The Council of Concerned Citizens
The President is attending a fundraising event for Haley Barbour, who's running in Mississippi. Barbour, you will recall, was recently photographed smiling and enjoying himself at a CCC event. CCC is one of the more openly racist/freako organizations out there today; any google search will bring you information leaning in that direction. You will also recall that not so very long ago our good friend, the former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, was thoroughly raked over the coals for his association with the group.
Bush is "accepting" Barbour's explanation that "he didn't know who the group was", when he attended the event.
Let's summarize: The Republican President is accepting as an explanation that the Republican National Chairman was not aware of the political firestorm that erupted around the Republican Senate Majority Leader on racism issues; that he (the RNC chairman) didn't keep track of the "details".
The President knows full well that Haley Barbour knew exactly who he was meeting with.
Earth To Barbour: "Hey, Haley, Trent Lott is taking heat for being associated with the Coalition of Concerned Citizens. They're freaky and racist."
Barbour: "I have no idea who that political action group in Mississippi is. OK, we'll deal with it."
Earth to Barbour: "Why are you hanging out with the CCC? Didn't we cover this already?"
Barbour: "Who? I have no idea who you're talking about. But I can assure you that my intentions are honorable."
Earth to Barbour: "Stop doing fundraising events with the CCC and pandering to them to get their votes. It looks really bad."
Barbour: "Who? I have this funny blank spot in my mind. There's something that I just can't quite remember."
Bush: "I am the goddamn President, and if Haley says he can't remember, then he can't remember, alright? Haley won't be doing anything with the CCC any more."
Barbour: "Who? Everybody keeps talking about this like I should know who this racist group of my old friends is."
Bush: "Shut up, Haley. Didn't I give you and Allbaugh a totally cushy way to make millions funneling Iraq contracts? Aren't you supposed to be quietly making a killing? Stop making me look bad with this CCC business."
Barbour: "Who?"
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I hang out a lot of the time
I hang out a lot of the time with folks who tend to get their news from sources spectacularly unsympathetic to the President-- NPR, for example.
Because I'm a news junkie, I tend to chase down several accounts of what's going on, and I therefore sometimes find myself in the very strange position of defending a President who I'm generally unimpressed with and really don't like. I sometimes see the glass as half full where others see half empty.
But then I have a friend who works on Capitol Hill who's a SERIOUS political junkie, and he tells me stories of perfidy, gall, and outrageous acts on the part of the President and the Republicans that would make any decent American spit blood and fire.
Crapola like pandering to the CCC is jus the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ugly secrets. I know every administration does it-- or at least I assume so (Jimmy Carter excepted)-- but I fail to understand why mainstream politicians don't run screaming from whackos like the CCC. Giving them the time of day is proof they are either cavalier, corrupt, or craven enough to overlook or embrace that group's message.
Huh. I like that. CCC. Cavalier, Corrupt, Craven. I'm like a wordsmith or something!