the name remain the same even though Barbour no longer had a financial stake in the company.[4]
"In 2000 Haley chaired the Bush for President Campaign Advisory Committee in Washington, D.C. He was one of ten members of Governor Bush’s National Presidential Exploratory Committee in 1999," a biographical note states.[5]
Barbour on climate change
In August 2001 Judy Pasternak reported in the Los Angeles Times that while working as a lobbyist for electricity generators on March 1, 2001 Barbour wrote to Dick Cheney urging the Bush administration to reverse its promise to restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
"A moment of truth is arriving," Barbour wrote. "Clinton-Gore policies meant less energy and more expensive energy. Most Americans thought Bush-Cheney would mean more energy, and more affordable energy," he wrote.[6]
"The question is whether environmental policy still prevails over energy policy with Bush-Cheney, as it did with Clinton-Gore," Barbour wrote in the two-page memo.[7]
Associated Press reported that Barbour wrote that "he was 'demurring' on the idea of whether regulating CO2 emissions was 'eco-extremism.'" "We must ask, do environmental initiatives, which would greatly exacerbate the energy problems, trump good energy policy, which the country has lacked for eight years?" he wrote.[7]
Comments on Hurricane Katrina
- "Governor Haley Barbour and U.S. Senator Thad Cochran," MEMA Press Conference, August 31, 2005.
- John Aravosis, "Gov. Haley Barbour Just Lied On National TV," AMERICAblog, September 1, 2005.
Contact details
Official website: http://www.governorbarbour.com/
Campaign website: http://www.haleybarbour.com/
Resources
Also see
References
- ↑ Intelligence Report: "'Southern Strategy'. In Mississippi, race and flag color gubernatorial campaign," Southern Poverty Law Center, Winter 2003.
- ↑ Council of Conservative Citizens website.
- ↑ Governor, GovernorBarbour.com.
- ↑ This Sun Herald link is no longer active.
- ↑ Biography, HaleyBarbour.com.
- ↑ Judy Pasternak, "Going Backwards: Bush's Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout Cheney-led task force consulted extensively with corporate executives. Its findings boosted their interests. Environmental groups had little voice," Los Angeles Times (Common Dreams), August 26, 2001.
- ↑ Jump up to: 7.0 7.1 Christopher Newton, "Going Backwards: White House Shifted Carbon Dioxide Emissions Policy After Lobbyist's Letter," Associated Press (Common Dreams), April 26, 2002.
External links
- Latest news about Governor Haley Barbour.
- Official profile: Governor Haley Barbour.
- Bill Moyers and David Brancaccio, Transcript: Now with Bill Moyers, PBS, July 16, 2004.
- Wayne Slater, "Energy Firms Buy Bush Favors, Critics Say," Dallas Morning News (Common Dreams), August 30, 2004.
- Michael Tomasky, "The Domestic Bolton: Opposition to the UN nominee has centered on his international record. But it’s his history as a party hack that’s the real story," The American Prospect, March 21, 2005.
- Mark Leibovich, "Buddy Story," Washington Post, October 10, 2005.
- Donna Ladd, "Haley's Unholy Alliance. Barbour Client Indicted in Nursing Home, Delay Scheme," Jackson Free Press, October 18, 2005.
- Larry Margasak, "Miss. Governor Helped Implicated Firm," Associated Press (ABC News), April 28, 2006. re 2002 Election NH "Phone Jamming" Case
- Paul Kiel, "Barbour Had Controlling Interest in Phone Jamming Firm," TPMmuckraker, May 3, 2006.
- "Giuliani: Corruption-Laden Haley Barbour ‘On The Top Of Everybody’s List’ For VP," Think Progress, September 5, 2007. re Rudolph W. Giuliani
