Mississippi Republican Gov. Haley Barbour, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, declined to denounce a group's proposal that the state issue a license plate honoring an early Ku Klux Klan leader.
The idea, put forth by the white heritage group Sons of Confederate Veterans, would create a state-issued license plate by 2014 in honor of Confederate General and KKK leader Nathan Bedford Forrest. It would include a car tag and a series of other Civil War license plates.
Mississippi lawmakers are considering the proposal, and Barbour said it's unlikely to be approved but refused to stake out a position against it.
"I don't go around denouncing people," Barbour told reporters Tuesday in his home state when asked about the idea, according to The Associated Press.
Look, your personal opinions about Gen. Forrest being honored with a license plate aside, if this chucklehead really did have anything close to a shot left in 2012, it just died this week. From a political standpoint Boss Hogg here just shot himself through the foot with a large enough round for both feet at once. Then again, given the state of the competition in 2012, maybe Barbour figures this is his ace card.
Won't he make a good President after Obama.
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